c_space Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I am trying to make a script that starts by selecting a specific layer. The problem I am facing is that when I enter "-layer" "M" "layername", it then takes me back to all of the options whithin the layer setting. When doing it manually, I just hit escape and it takes me out of the command, however Escape doesn't translate too well in my notepad (where I writing my script). Advice? Sorry for the elementary question, I'm brand new to script writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_space Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 wow.... how rookie am I? Just hit enter again and the command ceases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanjt Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 FYI: avoid the use of Escape within commands whenever possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_space Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 ok.... new problem. I'm trying to use the script to select all objects on a specific layer. I'm using the layiso command, but it's asking for user input to "select objects on the layer to isolate". this terminates my script. Any adivce on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanjt Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Feed it a selection set. (setq ss (ssget "_X" '((8 . "LAYERNAME")))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanjt Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Of course, if you're just wanting to turn off or isolate a certain layer, just use the -Layer command on/off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_space Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 yeah. me=rookie I'm not sure what to do with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_space Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Of course, if you're just wanting to turn off or isolate a certain layer, just use the -Layer command on/off. I do indeed want to just Isolate 1 layer, so that I can select all of the objects on that layer and delete them. However I haven't figured out how to do that completly through the command line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanjt Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 If you are wanting to delete the layer and it's contents, I suggest just using LAYDEL, if you want to keep the layer, you'll have to select all objects on that layer and delete. Here's bit of sample code to erase everything on a specified layer - no need for isolating. (if (setq ss (ssget "_X" '((8 . "LAYER")))) (command "_.erase" ss "")) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 -layer examples -la off sew* enter enter -la off * enter enter -la s sewer off * on sew* enter enter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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