Unreconciled Layers

[Anonymous]

So I know with the newest versions of AutoCAD this pops up everytime you insert a new xref.

So then you are requested to go into your layer manager and reconcile all of these new layer.

Why am I doing this?

Why can't I just change a setting in my cad program to automatically make this adjustment so I can just keep working and making prints of my drawings?

I'm using both version 2014 Mech and 2016 Arch.

Mech since it has FactoryCAD in it which I need to see content and Arch since it has a few new features that have made my work easier.

Radar

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

That is just a warning that there are new layers located in one of the xrefs.

If you don't want to see this warning, you can turn it off with the below option.

[rkmcswain]

It's not really limited to the newest versions of AutoCAD, it's been in AutoCAD for 9+ years now.

Just set LAYEREVALCTL to 0 and AutoCAD won't track new layers and won't notify you about them either.

[john.vellek · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

This feature has been in product for quite a while. As others have indicated, it is easy to disable. However, if you work with others on the same set of drawings this is a great tool for letting you know that additional layers might have been added to the drawing and that you might need to check their properties and visibility settings. This can save a lot of time when you are plotting and find out that there is new stuff in your plot that wasn't supposed to be there.

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

[RobDraw · Accepted solution]

This feature can be very useful if you do not have total control of the XREF file.

For example, if one were working on the structure of a building and someone else was doing the architecture. The architecture was XREF'd into the structure file. The person working on the architecture adds a new layer. The structural guy may not want that layer to print the way it does in the architure drawing, or even plot at all, or, for that matter, even be visible. You would have to change the properties from the what they are in the XREF'd file.

So, before turing that feature off, consider your working environment.

[pendean]

One day a layer will appear that you did not plan on having display and it will get missed until you PUBLISH, then you'll come back to turn it on 🙂

LAYEREVAL first appeared back in AutOCAD 2007 I believe. Someone turn it on for you for a reason perhaps? Ask around, it's appearance may not be an accident.

[Anonymous]

Not at all, it appears to be set to on in the releases of 2014 and 2016 that were loaded to my laptop.

I was present when our IT person installed 2016 so I know he didn't turn it on just to spite me or something!

Although I'm sure he might at times just to get a chuckle!

Before this I've never seen it nor had any coworker mention it but that wouldn't be the case if more places would at least cover us to attend some type of intro class when the new releases are pushed over to us.

Okay I can fully understand the part about doing an XREF update and getting the message of new layers but when I first do the install of the XREF I then have to go and reconcile all of those layers

Well, I already know that they are new to the drawing.

I have learned so much from people here in the forum plus from other coworkers.

If you don't share your practices with others then you can't grow.

Oh, and I'm sure we all remember how AutoCAD was going to die out right around the end of the 1990's.

Yea, right!

Thanks to all for the input.

I gave everyone Kudos.

Radar

[RobDraw]

Most new "features" in AutoCAD are on by default. I'm really surprised you or anyone else has not seen it before. I always take notice of the new features before I get my hands on a new release. If you don't look at the new feature lists that always come out just before and after a new release or don't get an introduction, having them on by default is a good way to get introduced to them and try them out. Unfortunately, most people, when they see something new on their screen, just want to make it go away instead of learning about it. In fact, most don't even care. I never really understood that.

As to AutoCAD dying out, the writing is on the wall. I'm seeing larger firms in this area totally dropping it. In other parts of the country, they started a while ago. Smaller firms and contractors are also using it less and less in favor of Revit. IMHO, the next big platform will be an AutoCAD/Revit hybrid taking the best of each platform and, hopefully, leaving behind the shortcomings of both.