From the course: Learning AutoCAD for Mac 2019
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Controlling your layers - AutoCAD for Mac Tutorial
From the course: Learning AutoCAD for Mac 2019
Controlling your layers
- Creating layers allows, not only for visual identification of your objects. But also allows us to display layers, or not display layers, for ease of editing. There are two ways of not displaying layers: turning them off, or freezing them. The difference, ultimately, has to do with how AutoCAD calculates objects under the hood. If a layer is turned off, which is done by going to the icon here- the little light bulb, and simply clicking on it, it is still calculated by AutoCAD, but not displayed visually. Freezing is a bit more involved, as AutoCAD does not display the layer, but also stops thinking about the layers, so to speak. It doesn't take this layer into account when its zooms extents, and it also doesn't take the layer into account when it does a regeneration of the views. If you have a layer with a lot of complicated objects and your file is getting a bit sluggish, freezing the layer will help AutoCAD process a bit faster, as opposed to simply turning the layer 'on' or 'off'.…
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