LAYISO — Isolate

Leaves only the layers of the selected objects visible.

• Command: LAYISO · Global name: _LAYISO
• Ribbon: Home › Layers

Keeps only the layers of the selected objects visible: all other layers are turned off. Useful to work on one part of the drawing without the rest getting in the way. LAYUNISO returns the layers to how they were.

Usage

1. Enter LAYISO or click Isolate on the ribbon.

Select objects on the layer(s) to be isolated or [Settings]:

2. Select one or more objects and press Enter. Their layers stay on and all others are turned off.

Options

• Settings (S): what happens to the other layers: turned off (and, inside a viewport, frozen in it only) or locked and faded.

Enter setting for layers not isolated [Off/Lock and fade] <Off>:
Enter fade value (0-90) <…>:

Notes

• If objects are selected before the command starts, their layers are isolated without asking.
• If the current layer is not one of the isolated layers, the first of them becomes current.
• Layers are turned off, not frozen or locked. If you isolate several times in a row, LAYUNISO returns to the setup before the first isolation.
• To isolate individual objects instead of whole layers, use ISOLATEOBJECTS.

See also

LAYUNISO · LAYOFF · ISOLATEOBJECTS · Layers