<HideObjects> not working properly?

[OMEGA-ThundeR]

Hi,

I am making fine use of the <HideObjects>  command to temporarily remove some things i don't need.  I got an lisp for easy use of the commands (also to show objects again).
For the first time in years i managed to not get it to work.

Attached is a DWG where the block don't hide when i use the command.  Any other objects do hide.

Seems to be an issue with some layers being 'off'.  When i do <LAYON> i can hide the object.  Turning off some layer again it won't work [u]always[/u],  in include example it does, but i got more objects (blocks) where it still doesn't work if i turn of some includes layers again.

Any idea on why <HideObjects> doesn't work when some layers are in an 'off' state?

Hideobjects.dwg

[Dana W]

The data on an off layer cannot be accessed by any commands other than layer commands.

 

It may work if you do LAYUNISO OR LAYON, run your routine, and then LAYISO or LAYOFF again and run it again, but that is only because the routine is probably not initializing it's own data.

Once you close AutoCad and re-open it, the layers will be off and your routine will have no data in its own little brain so you will be back to it not working.

 

You could make special layers for the objects within blocks that you intend to hide which won't respond to layoff for the original layer, but that has a conundrum of its own.