AutoCAD 2013/2014 DWG Format

[#1]

I've had this issue with layers turning off randomly in the previous years; it has been fixed at some point when a service pack was installed. It is back now in Autocad 2013 and SP1 does not help.

Usually it is happening after the unisolate command. I assume that it is related with the unisolate function that does not work for all layers.

[#2]

Can you share more details about how you use it?

[#3]

Hi, It is happening after the unisolate (layuniso) command: -layiso -layuniso -the result is that some layers are off. Now I realize that this issue it is not random as mentioned before. Only and all the layers that are frozen in the current working viewport are being turned off after the unisolate command. Thanks, Stefan Taina Ph.D. Landscape Designer John D. Bell Associates Limited Landscape Architects, Design/Build, Ecological Planning 58 Morrow Road Barrie, Ontario, L4N 3V8 Tel: (705) 722-6278 Fax: (705) 722-5660 www.johndbellassociates.ca

[#4 · Accepted solution]

No, I meant usable details we can use here.

You put a dash in front of the LAYISO name: is that part of the command you launch?

There is no -LAYISO or -LAYUNISO in R2013.

Do you normally turn OFF layers when not using LAYISO, or do you FREEZE them instead? Or leave them on and thawed all the time?

If you chose the FADE AND LOCK option in LAYISO instead of OFF, do they stay LOCKED after you use LAYUNISO?

Are you using LAYISO through a viewport? Or in modelspace?

I can't repeat your issue, so one of us is not doing it exactly as the other is and may be that's why.

[#5]

Layer isolation tools have settings for behavior, have you checked these?  You may also see odd behavior if you have wildcard characters in your layer names.

[#6 · Accepted solution]

Hi, I’ve changed the setting for LAYISO as “fade and lock” instead “off” and it works good when I unisolate them. I am using the command through a viewport. Thanks for your help, Stefan Taina Ph.D. Landscape Designer John D. Bell Associates Limited Landscape Architects, Design/Build, Ecological Planning 58 Morrow Road Barrie, Ontario, L4N 3V8 Tel: (705) 722-6278 Fax: (705) 722-5660 www.johndbellassociates.ca