Is there a way to turn FDO/SDE layers on/off from the command line?

[Anonymous]

I would like to create a macro to put in a tool palette to turn FDO/SDE layers on/off.

[Kent1Cooper]

That's not quite enough information, but I'll assume that you mean all Layers whose names begin with either FDO or SDE.

Most Layer-command options [including On and Off] can be applied to more than one Layer name with comma separations.  And wildcards can be used.  To turn them all off:

'-LAYER OFF FDO*,SDE* ;

and the flip-side similarly with ON in place of OFF.  The apostrophe prefix lets you use it even in the middle of another command, e.g. while drawing something like a Line.

If my assumption is incorrect, give us a more detailed explanation of what you want them to do.  With more code, it could be done as a toggle [either On or Off, whichever they are not currently].  The FDO's and the SDE's could each have their own macros.  The On version(s) could Thaw as well as turn On the Layers, in case any might be Frozen.  Etc., etc.

[Anonymous]

Kent,
Thanks but I'm looking for a way to turn off FDO (Feature Data Objects) and SDE (Spatial Database Engine), - they're not regular AutoCAD layers, they're for connecting to GIS data stores. So far, I haven't found a way to access their visibility state via the command line. I appreciate the reply.
Dan

[Kent1Cooper]

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@Anonymous wrote:
... I'm looking for a way to turn off FDO (Feature Data Objects) and SDE (Spatial Database Engine), - they're not regular AutoCAD layers, they're for connecting to GIS data stores. ....

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You might be better off asking in the Civil 3D Forum, or elsewhere depending on what software you're using.

[braudpat]

Hello

As far as I know, you can access to MAP/CIVIL FDO features ONLY with DotNet programming ...
So it's reserved to Dotnet + MAP FDO specialists !


Regards, Patrice (I am not an Autodesk Advisor)