Well I thought I had a handle on the 'Layers' in Maya. But I've been trying to duplicate an object and then put it into another layer, so hard to explain...

I think I have successfully copied a component into a new layer, I toggle the 'V' in the layers and it seem okay, but when I turn off the Layer the copy was made from I find that the new layer doesn't seem to actually contain anything. Only when the Layer beneath it is turned on can I see the object that I think is meant to be in the new layer.

Basically this is really what I'm trying to do. Copy something from one layer, create a new layer and paste it into that new layer.

How is something like that done with the layers? Remove from Layer and add to Layer is not working as I expect it to. This boring problem is stopping me from moving on.