Layers

The Layer Profile Manager helps you manage layers by allowing you to save settings in layer profiles. With the help of a layer profile you can easily create installation plans, presentation plans, and in-house documents with consistency.

1. Click on the Cap Tools toolbar.
   
   

2. In the Layer Profiles dialog, click Create.
   
   

3. In the Create Layer Profile dialog, give the layer profile a Description, and click the light bulb under On to show or hide layers.
   
   
   
   Note:  You can use the and buttons on the Cap Tools toolbar to turn layers on and off quickly before selecting Layer Profiles. Then, when you open Layer Profiles the settings you just changed will come up when you create a profile.
   
   

4. Click OK.
   The new profile you just created is now under Layer Profiles.
   
   
   
   

5. Continue creating the layer profiles you would like to use in your drawing.
   
   

6. In order for you to see your layer settings take effect within your drawing, highlight the Layer Profile and click Apply. You will see the layers automatically turn on and off based on the layer profiles you established.
   
   

7. You must save your layer profile to reuse it the next time you open the drawing. Click the Save button. This will open up a window where you can save your layer profile.
   After saving your layer profile you can also use it on other drawings. All you have to do is open Layer Profiles, highlight the layer profile you would like to apply to your drawing and click Apply.

Note:  You can set Cap to load a layer profile upon launch. From the Preferences dialog, on the General tab under Automatically Load Layer Profile browse to the layer profile you want to load. This could be a great way to create consistency within an 2020 office application for establishing drawings. Everyone within a 2020 office application could use a common layer profile.

Layer On turns previously turned off layers back on.

Click on the Cap Tools toolbar.

Use this command to turn layers off by simply selecting symbols on the drawing.

1. Click on the Cap Tools toolbar.
   
   

2. Select a symbol on the drawing. The layer is turned off.
   
   

You can keep selecting layers.  Press Esc or Enter when done.

To turn all layers back on, click .