Topic: Change XREF colors

[Dave20165]

Hello,

I did some searching but have not found anything on what I hope exists.  When I'm creating construction plans, I am often working a large section of lots that is broken up into 2 or 3 phases.  When I get to the 2nd phase/plan, I XREF the 1st phase's base file and change the layers to existing colors manually.  Is there some sort of batch convert tool that allows me to create a template of my proposed layers, with existing colors, then have it convert my XREF to match that?

Let me know if I did a terrible job of explaining what I'm looking for 

Thanks

[Lee Mac]

This is certainly possible: the layer information could be silently retrieved from the template file using ObjectDBX, then the properties of the relevant xref-dependent layers in the active drawing could be modified to suit the obtained layer information; this would work for all layer properties, not limited to just colour.

It would almost be the reverse of my program here.

[ronjonp]

Reverse like so? 

http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=40223.msg454844#msg454844

[Lee Mac]

lol, I had forgotton about that one, nice one Ron 

[ronjonp]

lol, I had forgotton about that one, nice one Ron 

 

[Dave20165]

Thanks for your replies gentlemen.  What I'm looking for is a little different though. I don't want to revert layers to what they used to be or match the XREF layers to the current drawings layers.  I want the layers in my XREF to match the layers of a 3rd drawing.

For example,
Let's say I have a drawing named "06-10-GRADE.dwg" which references the following:

P-Base.dwg
P-Topo.dwg
X-Base.dwg
X-Topo.dwg

06-10-GRADE.dwg has all my layout tabs for sheets 06-10 with viewports oriented properly and matchlines drawn in, North arrows, grid ticks, etc....

Now......at the end of my plan I need to have landscaping sheets.  This drawing will need all the same viewports, border, etc as the grading plan so I start by doing a save as of "06-10-GRADE.dwg".

On this plan we shade back all of the proposed(P-Topo.dwg, P-Base.dwg) layers.  I don't make them all the same color because I don't want them to all be the same line weight/color. So.....I change each layer individually to a different color.

What I was thinking was, if I could create a blank drawing with all the layers in P-Topo.dwg and P-Base.dwg but have the colors changed to the way I want to show them in the landscaping sheets and call it "Landscape Layers.dwg", then maybe there would be a way to alter XREF layers in my save as drawing to match these new layers?

[VVA]

because of his my terrible English, I do not fully understand the sense of previous post
Look, this variant can be satisfied?
ColorXREF change color xref only on a current session. All layer unlock and thaw

[Dave20165]

My English is terrible?

[ronjonp]

I think VVA was referring to himself 

[Dave20165]

Oh that completely changes everything.

[Dommy2Hotty]

I do this for our MEP backgrounds.  Works just fine for us.

Code: [Select]

(defun C:Backgrounds-MEP ()
  (setq job (strcat "*"(substr (getvar "dwgname") 1 6)"*"))
  (command "-layer" "color" "251" job "freeze" "*A-KITN-COOL-HATC,*WALL-HATC" "color" "yellow" "*base*a-equip-hood" "" "regenall")
  );defun


(defun C:Backgrounds-Equip ()
  (command "-layer" "C" "251" "*BASE*" "")
  (command "-layer" "C" "3" "*BASE*A-KITN-COOL*,*BASE*A-EQUIP,*BASE*A-PLUM-FIXT" "")
  (command "-layer" "C" "8" "*BASE*COOL-HATC" "")
  (command "-layer" "C" "2" "*BASE*A-EQUIP-HOOD" "L" "HIDDEN" "*BASE*A-EQUIP-HOOD"  "")
  (command "-layer" "C" "1" "*BASE*A-FURN" "")
  (command "-layer" "f" "*BASE*WALL-HAT*" "")
  );defun

[VVA]

I think VVA was referring to himself 

Yes.
Dave20165, I'm sorry. Too trusting computer translation