layer import and export in autocad 2013

hi,

i have a layer which i have exported and saved as layer file.

now i want to import this layer file in an already existing file. can i know the process.

Shilpika

You can just use COPY and Paste it in, or you can INSERT it.

It sounds to me like you might really want to set up a drawing template from an existing drawing, by doing a SAVE AS, giving it a name that makes sense, and selecting FILE TYPE .dwt.

Then each time you start a new drawing you can have all of your typical LAYERS, DIMSTYLES, etc. loaded into your drawing, so you hit the ground running.

As you say above an existing dwg (not file easier to recognise) you can import layers settings in various ways, create a macro, a script for multiple layers, a lisp plus other ways.

An example of multiple layers in one go using Script Mylayers

save this as mylayers.scr

-layer n layer1 C 1 layer1 lt dashed layer1
n layer2 c 2 layer2 lt Continuous layer3
n layer3 c 3 layer3 Lt center layer3

An example of existing layers from a dwg just draw a line for each layer makes sure set to Bylayer wblock these out to say Mylayers.dwg. Insert mylayers.dwg into current dwg explode erase line layers are now there.

Just for anyone else reading as part of a commercial package took a complete different approach create layer on the fly as you created predefined objects this way your dwg is not full of layers you do not need Ok I know purge etc Civ3d pain in bum amount of layers that exist in blank dwg.