Cabasa John Michael

CABASA JOHN MICHAEL M
BSECE – II
Explain/Discuss how to use layers and what you can do with layers on your CAD drawing.
To Create Drawing Layers from AutoCAD Layers
In your map, you can create a drawing layer in Display Manager that includes all the objects from selected
AutoCAD layers in the current drawing.
To bring in drawing objects from AutoCAD layers in the current drawing
1. In Display Manager , click Data Add Drawing Data Drawing Layer.

2. In the Select Layers dialog box, select the AutoCAD layers that include the objects to display.
AutoCAD Map 3D toolset creates a layer in Display Manager for each AutoCAD layer you select.
3. To group the layers, select Group Selection.

If you combine the layers in a group, you can turn the display of the group on or off.
4. Click OK.
The new layer appears in Display Manager. All objects on the selected AutoCAD layer are included in this
layer. If you selected multiple AutoCAD layers, multiple layers are created in your map. To see the objects,
you may need to zoom to the drawing extents.
To Create Drawing Layers by Object Class
In your map, you can create a drawing layer in Display Manager that includes all the objects in an object class
in the current drawing.
To bring in drawing objects based on object classes in the current drawing
1. In Display Manager , click Data Add Drawing Data Object Class.

2. In the Select Classes dialog box, select the object classes that include the objects to display.
AutoCAD Map 3D toolset creates a layer in Display Manager for each object class you select.
3. To group the object class layers, select Group Selection.

4. Click OK.
The new layer appears in Display Manager. All objects in the selected object class are included in this layer. If
you selected multiple object classes, multiple layers are created. To see the objects, you may need to zoom to
the drawing extents.
To Create Drawing Layers by Property
In your map, you can create a drawing layer in Display Manager that includes objects that have a specific
property.
To bring in drawing objects based on object properties
1. Do one of the following:

o In Display Manager , click Data Add Drawing Data Query Current Drawing.
o In Display Manager, click Data Add Drawing Data Query Source Drawing. Be sure you
have attached the DWG files to query.
o In Display Manager, click Data Add Drawing Data Query Topology.
 In the Define Query dialog box, click Property.
 In the Property Condition dialog box, select a property.
 Select an operator.
For some properties, such as layer, the only available operator is = (equal).
 Enter a value for the property.

To select from a list of values, click Values. For example, if you select the layer property, click Values to
display a list of layers in the drawings.
You can use wild-card characters to enter values for the following properties: Block Name, Color, Text
Style, Object Type, Group, Layer, Feature Class, Linetype, and Plotstyle.
 Click OK.
 Optionally, define another condition. See To Combine Conditions.
 In the Define Query dialog box, click OK.
The new layer appears in Display Manager. Objects that meet the conditions of the query are included in this
layer. To see the objects, you may need to zoom to the drawing extents.
To Create Drawing Layers Based on Attached Data
In your map, you can add a drawing layer in Display Manager that contains objects based on attribute data
associated with the object, for example, object data or data in a linked external database.
To bring in drawing objects based on object data

 In the Define Query dialog box, click Data.
 In the Data Condition dialog box, select the type of data to use.
 Specify the location of the data.
o To retrieve objects based on object class, in the Class list, select the object class of the objects
to retrieve. Under Properties, select the specific properties to query.
o To retrieve objects based on object data, select the table and field to query.
If two attached drawings have a table with the same name, AutoCAD Map 3D toolsetrecognizes only
the fields defined in the first drawing you activate.
o To retrieve objects based on database link data, in the Link Template list, select the link
template associated with the objects to retrieve. Under Key Columns, select the key column to query.
To search for objects in attached drawings, only link templates defined in your attached drawing are
displayed in the list.
o To retrieve objects based on block attribute information, in the Blocks list, select the block
that contains the attribute tag information to query. Under Attribute Tags, select the attribute tag to
query, or select * in the Blocks list to see a list of all the attribute tags of all the blocks in the active
drawing.
 Select an operator.
When you query database link data, only the = operator is available.
 Enter the data value.

You can use wild-card characters for Value. For more information about wild cards, see Wild-Card
Characters.
 Click OK.
To bring in drawing objects based on external (SQL) data

o In Display Manager , click Data Add Drawing Data Query Source Drawing. Be sure you
o In Display Manager , click Data Add Drawing Data Query Topology.
 In the Define Query dialog box, click SQL.
 In the SQL Link Condition dialog box, select the link template for the table to search.
If you chose Attached Drawings in Step 1, the link template list includes only link templates for active
attached drawings. If the link template is not listed, verify that it is defined in the attached drawing.
 Create a SQL condition by selecting a column, an operator, and a value.

To type the condition, click Type Condition.
 Click Add Condition to add the condition to the Current SQL Condition list.

 To add more conditions, select And or Or. Create another condition.
 When you finish building the SQL condition, click OK.
 Optionally, define another condition.
To Create Drawing Layers by Topology

You can create a drawing layer in Display Manager that includes all the objects in a topology.
To bring in drawing objects based on topology
1. In Display Manager , click Data Add Drawing Data Topology.

2. In the Select Display Element dialog box, select the topologies that include the objects to display.
AutoCAD Map 3D toolset creates a layer in Display Manager for each topology you select.
3. To group topology layers, select Group Selection.

4. Click OK.
The new layer appears in Display Manager. All objects in the selected topology are included in this layer. If
you selected multiple topologies, multiple layers are created. To see the objects, you may need to zoom to the
drawing extents.
To Combine Conditions
You can combine query conditions to select specific drawing objects for a new drawing layer in Display
Manager.
To bring in drawing objects by combining query conditions

 In the Define Query dialog box, create the first condition by clicking Query Type.
o Location — Selects objects based on their location. Click Zoom Ext to zoom to the extents of
all active attached drawings.
o Property — Selects objects based on an object property, such as layer, color, or area.
o Data — Selects objects based on object class, object properties, database links, object data, or
attributes.
o SQL — Selects objects based on linked external data.
When you finish defining the condition, you return to the Define Query dialog box with the condition
listed in the Current Query area.
 Before you create the next condition, select a joining operator.

o And — Finds objects only if both conditions are true.
o Or — Finds objects if either condition is true.
o And Not — Finds objects only if the first condition is true and the second condition is false.
o Or Not — Finds objects if either the first condition is true or the second condition is false.
 Create the next condition by clicking Query Type.
 Continue to create conditions.
 To group conditions, select the first and last condition in the group. Click Group. Conditions
inside the parentheses are evaluated first.
 When you finish defining conditions, click OK.

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To Create Drawing Layers from AutoCAD Layers

To bring in drawing objects from AutoCAD layers in the current drawing

1. In Display Manager , click Data Add Drawing Data Drawing Layer.

3. To group the layers, select Group Selection.

To Create Drawing Layers by Object Class

To bring in drawing objects based on object classes in the current drawing

1. In Display Manager , click Data Add Drawing Data Object Class.

3. To group the object class layers, select Group Selection.

To Create Drawing Layers by Property

To bring in drawing objects based on object properties

1. Do one of the following:

 Enter a value for the property.

To Create Drawing Layers Based on Attached Data

1. Do one of the following:

 Enter the data value.

1. Do one of the following:

 Create a SQL condition by selecting a column, an operator, and a value.

 Click Add Condition to add the condition to the Current SQL Condition list.

To Create Drawing Layers by Topology

To bring in drawing objects based on topology

1. In Display Manager , click Data Add Drawing Data Topology.

3. To group topology layers, select Group Selection.

To bring in drawing objects by combining query conditions

1. Do one of the following:

 Before you create the next condition, select a joining operator.

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