Edit all objects on a layer at once
 
 
 
To... Do this

Show the Layer Editor.

Select Display > UI Elements > Channel Box/Layer Editor, or click the Show or hide the Channel Box/Layer Editor button in the Status Line (toolbar).

Set the pop-up menu to Display.

Show or hide a layer.

Click the left column next to the name of the layer.

A “V” in the box means the layer is visible.

Cycle the layer’s display type between normal, reference, and template.

Click the middle column next to the name of the layer to cycle through three values:

A blank box means the layer is normal.

A “T” means the layer is templated.

An “R” means the layer is reference.

Change the wireframe color of all objects on a layer.

Double click the layer in the Layer Editor and click a color in the layer window.

The Attribute Editor for a layer contains additional, seldom-used attributes in addition to the settings available in the layer window.

To show the Attribute Editor for a layer, select the layer in the Layer Editor and select Layers > Attributes.

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