Layer Add ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

Also see :

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   Comment layers in SDS2 review stations :

  • A comment layer is a type of drawing layer. Users of SDS2 review stations can add objects only to comment layers. This means that you need to select a comment layer using the layer selection tool before you can add annotations to a drawing.
  • A blank comment layer is automatically created the first time you Open a particular drawing that has never been altered in an SDS2 review station such as SDS2 Model Review and SDS2 Fabricating . If you then alter that drawing and Save your changes, that comment layer becomes a permanent part of that drawing.
  • Graphic objects on non-comment layers can be reviewed in SDS2 review stations , but cannot be changed. Nor can new objects be placed onto non-comment layers. You can, however, copy items from non-comment layer to comment layers using Area Copy or Save Standard Detail together with Add Standard Detail or Copy together with Paste .
  • Comment layers can optionally be Plotted , or they can be masked while other layers are plotted.
  • Comment layers can be reviewed, deleted or altered in SDS2 Detailing and other full-featured SDS2 programs . For example, an SDS2 Detailing user can add comments to a comment layer or create an entirely new comment layer so that an SDS2 review station user can see those comments.
  • Also see: Making comments & entering status data .

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   Step-by-step instructions :

1 . In the Drawing Editor , invoke Layer Add using any one (1) of the following methods:

Method 1 : Click the Layer Add 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 > Add .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Layer Add 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 .

Method 6 : While Layers Mode mouse bindings are active, middle-click ( Add ).

2 . The Layer Name dialog opens. On it is an entry field for naming the layer. Since the layer is a comment layer, you may want to give it a name that identifies it as such.

Alternative 1 : Type in the name you want to give the new comment layer you are creating (or use the default name the program assigns), then press the " OK " button. Go to step 3.

Alternative 2 : Press the " Cancel " button to end this operation without adding a new layer. Do not continue.

3 . A new comment layer is added to your current drawing. The new layer is the selected layer . Unless you select a different layer on your layer selection tool, all graphical objects you subsequently Add to your current drawing are, by default, added to this layer.

Note: Unless you select a different comment layer on your layer selection tool, all graphical objects you subsequently add to your current drawing are, by default, added to this layer. Also, you can Undo the adding of a new comment layer.

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