Building Options vs Layers

• Both Building Options and Layers are used to hide or display items
• Building Options can be used to make items completely appear or disappear from drawings and 3D
• Layers affect the visibility of objects in drawings. The visibility of Layers can be adjusted for each drawing mode
• Layers visibility can be adjusted for underlying drawings in Overlays
• Building Options can be turned on or off in Plan Sets
• Building Options can be turned on or off in Annotated views
• Building Options affect both 2D and 3D
• Layers affect 2D only

	Building Options	Layers
Affects 2D	✓	✓
Affects 3D	✓	✗
Set a Default per Drawing Mode	✗	✓
Has Grouping	✓	✓
Use Grouping to Control Visibility	✓	✗
Checkbox Groups	✓	✗
Radio Groups	✓	✗
Can Create Complex Visibility Conditions	✓	✗
Show Number of Items in Drawing	✓	✓
Show Number of Items in Project	✓	✗
Lock Items	✓	✓
Automatically Lock all Invisible Items	✓	✓
Fade Items	✓	✓

See Also

• Building Options
• Layers