Working with Layer Controls

In DynaScape Design, understanding the role of layers gives you more control over the entire drafting process. After working with DynaScape Design prototype drawings for a while you may come to recognize an entity’s layer by simply noting its color or line weight.

You can display the attributes of a selected entity by opening the Edit Entity Attributes panel. While holding [Ctrl] on your keyboard, click on an object on your screen. The Edit Entity Attributes panel opens presenting you with four tabs. Click on the Display tab and the selection’s layer and line attributes are revealed. Close the panel by clicking [OK]. You must click [Apply] before [OK] if you made changes.

After closing the panel in the step above, Click the edge of one of the position circles. A Layer Locked warning panel appears. Layers are ‘locked’ in order to prevent the accidental alteration of object attributes. In the case of this exercise, all layers were locked at the beginning.