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Organize Drawing Information In both manual drafting and CAD, you need a way to organize your drawing content-a method for separating, sorting, and editing specific drawing data. Turn off layers to hide complex details as you work. With manual drafting, you can separate information onto individual transparent overlays. For example, a building plan might contain separate overlays for its structural, electrical, and plumbing components. In AutoSketch, layers are equivalent to transparent overlays. As with overlays, you can display, edit, and print layers separately or in combination. You can name layers to help track content, and lock layers so they can't be altered. Assigning settings such as color, pen style, or pen width to layers helps you comply with industry standards. You can also use layers to organize drawing objects (called entities in AutoSketch) for printing. This mechanical drawing of a press uses layers to show different types of information in different styles and colors. Display layers when you need to see all components. Organize Drawing Information | 9

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Organize Drawing Information
In both manual drafting and CAD, you need a way to organize your drawing
content—a method for separating, sorting, and editing specific drawing data.
With manual drafting, you can separate
information onto individual transparent
overlays. For example, a building plan
might contain separate overlays for its struc-
tural, electrical, and plumbing components.
In AutoSketch,
layers
are equivalent to trans-
parent overlays. As with overlays, you can
display, edit, and print layers separately or
in combination.
You can name layers to help track content,
and lock layers so they can’t be altered.
Assigning settings such as color, pen style,
or pen width to layers helps you comply
with industry standards.
You can also use layers to organize drawing
objects (called
entities
in AutoSketch) for
printing.
This mechanical drawing of a press uses lay-
ers to show different types of information in
different styles and colors.
Turn off layers to hide complex
details as you work.
Display layers when you need
to see all components.