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How Layer Standards Determine Layer Name
When you create a new layer using a layer standard, the layer name has a
number of parts separated by delimiters (for example, hyphens). Each part of
the layer name is determined by rules specified in a corresponding field of the
layer standard.
For example, the AIA 2nd Edition layer standard includes five fields that form
each new layer name: Discipline Designator, Major, Minor 1, Minor 2, and
Status. Each field is separated by a hyphen (?) delimiter, as in the following
example:
(Discipline Designator) - (Major) - (Minor 1) - (Minor 2) - (Status)
A layer in your drawing with a Discipline value of “A,” a Major value of “Wall,”
a Minor 1 value of “Full,” a Minor 2 value of “Abov” and a Status value of
“D,” to denote a demolition layer, would be named A-WALL-FULL-ABOV-D.
You can edit the layer standard definition to change these rules. For more
information, see Editing Component Fields on page 770.
You can override the information in each field to change the way a layer
standard creates a layer name by specifying layer key overrides. For more
information, see Layer Key Overrides on page 757.
Layer Standards Included with the Layer Properties Manager
AutoCAD Architecture provides industry-standard layering conventions
including: AIA 2nd Edition, BS1192 Descriptive, and BS1192 - AUG Version 2.
Additional international layer conventions are also provided including: DIN
276, ISYBAU Long Format, ISYBAU Short Format, and STLB. Each layer standard
contains specific information organized in fields. You can specify how the
information appears in each field by changing the values in the layer standard
fields. For more information, see Editing Component Fields on page 770.
Component Fields in Layer Standards
Each layer standard defines the number of component fields that make up a
layer name and specifies the rules for the content allowed in each field. If you
Component Fields in Layer Standards | 761
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