Topic: I don't remember how...

[craigr]

Not my dime..

Believe me, if I could have the 'real' thing, I would. - I get tired of being bit by that snake.

craigr

[Alan Cullen]

Blue...go check out the FAQ on the difference between LT and full blown. If it's not up to date, then tell Tiger to pull her finger out and update it. Second thoughts...don't do that unless you like the smell of fish on your face....

[sinc]

I have two layers, one called 'Pink' & the other 'Green'. I would like to eliminate 'Pink' by merging it into 'Green'.
So I do the LayMrg command and select Pink, then hit enter then select Green and hit enter. - Nothing has changed.

After you select the second layer and hit ENTER, Autocad should prompt you with:

Code: [Select]

******** WARNING ********
You are about to merge layer "Pink" into layer "Green".
Do you wish to continue? [Yes/No] <No>:
If you simply hit ENTER at that point, the command will be aborted and nothing will happen.  You must answer YES.

[craigr]

Yep, that is just what I am doing, but it doesn't change either one.

When I do this, shouldn't both be on the 'pink' layer?

craigr

[craigr]

See the attached..

THIS is what I am talking about. - Of course there are MANY of these throughout the dwg.

I want only ONE layer called 'RoomNumbers'.

How can I get this?

craigr

[Rob...]

Draw 2 lines, 1 on artag and 1 on RoomNumbers. Use Layer Merge and select the line on artag, right click, then select the 1 on RoomNumbers. Right click and type "y".

[craigr]

That is what I have been doing all along - I SWEAR.

So, I followed your instructions to the letter on the dwg that I posted - and it worked!!!

So I went back to my original dwg and tried it there and it didn't work. I 'craps out' without an error. I just doesn't give you the confirmation option to answer yes or no.

So I know there must be a difference between the two dwgs.

After trying several things, I discovered that when a layer in my original dwg called 'TITLE_BLOCK' is locked, LayMrg doesn't work. As soon as I unlock it, LayMrg works fine.

I don't know why that would make a difference, but it does.

Thanks for the help though, at least I can have what I want now.

EDITED ----

Now I think it has to do with a block on that 'Title_Block' Layer.

If I delete that copyright block - The LayMrg works.

It must be something about that Block - near as I can figure.

craigr

[Kate M]

did you ATTSYNC after exiting the block editor ?

Apparently, that is not an option in LT.

craigr

Have you considered buying a real version of AutoCAD?   

:pissed:

 

[Slim©]

Maybe try LAYTRANS. It transfers entities from one layer to another and then deletes the one that is empty.

[Kate M]

Maybe try LAYTRANS. It transfers entities from one layer to another and then deletes the one that is empty.

Not an LT command. (It's part of the Standards management tools.)

[T.Willey]

How would you change the layer of an attribute in LT?  I don't know of a way ( without code ), and that may help in the future, as that seems to be what is the problem in the block posted in this thread.

[mjfarrell]

would LT not support ATTEDIT?

[T.Willey]

would LT not support ATTEDIT?

I thought was the way, but when I tried it this morning it didn't have the layer prompt, but now it did.  Attedit didn't do it on my system, but -attedit did.

Edit: Not LT tested.

[Kate M]

How would you change the layer of an attribute in LT?  I don't know of a way ( without code ), and that may help in the future, as that seems to be what is the problem in the block posted in this thread.

Block editor.

[T.Willey]

How would you change the layer of an attribute in LT?  I don't know of a way ( without code ), and that may help in the future, as that seems to be what is the problem in the block posted in this thread.

Block editor.

But once the block is inserted, the layer of the attributes can be changed to any layer.  Wouldn't the block editor only change the attribute definition's layer?  And not the one that is inserted ( and associated with a inserted block )?