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Using ConceptDraw software you can work with layers and styles in your document.
Layer settings.
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To choose a layer select tab Layers in View\Floating Dialogs menu.
You can also rename a layer. Just select a layer name and press F2, then set the required name.
To define a layer for work you need to mark it with the blue sphere.
To make a layer invisible click on "eye" icon in the layer properties line.
To lock a layer click on "lock" icon in the layer properties line.
Also you can define the layers you need to print. To define non-printable layers just click on "printer" icon in the layer properties line. |
In Color section of the layer properties line you can set a default color for all lines in this layer. To select a color just click on the grey box icon in the layer properties line. Color dialog will open and will enable you to choose a color. If you need to apply Color settings to the lines in the selected layer just click on the empty space near the color box icon. A tick will appear.
Layers application.
You can use layers for complex diagramming, charts, floor-plans or for other purposes.
In this lesson we will guide you on how to create a floor plan with communications using layers.
It will be a lot easier to work with only one communication type at a time, so we will draw each communication type on a separate layer. Thanks to this we will be able to disable layers with different communication types.
Download a sample file
We have a layer for the floor plan and separate layers for electric system, water pipes and sewing system. You can use different colors for each communication type. We used red for electric system, blue for water pipes and violet for sewing system.
If you need to see the whole picture of communications you just need to make all layers visible. And if you find a plan with all communications at once difficult to understand you can disable the layers with unnecessary communications.
Without communications.
Electric system layer visible
Water pipes layer visible.
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