Increased Functionality

The basic system within AutoCAD can always be improved both for functionality and ease of use. And in AutoCAD 2002 a few touches of brilliance have been put in to whet your appetite for even more improvements.

Layer States

Aside from editing objects, manipulating of the “layer state” is the second most used action within AutoCAD. Users are constantly turning on and off layers and freezing and thawing them as well. With an unlimited number of layers in AutoCAD, it seems that folks have gone overboard and made layers to control everything. With that comes a management nightmare, swapping layer settings while in a drawing and transporting that information to other drawings. Well, you are in luck—a new feature in AutoCAD ...

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