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Layer freeze

Layer freeze

Ribbon: Home – Layers > Layer freeze
Menu: Format – Layer tools > Layer freeze
Toolbar: Layers 2 –
Command line: LAYFRZ
Freezing the layers of selected objects. It makes these objects frozen both in model and paper spaces.
The commands freeze layers of selected objects only in a current viewport (if Viewports=Vpfreeze parameter is selected).

Command options:

? Starts other options to select objects.
Settings Switches to the selection parameters mode. Selected parameters are saved for the next session.
The option starts the following prompt in the command line:
Enter setting type for [Viewports]:
  • Options:
    1. Viewports – Switches to the selection parameters mode for a current viewport. The option starts the following prompt in the command line:
    In paper space viewport use [Freeze/Vpfreeze] :
  • Options:
    1. Freeze – Freezes layers of selected objects. Layers are frozen in all spaces and it does not matter where objects of these layers are selected (model or paper spaces, in a current viewport).
    2. Vpfreeze – Freezes layers of selected objects only in a current viewport.
    If objects are selected in paper or model spaces, their layers are frozen in all spaces (model, paper, in viewports).
  • Option:
  • Block selection -Displays options for block definition:
  • Block – If the selected object is nested in a block, the layer of this block is frozen. If the selected object is nested in the external reference, the layer of this object is frozen.
  • Entity- Freezes layers of the selected objects, even if they are nested in an external reference or in a block.
  • None – If a block or an external reference is selected, freezes the layer containing this block or this external reference
Undone Cancels selection of previous layer to be frozen.

Command prompts when layers are frozen:

Select an object on the layer to be frozen or [?/Settings]: Select objects of the layers which is needed to be frozen.
Select an object on the layer to be frozen or [?/Settings/Undone]: Select Undone option to cancel freezing the previous layer.
Select an object on the layer to be frozen or [?/Settings/Undone]: Press ENTER or ESC to finish the command.

NOTE: Command prompts are shown for Freeze option of Viewports parameter.

Command prompts when layers are frozen in a current viewport

Select an object on the layer to be frozen or [?/Settings]: Select Settings option
Enter setting type for [Viewports]: Select Viewports option.
In paper space viewport use [Freeze/Vpfreeze] : Select Vpfreeze option.
Select an object on the layer to be frozen or [?/Settings]: In a viewport select objects of the layers which should be frozen.
Select an object on the layer to be frozen or [?/Settings/Undone]: Select Undone option to cancel freezing the previous layer
Select an object on the layer to be frozen or [?/Settings/Undone]: Press ENTER or ESC to finish the command.

NOTE: Command prompts are shown for Freeze option of Viewports parameter.

Command prompts when freezing layers in the block selection:

Select an object on the layer to be frozen or [?/Settings]: Select the Settings option.
Enter setting type for [Viewports/Block selection]: Select the Block selection option
Enter block selection nesting level [Block/Entity/None/] Select the option for the nesting level.
Select an object on the layer to be frozen or [?/Settings]: Specify in the drawing the objects of the layers to be frozen.
Select an object on the layer to be frozen or [?/Settings/Undone]: Press ENTER or ESC to complete the command.

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