1.4.5 - Assign Layers to objects
When you create an object, that object is assigned to the current layer. If you have not created new layers in your drawing, only one layer has existed—the default layer 0—and it contains all the objects you’ve drawn so far. Now that you’ve created some new layers, you can reassign objects to them by using the Properties palette:
1. Select the four lines that represent the bathroom walls. If you have trouble singling out the wall to the left, use a window to select the wall line.
2. With the cursor in the drawing area, right-click and choose Properties from the context menu to open the Properties palette. This palette lets you modify the properties of an object or a set of objects. (See the upcoming sidebar “Understanding Object Properties.”)
3. Click the Layer option on the list in the Properties palette. Notice that an arrow appears in the layer name to the right of the Layer option.
4. Click the down-pointing arrow to the far right of the Layer option to display a list of all the available layers.
- Select the Wall layer from the list. Notice that the wall lines you selected change to a green color. This tells you that the objects have been assigned to the Wall layer. (Remember that you assigned a green color to the Wall layer.)
6. Close the Properties palette by clicking the X at the top of its title bar.
7. Press the Esc key to clear your selection.
The bathroom walls are now on the new layer called Wall and are green. Layers are more easily distinguished from one another when you use colors to set them apart.
