Comments on: SI5.5: Change Block Layer and Color without the AutoCAD Block Editor http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/si55-change-layer-color-avoiding-block-editor/ a view from the top Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:24:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: grichards http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/si55-change-layer-color-avoiding-block-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-11807 grichards Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:22:58 +0000 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=2646#comment-11807 "...in order to change the color on any block in AutoCAD you must enter into the block editor..." I'm not sure i understand this statement. If the contents of your block are "ByBlock" then the block will adopt the color of whatever layer you drop it on. If the contents of your block are "ByLayer" then the block should maintain the colors of the layer they are on. “…in order to change the color on any block in AutoCAD you must enter into the block editor…”

I’m not sure i understand this statement. If the contents of your block are “ByBlock” then the block will adopt the color of whatever layer you drop it on. If the contents of your block are “ByLayer” then the block should maintain the colors of the layer they are on.

]]> By: grichards http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/si55-change-layer-color-avoiding-block-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-22293 grichards Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:22:00 +0000 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=2646#comment-22293 "...in order to change the color on any block in AutoCAD you must enter into the block editor..." I'm not sure i understand this statement. If the contents of your block are "ByBlock" then the block will adopt the color of whatever layer you drop it on. If the contents of your block are "ByLayer" then the block should maintain the colors of the layer they are on. “…in order to change the color on any block in AutoCAD you must enter into the block editor…”

I’m not sure i understand this statement. If the contents of your block are “ByBlock” then the block will adopt the color of whatever layer you drop it on. If the contents of your block are “ByLayer” then the block should maintain the colors of the layer they are on.

]]> By: victorc http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/si55-change-layer-color-avoiding-block-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-3331 victorc Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:56:28 +0000 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=2646#comment-3331 In SI5.2 the dropping under the current layer was not working right. If you drop a block from the category accessories under current layer “0”, also was create the layer “accessories”, then if you turn off “accessories” layer while keeping on layer “0”, the block that was dropped under current layer “0” was turn off too. Now in SI5.5 does as AutoCAD regularly do with any entity in a drawing page, and no longer creates the block’s category layer. In SI5.2 the dropping under the current layer was not working right. If you drop a block from the category accessories under current layer “0”, also was create the layer “accessories”, then if you turn off “accessories” layer while keeping on layer “0”, the block that was dropped under current layer “0” was turn off too. Now in SI5.5 does as AutoCAD regularly do with any entity in a drawing page, and no longer creates the block’s category layer.

]]> By: victorc http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/si55-change-layer-color-avoiding-block-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-22292 victorc Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:56:00 +0000 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=2646#comment-22292 In SI5.2 the dropping under the current layer was not working right. If you drop a block from the category accessories under current layer “0”, also was create the layer “accessories”, then if you turn off “accessories” layer while keeping on layer “0”, the block that was dropped under current layer “0” was turn off too. Now in SI5.5 does as AutoCAD regularly do with any entity in a drawing page, and no longer creates the block’s category layer. In SI5.2 the dropping under the current layer was not working right. If you drop a block from the category accessories under current layer “0”, also was create the layer “accessories”, then if you turn off “accessories” layer while keeping on layer “0”, the block that was dropped under current layer “0” was turn off too. Now in SI5.5 does as AutoCAD regularly do with any entity in a drawing page, and no longer creates the block’s category layer.

]]> By: Brian Gunderson http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/si55-change-layer-color-avoiding-block-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-3329 Brian Gunderson Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:02:13 +0000 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=2646#comment-3329 So, as for the "dropping block under the current layer" feature, if your current layer is layer 0 will the block automatically become part of the correct layer is it does in 5.2? So, as for the “dropping block under the current layer” feature, if your current layer is layer 0 will the block automatically become part of the correct layer is it does in 5.2?

]]> By: Brian Gunderson http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/si55-change-layer-color-avoiding-block-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-22291 Brian Gunderson Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:02:00 +0000 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=2646#comment-22291 So, as for the "dropping block under the current layer" feature, if your current layer is layer 0 will the block automatically become part of the correct layer is it does in 5.2? So, as for the “dropping block under the current layer” feature, if your current layer is layer 0 will the block automatically become part of the correct layer is it does in 5.2?

]]> By: Brian Gunderson http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/si55-change-layer-color-avoiding-block-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-3288 Brian Gunderson Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:16:17 +0000 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=2646#comment-3288 Thank You! Keep the love coming for us AutoCAD users! There is more to life than Visio!!! :) Thank You!

Keep the love coming for us AutoCAD users! There is more to life than Visio!!! :)

]]> By: Brian Gunderson http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/si55-change-layer-color-avoiding-block-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-22290 Brian Gunderson Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:16:00 +0000 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=2646#comment-22290 Thank You! Keep the love coming for us AutoCAD users! There is more to life than Visio!!! :) Thank You!

Keep the love coming for us AutoCAD users! There is more to life than Visio!!! :)

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