Found a layer management trick that cut my revision time in half

I kept getting stuck re-tracing hidden lines every time an architect moved a wall 3 inches, until a senior guy showed me how to set up viewport overrides with different layer states. Has anyone else found a way to keep your xref layers from going haywire when you freeze them?

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sam_wood6011h ago

Oh man, I feel your pain on that one. Nothing worse than freezing a layer and having it mess up half your xrefs in 3 other viewports.

wren_carr9h ago

Honestly though, is it really THAT deep? Yeah it's annoying when layers mess with xrefs but you can usually fix it by just turning the layer back on and checking your VP freeze settings. People act like it's the end of the world but it's just a few clicks to sort out. I've done way worse stuff that actually broke my file for good.