Level Questions

I have a single plan referenced in twice (one mirrored from the other) as this is a duplex. I need to turn a level on in one Plan that I do not wish to be on in the other Plan. Possible?

Thank you!

it is through layer management and or paperspace view ports.

I can do it through layer management if I have the same plan but in different view ports. But I have no clue how to do it when the same file is being x-ref'd int he same viewport.

you can put your second xref on a layer and freeze it, though I don't understand what your trying to accomplish here as it seems that you could simply not attach it a second time mirrored.

If I understand your situation correctly, you have an xref of a floor plan (or some other kind of plan), with one instance at scale = n and another at scale = -n. In effect they are mirror images. You want to turn on a layer in one instance and turn that same layer off in the other instance, and both instances appear in the same viewport.

Can you use two viewports, nearly identical except that the layer of interest is turned on in one and off in the other? You'd have to duplicate some effort to keep both viewports updated. Offhand that's the only solution I can see.

CyberAngel - You are correct, the plans are a mirror of the same file. But in that file I have set up layers to Toggle on and off in one one the mirrored plans, just not the other. I will try freezing the layer like Daniel suggested to see if that works.

Freezing one x-ref and then messing with the levels of the other x-ref did not work.

I guess I got spoiled by MicroStation for this type of thing. Every time you attach the same plan it created a new set of layers just for that x-ref. When you try to x-ref the same file twice in AutoCAD it lumps them together in terms of levels which is very limiting.

Make two drawings and xref separately.

Freezing one x-ref and then messing with the levels of the other x-ref did not work.

 

I guess I got spoiled by MicroStation for this type of thing. Every time you attach the same plan it created a new set of layers just for that x-ref. When you try to x-ref the same file twice in AutoCAD it lumps them together in terms of levels which is very limiting.

Xref in the first drawing, use rename, blocks, change the name. Xref in the same drawing again, just like that two sets of layer names, two xref layer filters.

Oh that's sexy! I will give that a shot.

SLW210 - My intent of not having 2 drawings is so when I update one plan I do not need to update the other. This owner likes to make a lot of changes so the cleaner I can keep the process the better. : )

Could you have your layer information in a separate file, into which you xref (as an attachemnt) your linework file?

Perhaps slightly convoluted, but you would only have one file for each set of data.

dJE

Xref in the first drawing, use rename, blocks, change the name. Xref in the same drawing again, just like that two sets of layer names, two xref layer filters.

That is one helluva tip, rkent!!

that is one helluva tip, rkent!!

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Yep, usually when someone tells me this I tend to say: "You need to rethink your xrefs." But rkent's suggestion (i.e. rename and then attach again) is the only efficient way I know of to get around the problem if you can't redesign your xrefs.

No doubt! This worked like a charm! Rare that I will need it, but still, very helpful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I swear, rkent should write a book with tips. Call it "RKent's 1,001 Tips and Tricks in AutoCAD". He usually has the best tips around. It would be a best seller.

I swear, rkent should write a book with tips. Call it "RKent's 1,001 Tips and Tricks in AutoCAD". He usually has the best tips around. It would be a best seller.

Thanks StykFacE, but a majority of those are from somewhere else, every now and then I come up with an original.