Re: Can you apply filters to the Layer Toolbar?

Hope you have luck but I don't think too many are still programming for 
2004. Sounds like you problem is more with personnel than software. Sure 
being able to filter the layers is convenient. But before the filters we 
just dealt.

The people working on your drawings should make themselves familiar with 
your layering standards. Once they know what layer they should be looking 
for it's easy. After all the layers are in alpha-numeric order. Just hit the 
first letter or number of that layer on the keyboard and you're to that 
section of the list. Maybe a little scrolling and your there.

I get the impression that your users are just scrolling through the layers 
until the one they think they need shows up. Of course having 40 layers 
instead of 15 would make that more difficult. But they shouldn't be doing it 
that way in the first place.

The drawing I'm in right now has 600 layers. 40 layers would look like an 
empty drawing to me.

Allen

<RogWeb> wrote in message news:5878600@discussion.autodesk.com...
Thats what I am afraid of....I am hoping that someone may have a work around 
or possibly a lisp that will overwrite the core properties of the drop down 
or create a new dropdown toolbar. That level of DCL / Lisp, is currently 
beyond my skills.

Having the toolbar reflect the filters is not critcal, but it would be a 
nice time saver and ease our office staffs transition into our new 
standards.

I have moved the office from an average of 15 layers per floor plan set, to 
~40 layers per floor and in the process stacked our floor over/under each 
other, added MEP to the floor plan sets and structurals...as opposed to each 
system being in separate files needing independant editting.

I have automated 90pct of the drafting, layering, text ect, excluding the 
actual line drawing but the number of layers seems to freak most people out. 
I am hoping to ease the transition through filtering, but that damn drop