About Layer Export Status
You can:
Select multiple layers and change their layer export status to the layer export status of a single selected layer.
Export layers as numeric IDs or names.
Provide an automated mechanism for placing assembly components on layers.
Express an assembly structure by placing components on individual layers.
Not all of the Neutral file formats support layers with both IDs or names. The following table shows the layering functions that some of the file formats support. The Choose Layers dialog box lists these functions as follows:
IGES
VDA
STEP AP214_CD
CATIA
Layer IDs
supported
not supported
not supported
supported
Layer Names
supported
supported (entity type set)
supported
not supported
Entities on Multi-Layers
supported
not supported
supported
not supported
Blanked Layers
supported
not supported
supported
not supported (emulated)
Assembly Components
supported
supported
supported
supported
For a part, the IGES and VDA formats support the export of sublayers. When exporting to STEP, entities on sublayers are placed on the top-level layers.
When exporting an assembly, if you change the layer export status of any one layer in the Choose Layers dialog box, all layers of the part reflect the same layer status.