SetByLayer Settings Dialog Box

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Display and Change the Properties of Objects

Changes property overrides for color, linetype, lineweight, material, plot style, and transparency to ByLayer for selected objects and inserted blocks on unlocked layers.

Access Methods

Button

Ribbon: Home tab

Modify panel

Set to ByLayerNot available on the ribbon in the current workspace

Menu: Modify

Change to ByLayerNot available in menus in the current workspace

Command entry: setbylayer

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Color: Changes the color of selected objects to ByLayer. (SETBYLAYERMODE=1)
Linetype: Changes the linetype of selected objects to ByLayer. (SETBYLAYERMODE=2)
Lineweight: Changes the lineweight of selected objects to ByLayer. (SETBYLAYERMODE=4)
Material: Changes the material of selected objects to ByLayer. (SETBYLAYERMODE=8)
Plot Style: Changes the plot style of selected objects to ByLayer. This option is available in named plot style drawings. (SETBYLAYERMODE=16)
Transparency: Changes the transparency value of selected objects to ByLayer. (SETBYLAYERMODE=128)