Creating a button for layer control....

[Gratitude1977]

Hi all,

 

Another question regarding creating specific buttons.

 

Is it possible to create buttons that would allow you to turn on or off layers in a dwg.

 

Also for freezing and unfreezing.

 

I know that it should be possible I just need the right command line for it.

 

Thanks alot (hopefully I will be done with this standardizing of my office soon!)

[designerstuart]

there are already buttons for LAYFRZ, LAYLOCK and LAYOFF (Layers II toolbar)

 

or do you mean for specific layers?

[Gratitude1977]

Sorry I should have been a little more specific. I have created a bunch of layers for the office standards and I need to be able to turn off or on when I am in the drawing so that it can turn off the specific layers that I have created. Some or all the layers that were created.

 

Thanks

[alanjt]

Hi all,

 

Another question regarding creating specific buttons.

 

Is it possible to create buttons that would allow you to turn on or off layers in a dwg.

 

Also for freezing and unfreezing.

 

I know that it should be possible I just need the right command line for it.

 

Thanks alot (hopefully I will be done with this standardizing of my office soon!)

I'm not a macro writer (LISP is my forte), but you can do what you are wanting with the -layer command (on/off/freeze/thaw/color/linetype/etc). Learn how to use -layer first, then writing macros for it will make a lot more sense.

eg.

Command: la
-LAYER
Current layer:  "0"
Enter an option 
[?/Make/Set/New/Rename/ON/OFF/Color/Ltype/LWeight/MATerial/Plot/Freeze/Thaw/LOck
/Unlock/stAte/Description/rEconcile]: [color=red]of[/color] <choose OFF option

Enter name list of layer(s) to turn off or <select objects>: [color=red]*strm*[/color] <turn off all layers that match *strm* (not case sensitive)
Enter an option 
[?/Make/Set/New/Rename/ON/OFF/Color/Ltype/LWeight/MATerial/Plot/Freeze/Thaw/LOck
/Unlock/stAte/Description/rEconcile]:

 

there are already buttons for LAYFRZ, LAYLOCK and LAYOFF (Layers II toolbar)

 

or do you mean for specific layers?

Layers II toolbar didn't come around until 07/08. In 2005, they were still part of Express Tools.