DrawOrderByLayer

Controls the draw order of overlapping objects through layer names.

Accessing the Command

command bar:  draworderbylayer

: draworderbylayer

Displays a dialog box:

Choose a *.lst layer list file, and then click Open.

The file must be created by the user. The *.lst file is an ASCII text file that contains a list of layer names in the following format:

LayerName1

LayerName2

...

LayerNameN

The DrawOrderByLayer command draws the layers in the order defined in the *.lst file: first the entities on layer LayerName1, then the entities on LayerName2, etc. The entities on LayerNameN end up on top.

Wildcard characters are supported in layer names. All entities on layers that match the selection criterium are then drawn. As a result a filter that is preceded by a more general filter will do nothing. E.g. filter at* after filter a* has no effect because all entities on layers starting with 'a' are already drawn. But filter a* after *at, will first draw the entities on layers starting with 'at', then all entities on the leftover layers starting with 'a'.

Command Options

Related Commands

DrawOrder - sets draw order of overlapping objects through the command bar.

BHatch and Hatch - set the draw order of hatch patterns relative to other entities through a dialog box.

-BHatch and -Hatch - set the draw order of hatch patterns relative to other entities through the command bar.