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Controlling Visibility Enhancements

Use the AM_LayVisEnh command to determine how entities on inactive layergroups appear in the graphics area.

The command displays the Visibility Enhancement dialog box.

To turn off visibility enhancements:

  1. Type AM_LayVisEnh at the command prompt.
  2. In the Visibility Enhancement dialog box, select None.

    See Visibility Enhancement Dialog Box.

  3. Click OK.

To use a color on locked layergroups:

  1. Type AM_LayVisEnh at the command prompt.
  2. In the Visibility Enhancement dialog box, select Use color on locked layrgroups.
  3. From the drop-down list, select a color.

    See Visibility Enhancement Dialog Box.

  4. Click OK.
Visibility Enhancement Dialog Box

The Visibility Enhancement dialog box lets you determine how entities on inactive layergroups appear in the graphics area.

  • The settings are valid only for the current drawing.
  • Only entities that have their color property set to ByLayer appear in the color specified in the dialog box.
  • Entities that have their color set to a specific color are not affected by the dialog box settings.
Main Option Secondary Option Description
None Turns off visibility enhancements.
On inactive layergroup Use color Sets the color property of entities on inactive layergroups to the color shown in the adjacent drop-down list.
Use color and lock Changes the color of entities on inactive layergroups to the color shown in the adjacent drop-down list. In addition, the layergroup is locked. You cannot modify entities assigned to them.
Lock Locks inactive layergroups. You cannot modify entities assigned to them.
Freeze Freezes inactive layergroups. The entities on inactive layers are no longer visible.
Use color on locked layergroups Sets the color property of entities on locked or inactive layergroups to the color shown in the adjacent drop-down list.

 

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Command: AM_LayVisEnh

Layergroup Manager: Visibility Enhancements

Related Topics

Working with the Layergroup Manager

Command -AM_Layergroup (command line variant)

Parent Topic

Managing Mechanical Layers and Layergroups



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