LayIso

Isolates layers associated with entities selected in the drawing; locks or turns off all other layers (short for "layer isolate").

Accessing the Command

command bar: layiso

menu bar: Settings | Layers | Isolate Layer

toolbar: Layers |

: layiso

Prompts you in the command bar:

Current setting: Lock layers

Select entities on the layer(s) to be isolated or [Settings]: (Pick one or more entities, or type S.)

Number of found objects: 1, number of selected objects: 1

Select entities on the layer(s) to be isolated or [Settings]: (Choose more entities, or press Enter to exit the command.)

Number of isolated layers: xx.

If no entity on the current layer is selected, the layer of the entity that is selected first temporarily becomes the current layer until the LAYUNISO command is executed.

BricsCAD reports in the command bar:

Number of isolated layers: xx. This layer is current: LAYER_NAME.

The LAYUNISO command restores the layer state that was current before the LAYISO command was launched.

Command Options

Option

Description

Select entities on the layer(s) to be isolated

Selects one or more entities.

Choose the entities whose layers should be not be locked or turned off.

This prompt repeats itself until you press Enter; this allows you to isolate more than one layer.

Settings

Specifies how layers and viewports should be isolated; prompts you:

Enter setting for layers not isolated [Off/Lock] - type O or L.

Off - all other layers are turned off (made invisible).
Lock - all other layers are locked (visible but cannot be edited).

In paper space viewport use [Vpfreeze/Off] - type V or O.

Vpfreeze - freezes layers in the current viewport.
Off - turns off layers.

Related Commands

Layer - creates layers and changes their properties in the Drawing Explorer.

-Layer - creates layers and changes their properties in the command bar.

LayerState - saves and restores layer states.

LayFrz - freezes layers associated with selected entities.

LayThw - thaws all frozen layers.

LayLck - locks layers associated with selected entities.

LayUlk - unlocks layers associated with selected entities.

LayOff - turns off layers associated with selected entities.

LayOn - turns on all layers that have been turned off.