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Using the layer tools

Using the layer tools - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Using the layer tools

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- [Tutor] We're staying in our GND Floor Plan_REV5 drawing. And what we're going to take a look at now is some of the tools available on the Layers panel on the ribbon panel. So we're in the Home tab on the ribbon, and here's our Layers panel here. What I'm going to do, I'm just going to expand it out as well. So click on the flyout and click on the little pin like so, and that'll pin it open. You can see we've got various tools there including a thing that says "Unsaved Layer State". We'll talk about that in a minute. I want to show you these tools up here first. Now there's some really lovely tools available in the AutoCAD Layers panel. So for example, if I click on Make Current, like so, and come in to the drawing area, it says "select the object whose layer will become current". Now my bike bays are down here, click on that object and you'll see that bike bays is now the current drafting layer. So again, if I click…

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