progvincent Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Hi, I'm trying to delete a unused layer. But when I do that I get the following error (see attachment). I googled a bit and figured out that the LAYDEL command might solve my issue, but as I'm using Autocad 2013, that's not possible, as it doesn't have this command... Any id's how to solve this? The block that causes the error can also be deleted, I tried with the purge command, but must be doing something wrong cause it didn't work. Oh yeah, with regard to the purge command, I see it this way (attachment 2), how can you display it in a window kind of view to get a better overview? Best regards, Vincent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betterway Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Have you tried the command LAYMRG. You can reduce the number of layers in a drawing by merging them. Objects on merged layers are moved to the target layer, and the original layers are purged from the drawing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Welcome to CADTutor. LAYDEL is still an option in 2013, as you can see from my attachment, at least I have it. Or if you open your LAYER PROPERTIES MANAGER, and select any layer, then do a right click you will also find DELETE LAYER available there in the shortcut menu. If you want to see more commandline history hit F2 to open your text window. If you are using the -purge command, looks like you are, then you can select ALL. Welcome too to betterway, who has suggested a good fallback strategy for when all else fails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyke Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 The block that causes the error can also be deleted, I tried with the purge command, but must be doing something wrong cause it didn't work. Oh yeah, with regard to the purge command, I see it this way (attachment 2), how can you display it in a window kind of view to get a better overview? Welcome to CADTutor Vincent. You can display the purge window by issuing the command PURGE, without the leading minus sign. But compare the options available, there are fewer as by issuing the -PURGE command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberAngel Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 ... The block that causes the error can also be deleted, I tried with the purge command, but must be doing something wrong cause it didn't work. ... I'm confused. Did the block get purged or not? If the block did purge, could you then purge the layer? Be very careful with LAYDEL. You may erase something you didn't intend to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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