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    Quote Originally Posted by wrestlemom
    OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH.............duh! Coconut moment!
    Anyway, shouldn't it matter more what it looks like to the client & not what it looks like on her screen?! AND, if she's the "CAD manager" in her eyes, shouldn't she be using standards?
    Well, that's what I'm saying. I've suggested it already, so she can take it or leave it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rkmcswain
    As far as I'm concerned, layer 0 is used for constructing geometry that will become part of a block and that's about it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by max.sabre
    No no. She says that changing from layer 0 to another layer is aesthetic only. That it does nothing but make the drawing look pretty and that layer 0 is fine.

    I'm glad to see that I'm right on this one. This girl is the self proclaimed CAD manager of the company. So it's irritating that she's spewing verbal sewage like that. Whatever.

    I'll provide my 2 cents and if she takes them, good, if not ... well, it's her rear on the line, not mine.
    oh for pete's......
    that person does not have a clue... our layers are structured for ease of multi-purpose use. layers are for entity types, not for decoration!
    we have layer structuring for :floor plan, ceilling plan, roof plan, and seperate group for sections and elevations.
    why else would there be a tool called 'LAYER MANAGER'.... layer management is the quintesential mark of a good caddie and makes the world spin easier when other drafters can open another's drawing and not have the first thing out of their mouth be "WTF!!"
    layers are not 'aesthetic', they are a necessary tool for drawing organization!!

    now, for real fun, let me know why i shouldn't put my viewports on the Defpoints layer....
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    Quote Originally Posted by max.sabre
    This girl is the self proclaimed CAD manager of the company.

    Sheesh. Good luck to all who sail in her.

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    I only use layer 0 when creating a block that has to have different appearances in different situations i.e. a component that is red when it is first installed but has to be grey to represent existing in future drawings. I just make a global change and all my blocks follow suit I don't have to change each one individually.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris.N
    we have layer structuring for :floor plan, ceilling plan, roof plan, and seperate group for sections and elevations.
    why else would there be a tool called 'LAYER MANAGER'.... layer management is the quintesential mark of a good caddie and makes the world spin easier when other drafters can open another's drawing and not have the first thing out of their mouth be "WTF!!"
    layers are not 'aesthetic', they are a necessary tool for drawing organization!!

    now, for real fun, let me know why i shouldn't put my viewports on the Defpoints layer....
    yeah, that's what I'm saying. we have a similar setup here at work. but I guess on top of company standards, every other caddie has his (or her) own way of doing things. Whatever. I know I'm doing it right.
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    Hi! Great topic. I am going to move this from the AutoCAD general forum to this one, as I believe it will be better served here. Thanks!
    Quote Originally Posted by max.sabre
    Should any objects (blocks in particular) be left on layer 0?

    Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

    please discuss opinions or facts here.
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    Default Re: Objects on layer 0? Good or bad .... ?

    I'd like to see how she'd deal with some of our drawings without using layers
    Even me as a complete novice has a good idea why layers are a good idea.

    Found that out when I was trying to remove a cloud from an old drawing (This was in Micro$tation, but the principle is the same) so I could do a minor mod. I was having to select each individual arch and delete... very tiresome when the stuff beneath kept getting selected too. Discovered I could turn all the other layers off leaving only the cloud layer, which could then be selected quickly and easily and deleted. Switch the other layers back on and I'm ready to start.

    You can use that as a very basic example, from a very basic CAD user

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