Introduction to layers

One of the important entity properties that should be understood well is the layer property. Experienced users definitely use layers all the time and that is why their work is so effective. Good use of layers is one of important aspects of a good model-making-and-evaluating practice.

Basically, layers are the computer equivalent of tracing overlays on a drawing board. However, layers are much more powerful because you can have many layers in a single project and you can control the visibility and colour of layers independently. This makes working with very complicated projects much more efficient.

When you start a new project, it has only one layer. The first thing you should do, therefore, when you start a new SCIA Engineer project is to create some new layers.