Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 2192

property, click its icon. To select all layers quickly, right-click and choose Highlight All. To open the Object/Layer Properties dialog, click on the icon next to the layer or object. Each property has a unique icon to indicate that it is turned on, while all properties share the same icon for the off ( ) and By Layer ( ) states. NOTE By Layer is available only at the object level, in the Render, Color, and Radiosity columns. TIP You can sort the layers by any of their properties by clicking the column name. Layers Displays the names of the layers/objects. Click a name to select the layer, or to rename the layer. NOTE Clicking the layer icon opens the Layer Properties dialog on page 7451 for all highlighted layers. Clicking the object icon opens the Object Properties dialog on page 305 for all highlighted objects. Current Layer Toggle The unlabeled column to the right of the layer name indicates the current layer and lets you make a different layer current. A check mark appears next to the current layer. Click the check box next to another layer name to make it current. Hide Hides and unhides layers. When a layer is hidden, it's invisible. You might want to hide layers that contain construction or reference information. Freeze Freezes layers. You can't select or edit objects on a frozen layer. Freezing a layer is useful if you want to view information on a layer for reference but don't want to edit objects on that layer. Render When on, objects appear in the rendered scene. Non-rendering objects don't cast shadows or affect the visual component of the rendered scene. Like dummy objects, non-rendering objects can manipulate other objects in the scene. Shape objects on page 606 have the Render option turned on by default. In addition, they have a Renderable check box in their creation parameters. When both check boxes are on, the shape is renderable. If either check boxes are off, the shape isn't renderable. If you apply a modifier that converts the shape into a mesh object, such as a Lathe on page 1501 or Extrude on page 1448 Layer Manager | 7447