pbabbidge Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 I've been building a template and the layer manager shows 8 used layers and I can't figure out why there should be ANY used layers. I'd like to clear these so that when I do start a dwg with my template the used layer filter will truly show me just the used layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven-g Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 If it is showing them used there is probably something somewhere on those layers, maybe a stray line buried in a title block on a layout. or viewport on an odd layer, maybe a text style or dimension style has it in use in the settings, if things like that don't show up immediately then most often it would be inside a block somewhere. Post the file if persists in being elusive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbabbidge Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 I tried a purge all (not fully understanding what the results would be) and of course all the layers were deleted, not the result I was looking for. Undo restored all the layers but now ALL the layers show up in the All Used Layers filter. **sigh** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven-g Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Ahh that's different, if the layers purge then they aren't used, you need to change the variable showlayerusage=1 here's a description UsedLayers and then change filters a couple of times for it to kick in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconeo Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 LAYDEL is my friend. And LAYMRG to 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbabbidge Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 I'm down to 6 unused layers including 0, which my filter shows as being used. I guess I'll live with it, seems like I'm always settling to "live with it" in Civil 3D. LDD was much more surveyor friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 It may be a civ3d style setting these are a bit harder to check as there is so many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I have moved your thread to the Civil 3D & LDD Forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberAngel Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Something I always wanted in Civil 3D was a layer checker. If you couldn't purge a layer, this code would find what was using it. That way you didn't spend hours clicking through styles for surfaces, points, contours, profiles, assemblies, tables, etc. etc. etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombu Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Deleting layers and importing Survey data afterwards could become a problem. I have an assortment of templates for every occasion. From my signature below "So many issues can be solved with good templates." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombu Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Something I always wanted in Civil 3D was a layer checker. If you couldn't purge a layer, this code would find what was using it. That way you didn't spend hours clicking through styles for surfaces, points, contours, profiles, assemblies, tables, etc. etc. etc. On everybody's wish list, the checker needs to be able to find any reference that cannot be purged like Text Style, Linetype, Plot Style, Block, Dimstyle, etc… as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmcswain Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Something I always wanted in Civil 3D was a layer checker. If you couldn't purge a layer, this code would find what was using it. They have it. Look here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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