When in AutoCAD's LAYER dialog box (command alias: LA) and creating New layers, simply type in a comma after the layer name and it will start creating another new layer. This is similar to the old school command line -LAYER and using the New option and typinging in something like object,center,hidden (commas and no spaces, as spaces are considered an enter). The best thing is to create a template with these layers already in them... but that's for another tip. -- Tracy W. Lincoln, TLConsulting Consulting, Design & Training Specialist Autodesk Discussion Group Facilitator Group(s) Index: http://discussion.autodesk.com Product Support: http://support.autodesk.com
Tracy, I can't get it to work. Could you step me through it in a little more detail. It sounds like what I have been needing. Read Ya Later -KLYPH
in the Layer Dialog box, click New, type in a name (before you are finished type in a comma) This will jump down and start a new layer, type in another layer name, (the key is to end the name with a comma) ....the old-school method was to create layers via the command line with something like (assuming an ENTER is being typed after each line... OR.... this is how you could write a script: -LAYER N OBJECT,CENTER,HIDDEN,TEXT,DIM,TITLEBLOCK and then you could set the colors, linetypes, etc... -- Tracy W. Lincoln, TLConsulting Consulting, Design & Training Specialist Autodesk Discussion Group Facilitator Group(s) Index: http://discussion.autodesk.com Product Support: http://support.autodesk.com
