MTRobin Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Hi Everyone, I draft with the layer color setting toggled on in my design layers, but when I switch to my sheet layers I want the setting to automatically turn off so the lines are true colors. Then when I go back into a design layer it toggles back to my last setting, in this case it would be to layer colors turned on. Exactly how AutoCAD does it. Is this possible? Thank you, Maxwell Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 You could probably use Saved Views to accomplish this, but there is no way to do this (that I know of) using general layer switching routines. Quote Link to comment
Ride Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 On 10/20/2020 at 9:18 AM, MTRobin said: ....Exactly how AutoCAD does it. Is this possible? It should be possible. I would like this feature a lot. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 If you want to do it using Saved Views, Go to the Organization dialog box, Saved View pane. Select the View you want to edit and click the Edit button at the bottom. From the Edit View dialog box, click the Edit Script button at the top right. To have the view turn on Use Layer Colors enter: SetPref(11, True); To have the view turn off Use Layer Colors enter: SetPref(11, False); Make sure you include the semicolon at the end. Click OK to exit the script editor. Click OK again to exit the Edit View dialog box. But to me it is easier to just turn on the Quick Preference for Use Layer Colors by clicking on the disclosure triangle at the right end of the Mode bar and checking Use Layer Colors. Then you only have to use one click to toggle the preference. Quote Link to comment
MTRobin Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 I currently use a script to accomplish this, but that workaround is a bit cumbersome when going back and forth between different design and sheet layer saved views. I also use the Quick Preference, but if I forget to turn Layer Colors off BEFORE going into a sheet layer, sometimes my title block or other lines will get stuck in their color and then publishing gets all messed up. I figured if Vectorworks just handled this on it's own it would smooth the whole process. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 It is a reasonable request. If you really want it to do that then you should post in the Wish List forum. I was just trying to give you some options since you preference is not currently available. Quote Link to comment
MTRobin Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 Much appreciated, as always. Thanks for your help. Best, Maxwell Quote Link to comment
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