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	Layers are a Surveyor tool that allows you to better manage the objects that are placed in your Trainz World.
	Layers are a Driver tool that allows you to change what the players see as they drive around your Trainz World.

The Layer Tool

Click the Layers Tool to open up its properties.

The layers are organised into two groups:-

• Route Layers in the top section, and
• Session Layers in the lower section.

With the Layer Tools (Add, Delete, Merge and Lock) below them.

Each section contains multiple layers - the scroll bars next to the layers indicate that there are more layers in each section.

Loading a Route and Loading a Session

The layers you will see will depend on whether you have loaded into Surveyor a Route by itself (with no "child" Session) or a Session and its "parent" Route.

The image on the left shows the layers that will appear if the route only is loaded into Surveyor. Note that a default "session-layer" is present. An empty default "session-layer" is always present when only the route is loaded into Surveyor. The image on the right shows the layers that will appear if a session based on that route is loaded into Surveyor. In both cases, the Route Layers are identical because the same route has been loaded. The session contains additional layers, the Session Layers, that are not saved with the route. If you load a route without a session and add objects to the "session-layer" then those objects will be gone the next time you load the route without the session because a new empty "session-layer" will be created each time a route is loaded without a session.

Creating a New Route

When a brand new route is created it will come with two layers, a single "route-layer" and a single "session-layer".

Both layers will be empty (the baseboard with its grid is saved with the route but is not in any layer). A layer can be renamed at anytime by double clicking on its name with the left mouse button and typing a new name.