AutoCAD Map 3D 2009 Geospatial Platform Reference

Determines whether the layer is potentially visible.

Remarks:

Note that this method may return true even though the layer is not visible. This will occur if the visible flag of one of the groups this layer is organized within is not visible or when the current viewScale property of the map is outside the scale ranges defined for this layer.

Returns:

Returns true if the layer is potentially visible, or false otherwise.