Script to delete sheet layers?

[stayathomedad]

Is there a VS to delete sheet layers?

 

I am very new to VS and I have a project where I would like to delete sheet layers. I can see when I create a Braceworks report that there are sheet layers being created and deleted. I would like to create a VS that does a similar process.

 

Thanks for your time.

 

[Pat Stanford]

DelObject() will delete a layer if you pass it a handle to the layer.

[MullinRJ]

Hello @stayathomedad,

   One command you might want to use in your script is: 

GetObjectVariableInt(LyrHnd, 154));    { return the layer type of the layer referenced by LyrHnd }

where LyrHnd is a handle to a layer. This function will return a value of 1 for Design Layers, or 2 for Sheet Layers. Use this to test the layer handle before you delete it.

 

For example:

Message(GetObjectVariableInt(FLayer, 154));    { return the layer type of the First Layer in the drawing }

will always return 1, because there is always a design layer in a file and design layers are always stored below sheet layers. 

 

Conversely:

eg. - Message(GetObjectVariableInt(LLayer, 154));    { return the layer type of the Last Layer in the drawing }

can return 1 or 2. If there are any sheet layers in a drawing, the Last Layer will always be a sheet layer and the function will return 2. If there are no sheet layers in a drawing, then the Last Layer will be a design layer and the function will return 1.

 

HTH,

Raymond