Is there a simple way of automating layers on/off...

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Is there a simple way of automating layers on/off...

sp1ke727 (Mechanical)

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13 Nov 14 11:38

I'm using AutoCAD 2002. Yes I know I'm dated.

This is what I'm trying to do. Let say you have layer a and layer b on. By those being on autocad will automatically shut off or freeze layer c and layer d and vice versa.

Is there an easy way to do this without having to write a lisp routine?

JNieman (Aerospace) · Answer 1 · 2014-11-13 12:01:30

Look into Layer Filters.

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NX8.0, Solidworks 2014, AutoCAD, Enovia V5

JNieman (Aerospace) · Answer 2 · 2014-11-13 12:02:21

Decent link. I haven't read the post, but her posts/tutorials are /typically/ decent.

http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/acadblog/tutorial-...

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NX8.0, Solidworks 2014, AutoCAD, Enovia V5

sp1ke727 (Mechanical) · Answer 3 · 2014-11-13 15:13:35

I figured it out. You can save and name current layer states. Restore them from a list in the layer properties manager.

Right in front of my face. Thanks for the help.

IFRs (Petroleum) · Answer 4 · 2014-11-15 11:54:46

You can also define some quick lisp functions. Add the lines below in your ACAD.lsp file. Restart Autocad. Type L1 or L2 to make them work. Modify as needed.

(DEFUN C:L1 ()
(COMMAND "LAYER" "OFF" "A,B" "")
(COMMAND "LAYER" "ON" "C,D" "")
)

(DEFUN C:L2 ()
(COMMAND "LAYER" "On" "A,B" "")
(COMMAND "LAYER" "Off" "C,D" "")
)

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