Understanding Symbol Wizard Layers

Symbol Wizard layers associate graphic elements, custom properties, and named scripts to a unique graphic configuration defined by a rule. When the rule is True, the layer’s graphic elements, custom properties, and named scripts are part of the Symbol Wizard’s configuration.

In the example of a centrifugal pump graphic, a rule determines the orientation of the pump’s inlet and outlet pipes. When the rule for the Right configuration is True, the Right layer containing the inlet and outlet pipes is part of the graphic’s configuration.

The blade housing does not belong to a layer because it is common to all pump graphic configurations. Graphic elements of a graphic that do not belong to a layer appear in all graphic configurations. As a result, the pump’s blade housing appears in the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom configurations of the pump by default.

Likewise, adding graphic elements, custom properties, and named scripts to a layer without a rule results in these elements appearing in all graphic configurations. Each layer must have a defined rule that specifies a True condition when the set of graphic elements, custom properties, and named scripts are part of a graphic configuration.

Associating graphic elements, named scripts, and custom properties to graphic layers involves working with the Symbol Wizard Editor Layers pane shown to the left of the graphic canvas.

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