'Sequence' property

Display sequence of elements in documents

By default, elements are displayed in the sequence in which they were created or modified. This way, the element you created or modified last is always on top. Allplan provides several settings for changing the sequence so that you can prevent fills from hiding all the elements below, for example.

The Sequence property is saved as a number between -15 and +16. The elements are displayed on screen in accordance with the value set: the higher the value, the further up the element. In other words, the element to which you have assigned the highest value is displayed on top of all the other elements. When two elements have the same value, the element you created last is displayed on top of the other one. New elements get a fixed default value, which depends on the element type. More information can be found ; see Values for the display sequence.

Note: As soon as you have created new elements or modified elements, Allplan always displays them on top. Only when you execute Regen will Allplan rearrange the sequence in which they appear.

In the case of elements consisting of subordinate elements (e.g. smart symbols, element groups, XRefs), the setting made for the superordinate element has priority over the setting made for the subordinate elements. If, for example, you define that an element group is to be displayed on top of another element group, all the elements of which this element group consists are displayed on top of the elements of the other element group, regardless of the settings made for the individual subordinate elements.