Layer Control
- Duy Pham
- Kester Scandrett
The Layer Control panel, shown in Layer Control#Figure 1, provides a number of options to manage existing layers in the panel, including turning on/off layers, removing layers, and setting properties for layers.
To show/hide the Layer Control, the user can click on the arrow (<<) on the top bar of the panel or can click on the Toggle Layer Control On/Off button on the main toolbar. The frame size of the panel can be adjusted by moving the cursor to the edge of the panel then holding LMC and moving the cursor.
To turn on/off each layer by clicking on/off the light bulb on each layer. When selecting each layer (LMC on the layer), the attribute of the selected layer will be displayed at the bottom of the panel. For example, for grid layer, it will show the grid node dimensions.
RMC on each selected layer in the Layer Control to access more options. For example, Layer Control#Figure 2 shows options for that selected grid layer.
The options available by RMC on each selected layer is different. However, there are some same options that are the same for all layers such as Turn All Layer Off, and Turn All Layer On.
Figure 1. Layer Control panel.
Figure 2. RMC options for grid layer.