Viewport Layers Tool

Description

Control the layers displayed in a viewport.

Access

Home / Tools / Layers and CAD / Viewport / Edit Viewport

Requirements

CAD module
A selected viewport in an active drawing view.

Controls

Control

Description

Manage the visibility and the connect status of the selected layers.

All On - Turn all layers on, including layers that are not displayed in the list.
On - Turn selected layers on.
Off - Turn selected layers off.
Invert Visibility - Toggle the visibility of selected layers.
Connect - Configure the layer visibility for the viewport to be the same as the model view.
Disconnect - Configure the layer visibility for the viewport to be independent of the model view.

Edit - Edit the appearance properties for the selected layer.

Filter

Use this to restrict the layers displayed in the list.

Select an item from the Filter list:

< All Layers > - All layers used by the project.
< Ungrouped Layers > - Layers that do not belong to a layer group.
< Used Layers > - Layers that do contain data.
< Unused Layers > - Layers that do not contain any data.
< All Local File Layers > - Layers defined in the current project.
< All Reference File Layers > - Layers defined in the reference file. Data on these layers is not editable.
< Block Definition Layers > - Layers that contain objects used in block definitions.
< Drawing Template Layers > - Layers that contain objects or viewports in drawing templates.
< Drawing Layers > - Layers that contain objects or viewports in drawings.
< Current View Layers > - Layers that contain objects in the active drawing or model.
< Model Layers > - Layers that contain objects in the model.
Local Layer Group Name - Layer group defined in the current project.
Reference File Layer Group Name | Reference File Name - Layer group defined in reference file.

Layer Columns

Column	Description
	Click to select a layer. Use the Ctrl key to select multiple layers. Double click to edit the display settings for a layer. Click to select all layers in the list. Right click to access the shortcut menu: On - Turn selected layers on. Off - Turn selected layers off. Invert Visibility - Toggle the visibility of selected layers. Copy as HTML - Copy the layers list in html format.
Visible	- Indicates the layer is visible and connected to the model view. Click to make the layer invisible in the viewport and disconnect the layer from the model view. - Indicates the layer is invisible. Click to make the layer visible in the viewport and disconnect the layer from the model view. - Indicates the layer is visible and disconnected from the layers visibility in the model view. Click to make the layer invisible in the viewport. - Indicates the layer is invisible and disconnected from the layers visibility status in the model view. Click to make the layer visible in the viewport. Note: Click the Visible column header to group the layers in the list by their visible configuration. If a layer is still connected to the model view, changing the visibility status so that the visibility for the layer is different for the viewport than it is for the model view will automatically disconnect the layers visibility from the model view.
Display	Click to change the synchronisation status of the layers display appearance settings. - Indicates the layers display settings for the viewport are the same as the display setting for the model view. - Indicates the layers display settings for the viewport are independent from the display setting for the model view. Note: Edit the layer to set the viewports layer display properties. Editing the properties will automatically unsynchronise the display settings from the model view. Click to revert the layers display properties to the display properties used for the same layer in the model view
Name	Click the Name column header to order the layers list alphanumerically by name.
Description	Click the Description column header to order the layer list alphanumerically by description.

Notes

Click or press ESC to exit edit viewport mode.
A viewports layer is automatically disconnected from the model view when:
- A viewport is created.
- A layers visibility is changed in the Layers - Viewport tool window.
- A new layer is created after the creation of a viewport.
If you connect a layer to the model view:
- The visibility state of the equivalent model layer is used for the viewport layer.
- Objects, newly created in the model and placed on a visible connected layer will be visible in the viewport.
- Any change to a layers visibility in the model view is reflected in the viewport.
model view data is not displayed when you zoom to a level where the viewport dimensions exceeds the supported values.
Locking a viewport restricts editing.
When a viewport is copied and pasted within the same project the following are preserved:
- The viewports display options.
- The viewports properties.
- The viewports layer display settings and synchronised state.
- The viewports layer visibility and connectivity state.
When a viewport is copied and pasted, or imported into another project:
- The viewports display options are preserved.
- The viewports properties are preserved.
- For layers common to the project and the copied viewport, the viewports layer display settings and synchronised state are preserved.
- For layers common to the project and the copied viewport, the viewports layer visibility and connectivity state are preserved when valid. If the viewports layer is connected to the model view and the visibility of the viewports layer is different to the project, the projects layer visibility is preserved.
- Objects displayed in the viewport are not copied. If you require the data with the viewport, import the project or copy the required model data prior to copying the viewport.