Isolate or Exclude a Layer

Turn individual layers on or off to better understand what data is on each layer in your project, and to help you create view filters using just the relevant layers.

Prerequisites:

data on multiple layers

To isolate individual layers:

Select View Filter Manager in Home > View.
In the View Filter Manager, click the tab at the top of the view in which you want to isolate the layer.
Select a view filter in the View Filter drop-down list at the top of the pane. If you want to create a new view filter from an unlocked view filter, click the Copy View Filter icon to make a copy so you do not modify the original view filter.
If desired, click the Zoom Extents icon on the pane's toolbar to turn on the Auto Zoom (to the extents of the visible data) mode.
Click the Isolate Layer icon on the pane's toolbar to turn on the Isolate Layers mode. The groups in the View Filter Manager collapse so that only the Layers group shows.
Click the name of each layer to see the data that resides on it in the graphic view. Only objects on the selected layer are visible.
If you are creating a view filter and want it to show the selected layer, make sure its box is checked. If you do not want to include the layer in the view filter, uncheck the box.
Tip: You may find it faster to use the keyboard to isolate layers. Click a layer name, and then use the up and down arrow keys to move through the list. Press the spacebar to check and uncheck the boxes that control the layer visibility.
Once you are done, click the Zoom Extents and Isolate Layer icons again to return to normal mode. The new view filter shows only the data on the layers for which the boxes are checked.

To hide (exclude) layers by selecting objects:

Starting after step 4 above, select one or more objects (in the graphic view) of the types you want to hide or that reside on the layers you want to hide.
Click the icon on the View Filter Manager's toolbar. The layers that the objects were assigned to are hidden.
Click the Zoom Extents icon again to return to normal mode.
Tip: This method will not hide unlayered data types, such as survey data. If you are primarily interested in CAD data, you may want to hide raw data types before using this method.