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Know when unwanted layers creep into your drawing with layer notification

By Ellen Finkelstein

Layers are a big issue when it comes to maintaining drawing standards. Where you work, you may have lots of rules about which layers your drawings can have.

Xrefs can be a problem for drawing standards, because when you attach an xref, its layers come along for the ride. This is especially an issue when […]

September 15th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Drawing, Editing, layers | Leave a comment

Get your layers in line with the layer translator

By Ellen Finkelstein

Whether you receive drawings from others or just need to fix up some sloppy work created in-house, you sometimes need to change layer names and properties for objects in your drawings so that they match your layer standards.

A great way to do this is to use the LAYTRANS command, that is, the layer translator. […]

November 4th, 2012 | Tags: , , | Category: layers | 8 comments