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Using the layer tools in AutoCAD drawings - AutoCAD Tutorial
From the course: AutoCAD 2026 Essential Training
Using the layer tools in AutoCAD drawings
- [Instructor] Once again, we're staying in our GND Floor Plan_REV5.dwg file, and what I want to show you are some of the layer tools that are really, really useful in AutoCAD that allow you to work effectively with your layers all the time when you're drafting in your AutoCAD drawings. Now we're in the Home tab on the ribbon. Go to the Layers panel and pin it, open like so. Hit the pin there. Don't worry about this Layer State or any of these tools here for the moment. We're going to be looking at these tools in here mainly. Okay, these are the ones that we're going to look at. Now I love some of these tools because they're really, really useful. Before we do anything else, though, zoom in to your sort of landscaped area here, where you've got your tables and your bike racks and everything else. Now there's a Make Current here, like so. So if I click on Make Current and come here, "Select the object whose layer will become current." So if I go over there like that, click on that, can…
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Working with AutoCAD object properties4m 29s
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Changing the linetype scale in your AutoCAD drawings3m 46s
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Using Hide and Isolate in AutoCAD drawings2m 7s
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Creating new layers and working with the layer dropdown menu in AutoCAD4m 1s
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Using the layer tools in AutoCAD drawings4m 42s
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Working with layer states in AutoCAD drawings4m 11s
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