This last chapter includes how to reference other drawings and images in our drawing and several additional commands to deal with layers. When opening a drawing with references, these are loaded at the current state and cannot be directly modified.
The REFERENCES
command displays a palette to manage referenced external drawings and images. The CLIPREFERENCE
command allows the user to clip referenced drawings or blocks. The CLIPIMAGE
command allows the user to clip images.
The HIDELAYER
command allows the user to turn layers off by selecting entities that belong to those layers. The SHOWLAYERS
command turns on all layers. The FREEZELAYER
command allows the user to freeze layers by selecting entities that belong to those layers. The THAWLAYERS
command thaws all layers. The LOCKLAYER
command allows the user to lock a layer by selecting one entity that belongs to that layer. The UNLOCKLAYER
command allows the user to unlock a layer by selecting one entity that belongs to that layer. The...