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Use Layers to Manage Complexity
Concept Procedure Quick Reference
 
 
 

To turn on or off an active layer filter

  1. Click Format menu Layer Tools Layer Walk.At the Command prompt, enter laywalk.
  2. In the LayerWalk dialog box, Filter list, enter an existing filter name or select a filter from the Filter drop-down list.
  3. Click the Filter check box to display or hide the layers in the layer list that are defined in the active filter. The display of the layers in the drawing itself does not change.
  4. Click Close.
 Toolbar: Layers II 
 Command entry: LAYWALK