Layer Push Down ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

• Moves your current drawing's active layer down one position in the layer stack.
• A drawing's active layer is the layer that is currently selected on the layer selection tool . If the selected layer is already at the bottom of the layer stack, then Layer Push Down does nothing.
• Layers on drawings are Plotted in order. The bottom layer is plotted first. The top layer is plotted last. It is generally desirable to place opaque objects such as objects with a hatch or fill on lower layers.
• For example, if a label is on a layer that is below a layer that has an image on it, you might want to move the image's layer down so that the label will print above the image.
• An alternative way to push down a layer is to select it on the Edit Layers window, then press the " Move Down " button.
• See the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

• Drawing Editor (where Layer Push Down is a tool)
• Layer selection tool (selects layer to be pushed down)
• Redraw (affected by Layer Push Down )
• Plotting (affected by Layer Push Down )
• Objects (on layer pushed down move toward back)
• Layer Push Up (does opposite of Layer Push Down )
• Edit Layer (another way to order the stack of drawing layers)
• Undo (undoes drawing layer changes)

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   Step-by-step instructions :

1 . Before using this tool:

1a : On the layer selection tool , select the layer that you want to push down.

2 . Invoke Layer Push Down using any one (1) of the following methods:

Method 1 : Click the Layer Push Down icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Objects -- Layers ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : If " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Objects > Layers > Push Down .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Layer Push Down can also be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the ' Lightning ' layout style, configuration of the interface is done using Customize Interface .

3 . The layer that in step 1 was your selected layer moves down one position in the drawing order of layers.

Note: At this point you can still undo your changes by using Revert or Undo . If you Save to make your changes permanent, you can no longer Revert , but you can still Undo .

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