Layer Name Sorting

[Teeds]

I have a vexing little problem that is a complete mystery to me.

 

Perhaps one of you gurus know the answer.

 

I have a file that I have created that has all my standard layers in it. I insert it in a new file when I start a drawing or when I need a layer that has been purged when I save a file.

 

Here is the mystery ...

 

If I open the file in question and open the layer dialog box the layers sort in alphabetical order.

 

If I draw a line on layer zero and then use the change properties command to open the properties dialog box, the layer list does not sort in alphabetical order ... it sort of does in way. It resorts in an apparent pattern, but not in alphabetical order.

 

It cannot be my maxsort as I have it set at 1000.

 

Any ideas why it will sort correctly in the layer dialog box and not in the change properties dialog box?

 

As I would expect it doesn’t matter if I am opening the dialog boxes in the original drawing file or a new file that I have inserted the drawing file into.

 

Any ideas?

[BIGAL]

Do you have upper and lower case layer names 52 characters in the alphabet.

[Teeds]

Do you have upper and lower case layer names 52 characters in the alphabet.

 

I'm not sure what you mean.

 

All my layer names are is caps ... and I use the first letter to sort discipline, the second to sort new vs existing vs demo, and then material location descriptors.

 

i.e.

 

A-WALL-EXT

AEWALL-EXT

AXWALL-EXT

[Gila]

so nobody figured it out? my colleague is currently experiencing the same thing. If you found a solution please let us know.

[Gila]

other posts mentioned "maxsort" - that worked - but why in hell do we have so many layers (excuse my french)

[hrehor]

i had the same problem, and switched "maxsort" from 1000 to 5000 and it worked !

thanks

[g0dFather]

i had the same problem, and switched "maxsort" from 1000 to 5000 and it worked !

Worked for me too, thanks!

 

In our case, we don't have 1,000 layers in the actual drawing file itself, but by the time we add 2-3 Xrefs, it would go beyond 1,000.

[hrehor]

Worked for me too, thanks!

 

In our case, we don't have 1,000 layers in the actual drawing file itself, but by the time we add 2-3 Xrefs, it would go beyond 1,000.

 

i am not sure how this parameter relates to number of layers, but surely i don't use so many. even including xrefs!

for me it is yet another "stupidity" of autocad. something like sorting layers depends on "unkown" parameter and if not internet we would never find a solution for it.

IMHO it could at least prompt that number of layers was exceeded, and maybe it should increase "maxsort" automatically.

[David Bethel]

It goes back to the days when stacks and heaps and limited ram amounts were very important.. @ 640kb of physical ram you got into trouble very easily. Layer names etc were ( and still are ) sorted each time the popup is called. You can test this with speed of opening the layer box maxsort being exceeded. It is a lot faster to open.

 

Yes, Autodesk should have automated the process by now, but then it is Autodesk we are talking about -David