Script to Turn Xref Layers On/Off

[dmacdermott]

Hello,

My company uses Civil3D 2023 currently.  I previously created a script that automatically creates multiple layers and applies various layer properties to each, as well as turning specific layers to NO PLOT.  I wish to do the same thing with any Xref's - turning these same specific No Plot layers On/Off within the xrefs.  

Is this possible?

Thank you,

Drew

[brian.strandberg · Accepted solution]

Sure, you have a few options.

1) You can use wildcards in your script to fit a bunch of different conditions.  Here is a reference: https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2022/ENU/?guid=GUID-68373F99-17F1-4AC4-8D37-184C49164705

2) What I often do is change the block name in the xref.  So if I xref 11846_Topo, I will change the block name in the XREF manager to just be TOPO.  Since the block name will generally be the same on all my drawings, it unleashes a whole bunch more options for doing this (script, layer filter).  

Let me know if this got you going.  Thanks.

[dmacdermott]

Following up to confirm that wildcards make easy work of this exercise.  For example, I never want to plot road centerlines, surface boundaries, or survey points in our final Civil sheets.  In order to make those layers no plot in my DWG and in the xref's, I added asteriks as shown in a few example layers below:

..... *X-CL,*PNTS*MISC,*PNTS*CNTRL,*SRF-BOUNDARY,*SRF-BREAK, .....

So far, it seems to be working! Thanks @brian.strandberg!