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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

Layout Layer Sets

Layer sets are an effective way to control not Whichever option you choose, remember
just what displays while you are working, but that the layer set used by a layout view is
what displays in the views you send to layout always saved with the plan that the view was
and print. See “Layout” on page 1287. originally sent to layout from. For this
reason, you should avoid deleting layer sets
When you send a view to layout, you have from a plan unless you are absolutely sure
two choices as to which layer set the view that they are not being used by layout views.
uses:
• You can use the same layer set as the You can find out which layer set a layout
original view being sent to layout. view is using by selecting it and clicking the
• You can make a copy of the layer set used Layout Box Layers edit button. See
by the original view. “Displaying Layout Views” on page 1298.

Both approaches have advantages and If you select a layout view and click the
disadvantages, so you should use the option Open View edit button, you will return
that best suits your needs. To learn more to the original view in the plan file. Bear in
about the pros and cons of each approach, mind that the layout view’s layer set will be
see “This new layout box references the active. If you make changes to its settings,
“Layout Set 1” layer set saved in your plan”. the view on the layout page will be affected.

Exporting and Importing Layer Sets

Layer sets created in one plan can the .layers file extensions. See “Exporting
be exported as a .layers file and Files” on page 60.
imported into other plans. This is a
convenient alternative to re-creating one or Importing Layer Sets
more layer sets that may already exist in
another plan. To import layer sets into the current
plan or layout, select File> Import>
Exporting Layer Sets Import Layer Sets or click the Import
button in the Layer Set Management dialog.
To export layer sets from the current The Import Layer Set File dialog is a typical
plan or layout file, select File>
Export> Export Layer Sets or click the Open File dialog. See “Importing Files” on
page 64.
Export button in the Layer Set
Management dialog. When the desired .layers file is selected,
click Open. The Import Layer Sets dialog
The Save Layer Set File dialog is a typical will open next.
Save As dialog. Exported layer set files use

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