Jack Foster contributed a menu item that makes sure a layer is on, thawed, unlocked and exists — in other words, that you can use it. He says, “When working on a drawing that other users have worked on, you may find that the layer you need is off or frozen. Even if the layer doesn’t exist, this routine will create it. His example is for a layer named “pipe.”
Here it is:
^c^c-layer;on;pipe;thaw;pipe;unlock;pipe;make;pipe;;
Ellen Finkelstein is the author of the best-selling AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT Bible, which started with R14. Ellen has written extensively on AutoCAD, including articles for Autodesk’s website and features for AutoCAD’s Help system. Ellen’s first book was AutoCAD For Dummies Quick Reference.
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Neat-O-Matic! That little LISP will save a lot of clicking around the screen for me; thanks a lot! I wish I’d run across it years ago.