Can the layer status of model and layout space be converted in CAD software?

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In the process of using Haochen CAD software to draw drawings, after the designer gets the CAD drawings, a lot of layer states are saved in the layer state manager. When the layer state manager is opened, the model or layout will be displayed later. For more convenience, some designers want to change the layer state of the model into the layer state of the layout. Can this situation be converted? Let’s find out together below. The model is the layer state saved in the model space, and the layout is the layer state saved in the layout space. However, the model and layout cannot be changed at will, because the status attributes of the CAD layers in the model space and layout space are different. In the layout, in addition to the same layer switch, lock, freeze, color, line type, line width and other attributes of the model space, there are also freeze, color, line type and line width attributes for the viewport, so the layer status of the model and layout space cannot be switched at will. But this does not mean that the CAD layer status set in the model space or layout space cannot be restored in other spaces, but sometimes the layer settings will change after restoration. Let's take a brief look at an example below. Create layer 1 to layer 5, set the colors to 5 colors respectively, and then create several layer states in the model space and layout space. We can try to restore the layer state in another space to see what the effect is. 1. The layer state of the model space closed layer. In this layer state, layer 2 and layer 4 are closed. Switch to layout space and open all CAD layers. Without entering the viewport, restore this layer state. You can see that the circles on layer 2 and layer 4 have disappeared in paper space, but the circles in the viewport are still displayed. Open the layer state manager, and you can see that layer 2 and layer 4 are not closed, but are frozen by the viewport, as shown in the figure below. Unfreeze the two layers, restore the display of all layers, then double-click to enter the viewport, and restore the "Model Off" layer state again. This time the layer state looks the same, but the graphics display effect is different, as shown in the figure below. Through the above tests we found two problems: 1. When the model space layer is closed and the layout space is restored, it becomes the viewport frozen. 2. In the layout paper space, although there is no viewport, it is equivalent to having a viewport, and you can set freeze, color, line type, and line width separately. 3. The CAD layer state of the frozen layer in the layout space saves a layer state after freezing two layers in the layout viewport. When you restore this layer state in the model space, you will see that the two layers in the model space are also frozen, as shown in the figure below. Freezing these two layers in model space is equivalent to freezing these two layers in all viewports in layout space. If you save the layer color set separately for the viewport in the layer state, and restore it to the model space, it will directly change to the layer color. Summary According to the above two simple examples, we can see that although the effect looks similar when restoring the layer status of other spaces in the model space or layout space, in fact, the properties of the layer after restoration are different, so it is not recommended to restore the layer status of other spaces in the model space and layout space. The above is the relevant introduction to the layer state transition of the model and layout space in CAD drawings in Haochen CAD software. During the actual drawing process, you can refer to the above CAD tutorial for operation.