You can control which
overlapping objects appear to be on top.
Generally,
overlapping objects such as text, wide polylines, and solid-filled polygons
are displayed in the order they are created: newly created objects
in front of existing objects.
You can use DRAWORDER to change the
draw order (which is the display and plotting order) of any objects. TEXTTOFRONT changes the
draw order of all text and dimensions in the drawing. HATCHTOBACK changes the
draw order of hatches and gradient and solid fills in the drawing.
NoteOverlapping objects
cannot be controlled between model space and paper space. They can
be controlled only within the same space.
To change the draw order
of overlapping objects
- Click Home tab
Modify
panel Draw
Order drop-down list.
- From the draw order drop down list, click
one of the options.
- Select the object(s) whose draw order
you want to modify and press Enter.
- Select the reference object(s) and press
Enter. (This step is necessary only for the Bring Above Objects
and Send Under Objects options.)
CommandsDRAWORDER
Changes the draw order
of images and other objects.
HATCHTOBACK
Sets the draw order
for all hatches in the drawing to be behind all other objects.
QSELECT
Creates a selection
set based on filtering criteria.
REGEN
Regenerates the entire
drawing from the current viewport.
SELECT
Places selected objects
in the Previous selection set.
TEXTTOFRONT
Brings text and dimensions
in front of all other objects in the drawing.
WBLOCK
Writes objects or a
block to a new drawing file.
System VariablesDRAWORDERCTL
Controls the default
display behavior of overlapping objects when they are created or
edited.
HPDRAWORDER
Controls the draw order
of hatches and fills.
SORTENTS
Controls object sorting
in support of draw order for several operations.
