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Managing Layers, Right-click on column headers.

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AUTOCAD 2008 PREVIEW GUIDE Managing Layers The Layer Properties Manager and the new Layer panel in the Dashboard offer many enhancements to simplify the process of creating and managing layers. You can easily rearrange the display order of layer properties by dragging and dropping the column headings and you can control which layer properties are displayed by turning them on or off from a right-click menu. A new Customize Layer Columns dialog box, accessible from the right-click menu, enables you to toggle the visibility of multiple columns. Figure 19. Right-click on column headers. A new layer creation option in the Layer Properties Manager enables you to create a new layer that is automatically frozen in all viewports. You can access this option from a button as well as from the right-click menu. Additionally, if you right-click on an existing layer, you can freeze that selected layer in all viewports. The Rename option in the right-click menu is also new in AutoCAD 2008. However, you can still rename an existing layer by pressing F2 or by clicking twice (slowly) on the layer name. 16

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AUTOCAD 2008 PREVIEW GUIDE
Managing Layers
The Layer Properties Manager and the new Layer panel in the Dashboard offer many enhancements to simplify
the process of creating and managing layers.
You can easily rearrange the display order of layer properties by dragging and dropping the column headings
and you can control which layer properties are displayed by turning them on or off from a right-click menu.
A
new Customize Layer Columns dialog box, accessible from the right-click menu, enables you to toggle the
visibility of multiple columns.
Figure 19. Right-click on column headers.
A new layer creation option in the Layer Properties Manager enables you to create a new layer that is
automatically frozen in all viewports. You can access this option from a button as well as from the right-click
menu. Additionally, if you right-click on an existing layer, you can freeze that selected layer in all viewports. The
Rename option in the right-click menu is also new in AutoCAD 2008. However, you can still rename an existing
layer by pressing F2 or by clicking twice (slowly) on the layer name.
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