vectormax

frequently we need to check drawings - some of which are not ours - and we need to see where objects lie. It would be helpful reduce the eternally long list of classes if it optionally showed only those classes that are in the active layer.

can we add to that if not already mentioned, a top level class that switches all the sub classes? on/gray/off without changing their individual status?

a grayed idea, please include

Just a suggestion, as i am not 100% clear 1. create a new and empty file 2. use workgroups to reference the file into the new file 3. make the colour adjustments or settings (use layer colours, or set the class colours in the file you want to export from to what ever you need 4. export from there if you make any changes, go to the colourful file and update the reference file afterwards to reflect the changes.

That's what i am looking for!!! globally ignoring groups!!! (autocad has that, but i don't wan't to name all the groups in a Linneatic fashion, I want to work!).

the problem explained in detail: you have 5 objects, each in a different class, and the group and nested groups are yet in other classes, maybe accidentally. When switching off single classes groups disappear, or if you work under class options>active only they go as well... if you are working within a large team in which not everybody is aware of the benefits of using classes - it is sometimes necessary to tidy up a drawing and work with class options>active only and assign objects in rogue classes to standard classes. it makes it also easier to control printing from sheet layers... Right, the "the toggle switch" should just ignore - magically - that any objects are in groups, maybe oblivious of groups all together (even when working on viewports). once the drawing is tidy, all the objects are in the right classes, i want to switch back to the "groups mode enabled". ps: groups in autocad are a nightmare...

We hoped to see a toggle switch incorporated which disables group selection (whilst maintaining the groups). This would especially help tidying up and managing a drawing. When working with class visibilities, complex groups don?t display visible objects nested within if parent group/class is invisible. Could this be done?