Here are the steps I took:
I would like to retain all of these layers when I save a drawing to Autodesk 360. Why are layers being automatically deleted? How can I tell Autocad to retain all of my layers (even the as yet unused ones)? I am using Autocad 2015.
Type POINT to place a node.
Pdmode is set default to 0
Place the node on 0,0,0 (or somewhere in the layout tab) place it on desired layer. Type PDMODE 3.
Make the X hovering over the node the desired layer.
Repeat this for all of desired layers. Type pdmode 0. The x’s will disappear but remain in the dwg. Delete the nodes. The layers will remain even if you purge the dwg.
WARNING: The ONLY way to get rid of these layers is to type PDMODE set it to 3 and delete.
You may want to modify the qnew .dxf with these desired layers.
So I'm essentially putting some kind of hidden object on each layer so that it's not technically empty and therefore won't be deleted? That's a clever hack, but I was hoping there was some kind of setting I could change. Your solution should work for my situation because I pretty much always use the same template drawing, but it would be a pain if I had to do that every time!
Qnew creates a new dwg based off your template. It is the blank Drawing 1, Drawing 2 ect. You get each time you open AutoCAD or a hit QNEW button.
The dxf location is found in
OP <enter>
----Files tab
-------Template settings
----------Default Template File Name for QNEW
----------------C:\programdata\autodesk……………..
It must be opened as a dwt from that location and name, and then saved as a dwt after you add your layers. Those layers will then be there every time you open AutoCAD on Drawing 1
@HaxLi wrote:
So I'm essentially putting some kind of hidden object on each layer so that it's not technically empty and therefore won't be deleted? That's a clever hack..., but it would be a pain if I had to do that every time!
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So it helps with layers, but what about STYLE and DIMSTYLE?
Should I put some Anotations with different styles to seve them? ;]....
[That ^^ big gap isn't my fault -- it isn't in the message pane as I write it, but appears only after posting, and I've tried several things to get rid of it, without success.]
A template drawing can contain Text and Dimension Styles, Block definitions, Layouts, Viewports, etc., etc. If you can't find a way to preserve your Layers without the cheating workaround of placing a Point on every Layer to prevent its being deleted, you can put those Points in the template drawing, too, and not have to do it every time. [But be aware that they are susceptible to being Erased, in which case the "protection" they provide will be lost. A slightly more idiot-proof way would be to put them into a Block and Insert that on a locked and frozen Layer that isn't the Layer of any of the Points.]
I have got to interject that this seems utterly ridiculous! I teach three high school classes, 12 in each class. I can bearly get the kids to USE the correct layer much less go through this process. Our district wants us to save projects to 360, but we are abandoning this idea because of the lost layers: we open a template in AC, do a little drawing then loss the 45 layers from the template the next day. There is no "setting" for this in options?
This is frustrating.
I'm having exactly the same issue. I contract to a number of companies and one way to keep evryones work coordinated (including template files) is to put them on A360.
Not only has it now purge all my template files, but at one point i think it decided to do an update by deleting all files then restoring them. However, i turned my machine off before it finished restoring them (because i hadn't realised it had deleted them in the first place) and i lost a number of folders.
If autodesk believe that cloud computing is the future (i happen to agree with them on this one), then stuffing your clients work is not really the way to go.
i supose we were just hoping that with autodesks many years of experience with Buzzsaw, some of that experience would have been brought to A360.
I would suggest that if buzzsaw messed with drawings in this way it would not only have failed many years ago but also Autodesk would have spent many years fending off court actions.
Maybe the A360 team could spend ith the Buzzsaw team to find out how they've done it.