SenseAO Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 I feel like this is the go to site for cad help, so ill probably be making a ton of posts in the next little while. haha How would i go about deleting a Layer even though it has something on it? I dont care what it is, i just want to get it erased. Ive tried turning off all the layers except this one but nothing shows up. The drawing is too extensive to go line by line. Or if you have a solution to finding out what exactly is under that layer, that would probably be of better help. TIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 The LAYDEL command will delete any layer, except Layer 0, regardless of whether it has something on it or not. You can use the QSELECT command to select entities on a specific layer. The LAYWALK command is another one you might be interested in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenseAO Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 Thx for the reply back cad64. Ive tried all 3 of ur methods with no success. Is it possible that something on that specific layer is attached to another one somehow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Really? LAYDEL should have deleted the layer, no matter what's on it. Even if the layer is inside a block, it would have given you a warning but it still would have deleted it if you said OK. Can you post the drawing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberAngel Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 LAYDEL is a last resort. Make absolutely sure there is nothing you need on that layer before you use LAYDEL, because once it's gone, it's gone. QSELECT will let you select, and then erase, everything on the layer. You should then use PURGE to actually remove the layer. That's the approved method. PURGE won't work if there's still something on the layer or referencing the layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 SenseAO, as a new member, you are not allowed to post links. Click the "Go Advanced" button below to get to the advanced editor, then scroll down and click the "Manage Attachments" button. This will allow you to upload images or files to the forum. But what I was asking for was your actual drawing file, not images. I need to see your .dwg so I can determine why QSELECT, LAYWALK and LAYDEL are not working. I can't do that from an image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenseAO Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 The layer that i want to delete is A-wall-extr Thx for giving it a shot Cad64 ShawHouseT.dwg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Having the odd five minutes spare, I had a look, and in Layout1, the viewport is drawn on that layer. So you should change the viewport to another layer, so you don't lose the information, and then purge can be used. Laydel did work for me, so I wonder how you are using it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenseAO Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet...THX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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