commande le (quick leader) change layer and back

[jim78b]

how i can edit the qleader command, when i press :le i draw a quick leader on a layer but I can't bring it back to layer 0,

furthermore I have autocad mechanical which does not have the qleader command in the CUI interface but if i write LE i draw a quick leader!

 

i create a new command qleader and write this code: ^C^C-layer;set;AM_5; _QLEADER;\\\
^C^C_CLAYER 0;

 

1. don't back to layer 0

2. if i write LE command not recall my command!

Edited June 12, 2019 by jim78b

[CyberAngel]

If you use LE, you're drawing a leader and then a piece of  text. That leaves you with two separate entities. You must change the text to another layer when you change the leader's layer. Why not use Multileader instead? You get one entity instead of two and avoid this problem.

[jim78b]

yes but i want that the leader is on am_5 layer and then return to my 0 layer with colour :byblock

[ammobake]

So you want to draw it with am_5 layer as the current layer but you want the mleader to exist on layer 0 no matter what?  Is that the gist?

 

ChriS

[jim78b]

I want draw the leader on Am_5 layer and color set on bylayer but when finished to draw the leader in automatic return It possible on the 0 layer (i use default layer 0 with color set to byblock).My macro don't work at the end when i try to change layer to 0....

[ammobake]

I might be pulling us back into circles here but... May I ask why you want these to be drawn on Am_5 layer and then switched to layer 0 when you could just draw mleader on 0 layer to begin with? 

 

What I would do is first create mleader style with the desired layering assigned to the text and the leader (layer 0 in this case).

At that point it won't matter what the current layer is because your mleaders will always be on layer zero per the mleader style.

 

If you need to change the layering of the mleaders you would change it in the mleader style menu (once) and everything would update.

 

ChriS

[jim78b]

Ok but i can not choose on type of layer assign the leader in the menu ...

[SLW210]

Try Layer Director by Lee Mac.

[CyberAngel]

Is there some company standard for your leader styles? Is that why you cannot create a style to do what you want?

 

Is there a locked layer involved? Does the style not permit you to choose the layer you want? I don't quite understand the problem.

[jim78b]

because is annoying every time that i want to draw a leader change layer....and then return back to layer 0

[BIGAL]

If you use lisp a bit easier making it a defun. 

 

using ^C^C-layer;set;AM_5; _QLEADER;\\\ is close but I would use clayer AM_5 

you need to look at how many enters you do and how much input you do should be able to add  "pause" so it will ask questions. or (getpoint) 

[jim78b]

Ok thanks but i try with a macro but not work ...because at the end i want come back to layer 0 .with color byblock

[steven-g]

I'm not sure if I'm following this correctly, you want the leader on layer "AM_5" and then the text on layer "0"? If so try this macro

^C^C^C-layer;set;AM_5;;_QLEADER;\\\1;\^C^C_CLAYER 0;-ch;l;;p;la;0;;

 

[jim78b]

THANKS don't worry i explain wrong i only wanted to return on layer 0

[SLW210]

Did you bother to look at the LISP?

It does exactly what you ask.

[jim78b]

Oh well thanks a lot  but if the layer not exist It create the layer ?

Edited June 14, 2019 by jim78b

[jim78b]

i try but sorry the layer remain on am_5

 

in this mode work :

^C^C_layer;m;AM_5;;_QLEADER;\\\;;^C^C_LAYER m 0;;

but only if i click on the command icon

every time i press right mouse button the layer window open...

 

and if i write in the command line : LE ...the macro is not activate

Edited June 14, 2019 by jim78b

[SLW210]

I have moved your thread to the AutoLISP, Visual LISP & DCL Forum.

[ammobake]

LAYERTRANS is a neat new feature too that would force all objects or objects of specific types to specific layers no matter what but probably won't help you too much since I think it's only available in 2019 or higher.

 

It has other uses.

Like if you have a drawing that was based off an outdated template and your colors and linetypes are off (and you have like hundreds of layers) with one command it will compare everything to another cad drawing and match those layer properties throughout should you choose.

 

This happens in design sometimes when other disciplines are starting with an old template with an old color scheme that doesn't even correspond to the current lineweight style.

 

ChriS

[tombu]

There are 14 different settings that affect options for the qleader command.  For a lisp to work consistently for multiple users you would need to set the options for number of vertices and either text or mtext using the qlset.lsp by Frank Whaley at Autodesk.  It's been posted on this forum many times already: https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/search/?q=qlset

I'd recommend resetting those settings at the end of the lisp to avoid upsetting another user whose settings aren't exactly the same as yours.