Can't find snowflake button

[cameronsf]

I am using AutoCAD 2004. Where can I find or get the snowflake freeze button?

[hendie]

have you loaded the express tools ?

[Mr T]

It's here. If it ain't visible. Type OPTIONS. Look for the profiles tab. Double click VANILLA. If it still doesn't work post up.

Nick

http://www.cadimage.net/postimages/freeze.jpg

[Mr T]

Ahhhhhhh..... beat me by 4 mins !

Nick

[cameronsf]

I think I stil need to load express tools... Thank you.

[Mr T]

I think I stil need to load express tools... Thank you.

You do not need express tools to view the freeze. It's been in acad for donkeys.It'smore likely youhave change the menus.

Nick

[CADTutor]

If I read the original post correctly, I don't think Express Tools has anything to do with it. My guess is that it is a slight confusion over the layer status icons.

The Snowflake icon is only visible after a layer is frozen because it shows the layer state rather than an action. If no layers are frozen, you will not see any snowflakes. To freeze a layer, you must click on the Sun icon and when you do this it will turn into a snowflake. In the illustration below, layer "0" is not frozen and is shown with a Sun icon but layer "Layer1" is frozen and shown with a Snowflake icon.

http://www.cadimage.net/cadtutor/layer_frozen.gif

To thaw a frozen layer, simply click the Snowflake and it will change to a Sun. Note that you cannot freeze the current layer although you can turn it off.

[Kate M]

Cameron might also be looking for the LAYFRZ Express Tool, which allows you to freeze selected layers by clicking on them.

[Mr T]

Cameron might also be looking for the LAYFRZ Express Tool, which allows you to freeze selected layers by clicking on them.

Is that not what vanilla cad does?

Nick

[Kate M]

I'd post an image, but I can't find the file manager...what I'm talking about is the Express Tool that lets you freeze layers by clicking on them in the drawing, not in the layer pull-down or manager.

[CADTutor]

I'd post an image, but I can't find the file manager...

The File Manager can be found by clicking the File Manager icon at the top right of this (or any other) page. It looks like this: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/templates/subSilver/images/fileman.gif

[Kate M]

Thanks, CADTutor.

http://www.cadimage.net/postimages/layfrz.jpg