How to set the layer on which objects are inserted or
created:
The layer control method you are using affects how layers are assigned so
the first thing to determine is what layer control method you are using. To
do this type "APS-CONFIG" at the command prompt or press the
 toolbar button. Then press the
"Layer Control" button. You will see a dialog that will have one of the
following areas checked. See the section below for the method that is
checked on your system.
No Layer Control - This layer control
method simply inserts/creates objects on whatever layer is current. Change
the current layer before inserting/creating objects to get them to come in
on the correct layer.
Direct Layer Assignment - This layer
control method has single layer assigned to each
layer type.
The layers that are assigned to each of the layer types are set using the
four buttons shown in this dialog area to the left. The layers set using
these four buttons are the only layers that the APS commands will use when
using this layer control system.
If you need more
layer types
you may add them using the "Customize Layer Types" buttons below this box.
See here
for more information.
If you need to change the
layer type
to which a command is assigned press the "Assign Layer Types to Commands"
button also below this box. See
here
for more information.
Layer Schemes - This layer control
method does not have the layer names assigned here. The layer names are
assigned in the layer scheme file. That way they can change depending on the
layer scheme being used.
If you need more
layer types
you may add them using the "Customize Layer Types" buttons below this box.
See here
for more information.
If you need to change the
layer type
to which a command is assigned press the "Assign Layer Types to Commands"
button also below this box. See
here
for more information.
If you do not need to modify the
layer types
or how the commands are assigned to the
layer types
you may Cancel out of the APS-CONFIG command and see the section below to
edit the layer assignments.
Assigning Layer Names When Using Layer Schemes
To assign layer names when you are using this layer control method you
must use the SCHEMEDIT
command. When you use the
SCHEMEDIT command
you will first need to select the layer scheme file that contains the layer
scheme you want to edit as shown below.
The layer scheme file will be opened and the layer schemes will be listed
as shown below. Double-click the layer scheme that you would like to edit or
select it and then press the "EDIT Scheme" button.
The layer scheme will be displayed similar to what is shown below.
If you see any changes that need to be made to the layers you may make
those changes, but we are interested in assigning layers to the
layer types.
The area we are interested in is shown at left.
When using layer schemes the
layer types are assigned a new layer name each
time a layer scheme is loaded. In each layer scheme each of the layer types
can be assigned to whatever layer is appropriate for that particular layer
scheme. This can seem like a lot of work up front but not all of the
layer types are typically used in each of the layer schemes. The layer
types are divided into the four groups shown at left. Every layer scheme uses the
"Common" section of layer types but you will usually only need to
define the layer types in one of the other three depending on what types of
commands and layers are being used in your particular layer scheme.
Assign the layers to the layer types and then press "OK" to get back to
the dialog shown above. Press "OK" again and then "Save" on the main layer
scheme dialog to save your changes. See the
SCHEMEDIT command
and Assigning
Layer Names to Layer Types for more information.
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