Bring to Front (pattern defaults)

Pattern Definition

You can use the Bring to Front and Send to Back tools to place elements of a pattern definition in the foreground or in the background, i.e. in front of or behind other elements. This is particularly important when you include fills in pattern definitions.

To place elements in the foreground or background

1. Click Bring to Front (How) or Send to Back (How).
   

   Activate Send to Back in one of the following ways

   • Palette: Tools Change area in the defaults:

   Pattern

   

   Activate Bring to Front in one of the following ways

   • Palette: Tools Change area in the defaults:

   Pattern

2. Select the elements you want to place in the foreground.
   

   • To select a single element, click it.
   • To select elements in a selection rectangle, hold down the left mouse button and open a selection rectangle around the elements you want to select.
   • Some tools allow you to select all elements in the current document by clicking All in the input options or pressing CTRL+A.

   To get detailed information on all selection options provided by Allplan, see Selecting elements, overview.

   When selecting elements, you can use filters, which allow you to filter by element type or property. For more information, see Using filters.