How to Automatically Isolate Any Number of Layers in AutoCAD?
You're undoubtedly aware of the advantages of working with layers if you use AutoCAD. Layers allow you to arrange your drawing's elements depending on their qualities, such as color, line type, and line weight. You may simply adjust the visibility, order, and look of your objects by utilizing layers, which can increase the efficiency and performance of your drawing.
However, sometimes you may need to isolate a specific layer or a group of layers in your drawing, for various reasons. For example, you may want to focus on a certain part of your drawing, hide the irrelevant or distracting objects, or edit the objects on a particular layer.
But how can you do this task easily and quickly? AutoCAD does have a built-in command to isolate a layer, which is LAYISO. However, this command only allows you to isolate one layer at a time, and you have to select an object on that layer to do so. If you want to isolate multiple layers, you have to repeat the process for each layer, which can be tedious and time-consuming.
But what if I told you there is a way to isolate any number of layers in your drawing in just one click? Yes, you heard me right. One-click. And you don’t need any special software or plugins to do it. All you need is a simple AutoCAD LISP routine that you can load and run in your AutoCAD session.
After you have uploaded the LISP file, you need to type 'LYOF' to activate it.
Then select objects from the layers that you want to isolate.
That’s it. You have successfully isolated any number of layers in your drawing in one click using a LISP routine. You can use this LISP routine as many times as you want, on any drawing that you want. You can also customize the LISP routine to suit your needs, such as changing the mode or the state of the isolated layers.
You can download the lisp from here.
Conclusion:
In this blog post, I illustrated to you how to use a LISP routine that can isolate any number of layers in your drawing in one click. I hope you found this blog post useful and interesting. If you want to learn more about AutoCAD LISP routines, you can check out my blog, which has many LISP routines for various AutoCAD tasks, tips, and tricks on AutoCAD programming and development.
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