AutoCAD Layer Management

1. Use layer filters:

only show the local layers: ‘~*|*’
only show turnoff and frozen layers: use two properties with ‘AND’ operation

2. Layer Setting

modify the lock layer fading:

3. Xref layer state

To save your changes to layer settings, enter VISRETAIN at the command line, and set the variable to 1. This saves the current session’s changes in the current drawing’s layer table so that in subsequent sessions, the layer state remains set to what you want.

If VISRETAIN is set to 0 (zero), the settings are not saved after you close and the drawing.