Is there a setting to designate a layer for creating revision cloud?

[vernonlee]

Is there a setting to designate a layer for creating revision cloud?

 

Meaning if current layer is 0 but when i create a revision cloud, instead of layer 0, it will be under a designated 'cloud' layer?

 

Thanks

[steven-g]

Change the macro for the revcloud command in the CUI - the layer needs to preexist, or alter the macro to include creating the layer as well.

^C^C-la;set;rev;;_revcloud 

Which will alter the command everywhere except the keyboard. or add the rev cloud to a toolpalette where you can set all sorts of predefined characteristics.

[Dadgad]

Do yourself a big favor, and check out this gem by LeeMac,

 

http://www.lee-mac.com/layerdirector.html , you'll be glad you did.

 

I have it set for Text, Mtext, Dimensions, Viewports, Leaders, Tables & probably a few others which I don't recall off the top of my head.

 

Just one of a great many, very generously made available to the global cad community on Lee's website.

 

Thanks Lee!

[vernonlee]

Do yourself a big favor, and check out this gem by LeeMac,

 

http://www.lee-mac.com/layerdirector.html , you'll be glad you did.

 

I have it set for Text, Mtext, Dimensions, Viewports, Leaders, Tables & probably a few others which I don't recall off the top of my head.

 

Just one of a great many, very generously made available to the global cad community on Lee's website.

 

Thanks Lee!

 

Hi Dadgad. Thanks. I got it. But the colous will not follow. Any idea why?

 

Thanks

[vernonlee]

Change the macro for the revcloud command in the CUI - the layer needs to preexist, or alter the macro to include creating the layer as well.

^C^C-la;set;rev;;_revcloud 

Which will alter the command everywhere except the keyboard. or add the rev cloud to a toolpalette where you can set all sorts of predefined characteristics.

 

Hi steven-g. As i am using keyboard command for revision cloud, I do require it to be in the system setting rather then a macro.

[steven-g]

If you need to alter the core commands then it will have to be LISP, or at least a LISP method that can accept keyboard input (a macro can accept keyboard entry but only in combination with Shift, Ctrl or Alt).

[Dadgad]

Hi Dadgad. Thanks. I got it. But the colous will not follow. Any idea why?

 

Thanks

 

Did you define the LAYER & the LAYER COLOR, at the beginning of the lisp, when you are setting it up?

Open the lisp in Notepad, and specify which commands you want to use reactors, and designate the layer name, and color of that layer, in case it does not already exist in the drawing.

If you defined the layer color, it should work fine.

You might have a problem if that layer name is already defined in the drawing with a different color though, not sure.

One of the things I love about this, is that it will create the required layer, with the designated layer color, if it does not already exist in the drawing.

I also LOVE the fact that it goes back to the previous layer, as soon as it completes the command.

Nice to know that all your Dimensions are on your Dims layer, etcetera.

 

Thanks Lee!

[vernonlee]

Did you define the LAYER & the LAYER COLOR, at the beginning of the lisp, when you are setting it up?

Open the lisp in Notepad, and specify which commands you want to use reactors, and designate the layer name, and color of that layer, in case it does not already exist in the drawing.

If you defined the layer color, it should work fine.

You might have a problem if that layer name is already defined in the drawing with a different color though, not sure.

One of the things I love about this, is that it will create the required layer, with the designated layer color, if it does not already exist in the drawing.

I also LOVE the fact that it goes back to the previous layer, as soon as it completes the command.

Nice to know that all your Dimensions are on your Dims layer, etcetera.

 

Thanks Lee!

 

I draft it this way. Everything is fine except the colours will not be "242" but always be base on current colours.

 

Any idea where went wrong?

 

Thanks

 

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("*REVCLOUD"           "A-_ANOTREVN_E-"     [color=red][b]242[/b][/color]        "Continuous"           -3                1     )