Renaming Layers

In order for me to convert AutoCAD drawings to the CableCAD format, I
need to have all the layers as numbers, and so far what has been done
in the past is to do this manually. I would like to automate this
process, but I have no idea how to go about it. Can anybody help me?
I've never written a macro in AutoCAD before.

BTW - I'm running AutoCAD LT 2000I, on Windows 2000 Pro.

Thanks in advance for the help!

 

If you have Express Tools, try LAYTRANS.
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I don't think a macro would do it, but this could be done with LISP.
It wouldn't take a lot of lines of code to generate
a command line interface that would give you the name of a
layer and ask you for the new numeric name. Even easier to
just name them in numeric order...
Not something I'd recommend for the rank beginner, though,
unless you are going to do it hundreds of times.

Hey! UofT. My alma mater, 8t7. That sounds like a long time ago.

 

I just remembered. There's a routine called NEXT.LSP on my site
which does the cycling-through-the-layers part of what you need.
You could rip-off that code as a place to start.

 

Scratch that. I just noticed you said "LT" : (
No LISP on LT without add-ons.