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Freeze Specified Layers in a Layout Viewport
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To create new layers that are frozen in all viewports

  1. Click a layout tab.
  2. Click Format menu Layer.At the Command prompt, enter layer.
  3. Click the New Layer button to create a layer.
  4. Rename the new layer.
  5. Click the icon in the Freeze column to change the layer's state to frozen. The sun icon means that a layer is thawed; the snowflake icon means that a layer is frozen.
  6. Click OK.
 Toolbar: Layers 
 Command entry: LAYER, VPLAYER