# Layers in Swift 3D?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/layers-in-swift-3d/23019>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [June 11, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/layers-in-swift-3d/23019 "2003-06-11T21:06:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Fargate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dbc845/32.png) [@Fargate](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Fargate)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/layers-in-swift-3d/23019/1 "2003-06-11T21:06:03Z")

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How do I control layers in SWIFT 3D? I mean how do I control what stays in front of what??? Thanks in advance…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/layers-in-swift-3d/23019/2 "2003-06-11T21:16:58Z")

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you actually dont. swift does not have layering. What I do is create groups of objects and name the descriptively. and manually position them.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/layers-in-swift-3d/23019/3 "2003-06-11T21:17:58Z")

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but how? it keeps automatically positioning stuff behind things which I don’t want in the front!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/layers-in-swift-3d/23019/4 "2003-06-11T21:44:03Z")

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explain what you are doing please. maybe I am misunderstanding

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/layers-in-swift-3d/23019/5 "2003-06-11T23:32:30Z")

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I have some text, which I want to be in front of a sphere. But when I try to make the text smaller, it automatically goes behind the sphere…how do I prevent that???

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/layers-in-swift-3d/23019/6 "2003-06-11T23:47:21Z")

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no real way…just gotta do it manually. one thing you can do is play with the pivot points to help quell this issue but other than that nothing

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/layers-in-swift-3d/23019/7 "2003-06-11T23:48:41Z")

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play with the pivot points?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/layers-in-swift-3d/23019/8 "2003-06-12T04:57:22Z")

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shrink the text, dont just move it backwards