Awesome, just what I was looking for, I use Chief Architect at times which use Layer Sets to turn on/off certain layer depending on the layer set selected. Also associates text and dim scale with that layer set. This is as close as it gets. Thanks for your time explaining..
AutoCAD user since 1996. LAYER STATES WITH THE CHECKSTANDARDS COMMAND: In the company that I work for, we use layer states for representing different customer’s equipment on our telecom towers in the UK. We _also_ have a standards file (.dws). I cannot successfully work the .dws file with all these layer states in place. I am thinking, “Which layer state do I choose as ‘current’ before I implement the .dws file with the CHECKSTANDARDS command so that the drawing is corrected to ‘standard’”? In the Layer States Manager dialogue box, all the ‘layer properties to restore’ are ticked/checked except ‘Transparency’. When I implement the .dws file the first time, it makes the corrections. When I implement the .dws file the second time, it shows up as 0 problems all round. Excellent! Interestingly, when I reselect the layer state as before and then implement the .dws the third time, I get the same problems as before! Am I thinking correctly that we need to create a .dws file for every layer state used in the drawing, else implementing one drawing standards file (.dws) is useless? Thanks in advance. 😊
Yessir, like it a lot. Thank you for the process improvement! Interesting thing though, in AutoCAD 2022 when I try to thaw all layers with the -LA>T>* inputs, nothing happens until I hit escape...only then are all layers thawed and command line reads "command cancelled".
So glad you liked it. You are the sixth or seventh person to point out that Tom Hanks has been imitating me for his entire career. I don't mind though, he seems like a nice enough guy!
these skills just blew my mind...
I'm not sure if you are joking, but glad you found it helpful.
Awesome, just what I was looking for, I use Chief Architect at times which use Layer Sets to turn on/off certain layer depending on the layer set selected. Also associates text and dim scale with that layer set. This is as close as it gets. Thanks for your time explaining..
Glad it helped.
AutoCAD user since 1996.
LAYER STATES WITH THE CHECKSTANDARDS COMMAND:
In the company that I work for, we use layer states for representing different customer’s equipment on our telecom towers in the UK. We _also_ have a standards file (.dws).
I cannot successfully work the .dws file with all these layer states in place.
I am thinking, “Which layer state do I choose as ‘current’ before I implement the .dws file with the CHECKSTANDARDS command so that the drawing is corrected to ‘standard’”?
In the Layer States Manager dialogue box, all the ‘layer properties to restore’ are ticked/checked except ‘Transparency’.
When I implement the .dws file the first time, it makes the corrections.
When I implement the .dws file the second time, it shows up as 0 problems all round. Excellent!
Interestingly, when I reselect the layer state as before and then implement the .dws the third time, I get the same problems as before!
Am I thinking correctly that we need to create a .dws file for every layer state used in the drawing, else implementing one drawing standards file (.dws) is useless?
Thanks in advance. 😊
Very informative and concise. Well done.
Glad it was helpful!
Yessir, like it a lot. Thank you for the process improvement! Interesting thing though, in AutoCAD 2022 when I try to thaw all layers with the -LA>T>* inputs, nothing happens until I hit escape...only then are all layers thawed and command line reads "command cancelled".
Did that happen with the -LAYER command or the VPLAYER command?
Loved the video. Thank you. You sound similar to Tom Hanks.
So glad you liked it. You are the sixth or seventh person to point out that Tom Hanks has been imitating me for his entire career. I don't mind though, he seems like a nice enough guy!
Very good
Thanks
Nice
Thank you. Catching up on my CZcams comments, so this is belated.
how did you record your screen
I use Camtasia, but there are other screen capture programs available. Many schools use Panopto.