rcb007 Posted April 28, 2021 Posted April 28, 2021 I stumbled upon this routine by Ronjonp. It isolates an xref layer and unisolates it. I was wondering if i selected an xref layer entity and a dimension within modelspace, could it isolate both layers? ;;; AUTHOR ;;; Copyright© 2009 Ron Perez (ronperez AT gmail dot com) ;;; Isolates selected object layers (similar to LAYISO express tool but will work with nested xref layers) ;;; ISO to invoke...UNISO to restore layer settings (saved in global variable *rjp-savedlayersettings*) (defun c:iso (/ rjp-dxf rjp-freezeallbutselected rjp-getnested rjp-getlayers e out rjp-nentsel rjp-undobegin rjp-undoend ) (vl-load-com) (if *rjp-savedlayersettings* (c:uniso) ) (defun rjp-dxf (code ent) (cdr (assoc code (entget ent)))) (defun rjp-getlayers (ent) (tblobjname "layer" (rjp-dxf 8 ent))) (defun rjp-freezeallbutselected (lst / lay out) (while (setq lay (tblnext "layer" (not lay))) (setq out (cons (tblobjname "layer" (cdr (assoc 2 lay))) out)) ) (mapcar '(lambda (x) (vl-catch-all-apply 'setvar (list "clayer" (rjp-dxf 2 x)))) lst ) (mapcar '(lambda (x) (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-put-freeze (list x :vlax-true))) (setq out (mapcar 'vlax-ename->vla-object (vl-remove-if '(lambda (x) (or (vl-position x lst) (= (vla-get-freeze (vlax-ename->vla-object x)) :vlax-true) ) ) out ) ) ) ) out ) (defun rjp-nentsel (msg / p out) (setvar "ErrNo" 0) (while (not (cond ((and (null (setq p (nentsel (strcat "\n" msg)))) (/= 52 (getvar 'errno))) (prompt "\nSelection missed please try again...") ) ((null p) t) ((progn (setq out p))) ) ) ) out ) (defun rjp-undobegin (/ doc) (setq doc (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object))) (vla-endundomark doc) (vla-startundomark doc) (princ) ) (defun rjp-undoend (/ doc) (setq doc (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object))) (vla-endundomark doc) (princ) ) (defun rjp-getnested (ent) (if ent (if (cadddr ent) (append (list (car ent)) (cadddr ent)) (list (car ent)) ) ) ) (while (setq e (rjp-nentsel "Select object(s) to isolate layers: ")) (setq out (cons (rjp-getnested e) out)) (princ (apply 'strcat (mapcar '(lambda (x) (strcat (rjp-dxf 8 x) " ")) (rjp-getnested e)) ) ) ) (if (setq out (apply 'append out)) (progn (rjp-undobegin) (setq *rjp-savedlayersettings* (rjp-freezeallbutselected (mapcar 'rjp-getlayers out) ) ) (vla-regen (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)) acactiveviewport) (rjp-undoend) (defun c:uniso (/) (if *rjp-savedlayersettings* (progn (mapcar '(lambda (x) (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-put-freeze (list x :vlax-false))) *rjp-savedlayersettings* ) (vla-regen (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)) acactiveviewport ) (setq *rjp-savedlayersettings* nil) ) (princ "\nNo layer settings saved...") ) (princ) ) ) (princ "\nNothing selected...") ) (princ) ) Quote
ronjonp Posted April 28, 2021 Posted April 28, 2021 (edited) That's a blast from the past ... I found this in my slew of routines, give it a try. ;;; AUTHOR ;;; Copyright© 2007 Ron Perez ;;; (defun c:nlayiso (/ llst x n) (and *frzlyrs* (c:nlayuniso)) (while (setq x (nentsel "\nSelect objects on the layer(s) to be isolated: ")) (foreach z (append (list (car x)) (cadddr x)) (setq n (cdr (assoc 8 (entget z)))) (or (member n llst) (progn (setq llst (cons n llst)) (princ (strcat "\n" n)))) ) ) (if llst (progn (vlax-for x (vla-get-layers (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object))) (or (member (vla-get-name x) llst) (progn (setq *frzlyrs* (cons (cons x (vla-get-freeze x)) *frzlyrs*)) (vl-catch-all-error-p (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-put-freeze (list x :vlax-true))) ) ) ) (defun c:nlayuniso (/) (if *frzlyrs* (foreach x *frzlyrs* (vl-catch-all-error-p (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-put-freeze (list (car x) (cdr x)))) ) ) (command "._regen") (setq *frzlyrs* nil) (princ) ) ) ) (princ) ) Edited April 28, 2021 by ronjonp Quote
rcb007 Posted April 28, 2021 Author Posted April 28, 2021 (edited) Ron! So AWESOME! Sorry to bring up the past;) Thank you for sharing that! Works great. no more racking my head through all the layers! Edited April 28, 2021 by rcb007 Quote
ronjonp Posted April 28, 2021 Posted April 28, 2021 7 minutes ago, rcb007 said: Ron! So AWESOME! Sorry to bring up the past;) Thank you for sharing that! Works great. no more racking my head through all the layers! Glad to help Quote
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