Need a TXT Based Layer Translator Routine

[wojocad]

Prior to Acad2002 (I think), LAYTRANS.ARX used simple TXT files to record sets of layer translations done within the routine. This allowed you to use Notepad to manually add or revise standard layer names / colors etc… in various “Rosetta Stone” TXT files. You could then translate any of the old layer names in a drawing that appeared in the list of translations in the TXT you selected to the whatever standard you bothered to set up… REAL HANDY! I used to have a UPDATE LAYERNAMES button in my Customization that launched the routine and called up the office standard.

After 2004, AutoDesk complicated the whole scenario by tying their revised version of LAYTRANS.ARX to their new-fangled DWS format (pretty useless in my opinion). In Acad2002, I was able to rename my old version of LAYTRANS.ARX to TRANSLAY.ARX and appload it manually. It would boot out the newer version and function the same way as the old. In Acad2004, I think they changed ARX formatting somehow and one of my favorite tools went by the wayside (typical AutoDesk progress). I’ve tried asking (in lots of Cad Forums) who wrote the original LAYTRANS code to see if I could get AutoDesk to supply me with a newly recompiled version that works the old way… No luck.

Does anyone have or know of a Layer Translator routine that works something like the old LAYTRANS? It seems like a fairly simple thing to accomplish, but I don’t know how to write such a routine. I do consulting work for a lot of different firms and they all have their own methods and layer standards. I need my old LAYTRANS. Any help?

[ReMark]

You posted in the correct forum the first time. There is no need to double post. It just causes confusion. Please be patient. We all volunteer our time here and on rare occasions some time may pass before your post receives an answer. Bear with us we do the best we can. Thanks.

 

In the meantime you can try over at The Swamp or the CAD Tips section of Cadalyst magazine regarding lisp routines.