Turn off layers thru marked objects?

Hi,

I really miss this feature: I want to turn off layers by marking objects
having those layers, and then klick a button.

Any ideas?

Regards Roffe S

 

Depending on what version you are running you might have a "Bonus" or
"Express" tool to do this and not know it.
It was once called "layoff", and one to freeze layers was called "layfrz",
if memory serves...

 

(defun c:layoff (/ en lay)
(if (setq en (car (entsel)))
(if (/= (setq lay (cdr (assoc 8 (entget en))))
(getvar "clayer")
)
(command "._-layer" "_off" lay "")
(princ "\nselected layer is current layer")
)
)
(prin1)
)

Tom Berger

 

install your bonus or express tools man, for r14 and higher

 

Why should I? And the OP oviously doesn't have the express tools. And
writing this function definitely doesn't take as long as installing
the tools.

Tm Berger

 

bonus or express tools, tool then an s, that means more than one, as in
around 25 extra tools on r14 and up to 40 new tools in 2004, or are you
going to post lisp routines for each one?, what about isolate selected layer
or freeze selected layer or unlock or lock selected layer or global change
text or any number of other extremely usefull tools.

install the tools rolf.

 

Thanx everybody for the tips. I chose to install Express Tools and it works
splendid. By the way, I can´t understand why they did remove Express Tools
after Acad2000. Too good?

Regards Roffe S

 

They needed the money. BTW- in USA the express tools never came for
free. But almost all functions could be programmed within just a few
minutes (or probably even within seconds), and anyhow you can find
most of them for free in the Net.

Tom Berger

 

They came back in again with 2004 - Obviously they found that no-one wanted
to pay for them afterall.
I've never quite understood why they didn't just integrate these tools into
the main program though.

Matthew