topic Re: Layer Manager checkbox in AutoCAD Forum

Layer Manager checkbox

MarkFitz — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 19:57:11 GMT

Hi guys,

A quick one today (he says, jinxing himself)

I'm in the layer manager and notice the small parallelogram shapes for the active layer, etc. Am I right in thinking these are 2 different colours, one blue and the other grey in colour? And if so, what's the relevance/function therein?

Thanks,

Curious guy

(Mark)

Re: Layer Manager checkbox

Alfred.NESWADBA — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:25:52 GMT

Hi,

>> Am I right in thinking these are 2 different colours, one blue and the other grey in colour?

>> And if so, what's the relevance/function therein?

Grey color means that nothing is currently stored on that layer, the layer can be deleted (purged).

Blue means the layer is in use.

The evaluation of that icon needs time, so a lot of users disable this evaluation (don't need the different colors, so AutoCAD does not need to relook every time, with every action) and have set the system variable SHOWLAYERUSAGE to 0 (>>>details<<<).

- alfred -

Re: Layer Manager checkbox

MarkFitz — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:40:23 GMT

I'm finding objects on both blue layers and grey ones...

Do I need to change a system variable or checkbox or something?

Re: Layer Manager checkbox

Alfred.NESWADBA — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:42:32 GMT

Hi,

>> I'm finding objects on both blue layers and grey ones...

Hardly to believe ... please upload the drawing and show a screenshot so I can see which layer is listed as grey, but used in your drawing.

- alfred -

Re: Layer Manager checkbox

MarkFitz — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:46:03 GMT

Here you go...

Re: Layer Manager checkbox

Alfred.NESWADBA — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:54:22 GMT

Hi,

I don't see any unused layer (well, layer 0 is grey, but that layer can't be deleted from an AutoCAD file ... I should have said in my prev. post that layer 0 can't be deleted 😉 ).

- alfred -

Re: Layer Manager checkbox

MarkFitz — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:01:15 GMT

Odd, I'm showing this.

Re: Layer Manager checkbox

john.vellek — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:05:06 GMT

Hi Mark,

Are you referring to xref layers? They get shown slightly differently than the layers in the current drawing.

Here is a nice article that shows the features and icons in the Layer Properties Manager.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

Re: Layer Manager checkbox

MarkFitz — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:04:39 GMT

Hey John,

There are no X-Refs in this drawing.

Re: Layer Manager checkbox

Alfred.NESWADBA — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:04:54 GMT

Hi,

>> Odd, I'm showing this.

Which graphic card do you have? In case you do have an Intel GC everything can happen with icons in the layer dialog ... everything up to disappearing.

- alfred -

@john.vellek no, no XRef's attached

Re: Layer Manager checkbox

john.vellek — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:07:08 GMT

Hi Mark, I don't see this when I open drawing either. Perhaps this is related to your graphics card as @Alfred.NESWADBA mentioned.

If you log on as a different user do you still see this behavior?