VISRETAIN

[john.uhden]

Having had too many years away from AutoCAD, I made a dumb blunder today.

I changed linetypes and freeze states in the xref, not the host, where VISRETAIN is on. DOH!

Unless there's a trick to loading in the xref's new layer properties, I guess I'll have to make all the changes again in the host, right.

Oh, someone please teach me the trick.

[jtohillVY4VS · Accepted solution]

unless I am not understanding what you did just turn visretain to 0 in the host and reload the xref. then reset visretain back to 1.

[paullimapa · Accepted solution]

If you’re saying that you want the host dwg layer properties to match with the xref layer override properties you made then one way is to generate code while in the xref dwg that loops through the layer table looking for only layers of the host dwg that have layer property overrides and open the host dwg using Odbx method to change the matching host layer properties similar to freezing it as shown in this thread

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/freeze-layer-without-opening-the-dra...

[pbejse · Accepted solution]

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@john.uhden wrote:

Unless there's a trick to loading in the xref's new layer properties, I guess I'll have to make all the changes again in the host, right.

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Are we talking more than 1 external reference to deal with or just one?   

Besides, I have a feeling that this is just a one-off thing and and you can do this yourself?  You're just frustrated that you failed to notice the VISRETAIN variable and that is the reason for this post. 😄

[john.uhden]

@pbejse ,

I love it when you respond.  It gives me the assurance that you still have a pulse.

You're right.  I was just POed with myself for having forgotten, but I have had no occasion to change its setting since it first came to be.

Anyway, it turned out easier to just fix the layers in the host.