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chisel
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Laytrans

I was under the impression that LT2002 was able to compare layer names etc. with a standard template. Am I immagining this? or did it read it on an Autodesk Ad. which has since been removed.
The up grade from 2000 is not worth it with out this feature.
Cheers
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Anonymous
in reply to: chisel

>I was under the impression that LT2002 was able to compare layer names etc. with a standard template. Am I immagining this? or did it read it on an Autodesk Ad. which has since been removed.


The layer standards functions are only in full AutoCAD, not in LT
2002.


Dietmar Rudolph

President, CR/LF GmbH, http://www.crlf.de
Vice-President Europe, CADLock, Inc. http://www.cadlock.com
Member of the Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program

Author, "Mastering AutoCAD 2000 Objects", http://www.crlf.de/Verlag/PublishingServices.html
Message 3 of 10
Anonymous
in reply to: chisel

FYI, Express Tools and AutoCAD extensions are features and add-ons for the
full version products of AutoCAD, never been or will be part of LT versions.

To read all about LT2002, follow this link:
http://www3.autodesk.com/adsk/section/0,,617827-123112,00.html

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Dean Saadallah
www.pendean.com
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"Dietmar Rudolph" wrote in message
news:ff7jqtohcn2i0eqo17gtiuia27tb5vevn7@4ax.com...
> >I was under the impression that LT2002 was able to compare layer names
etc. with a standard template. Am I immagining this? or did it read it on an
Autodesk Ad. which has since been removed.

>
> The layer standards functions are only in full AutoCAD, not in LT
> 2002.
>
>
> Dietmar Rudolph
>
> President, CR/LF GmbH, http://www.crlf.de
> Vice-President Europe, CADLock, Inc. http://www.cadlock.com
> Member of the Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program
>
> Author, "Mastering AutoCAD 2000 Objects",
http://www.crlf.de/Verlag/PublishingServices.html
Message 4 of 10
Anonymous
in reply to: chisel

>FYI, Express Tools and AutoCAD extensions are features and add-ons for the
>full version products of AutoCAD, never been or will be part of LT versions.

The new layer standards (or more correctly drawing standards)
functionality is not a former Express Tool, but completely new built
into ACAD 2002 (full version only).


Dietmar Rudolph

President, CR/LF GmbH, http://www.crlf.de
Vice-President Europe, CADLock, Inc. http://www.cadlock.com
Member of the Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program

Author, "Mastering AutoCAD 2000 Objects", http://www.crlf.de/Verlag/PublishingServices.html
Message 5 of 10
Anonymous
in reply to: chisel

That was a 2000i extension I believe, rolled into the new scheme upgrade
that is 2002 😉

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Dean Saadallah
www.pendean.com
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"Dietmar Rudolph" wrote in message
news:r8ulqt0bi8cv507t88d18i7ipbo9r1cgqr@4ax.com...
> >FYI, Express Tools and AutoCAD extensions are features and add-ons for
the
> >full version products of AutoCAD, never been or will be part of LT
versions.
>
> The new layer standards (or more correctly drawing standards)
> functionality is not a former Express Tool, but completely new built
> into ACAD 2002 (full version only).
>
>
> Dietmar Rudolph
>
> President, CR/LF GmbH, http://www.crlf.de
> Vice-President Europe, CADLock, Inc. http://www.cadlock.com
> Member of the Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program
>
> Author, "Mastering AutoCAD 2000 Objects",
http://www.crlf.de/Verlag/PublishingServices.html
Message 6 of 10
wojoacad
in reply to: chisel

I remember LAYTRANS.ARX when it first came out around Acad2000 (maybe 2000i)?  It used to save layer translations in a simple ASCII text file that you could edit and add to in Notepad if you wanted, instead of the cumbersome .DWS format they came up with around Acad2004.  I remember that for about a year, I was able to rename the old LAYTRANS to TRANSLAY and still use it... but then I think something changed in ARX format and it crapped out.

 

What I need is a -LAYTRANS (command line version) of LAYTRANS.  Then I could use SCRIPTPRO to run hundreds of old drawings "through the mill" to update old layer systems to current ones.  The real beauty of the old LAYTRANS was that because it saved the translations as a list in an ASCII text file, you could keep growing that translation list into a huge "Rosetta Stone" file that translated anything it found from layer systems created 5 Cad Managers back.

 

If anyone knows of the guy who resurrected LAYTRANS (I think it went away for a while when Autodesk no longer wanted to be involved), let me know if a command line version exists.  If I could write a script that opens a drawing, initiates LAYTRANS, picks a DWS to load, runs the translation, saves the drawing, and then closes it... that would be Cad Manager Nirvana (as if Cad Managers existed anymore!)

 

Thanks

 

 

Message 7 of 10
steven-g
in reply to: wojoacad

If anyone could provide a link or more information even after 17 years it is still not going to work in LT.

Message 8 of 10
Paul_Gander
in reply to: wojoacad

I suggest you write a script comprising a series of LAYER, RENAME and/or LAYMRG commands to convert each of your drawing's layer names and properties to match your Customer's preferred standards. You can then run this script in each drawing before issuing them.

 

Message 9 of 10
wojoacad
in reply to: Paul_Gander

Yeah... but it sure seems silly that Autodesk would provide a GREAT bonus tool (the original LAYTRANS from around Acad2000), and then screw it up (by linking it up with DWS files, and making it a "push twenty buttons in a cumbersome dialog box version so you can't run it from a command line script anymore).  Classic AutoCAD "Progress"!

 

I've been looking at the whole Cad Standards stuff they have in there (since about Acad2004?... whenever they introduced the DWS file type).  Is there a way to run any of that stuff automatically without having to sit there and say OK to every layer translation?  I can see the value of creating a button on a toolbar that compares the current drawing to a DWS file and automatically updates all the layers it can find.

 

Wojo

Message 10 of 10
pendean
in reply to: wojoacad

AutoAD gets Bonus (nowcalled Express) tools: LT only gets those if an only if those are converted to core commands.

At the moment all "cad standards" controls including DWS file are not a feature of the lower cost LT version of AutoCAD.

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