This command allows you to manage the selected feature layer, or all feature layers. Not all options are available if you select all feature layers.
If there is more than one feature layer in the drawing you will be prompted to enter the index number of the feature layer that you want to work with or zero to select all feature layers.
Command options
Command to interact with a selected feature layer or all feature layers. Not all options are available if you select all feature layers.
If there is more than one feature layer in the drawing you will be prompted to enter the index number of the feature layer that you want to work with or zero to select all feature layers.
You will then be prompted with list of options. The underlined letter in each listed option acts as a shortcut key to select that option as follows:
- Attributes | Enter A to invoke the attribute table user interface for the selected feature layer. Entities selected in the current drawing will also be selected in the table.
- assiGn | Enter G to invoke the Assign Symbol user interface to manage the element type used as the graphic symbol for point feature layers
- createFeature | Enter F to invoke the appropriate AutoCAD command to create a new feature on the appropriate AutoCAD layer with the correct geometric type. Creates closed polyline for polygons, and invokes the insert command with the appropriate block for point feature classes when a block symbol has been associated with the point feature layer. It is not enabled for feature layers that have complex definition queries where the potential created feature is not defined.
- Current | (Web feature layer only) Enter C to set the current AutoCAD layer to match the layer defined for this web feature layer.
- Discard | (Web feature layer only) Enter D to discard any pending edits to this feature layer, refreshing from the source.
- eXtract| (Web feature layer only) Enter X to convert this feature layer to a document feature layer, disconnecting it from any reference to the source service.
- Identify | Enter I to open the Attribute Editor user interface with the currently selected features. Editing is allowed if the feature layer permits.
- Label | Enter L to to pick labels when one or more features are selected. Creates an association between the entity attribute value and a text entity. The attribute value and the text entity stay in sync. This option includes the following sub-options:
Pick | Enter P to invoke the Esri_PickLabel command for the feature layer.
Synchronize | Enter S to force any label values to be written to the entity to confirm all entity attribute values match the associated text values.
Remove | Enter R to after selecting labeled entities, removes any association between the entity attribute value and the text entity.
- Properties| Enter P to open the Feature Layer Property user interface.
- Readonly | (Web feature layers only) Enter T to set the web feature layer's read-only editing property. This option includes the following sub-options:
True | Enter T to disable editing of this feature layer in the current drawing.
False | Enter F to enable editing of this feature layer in the current drawing if it supports editing.
- reMove | Enter M to remove the current feature layer from the drawing. If this is a web feature layer, the entities will be removed, but the associated AutoCAD layer remains. If this is a document feature layer, the entities are not removed.
- Rename | (Document feature layer only) Enter R to rename the current feature layer with the user-provided value.
- Select | Enter S to select all the entities included in this feature layer.
- sHare | (Document feature layers only) Enter H to invoke the interface to share document feature layers as hosted web feature layers.
- sublaYers | Enter Y to select all the entities included in this feature layer. Instead of interacting with the specified feature layers, limit the command options to interact only with the sublayer. After selecting the subtype layer, the options include the following: Attributes, Block, Current, Identify, and Zoom. The behavior of these commands is the same as defined in this topic.
- symBol | (Point feature only) Enter B to invoke the Assign or Redraw options to manage symbols:
Enter A to ivoke the Assign Default Symbol user interface.
Enter R to redraw each of the selected features of the feature layer using the current default symbol setting.
- syNchronize | ((Web feature layer only) Enter N to Synchronize any pending edits to this web feature layer and refresh with the most current content from the associated service. If no pending edits, it refreshes the features. When drawings contain proxy objects on an AutoCAD layer that is being used as a web feature layer the synchronize function may fail with the message, "Unable to synchronize or discard edits when proxy elements present." This could happen when a drawing was created using ArcGIS for AutoCAD in Civil 3D but is now being edited in ArcGIS for AutoCAD using standard AutoCAD. To ensure proper synchronization it is best practice to synchronize Civil 3D drawings using ArcGIS for AutoCAD within Civil 3D
- Zoom | Enter Z to zoom to the extent that includes all the entities contained in the feature layer.