display & output issues

[Ravenstown]

my viewport is set for 2d wireframe, even when i have certain layers turned off or frozen the viewable lines in the layyers that are 'on' are broken as if i was in 2D hidden. text wont show up if over a "box" entity, no matter what elevation i set it at. The results come out upon printing as well.

There must be a display setting i am unaware of to fix this. Any help for this?

Why do certain entities override others even if the later is at an elevation above it? Someone referred to draw order before but I still do not understand how to make that work.

[ReMark]

Can you post a sample drawing (something small enough in size to demonstrate the problem)?