topic Re: Layers automatically loading on new drawing in Civil 3D Forum

Layers automatically loading on new drawing

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 23:08:10 GMT

good afternoon,

i would like to know how to prevent the ecessive amount of layers that automatically load whenever i select a tab to create a new drawing. the layes auot-populate in my layer properties managerand make it very difficult to navigate to my created layers as well as use the dxf or dwg for any other application.

Re: Layers automatically loading on new drawing

Jeff_M — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 00:07:09 GMT

Welcome to the forums, Matthew! Those layers are all contained in the Drawing Template that you have set as your QNew dwt. Edit the DWT to contain only those layers you want/use.

Re: Layers automatically loading on new drawing

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 13:19:50 GMT

Just to add, those layers exist because they are defined in the various pre-made Styles in which the relevant objects will be placed in. So if you don't want a certain layer, you'd have to find the styles that are using that layer; else you won't be able to delete the layer.

Re: Layers automatically loading on new drawing

redtransitconsultants — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 17:06:34 GMT

Additional to a layer being tied to a style, there are predefined Object Layers. Go to Toolspace, right click Edit Drawing Settings, Object Layers tab to view these layers.

Re: Layers automatically loading on new drawing

rl_jackson — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 01:56:58 GMT

Also to add wat others have said. A quick way to remove all of those layers is to use the merge layer command and send them all to 0. This will retain the styles ab place everything on layer 0 within the styles. Aduit the drawing after doing this several times to remove errors.

Re: Layers automatically loading on new drawing

Pointdump — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:28:59 GMT

Matthew,

Layer Filters are a good way to deal with an Infestation of Layers:
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-civil-3d/learn-explore/caas/documentation/CIV3D/2012/ENU/filesACR/WS1a9193826455f5ffa23ce210c4a30acaf-4a98-htm.html

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-civil-3d/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/AutoCAD-Core/files/GUID-5818FE81-B822-45AC-BAB0-3517376EA402-htm.html

Dave

@Pointdump - This reply has been edited by the moderation team as the legacy links were no longer valid

Re: Layers automatically loading on new drawing

neilyj666 — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 08:48:56 GMT

I second this approach - it's worked well for me

Re: Layers automatically loading on new drawing

hemtopo — Tue, 30 May 2023 22:58:48 GMT

Thanks Jeff, I created a copy from template, then I delete all layers with LAYERDEL command (except layer 0) and work perfectly.

Re: Layers automatically loading on new drawing

tcorey — Wed, 31 May 2023 12:55:34 GMT

Those layers must exist in the template if they are referenced by styles and settings.

Re: Layers automatically loading on new drawing

stevenh0616 — Wed, 31 May 2023 13:00:45 GMT

@tcorey Styles yes, object layer settings no. Object layer settings have to exist to assign, but you can delete with LAYDEL and they will recreate (white and continuous) when specific objects are used. settings of the layer does not matter because styles control the display.