Layer help.

Hi all,

I am trying to complete this insertion for a block with buttons. Here is what I want to do;

Insert a block on a new layer and have the layer return to the previous layer before the block was inserted.

This is what I have so far.

^C^C-la;make;"newlayer";;-insert;"block";;(this is where I am stuck at.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Wouldn't you have to use the layer command again and the "set" layer option to complete the task?

I am trying to avoid this if possible by having the layer return to the previous one with the command.

And you can't make this happen by adding -la;s; add layer name here to the macro you have already?

make a layer - insert a block - reset the layer

The issue occurs when the block insertion asks for the insertion point. it nulls the layer command after that.

you wont's be able to do such a macro, as you pointed out, it will stop when asking for the insertion point...you will need to either create a lisp routing and assign that to your button or use the tool pallete...what's nice about the tool palette is that you can change the properties of the block object (on the palette, right click over the block object) so that it will insert it on a particular layer 9it probably must already exist in the drawing tho) without having to change to that layer...

Make the insertion point 0,0 or any other meaningful coordinate.

^C^C-la;make;"newlayer";;-insert;"block";;(this is where I am stuck at.

^C^C(setq oldlayer (getvar "clayer")) -la;make;"newlayer";;-insert;"block";; (setvar "clayer" oldlayer)

may be missing a couple of ; but as per Rremark save layer do your thing and set it back again just so common in programs lisp's or vba etc also osmode

^c^c-INSERT G:/Autodesk/blocks/cars/ferrari DRAG \1 1 0