LAYISO command

Isolates the layers of selected entities.

BricsCAD Lite; BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

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Description

Isolates the layers of selected entities lock or hide all entities except those that are on the same layers as the selected entities.

Method

You are prompted:

Select entities on the layer(s) to be isolated

Select one or more entities on layers you want to isolate. You can continue selecting entities until you press Enter to end the command. If all selected entities are on the same layer, the Command line indicates which layer has been isolated and makes it the current layer:

This layer has been isolated: LayerName1. This layer is current: LayerName1.

If the selected entities are on more than one layer, the Command line indicates how many layers have been isolated.

Number of isolated layers: #.

If the selected entities don’t include one from the current layer, the current layer is changed to one of the isolated layers.

Additional options: [Settings/selection options (?)]

Options within the LAYISO command

Settings
Specify the behavior of layers that are not isolated.
Lock
Lock layers that are not isolated. This is the default option.
Off
Hide entities on layers that are not isolated. You can specify how entities are hidden for layout viewports.
  • Off: freezes layers in all viewports. This is the default option.
  • VPFreeze: freezes layers in the current viewport.
Selection options