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ACADE Help has some good info on getting started with scripts, if you've never done them before. Or, here are a couple of options that might be quicker than having to learn a new skill right now:
There is a lisp out there, called STEAL, by Lee Mac. Googling it should be easy. You'd have to do each drawing individually, but it will import layers for you. I've never had this command drop data like what you're describing.
Another thing to try - again, individually by drawing - is to copy and paste. Start from the drawing that has all the correct layer information. Draw a bunch of lines. Go through and put one line on each layer you want to import. CTRL+C from there, CTRL+V in all of the drawings that need layers. Erase the lines, the layers will stay unless you PURGE them. Also have never seen dropped data when bringing layers into the drawings like this, but if you have lots of layers to import, it could take too much time.
Also remember that you can set up template drawings (.dwt) that already contain all needed entities (layers, linetypes, text styles, etc.) for future drawings.
Hope this helps,
Jim
Jim Seefeldt
Electrical Engineering Technician
There is a lisp out there, called STEAL, by Lee Mac. Googling it should be easy. You'd have to do each drawing individually, but it will import layers for you. I've never had this command drop data like what you're describing.
Another thing to try - again, individually by drawing - is to copy and paste. Start from the drawing that has all the correct layer information. Draw a bunch of lines. Go through and put one line on each layer you want to import. CTRL+C from there, CTRL+V in all of the drawings that need layers. Erase the lines, the layers will stay unless you PURGE them. Also have never seen dropped data when bringing layers into the drawings like this, but if you have lots of layers to import, it could take too much time.
Also remember that you can set up template drawings (.dwt) that already contain all needed entities (layers, linetypes, text styles, etc.) for future drawings.
Hope this helps,
Jim
Jim Seefeldt
Electrical Engineering Technician
Jim,
I tried the line "trick" and had no luck. The same thing happens. I lose the color, line type, and description. I should have done it in the beginning when I was creating the template but thought I could just apply the layers project wide at the end. Never did I imagine something that should be so simple to do be such an inconvenience.
Thanks,
Tom
This script wil create/update the WIRES_OTHER layer:
-LAYER MAKE WIRES_OTHER ON WIRES_OTHER THAW WIRES_OTHER UNLOCK WIRES_OTHER COLOR 253 WIRES_OTHER LTYPE HIDDEN2 WIRES_OTHER LWEIGHT 0.25 WIRES_OTHER TRANSPARENCY 0 WIRES_OTHER PLOT PLOT WIRES_OTHER DESCRIPTION Wires Installed By Other, No Wire Numbering WIRES_OTHER
Copy/paste it all into a file with a SCR-extension (please note the TWO blank lines at the end!!), and you can run this project wide.
HOWEVER!!!
This won't work for layers used for wires, because AcadE keeps some extra data on those layers, that isn't available through the user interface.
For import of wire layers, use this function:
![Autodesk Design & Make Report](https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1350519iCB55845EBFC43016/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" "Autodesk Design & Make Report")
