Renaming Layers

Modify layer structures

To rename a layer

1. Click Select, Set Layers (How).
   

   Activate Select, Set Layers in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Format

   • Keyboard: Ctrl+4

   • Toolbar: Format
2. Select the Select Layer/Visibility tab.
3. Use the right mouse button to click the layer that you want to rename. On the shortcut menu, click Rename.
4. Change the name(s). Please pay attention to the Notes on layer names.
   

   There are some particular issues to bear in mind when naming layers:

   • You can use any character.
   • You can enter up to 255 characters for the individual hierarchic levels and the full layer names; short layer names can be up to 16 characters long.
   • Check that the names for the first hierarchic level and the short layer names are unique. This applies to short layer names even if they are used in different hierarchic levels.
   • Names for the second hierarchic level and full layer names may occur several times (provided they belong to different, superordinate hierarchic levels).
   • In the case of predefined layers (those provided by Nemetschek), you can only change the short layer name.
   • In the case of user-defined layers, only the information you entered yourself can be modified.
   • You can use numbers 32,767 and higher for user-defined layers; the numbers between 0 and 32,766 are reserved for Allplan layers.