Maximum number of Layouts - 256?

[KevinBarnett]

Greetings,

It appears as if there is in fact a limit of 256 layout tabs in a drawings. Is this true? My test seems to confirm this. I wrote VBA code to produce 350 layouts. An error message was displayed when it tried to make the 257th - "Maximum number of layouts exeeded" - error number -2145386170. I thought it may just be a VBA restriction so I went to the command line and tried to make a new layout:

Command:
-LAYOUT
Enter layout option [Copy/Delete/New/Template/Rename/SAveas/Set/?] <set>: n
Operation cancelled, maximum number of layouts (256) would be exceeded.

Command:
-LAYOUT
Enter layout option [Copy/Delete/New/Template/Rename/SAveas/Set/?] <set>: c
Operation cancelled, maximum number of layouts (256) would be exceeded.

Here is the code:

Sub Test()
    Dim Int1 As Integer
    Dim AcLyOut1 As AcadLayout
    Dim AcBlk1 As AcadBlock
    Dim AcCirc1 As AcadCircle
    Dim Pnt1(0 To 2) As Double
    
    Pnt1(0) = 0#: Pnt1(1) = 0#: Pnt1(2) = 0#
    
    For Int1 = 1 To 350
        Err.Clear
        On Error Resume Next
        Set AcLyOut1 = ThisDrawing.Layouts.Add(CStr(Int1))
        If Err <> 0 Then
            MsgBox Err.Description
            MsgBox Err.Number
        End If
        Set AcBlk1 = AcLyOut1.Block
        Set AcCirc1 = AcBlk1.AddCircle(Pnt1, 20#)
        ThisDrawing.ActiveLayout = AcLyOut1
        ZoomExtents
    Next
End Sub

We do Civil. Some municipal authorities require a drawing for each stand in proposed developments. There are typically well over 300 plus stands in the jobs we take on. I was hoping to have one drawing file for the project, using a layout for each stand. But it looks like this is not possible due to the limit of available layouts in AutoCAD. OR.. Is there a way to expand the limit?

TIA...

Kevin.

[Mike.Perry]

Hi

300+ Layout Tabs

ID: TS26935 - Operation cancelled, maximum number of layouts (256) would be exceeded.

+

Might want to have a browse of the following 6 results obtained from the Autodesk Discussion Groups (All AutoCAD Groups) -

"Layout AND Max AND 256"

Have a good one, Mike

[KevinBarnett]

Thanks Mike,

I decided to live with the limit instead of trying to find a intricate way to extend it. Each drawing has 250 stands represented in layouts. The drawing name ends with a reference to the start and end stand numbers contained in the drawing.

Have a good one..

BTW .. Now that the England cricket team has had a taste of real Protea intent I think they better return home before they get humiliated again... ... just kidding, at least it looks like the remaining games will be a good contest.

Cheers..