Window | TurboCAD Explorer

The TurboCAD Explorer is a utilities manager which allows control over object properties such as layer, color, linetype etc. It also provides a selection of symbols which can be conveniently inserted by dragging into the editor.

New layers are created so that specific object properties such as color, visibility etc, can be more easily controlled.

When a new layer is created and activated as the current layer, all subsequent objects drawn in the editor will automatically be drawn on this layer.

Objects which were previously drawn on another layer can be moved to a new layer using the Inspector.

Note : This step is not necessary if you are using the sample drawing for this Session.

Open the TurboCAD Explorer, making sure the Layers tab is active. The layers shown below are default layers which are automatically created when a new drawing is started using the Wizard.

From the image below, notice that the Layer1 box is shown activated by the pencil icon. Layer1 is activated as the current layer, and all subsequent objects will be drawn on Layer1.

All layers have a color wheel to the right of the layer name. This indicates that the color of the layer can be changed at any stage of the design. When a color is fixed instead of the color wheel, the color of the layer is locked to the selected color, and objects drawn on Layer1 can only be viewed in the set color.

Layer Control using the TurboCAD Explorer.

Layer1 is the current layer