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Controlling Layers

  • Last UpdatedNov 06, 2025
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Command:

pdms_layers

Menu Selection:

PDMS Draw>PDMS Layers, PDMS Draw>User Layers

Initial Prompt:

User/<Pdms>:

Use:

(Whether User or Draft is selected, the resulting options are the same.)

ON

(Type ON or make On selection from pull-down menu.)

Appropriate layers are turned on.

OFF

(Type OFF or make Off selection from pull-down menu.)

Appropriate layers are turned off.

Freeze

(Press F or make Freeze selection from pull-down menu.)

Appropriate layers are ‘frozen’, that means, they will not be regenerated by an AutoCAD regen command.

Thaw

(Press T or make Thaw selection from pull-down menu.)

‘Unfreezes’ the appropriate frozen layers.

Note:
pdms_layers controls all PDMS(Draft) (GT_) layers or all other (user) layers with a single command. The layer controls ON, OFF, Freeze and That are described in the AutoCAD Reference Manual.

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