Macro to freeze certain layers, then align command and then thaw those layers

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I'm using 2013 OEM version.

I want to thaw the information layer, use the align command then by choosing 2 points only, and freeze the informations layaer again. I know you have to use "\" to wait for user input, but I can't figure out how. Can any body help? And Merry Christmas by the way :).

^C^C-layer;t;_INFORMATION;;_align;all;-layer;f;_INFORMATION;;

[dbhunia]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hello,

I'm using 2013 OEM version.

I want to thaw the information layer, use the align command then by choosing 2 points only, and freeze the informations layaer again. I know you have to use "\" to wait for user input, but I can't figure out how. Can any body help? And Merry Christmas by the way :).

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 Try this ....... Due to this two "\\" you can "Specify first source point:" and "Specify first destination point:" (two input)...... Hopefully you can manage the rest.......

^C^C-layer;t;_INFORMATION;;_align;all;;\\;-layer;f;_INFORMATION;;

Try this ....... For "Specify first source point:", "Specify first destination point:", "Specify second source point:","Specify second destination point:" and "Scale objects based on alignment points? [Yes/No] <N>: n"...... 

^C^C-layer;t;_INFORMATION;;_align;all;;\\\\;n;-layer;f;_INFORMATION;;

[Moshe-A · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous hi,

^C^CLayer thaw _information;;align all;;\\\\;;Layer freeze _information;;

by the way:

when layer command is coming from menu macro it runs from command line so there is no need to call it as -layer

moshe

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Well that's what I thought to write the macro as well, but it did not work.

I opened the command line window and did the follownig tweak. This one works. Thank you!

^C^C-layer;t;_INFORMATION;;_align;all;;\\\\;;n;-layer;f;_INFORMATION;;

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Would this work too?

I want to change the user input of the destionation points to a known point.

So:

;\\\\;

would change into

;\ 0,0,0 \ 6000,0,0;

In the command window when I input 0,0,0 manually, it returns @0,0,0

Going to try it now.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

IT WORKS!

[dbhunia]

It's good you have got your solution.......

But when I am using this........(In AutoCAD 2017 & 2018)....(Here my Layer name is "1")

^C^C-layer;t;1;;_align;all;;\\\\;;n;-layer;f;1;;

I am getting this "Unknown command "N".  Press F1 for help.".......

But when I am using this........(In AutoCAD 2017 & 2018)....(Here my Layer name is "1")

^C^C-layer;t;1;;_align;all;;\\\\;n;-layer;f;1;;

I am getting this.....

[Anonymous]

Yes, very strange.

I had to use the double ";" to get it running.

It does odd things sometimes. Don't know why either.

[Kent1Cooper]

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@Anonymous wrote:

....  I ... did the follownig tweak. This one works. ...

^C^C-layer;t;_INFORMATION;;_align;all;;\\\\;;n;-layer;f;_INFORMATION;;

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Did that really work?  It shouldn't....  The first ; after the \\\\ would accept the default <continue> option instead of a third reference point, and the second ; would accept the default about whether to scale things, and that would complete the command.   That's why when the n comes along, it's waiting for a command name, but it doesn't know that as one.  Did you really not  get the problem in the first image in @dbhunia's Message 7?

Aside from that, I would suggest you also include turning on  that Layer, in case it might have been turned off in addition to [or possibly instead of] being frozen, and also unlocking it, just in case.  And depending on your version, you might also need a REGEN command after the LAYER command, to "bring to life" things on a Layer that was frozen [it seems to do so without REGEN in Acad2019, but it hasn't always done so].

[Kent1Cooper]

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@Anonymous wrote:

.... I had to use the double ";" to get it running. ....

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That was appropriate in that portion of the code in Message 3 [two semicolons without  following them with an n and another semicolon].  I think the problem would have been from adding  n;  after  the two of them, instead of replacing the second one  with  n; .

BUT you don't need to spell out the n option at all -- that answer is always the default, even after you've used the command and chosen the Yes option, which it doesn't remember  [perhaps as a safeguard against unintended effects].  So just  ....align all;;\\\\;;Layer....  should work in any situation.

[dbhunia]

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@Kent1Cooper wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

.... I had to use the double ";" to get it running. ....

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BUT you don't need to spell out the n option at all -- that answer is always the default, even after you've used the command and chosen the Yes option, which it doesn't remember  [perhaps as a safeguard against unintended effects].  So just  ....align all;;\\\\;;Layer....  should work in any situation.

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Yes @Kent1Cooper this is the normal behavior of "ALIGN" command in AutoCAD, but @Anonymous is using "AutoCAD 2013 OEM version" and I do not know it's normal behavior that's why I suggest to use "...align;all;;\\\\;n;..." instead of "...align;all;;\\\\;;..." in my 1st post, to force the input "n" for the option "Scale objects based on alignment points? [Yes/No] <N>:", now I am sure the both syntax (with "No" options only for "Yes" the syntax should be "...align;all;;\\\\;y;...") should work perfectly after seeing @Anonymous's 4th Message.

And I also know that the syntax in  @Anonymous's 4th Message is not the correct one.....

But @Anonymous as you stated....

@Anonymous wrote:

Yes, very strange.

I had to use the double ";" to get it running.

It does odd things sometimes. Don't know why either.

For this I would like to see the "error message" and the drawing also in which you are facing problem.....