how to move an layer of an file to another drawing of the same file

[Anonymous]

Sir,

 i wanted to move an layer from one drawing to another drawing which is in the same file itself. my friend told me to isolate sometimes but i am not getting how to do that so could you please help me to do this..

[pendean]

In the free viewer DWGTRUEVIEW, where you are posting, that's not an option.
Or are you using another program? and that is what?

[rkmcswain]

You cannot do this using DWG Trueview. You need some version of AutoCAD, or a similar .DWG editing application.

When you get that, use the command LAYISO to isolate a layer. Then you can use the COPYBASE command to copy this data to the clipboard. Switch to the other drawing file, then use the command PASTEORIG to paste it into this file.

Items embedded in blocks may or may not get isolated correctly.

[Anonymous]

i m generally using the autocad 2014 drafting version.

[pendean]

The AutoCAD forum is over there https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/bd-p/706

In AutoCAD, ADCENTER command can doe this all day long if you just want the name, try it out. If you want the content too, see tip above from RKM.

[rkmcswain]

My reply contained a mistake. If you truly want to MOVE the layer as you stated (remove it from drawing "A" and add it to drawing "B"), then use CUTCLIP (not COPYBASE) - or use WBLOCK. Then purge the layer from Drawing "A".