David Meagher Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 I know Layer Options: Show/Snap/Modify Others lets you select and modify anything, regardless of layer. Is there any easy way to exclude some layers from this? For Example, my set designer just rotated the set 180 degrees on the sound stage after I've completed my light plot. I'd like to grab, my lighting layers and the set layers, but not the stage and pipe grid layers and then rotate 180. There most be an easy way to do this that doesn't involve rotating and re-aligning dozens of layers, one at a time. Thank you Quote Link to comment
Boh Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Show snap modify others only applies to layers that are visible. If you turn off the layers you don’t want to change then you can edit all the others simultaneously with show snap modify setting 1 Quote Link to comment
Guest Alex Sagatov Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 It will depend on the exact situation / file structure, but my first thoughts would be: 1) Tools Menu > Custom Selection --- Here, you could do a custom selection on only certain layers. 2) Design Layer Filters / Search --- You could turn everything else off and then just turn on the layers with a specific filter/name. (If 2018 is still your newest version, this won't be in there) 3) Saved Views --- You could set up saved views that only have the layers you generally work on visible. With all of these, you can set them up in a template, so if you are using similar file/naming structures between your documents, adding them to your template file may be helpful. Quote Link to comment
David Meagher Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 Thanks all. Not soon after I posted this like Boh said, it occurred to me to turn off the other layers. However, it would be helpful at times to be able to see and reference other layers when making large edits like these. Quote Link to comment
Guest Wes Gardner Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 @David Meagher...with Saved Views you can toggle back and forth pretty quickly...dunno if maybe some sort of DLVP (Design Layer Viewport) might help with alignment?? Wes Quote Link to comment
MultipleWays Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 @David Meagher Gray the layers that you don't want to change. You will be able to see them for reference, but you won't be able to effect change to any objects living on those layers. 3 Quote Link to comment
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