Layers

I've just started creating layers for different parts of my drawing. I have 2 layers so far. One for the floor and one for the walls. When I switch between the layers both the floor and the walls are in the same layer. How do I keep the floor in one layer and the wall in the other?

Set the current layer to "Floor" when you want to draw floor objects and then to "Walls" when you want to draw wall objects. If you already have objects on an incorrect layer, simply pick that object and select the correct layer from the drop-down layer list - this moves the object onto the layer you choose.

Create a layer called "Walls". Then create a second layer called "Floor". Assign each a distinct color. When you work on your floor make sure you are on the "Floor" layer. And when you work on any walls make sure you are on the "Walls" layer.

I thought I already did that. When I try to make the walls invisible the floor disappears too!

I thought I already did that. When I try to make the walls invisible the floor disappears too!

Sounds like everything is on ONE layer.

as soon as I switch layers everything in the drawing becomes the same layer!

I created both layers, put it on floor then created the floor. then switched to wall and created the walls

And the result is more to your liking now?

was I supposed to save the layer before I switched and then started creating the walls?

And the result is more to your liking now?

No that's the way I did it to start with

Once the layer is created there is no need to "save" it.

No that's the way I did it to start with

Tell you what. Post of copy of your drawing (DWG) file.

Drawing3.dwg

That's it

maybe my stolen version doesn't work right. LOL

You have only one layer in your drawing and it happens to be layer "0" which is the default layer AutoCAD opens each new drawing with. Normally this layer uses color "white" but you have elected to change it to something else. I see no layer called "Walls" nor do I see a layer called "Floor". What happened?

beats the heck out of me. the layers are in mine.

I'm going to delete it and try again

Well unless you did something unusual prior to attaching the drawing here there is only one layer. How did you create your other layers? Did they actually show up in the Layer Properties Manager? What colors did you assign to each layer?

Are you using a legal version of the program?

I just created a layer state and when I went to edit it says 0 under name. Could that be the problem?

I simply went to layer state manager, clicked new, named it, clicked ok and then edited it to red