Yerfdog Users Guide

Layer Control

Alias

Command Description

Yerfdog Command

0

Sets current layer to layer 0

C:PJG:SET_LAY_0

CL

Copy selected object to current layer

C:PJG:COPY_1_TO_CUR_LAY

J or LC

Change selected objects to chosen layer

C:PJG:LAY_CHANGE

L*

Locks all layers except current layer

C:PJG:LOCK_ALL_LAYERS

LCC

Copy selected objects to chosen layer

C:PJG:COPY_N_TO_CUR_LAY

LCL

Changes last object drawn to chosen layer

C:PJG:CHG_LAY_LASTOBJ  

LF

Freeze layer of selected object

C:PJG:LAY_FREEZE

LI

Isolate layer of selected object

C:PJG:LAY_ISOL

LK

Lock layer of selected object

C:PJG:LAY_LOCK

LO

Turn off layer of selected object

C:PJG:LAY_OFF

LQ

Returns information of layer of object picked from screen

C:PJG:LAY_ENQ

LS

Layer Set command

C:PJG:LAY_SET

LU

Unlock layer of selected object

C:PJG:LAY_UNLOCK

O*

Turn all layers ON

C:PJG:LAY_ALL_ON

T*

Thaw all layers

C:PJG:LAY_ALL_THAW

U*

Unlock all layers

C:PJG:LAY_ALL_UNLOCK

V*

Makes all layers ON, THAWED and UNLOCKED

C:PJG:ENABLE_ALL_LAYERS

 

Set current layer to 0

Command alias 0

Yerfdog command C:PJG:SET_LAY_0

Sets current layer to layer zero.


Copy object to current layer

Command alias CL

Yerfdog command C:PJG:COPY_1_TO_CUR_LAY

A copy of the selected object is put in the current layer. This command is fast since no user input is required other than simply pointing to the object to be copied.


Copy objects to another layer

Command alias LCC

Yerfdog command C:PJG:COPY_N_TO_CUR_LAY

Copies of the selected objects are put in the chosen layer. If <Enter> is pressed then the copied objects are placed in the current layer.


Change selected objects to chosen layer

Command aliases J or LC

Yerfdog command C:PJG:LAY_CHANGE

Everybody has one of these. This one has some improvements:

  1. If you press <Enter> when asked to pick an object on the new layer, the selected  objects are simply placed on the current layer.
  2. Snap mode and osnaps are temporarily turned off, allowing for easier object selection.

Two command aliases are provided in ALIAS.LSP. The most logical one is LC for Layer Change. However, the letters L and C are far apart on the standard PC keyboard, making this alias awkward to type with one hand, since most users type with one hand an hold the mouse in the other hand. The alias J is not allocated to any other command and, since this is a frequently used command, J is used here. You can of course edit ALIAS.LSP to whatever you like.

 

 




 

Turn off layer of selected object

Command alias LO

Yerfdog command C:PJG:LAY_OFF

Most AutoCAD customisations include a command to turn a layer off based on a selected object. This one, however, goes a little further.

If you select an object on the current layer, Yerfdog doesn’t try to confuse you by turning the current layer off or crashing. Instead, the current layer is set to layer 0 and the selected object’s layer is turned off.

If you select an object which is nested in a block or xref, the layer of that nested object is turned off. If that object is drawn on layer 0, then the layer that the block is inserted on is turned off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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