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Turn All Layers On or Off at Once in Autocad



Sometimes we when we have several layers turn on we just want to turn them off or vice versa. To do this, we often turn then off one by one which is tedious. Well, it's time to say bye to that becuase in this autocad tutorial I'll teach you how to turn all layers on or off at a single time . So here are the ways to do it.

Tools, Programs To Turn All Layers
On or Off at Once in Autocad:

Solution A.

To turn off the layers:
1. Type the autocad command "LA" and press ENTER.
2. Type OFF and Press ENTER.
3. Press ENTER, ENTER, ENTER. (that's 3 times)
4. This time the layers should be turned off except the current layer.
To turn on the layers:
1. Type the autocad command "LA" and press ENTER.
2. Type ON and Press ENTER.
3. Press ENTER, ENTER, ENTER. (that's 3 times)
4. This time the layers should be turned off except the current layer.


Solution B.

To turn off the layers:
1. Go to the Layer Manager.
2. Press Ctrl+A .
3. Click one of the lightbulbs.
4. At this point the layers should now be off.


Tools, Programs To Turn All Layers
On or Off at Once in Autocad:

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