Changes the property overrides of selected objects to ByLayer.

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 workspaceThe following prompts are displayed.
Current active settings: Color Linetype Lineweight Transparency Material Plot Style
Select objects or [Settings]: Use an object selection method and press Enter when you finish
If Settings is selected, the SetByLayer Settings dialog box is displayed, in which you can specify which object properties are set to ByLayer.
If objects are selected, the Command prompt displays:
Change ByBlock to ByLayer? [Yes/No] <Yes>:
Include blocks? [Yes/No] <Yes>:
You can specify which properties are changed to ByLayer, including color, linetype, lineweight, and materials.
Changes property overrides for color, linetype, lineweight, material, plot style, and transparency to ByLayer for selected objects and inserted blocks on unlocked layers.