Create a New Layer Properties Filter

Create a New Layer Properties Filter
You use a layer properties filter to define a filter that controls which layers are displayed in the list
view. You can also use a layer properties filter to make changes to more than one layer at a time.
1. In the Layer Properties Manager, in the text box under the tree view, delete the
text NOTE*.
2. In the tree view, click All.
All the layers are now displayed in the list view.
3. Click the New Property Filter button (in the upper-left corner of the Layer
Properties Manager).
4. In the Layer Filter Properties dialog box, under Filter Name, enter AllGrid.
5. Under Filter Definition, select the Name field, and then enter *GRID*.
Using the wildcard character * before and after GRID filters all layer names containing the
word GRID.
Two layers, GRID-BUBBLE and GRID-LINE, are displayed under Filter Preview.
6. Click OK to close the Layer Filter Properties dialog box.
In the Layer Properties Manager, in the tree view, the layer filter you created (AllGrid) is
selected.
In the list view, only the GRID layers are displayed.
Next, you want to freeze all the layers except GRID layers. You can do this by isolating
layers.
7. In the tree view, click AllGrid. Right-click, and on the shortcut menu, click Isolate
Group > All Viewports. Then, click Apply.
Notice that in your drawing, all the layers except the GRID layers are frozen. Using Apply
lets you view changes to layer states in your drawing without closing the Layer Properties
Manager.
Next, you thaw all layers.
8. In the tree view, click All to display all the layers in the drawing.
9. With All still selected, right-click, and on the shortcut menu, click Visibility >
Thawed.
In the list view, all the layers are displayed as thawed.
10. Click Apply to thaw the layers in the drawing.
Do not close the Layer Properties Manager.