CAD drawing layers are layers that exist in the source CAD drawing. When you add CAD data to a map document, layer settings in the CAD file determine their default visibility in ArcMap. You can change these settings in the Layer Properties dialog box and save them as properties of the feature layer.
To open the dialog box, double-click the CAD feature layer in the table of contents, or right-click the layer and click Properties on the context menu.
Drawing layers tab
Each CAD feature layer maintains its own collection of visibility settings in the Drawing Layers tab. You can set them differently across multiple feature layers in the same map (.mxd) document.
| Drawing layer setting in the CAD file | Default visibility in ArcMap |
|---|---|
On | Visible |
Locked | Visible |
Off | Not visible |
Frozen | Not visible |
Set all drawing layers visible
Click Enable All to set all drawings layers visible in the feature layer.
Turn off all drawing layers
Click Disable All to turn off all drawing layers in the feature layer.
Restore the original settings
Click Restore Original to set visibility to the layer settings in the CAD file.
Restore the last settings
Click Restore Last to reset the visibility settings back to when OK or Apply was last clicked.
Apply the settings to all feature layers
Click Apply to Dataset to apply the current settings to all feature layers in the map document containing CAD features from this dataset.