Oh, such a basic (layers) question

[Anonymous]

I've spent time with 3.0 and 3.3 but am just getting acquainted with 4.0. I'm working through Mr Aubin's book, have done the first part of the residential tutorial and made a copy of the first floor to work on as the second floor. When I draw walls on this second floor drawing, they come in on layer 0, not layer A-WALL. I vaguely remember a Drawing Setup item in 3.3 that you had to change from "current layer" to the AIA scheme, but I can't find it now... can anyone help?

[Anonymous]

At the bottom left, just above the command window is a small arrow with a circle around it, click that-go to the Layering tab and select the desired layer key style-this should look familiar to you. There are a few other functions on that arrow that you might want to familiarize yourself with. good luck "Dana Jones" wrote in message news:40572655$1_1@newsprd01... > I've spent time with 3.0 and 3.3 but am just getting acquainted with 4.0. > > I'm working through Mr Aubin's book, have done the first part of the > residential tutorial and made a copy of the first floor to work on as the > second floor. > > When I draw walls on this second floor drawing, they come in on layer 0, not > layer A-WALL. > > I vaguely remember a Drawing Setup item in 3.3 that you had to change from > "current layer" to the AIA scheme, but I can't find it now... can anyone > help? > >

[Anonymous]

Well, that was strange. I checked & double-checked. The Layer Key Style was set to AIA 256 color *current drawing but the walls kept coming in on Layer 0. (The "current layer" thing I remembered from 3.3 is in the same drop-down.) Just to make sure they were coming in on "current layer", I changed to a different layer and drew some walls, These walls came in on the A-WALL layer. So I changed back to Layer 0, drew some more walls... and they STILL came in on the A-WALL layer. So I guess it's fixed now. Whatever it was! "Paul Humphrey" wrote in message news:40577a56_1@newsprd01... > At the bottom left, just above the command window is a small arrow with a > circle around it, click that-go to the Layering tab and select the desired > layer key style-this should look familiar to you. > > There are a few other functions on that arrow that you might want to > familiarize yourself with. > > good luck > > > > > "Dana Jones" wrote in message > news:40572655$1_1@newsprd01... > > I've spent time with 3.0 and 3.3 but am just getting acquainted with 4.0. > > > > I'm working through Mr Aubin's book, have done the first part of the > > residential tutorial and made a copy of the first floor to work on as the > > second floor. > > > > When I draw walls on this second floor drawing, they come in on layer 0, > not > > layer A-WALL. > > > > I vaguely remember a Drawing Setup item in 3.3 that you had to change from > > "current layer" to the AIA scheme, but I can't find it now... can anyone > > help? > > > > > >