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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 notification when layers are added to your drawing—or not

By Ellen Finkelstein

A reader recently asked me the following question about AutoCAD 2008:

“When I’m working with xrefs, this comes up a lot: ‘Unreconciled new layer, new layers were found that may need to be reconciled.’ What is this and how do I correct this?”

AutoCAD 2008 introduced layer notification, which is a feature that lets you […]

October 8th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Drawing | 2 comments