Experience I've been in the 3D/2D CAD industry for over 10 yrs. & also had the opportunity/exposure to work with several mainstream design platforms including Helix Design Systems to Land Desktop.
My question has to do with layers and layouts. I am working with someone elses drawings (and hence, someone elses layer and layout organizational strategy). The original draftsperson has put the majority of layers in model space, and has a lot of layouts that represent different layers turned on or off. The problem is, when I try to turn a layer on or off per layout, it affects all of the other layouts. In other words, if I want to turn a layer called "Layer 1" on in "Layout A", it becomes turned on in "Layout B, C, D", etc. But if I want "Layer 1" turned off in "Layout B", then it becomes turned off in all the layouts. So my question is: How can I turn on or off layers in only one layout?
Answer Shaun,
Turn on/Thaw all of your layers in model space. Now you need to freeze or thaw the layers in the current layout viewport:
1. Under a layout, Double-click inside a layout viewport to make it current.
2. On the Format menu, click Layer.
3. In the Layer Properties Manager, select the layers to freeze or thaw. Hold down CTRL to select more than one layer. Hold down SHIFT to select a sequence of layers.
4. Click the icon in the 'Current VP Freeze' column for one of the selected layers.
5. Click OK.
