Here is the great part!! You can now control those overridden layers by changing a brand new “System Variable” named XREFOVERRIDE and it is basically a toggle. With AutoCAD 2016, you can easily see what layers are in you drawing vs what layers belong to the XREFs both in the Layers “Properties Palette” and in the “Layers Dropdown” (both shown below) It is difficult to get the desired result for your drawing without having to open their drawing… If the other disciplines used their layers “BYLAYER” you could easily change how they display in your drawing.īut since some of their layer colors have been “overridden” meaning that someone changed the color from “BYLAYER” to something else. Your electrical content is hard to differentiate from the other discipline’s. The problem comes when you print your drawing.
Your drawing (electrical) references two other discipline’s drawings (Structural & Mechanical) This new feature in AutoCAD 2016 is by far my favorite.