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send command doesnt always work


Janice V

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Send Forward or Backward only sends an object one step. So it's only useful for relative layering of two objects that are right next to each other in layer order. And how often does that happen?

Send to Front and Send to Back are the ones I use a lot.

But bear in mind that they only move the object to the front or back of the layer they're on. Even if an object is in the front of its own layer, it's still behind everything on the layers above. So most layering of objects is done by putting them on particular layers. That's one of the main uses of layers -- as opposed to classes, which are similar to what Autocad misleadingly calls layers.

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...and that order is also shown in the pull-down list of layers.

And in the layers palette you can change the order by selecting a layer and using the Up, Down, Top, and Bottom buttons.

Layers should be life-enhancing, not a source of misery. You should use them only when you want that layering effect, to have certain objects cover up certain others (for example, windows on a 2D Elevation, covering up the siding behind them).

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