This command is used to inspect and work with layers in the drawing. This command is ideal when you are working on a very dense and complex drawing which has many layers and you want to review the entities on different layers. In some cases, there will be layers that you would want to erase. Another scenario might be that you'd like to highlight a layer that is hard to find and see.
The Layer Inspector command has a dialog that docks to the
bottom of the drawing window which keeps the drawing window visible
while running the command. On the left of the dialog is a list of
all the layers in the drawing. To inspect a layer, highlight the
layer name from this list. You can inspect multiple layers at a
time by selecting multiple layers in the list using the Shift and
Ctrl keys while picking in the list. When a layer is selected, the
Entity Count reports how many entities in the drawing are set to
that layer. The Zoom toggle will zoom the drawing window to the
extents of the entities on the layer. The Isolate toggle will
freeze all other layers. The Highlight toggle will highlight all
the entities on the layer. The Restore View On Exit will set the
drawing window to the original position when Layer Inspector was
started. The magnify and arrow buttons are used to zoom in/out and
pan the drawing window. The Rename button allows you to rename the
layer. The Erase Entities button will erase all the entities on the
layer. The Purge button will purge the layer from the drawing which
is only available when there are no entities on the layer. The
Current button sets the layer as the current layer for the
drawing.
Pulldown Menu Location: Inquiry
Keyboard Command: layer_inspect
Prerequisite: None