About Layer Export Status

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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.