Layers automatically loading on new drawing

[Anonymous]

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. 

[Jeff_M]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[redtransitconsultants]

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.

[rl_jackson]

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.

[Pointdump]

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@Pointdump - This reply has been edited by the moderation team as the legacy links were no longer valid

[neilyj666]

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

[hemtopo]

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

[tcorey]

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

[stevenh0616]

@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.