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Posted on 2009-04-13 15:18:42
Excellent tip! I never thought about how to copy from the Layer dialogue
box. I would use "-Layer"|?|*|, then go to the text screen and copy-clip
from there. It gives you a layer list a bit more abbreviated, which
sometimes can be useful, unless you want each value in its own cell (which
requires an intermediate step of saving to a text file and importing into
Excel). Dawn's tip captures ALL layer data AND put each value into its own
cell.
Works fine in AutoCAD 2009.
Posted on 2009-04-13 20:36:57
GO TO WWW.DOTSOFT.COM-----LOOK FOR LAYERHTM.ZIP------IT WILL BE AN EXACT
DUPLICATE OF YOUR LAYERS WITH COLORS, FROZEN, LINETYPE ETC.
VERY EASY. CAN'T BE WITHOUT IT.
ALSO LOTS OF OTHER FREE STUFF.
Posted on 2009-04-14 09:10:13
This Tip is very useful. Here's an alternate: The following routine takes
it a step further and creates a Layer List in spreadsheet format. It uses
the same name as the drawing being accessed and places it in the same
folder as said drawing. In earlier versions of AutoCAD, it automatically
opens the file, but in 2009, it needs a little "tweaking," therefore the
file will have to be accessed from that particular folder. I hope this
helps.
Billy Wooten "Member, CADalyst Tip Patrol"
Posted on 2009-04-14 10:56:13
I currently use both the LayerHtm.lsp and the 'Copy from History' method.
This 'Copy from Layer Manager' method is a valuable addition. Each of the
three has advantages and disadvantages.
LayerHtm.lsp displays the results as a html file in Internet Explorer (or
other browser) and looks much like the display in Layer Manager without the
status or description fields. Units are not displayed for the lineweights.
Also, as a html file, it can not easily be modified for documentation,
script files or other purposes. LayerHtm will only export layers sorted by
layer name.
Copy from History saves the data from the Autocad text window which then
can be pasted into Notepad for cleanup and subsequent use in Excel or other
programs. This method omits the status and description fields, also the
plot style field. All layer states are grouped; layers are shown as on,
off or frozen (but not both off and frozen); and '-L' & '-P' flags are used
to show 'Locked' and 'Plot' respectively (unlocked and no-plot are blanks).
Lineweight units are shown. Cleanup is necessary for further use to
remove other command data, blank lines, linewraps for long layer names,
etc. All layers have color numbers along with names for colors 1 through
7. There is a 400 line or so limit on the copy/paste selection which can
be annoying to work around. Header labels are provided for select fields.
Copy from Layer Manager copies ALL of the fields from status to description
and pastes them into Excel as separate columns in the same order. Field
names are not copied. Layer colors are name-only for colors 1 through 7,
numbers for the rest. Layer status is noted with '2' for current layer,
'1' for all others. Layer states of on, frozen, locked and plot are
flagged as 'True'; off, thawed, unlocked and no-plot are flagged as
'false'. No units or decimal points for lineweights are shown.
I, for one, will be largely abandoning the Copy from History method to
avoid the cleanup and will be Copying from LM into a spreadsheet
pre-formated with field names and T/F flag values for when I need to
manipulate the data. I will still use LayerHtm for basic look-up tables.
Posted on 2009-04-14 11:00:53
I didn't know about LayerHTM, but love it! The only real issue with it for
me is the "Plot/No Plot" status is only displaying as "Plot", even if my
layer is se to "No Plot".
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