Basics Of Amshide - Autodesk 057A1-09A111-1001 - AutoCAD LT 2009 User Manual

Basics of AMSHIDE

In the next exercise, you create a hide situation between two folders.
To create a hide situation
1 Open the file Tut_AMSHIDE.dwg in the tutorials folder at:
Windows Vista: C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Autodesk\ACADM
2009\Acadm\Tutorial
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared
Documents\Autodesk\ACADM 2009\Acadm\Tutorial
The drawing contains three instances of a folder, where two overlap each
other.
2 Start the Associative Hide command. On the command line, enter
AMSHIDE.
3 Respond to the prompts as follows:
Select foreground objects:
Ensure that the selection mode is set to TOP-DN and click the upper rectangle
(1)
Select foreground objects:
4 In the Hide Situation dialog box, expand Level1 and Level2. Note how
Folder1 is selected for the foreground (Level1) and Folder2 is selected for
the background.
Press ENTER
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