Deleting Layers in ACAD R12 (Mr Peabody sets the Wayback Machine for 1988...)

Are there any Old-Timers out there with fond childhood memories of Release 12?

Yeah......didn't think so. But any memories will help.

I often use an ancient drawing template with zillions of preferences set
just-so. ( If you remember R12, you remember rummaging through every little
variable setting, trying to find that ONE that's driving you nuts - without
DD-style dialogs - by trial and error!) As it happens, the only blemish on
this template is an unfortunate number of unhelpful Layer Names. My query is
straightforward: Is there a way to delete Layer Names from an existing drawing
file?

Seems like a very basic option for AutoDesk to leave out of DDLAYERS. Am I
missing something here? It's getting tedious in the extreme to rename a layer,
redefine the color, etc. - plus the existing layer names make a shambles of my
standard layer-naming protocol. Any solution better than hand-copying *every*
setting, creating a new template, then hand-entering *every* setting again is
most humbly sought.

I plan to purchase ACAD 200? in 6 to 7 months, so any great minds with good
hearts who help me limp through 'til then will earn double karma points ;-{ )


-=Matt=-

 

Have you tried PURGE?

 

HiHo;
Check out http://www.cadalyst.com for a program that does just that.
Yes I remember R12, and R10 and 9. The code section of the
Autocad users forum at http://groups.msn.com/AutoCADusersforum
has one also.

 

For what it's worth, get you template like you want it and put a line on every layer you want to keep. The use the "wblock"
command and "wblock" the drawing to the same drawing name. Wblock removes everything that isn't used or is showing.
Turn a layer off and it's gone, regardless of something that's on that layer.
I wrote a script that inserts a block of lines on the layers I want, then uses a routine called "strip.lsp" that removes
lines on top of lines, then "wblock" the drawing to a drawing of the same name. This removes everything that's not used and
reduces that drawing to less than 1/2 the size.
R. Wink

 

Try to find a lisp program called Dellayer.lsp.

 

There was a product called SuperPurge that would let you kill layers
that AutoCAD would not. I can't recall where I saw it at the moment
but I recall there was a trial version. Can anyone else point us in
the direction of SuperPurge?

Alan (Cadalot)

 

After a quick Google it apprears it was ManuSoft and the first version
was for R13

Alan (Cadalot)