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WMScanner GUI and Menus
When layers are visible, you can make changes to entities on the layer. Hidden layers remain stored in
the drawing file, but the objects on hidden layers are not accessible for selection. Layers that are hidden
are generally unaffected by your actions. Certain commands in the software will access and alter entities
that exist on hidden layers. For example, if you remove an access point from a drawing using the
Equipment > Edit/Remove access point command, the access point will be removed from the drawing
regardless of which layer the access point resides upon.
However, if you select entities using the Format Building > Change Partition Type command, entities on
hidden layers are not visible and therefore cannot be selected and converted into a different partition
category. Objects that exist on a layer can be moved to other layers and can have their properties
controlled by the settings of the layer. For example, an entity moved to layer "FLOOR1" assumes the
default properties of layer "FLOOR1", such as color and visibility. If you move an entity to a layer that
is hidden, the entity will become hidden.
Summit WMScanner drawings use a structured layer scheme for organizing building floor plans in a
database. Depending on the complexity of the objects that you wish to incorporate, the software may
have a different number of layers for each formatted floor. You can manipulate the different properties
of the layer by clicking the different symbols in the Layer Properties Manager dialog box.
Manually creating new layers may be beneficial if you have additional information you would like to
incorporate into a drawing but which you do not want associated directly with the entities on any
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