The primary purpose of layers in a CAD file is to set the visual qualities of drawing content. However, in this post I want to focus on how layers are used to convey meaning. This post addresses Name, Color, Linetype, Lineweight, and Transparency.
If you are an AutoCAD user doing 2D drafting you can set Object Snaps to ignore the elevation when snapping to objects not at elevation zero. You must set OSNAPZ system variable to 1. If you are a BricsCAD user doing 2D drafting just toggle the ESNAP setting “Ignore Entity Snap Elevation” ON. The screenshot […]
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