I have a problem with my layer controls. When I open a DWG-file I need to go to my layer properties manager and select "All" layers to be able to select a specific layer in my dwg.
It is pretty annoying when you need to open layer properties manager every time you open a dwg and select "All" just to be able to select a specific layer.
Is there any default settings that I have to change so it's selected "All" by default?
The below code is one part of code which am using now and i got this solutions here only. Now comming to problem: i am trying my best for select all from screen without opening AutoCAD but they are not successful.
Need to alter this piece of code so that it will select all without opening CAD
Public Shared Sub ReadTexts()
Dim acadver As String = "18" '//AutoCAD Version
' Set your file name to read data here
'Dim fname As String = "C:Test ags.dwg"
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if there are keyboard shortcut keys to these two operations?
1. Selecting a different layer than the active layer w/ keyboard key and selecting an item on that layer on the canvas?
2. Shortcut key strokes to select > Transform > Scale?
Today i opened a psd file which 200 layers. Paint.net is very slow then (as all layers are flatten, pdn is missing hierarchical layers), but that is another problem.
I wanted to hide some background layers and "copy merged" a selection.
It took me 10mn to find all the backgrounds layers without this tool.
In photoshop the tool exist as a property of the "move selection" tool. Ie: you must first select the move selection tool, then select "layer" in the properties toolbar.
Any way to get that for v4 ? Will v4 be on github so we can clone and make patches ?
I can do one or another, but both at the same time? It is annoying because a mask selection turns into layer selection when you select a second layer/folder.
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How can I select a shape on a layer in PSD in the layers palette?
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I have an image with 8 layers and i want to draw lines. So I make a new layer. While this layer is selected, i select the line tool and draw a line. Then, as I want to move this line, I select the move tool and try to move it. But instead of moving the line I just drew, photoshop automatically switches to my background layer (although i'm not sure it's defined as "background layer") and moves the entire content of the layer.
To see what actually happened, i hid each layer in the layer palette... And still... here was my line. (with all layers hidden, is it POSSIBLE to have anything?)
I tried to select my line and then, using the move tool, move it, but the message "could not move the selection because the selected area is empty"...
I know how to do it in Photoshop, but I can't figure it out in Xara...I have Xara Designer Pro 7 BTW...
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I want to migrate my VB code to VB.NET code, migrate the below code?
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Private Function GetEntities(oLayerCollection As Collection, sSelectionSetName As String, _ Optional pointsList As Variant = Empty, _ Optional mode As AcSelect = acSelectionSetCrossingPolygon) As AcadSelectionSet Dim oSS As AcadSelectionSet
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I have always created a new viewport in layout space on the Defpoints layer and been able to select the viewport to move it, etc.
However, I have a couple of drawings that I can't even select anything I put on Defpoints - lines, text - anything.
Is there a variable I've changed and don't realize it?
Some questions of layers:
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-is nesting of layers allowed
-what is the easiest way to swap objects from layer to layer
-how can I select all objects from one certain layer?
illustrator_layers.jpg
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I have an architects plan consisting of many different layers, I have exploded all the plan so that there are no blocks.
I have now created a layer called building. I have selected everything and and placed it on this layer. The layer colour is colour 8.
I now want everything to be by layer so that it is all colour 8. However when I select all (151038 items) and change it all to by layer nothing changes. All colours stay as they are.
But if I was to go and select a small area at a time it allows me to change them to by layer and the colours change to colour 8 as desired.
How to select all and select by layer and have all the colours change in one go rather than me going around the drawing selected sections at a time to make the colours change.
I am trying to automate opening a document and inserting a new layer in it. Inserting the layer and opening the document is quite easy, but doing both is proving to be quite difficult.
Here is the Code that I am working with. The code for creating the layer works fine in an already opened document. It seems that autocad cannot find the opened file.Â
Sub Open_and_new_layer()Application.Documents.Open ("C:UsersPatrickDesktopAutocad program66986691_BL_01.dwg")Dim strLayer As StringstrLayer = "BOM"Dim layCurrent As AcadLayerOn Error Resume NextSet layCurrent = ThisDrawing.Layers(strLayer)If layCurrent Is Nothing ThenSet layCurrent = ThisDrawing.Layers.Add(strLayer)If layCurrent Is Nothing ThenMsgBox "Error creating layer " & strLayer & "."Exit SubEnd IfEnd IfThisDrawing.ActiveLayer = layCurrentEnd Sub
Dim editor As Editor = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Editor
Dim db As Database = HostApplicationServices.WorkingDatabase
Dim tr As Transaction = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction()
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the only prob is : I want selec all block but not the block on layer frozen, off or not visible...
I can check all layer stat on each block.. (i do that already for check each block (name) but i want a solution more easy.)
i have created viewports on the defpoints layer in paper space, but now i can't select them to modify. Â Is there a switch or variable that allows depoints objects to be selected?
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI am working on a .dwg file in AutoCAD 2013 , and on one specific layer (defpoints), I am not able to select any of the objects. Initially, I thought that the layer may have been locked or frozen, but it is not. Additionally, I went ahead and locked then unlocked the layer as well as froze then thawed the layer, still not able to select any objects on the layer.
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I am interested in a program that can select layers by its color, and then change those layers to a different color and add a prefix of Z- in front of those layers.
Example:
Layer Names:Â Â Layer Color:Â Â Â New Layer Names:Â Â New Layer Color:
Wall                       2                   Z-Wall                      100
Berm                     2                    Z-Berm                   100
Fence                   2                     Z-Fence                 100
I found a program (below) that works pretty close to what I am looking for but not quite.
;;;Â Change the color of a layer to another color by Jeff Mishler July 9, 2003
;;;Â Usage - (lay_col_chg oldcolor newcolor
;;;Â example: Command: (lay_col_chg 142 100)
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