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Tip guru Leonid Nemirovsky shares a method for dealing with strict clients who limit what you can do with layers in AutoCAD files.

"Our client is very strict about laye...  Read more

Tip#: 4058
Author: Leonid Nemirovsky
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 28-Jan-2013
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Tip 2270: Freeze Layers Currently Not Visible
In an attempt to make drawings regenerate faster, Gordon Reichhardt developed Freeze Layers Currently Not Visible. Load the LISP code and type Frz...  Read more

Tip#: 2270
Author: Gordon Reichhardt
Rename File To: Tip 2270: FRZALLBUTVIS.LSP
Published on: 01-Feb-2008
Downloads: 406
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

Tips 2252 and 2253: Object's Layer Off and Object's Layer Freeze
The next two tips -- Object's Layer Off and Object's Layer Freeze, come from Francis Gamotis; however, he notes that coworkers ...  Read more

Tip#: 2253
Author: Francis Gamotis
Rename File To: Tip 2253: Frzx.lsp
Published on: 01-Nov-2007
Downloads: 353
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

Tips 2252 and 2253: Object's Layer Off and Object's Layer Freeze
The next two tips -- Object's Layer Off and Object's Layer Freeze, come from Francis Gamotis; however, he notes that coworkers ...  Read more

Tip#: 2252
Author: Francis Gamotis
Rename File To: Tip 2252: OFFX.lsp
Published on: 01-Nov-2007
Downloads: 361
Rating:
3.5
  Rated by 2 users

Tip 2248: Layer Manipulation
Robert Gardner's Layer Manipulation is a solution for "getting rid of those pesky layer-name prefixes" when xref objects are inserted in a drawing. This ...  Read more

Tip#: 2248
Author: Robert Gardner
Rename File To: Tip 2248: XREFLAY.lsp
Published on: 01-Oct-2007
Downloads: 671
Rating:
3
  Rated by 1 users

Tip 2249: Force All to Layer Zero
Force All to Layer Zero comes from a Hot Tip Harry Discussion Forum guru, Leonid Nemirovsky. Other functions out there let you change layers, but this one goe...  Read more

Tip#: 2249
Author: Leonid Nemirovsky
Rename File To: Tip 2249: XD.lsp
Published on: 01-Oct-2007
Downloads: 374
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

Tip 2239: Layer Table to Excel
Pedro Ferreira's Layer Table to Excel utility creates a Microsoft Excel worksheet that contains a complete dump of the current drawing's layer table. For this cu...  Read more

Tip#: 2239
Author: Pedro Ferreira
Rename File To: Tip 2239: layers2xls.lsp
Published on: 01-Sep-2007
Downloads: 1079
Rating:
3.5
  Rated by 2 users

Tip 2221: Copy Objects to Layer
Theodorus Winata wrote Copy Objects to Layer, which does two things at once -- and with a nice style, too. The tip contains a dialog box file (DCL) as well as t...  Read more

Tip#: 2221
Author: Theodorus Winata
Rename File To: Tip 2221: CPL.lsp
Published on: 01-Jul-2007
Downloads: 619
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

We will start with a tip from Jim Himes, Rename Layers from a List (Tip #2178). Once you load the LISP code into AutoCAD, type RENLAY to rename a set of layers with new names based on information i...  Read more

Tip#: 2178
Author: Jim Himes
Rename File To: Tip 2178: RENLAY.LSP
Published on: 01-Feb-2007
Downloads: 586
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

Jay Thomas supplied Layer Script Maker (Tip #2161) for moving layer assignments from one drawing to another. This is a clever application that combines two different programming tools, AutoLISP and...  Read more

Tip#: 2161
Author: Jay Thomas
Rename File To: Tip2161: LyrMak.lsp
Published on: 01-Nov-2006
Downloads: 738
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users