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• Select “Use Active Layer Set” from the
list to use whatever layer set is currently
active in the new view when it is created.
• Click the Define button to open the Layer
Display Options dialog and change the
layer settings for the layer set. See “Layer
Display Options Dialog” on page 190.

When a new view window is created, Chief
Architect sets the default layer set listed here
as the active layer set for that view. See
“View Windows” on page 153.
• Click the drop-down list to change the
initial layer set for each type of view.

Drawing Groups

Each object in a plan or layout file belongs to the display of objects in camera views and
a Drawing Group, which influences whether overviews.
it displays in front of or behind other objects. Most categories of objects have their own
Drawing Groups control the display of Drawing Group; however, a few objects are
objects in floor plan view, CAD Details, and instead placed in the Front or Back Group.
on the layout page. They also control the Imported pictures, which are placed in the
display of CAD objects drawn in cross Back Group, are a notable example. A
section/elevation views. They do not affect

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