Turn a Layer Off and On with button

[derek.96018]

I have a couple of macros that tell a layer to plot or not to plot, that i have created a buttons for:

^C^C(command "layer" "p" "n" "stamps" "")

is it possible to change them to turn on / off the layer instead ?

or is it even possible to do ?

thanks---Derek

[jaberwok]

You can use ON and OFF or FREEZE and THAW.

[BrenBren]

I have a couple of macros that tell a layer to plot or not to plot, that i have created a buttons for:

^C^C(command "layer" "p" "n" "stamps" "")

is it possible to change them to turn on / off the layer instead ?

or is it even possible to do ?

thanks---Derek

these tools exist in AutoCAD already - depending on your version they are either a part of the express tools, or a direct part of AutoCAD - check the Layers II toolbar.

[SRBalliet]

These are the macros I have associated with two buttons to turn off and on a layer called image:

Turn On Image
Turns A Raster Image On When It Is On A Layer Called Image
^C^C-layer;thaw;image;;;sp

Turn Off Image
Turns A Raster Image Off When It Is On A Layer Called Image
^C^C-layer;freeze;image;;;sp

sp = space

[derek.96018]

YES, thanks Steve.

That was exactly what I was looking for.
I wanted to turn a layer on or off by hitting one button.

The freeze/thaw or on/off regular AutoCAD command does not allow to turn the specific layer back on without going into the layer manager pull down.

The only change that I made Steve is instead of the space at the end, I put the ^C to cancel out of the command. The space actually put me back into the command, leaving AutoCAD asking for more instructions...thanks again---Derek

[BrenBren]

YES, thanks Steve.

That was exactly what I was looking for.
I wanted to turn a layer on or off by hitting one button.

The freeze/thaw or on/off regular AutoCAD command does not allow to turn the specific layer back on without going into the layer manager pull down.

The only change that I made Steve is instead of the space at the end, I put the ^C to cancel out of the command. The space actually put me back into the command, leaving AutoCAD asking for more instructions...thanks again---Derek

Using the command LAYOFF and LAYFRZ allow you to turn off or freeze a layer by clicking on it; LAYISO allows you to turn off all layers except selected ones; LAYON and LAYTHW will turn those layers back on or unfreeze them.

I know that isn't what you were looking for, just pointing it out

[Gigliano70]

I set my layer command aliases as LO = layfrz LL=laythw. IL = Isolate layer.

[Tom Beauford]

There is a layer-toggle-freeze.lsp in the JTB World websites lisp section.
Put it in your support path and use a macro like this:
^P(or layer-toggle-freeze (load "layer-toggle-freeze.lsp"));(layer-toggle-freeze '("Layer1" "Layer2"))
Using you own layer names of course.

[nalexiou]

These are the macros I have associated with two buttons to turn off and on a layer called image:

Turn On Image
Turns A Raster Image On When It Is On A Layer Called Image
^C^C-layer;thaw;image;;;sp

Turn Off Image
Turns A Raster Image Off When It Is On A Layer Called Image
^C^C-layer;freeze;image;;;sp

sp = space

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once i load the lisp, which button do i press to turn the "image" layer on and off?

[Tom Beauford]

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once i load the lisp, which button do i press to turn the "image" layer on and off?

Those are 2 macros not lisp, one turns the Image layer on and the other turns it off.

The layer-toggle-freeze.lsp link I posted above provides a toggle and I gave an example macro for toggling Layer1 & Layer2 frozen/thawed.