TURN OFF: LAYER MANAGER XREF DIALOG BOX AND PROPERTIES BOX

[Efeezy]

CadTuror Gurus:

 

Is there a quick way to turn on/off the: Layer manager, Properties Manger, and Xref dialog box? I do calcs on my other screen and need to toggle off the the: Layer manager, Properties Manger, and Xref dialog box while doing calcs. If there is a way to do this, can we set the command or hot key to ZZ.

 

Thank you for your time,

 

Efeezy 

[rkmcswain]

How about this?

 

 

(defun c:zz ()
  (vl-cmdf "externalreferencesclose")
  (vl-cmdf "propertiesclose")
  (vl-cmdf "layerclose")
)

 

[tombu]

Clean Screen button next to Hamburger button (if it's on) or Ctrl+0 to show only the drawing, no Ribbon, Toolbars, or Palettes.  It has the advantage of being able to toggle everything back on as well.

Edited September 23, 2019 by tombu

[Efeezy]

; TURN OFF: LAYER MANAGER XREF DIALOG BOX AND PROPERTIES BOX
; from rkmcswain  9/23/2019 Cadtutor.net 

(defun c:zz ()
  (vl-cmdf "externalreferencesclose")
  (vl-cmdf "propertiesclose")
  (vl-cmdf "layerclose")
)
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; TURN ON: LAYER MANAGER XREF DIALOG BOX AND PROPERTIES BOX

(defun c:ZZZ ()
    (vl-cmdf "externalreferences")
      (vl-cmdf "properties")
    (vl-cmdf "layer")
)
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[Efeezy]

Thank you, I I love it. Now I am trying to turn it all back on. I cant get the property manager to turn back on. 

 

Also, Didn't know there was a ctrl +0 hot key to turn everything on and off.

[tombu]

1 hour ago, Efeezy said:

Thank you, I I love it. Now I am trying to turn it all back on. I cant get the property manager to turn back on. 

 

Also, Didn't know there was a ctrl +0 hot key to turn everything on and off.

Code looks good, try using with the underscore "_properties"

Properties Palette can be toggled On/Off with Ctrl+1

[Efeezy]

 

The layer manager is the one that I can't turn back on. I am not very good at code I pretty much duplicated rkmcswain code.

[tombu]

12 hours ago, Efeezy said:

 

The layer manager is the one that I can't turn back on. I am not very good at code I pretty much duplicated rkmcswain code.

Try the LAYERPALETTE command instead: http://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2020/ENU/?guid=GUID-DD91EB0C-5D3E-421E-BAB0-F4C2C292FD66

 

To create a toggle to open or close all those palettes test the LAYERMANAGERSTATE (System Variable) indicates whether the Layer Properties Manager is open or closed.

; https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/topic/68762-turn-off-layer-manager-xref-dialog-box-and-properties-box/
; Toggle off/on: layer manager, xref, and properties Palettes
(defun c:PalettesOnOff ()
  (cond
  ((= 1 (getvar "layermanagerstate")
	(vl-cmdf "externalreferencesclose")
	(vl-cmdf "propertiesclose")
	(vl-cmdf "layerclose")
  )
  (T
	(vl-cmdf "externalreferences")
	(vl-cmdf "properties")
	(vl-cmdf "layerpalette")
  )
)

 

Edited September 24, 2019 by tombu

[Efeezy]

; TURN OFF: LAYER MANAGER XREF DIALOG BOX AND PROPERTIES BOX
; from rkmcswain  9/23/2019 Cadtutor.net 

(defun c:ZZ ()
  (vl-cmdf "externalreferencesclose")
  (vl-cmdf "propertiesclose")
  (vl-cmdf "layerclose")
)
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; TURN ON: LAYER MANAGER XREF DIALOG BOX AND PROPERTIES BOX

(defun c:ZZZ ()
	(vl-cmdf "externalreferences")
 	(vl-cmdf "properties")
	(vl-cmdf  "layerpalette")
)
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thank you I updated the Layerplette on my code. works great now thank you