Where is Layer Manager in AutoCAD 2007

In older versions of AutoCad there was a Layer Manager. I could set up what layers I wanted on-off. In 2007 version is this Properties Manager? Help! I apologize if I'm in wrong group here ok?

err, um, I'm not sure if I should be typing in French or not. Hopefully not because I don't know it ;) .

Does anything happen when you type ._LAYER at the command prompt?

Hi "mickb"

Please note I have *moved* this thread from the Français - Civil 3D / LDT / Map 3D forum to this one, as I feel this particular forum is a more appropriate place for such a topic.

Thanks, Mike

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You may also want to check if your LAYERS toolbar is on. Right click on any icon of any toolbar and make sure "LAYERS" is ticked. If it isn't, then click on it and the toolbar will appear.

Layer Manager (LMAN) was part of Express tools. The Express layer tools have been incorporated into the core AutoCAD program. Most of them can be found on the Layers II toolbar. LMAN is not on the toolbar, however, you can still use the command by typing LMAN at the command prompt.

AutoCAD added layer states to the vanilla AutoCAD LAYER command. I think they did this in version 2002. We made a company policy at that time for all employees to stop using LMAN and use the layer states in the LAYER command in fear that one day the express tool would go away.

I personally think layer states are better than LMAN. You have control over what properties to restore. For example, if I only want to restore the on/off property and not the color property I can do it. In the later versions (started in either 2005 or 2006) you can force it to turn off any layers not referenced in the layer state. This is great when a layer gets added to an xref after you save the layer state.

Autodesk has a layer state converter as part of the Autodesk Customization Conversion Tools. I have not tried it yet but it may be worth a look.