different properties for points on different layers?

[eliza]

Dear fellow users, I am quite new to this so please forgive me and correct me if I do this wrong.

I have imported several sets of data points into a drawing, using a script and the commands MULTIPLE POINTS. Each data set is on its own layer and has its own color. Now I would like for each data set to have its own size and shape for the points, as well as its own color. But every time I change the shape (PDMODE and PDSIZE) for points on one layer (using the menu commands Format -> Point style or any other method), the shapes for the points on the other layers change, too, no matter if the other layers are locked.

The next question is, am I in the right place to be posting this question? This must be a question that someone else has posted somewhere, perhaps I could seach an archive of questions somewhere rather than asking you good people to repeat an explanation you have already made?

Thanks,

eliza

[Anonymous]

PDMODE and PDSIZE act on the entire drawing.

You can control the colors independently but that
is all.

To do what you want you will need to use
blocks.

--
Jim Claypool

href="mailto:jclaypool@kc.rr.com">jclaypool@kc.rr.com

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Dear
fellow users, I am quite new to this so please forgive me and correct me if I
do this wrong.

I have imported several sets of data points into a drawing, using a script
and the commands MULTIPLE POINTS. Each data set is on its own layer and has
its own color. Now I would like for each data set to have its own size and
shape for the points, as well as its own color. But every time I change the
shape (PDMODE and PDSIZE) for points on one layer (using the menu commands
Format -> Point style or any other method), the shapes for the points on
the other layers change, too, no matter if the other layers are locked.

The next question is, am I in the right place to be posting this question?
This must be a question that someone else has posted somewhere, perhaps I
could seach an archive of questions somewhere rather than asking you good
people to repeat an explanation you have already made?

Thanks,

eliza

[eliza]

Thank you! That helps a lot.