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Controlling the Display Order of Overlapping Entities

By default, overlapping entities are displayed in the order that they are created. Newly created entities are always displayed in front of existing ones.

In certain situations, entities displayed in the foreground may prevent selection of some entities. You can change the display order of any specified entity to reveal entities that you need no work with.

Additional tools let you separately change the order of certain types of entities, such as text entities, hatches and fills, dimensions, and leaders.

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