Using Layers to Organize Your Drawing - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 251

tABLE 6.2 Layers and Colors for the Cabin Drawing

Layer name Color

A-DECK-STRS 8 (Gray)

A-DECK Green (3)

A-FLOR-FIXT Magenta (6)

A-WALL-HEAD Yellow (2)

A-ROOF Blue (5)

Created in earlier exercises:

A-WALL Cyan (4)

A-DOOR Red (1)

NOTE Blue might or might not read well on a black background. If you
don't like the way it looks, try picking a lighter shade of blue from the array of 240
colors on the Index Color tab. Likewise, yellow might not read well on a lighter
background; try picking a darker shade of yellow from the Index Color tab.

When finished, the layer list should have eight layers with their assigned col-
ors in the color squares of each row (see Figure 6.9). All layers are assigned the
Continuous linetype by default. This is convenient because most building compo-
nents are represented in the floor plan by continuous lines, but the roof — because
of its position above the walls — needs to be represented by a dashed line. Later
you'll assign the Dashed linetype to the A-ROOF layer.

FiGuRE 6.9 The Layer List box, in the Layer Properties Manager dialog box, with the
seven new layers and layer 0