PDFLAYERS — PDF Layers

Shows or hides the layers of a PDF underlay.

• Command: PDFLAYERS · Global name: _PDFLAYERS
• Ribbon: Insert › Import

Shows or hides the layers of a PDF underlay. Many PDFs made with CAD programs keep the layers of the original drawing (in the PDF they are called optional content groups): with this command you can turn off, for example, the dimensions or the furniture of a plan received as a PDF.

Usage

1. Enter PDFLAYERS or click the button.
2. Select the PDF underlay.

Select PDF underlay:

3. Choose the option; Enter or ? lists the PDF layers with their state.

Enter an option [?/ON/OFF] <?>:

4. With ON or OFF, enter the layer names. Wildcards are accepted (* all, ? one character), as well as several names separated by commas.

Enter PDF layer name(s) <*>:

Options

• ?: lists the layers, each one with ON (shown) or OFF (hidden).
• ON (ON): turns on the given layers.
• OFF (OFF): turns off the given layers.

Notes

• It only changes what is shown of the underlay: the PDF file is not modified.
• If the PDF has no layers, the command says so and ends.
• The layers turned off are saved in the underlay with LinceCAD's own data: AutoCAD shows the underlay with all its layers.
• In the interface, after selecting the underlay the Underlay Layers dialog box opens, with a check box per PDF layer (and Show all / Hide all); in scripts, SCRIPT and AutoLISP the choice is made on the command line. The dialog box cannot be scripted in the AutoCAD console: it has a unit test.

See also

PDFATTACH · PDFADJUST · PDFCLIP · LAYER · External references