Drawing "Bylayer" or specific

[rich.jozwiak]

Our company has about 30 AutoCAD users of different levels of knowledge and experience. One major disagreement among these people is whether objects in a drawing should be drawn with "Color" and "Linetype" set to "Bylayer" or to specific settings, i.e. Yellow, Continuous. I would like to get some views from people with various levels of experience as to which they think is the best way of creating objects. I know that there are exceptions to every rule, but I would like to know what you think is the "Rule". I intentionally did not state my opinion so that when I submit your opinions to my co-workers, they can't say that I an influence on them one way or the other.

[Mike.Perry]

Hi

In my humble ByLayer is the only correct method within AutoCAD.

Setting Objects to specific Colours / LineTypes is just pure (again in my humble opinion).

Have a good one, Mike

[Wanderer]

Our company has about 30 AutoCAD users of different levels of knowledge and experience. One major disagreement among these people is whether objects in a drawing should be drawn with "Color" and "Linetype" set to "Bylayer" or to specific settings, i.e. Yellow, Continuous. I would like to get some views from people with various levels of experience as to which they think is the best way of creating objects. I know that there are exceptions to every rule, but I would like to know what you think is the "Rule". I intentionally did not state my opinion so that when I submit your opinions to my co-workers, they can't say that I an influence on them one way or the other.

my opinion also, bylayer is the appropriate way. if an entity needs to show different characteristics or be called out in some manner, it should have it's own layer with different properties (be they color or linetype). saves aggravation. and, as far as I know, amongst experienced CAD people this is considered standard. if it is not, that is certainly news to me.

[jaberwok]

My opinion also is - set all properties to "bylayer" unless there is a very good reason not to.
Level of experience? -20 years.

[hel1799]

i agree with the replies. Bylayer is the way to go.

[Glenn Pope]

Have to go with the Bylayer vote too. Later on down the road when your standards change, it makes it easier to update older drawings.

[bbapties]

"by layer"all the way.....

[Brian Myers]

While choosing colors, lineweights, etc does have some upside potential (and works better in rare situations) it also makes Standards enforcement more difficult and makes it much easier to make mistakes.

It should be Bylayer 99.8% of the time and yes, that should be the office standard.

Experience - 16 years including CAD management.....

[Homerloew]

While choosing colors, lineweights, etc does have some upside potential (and works better in rare situations) it also makes Standards enforcement more difficult and makes it much easier to make mistakes.

It should be Bylayer 99.8% of the time and yes, that should be the office standard.

Experience - 16 years including CAD management.....

Yep, what all above said.

[mikepartenheimer]

We use Xrefs extensively. Bylayer allows control of plotting and linetype in each individual plotting file. Assigning properties to objects strips you of that control.