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Force layer for selected commands (objects).

The FLay LISP utility (reactor) automatically sets layers for drawing objects created with specific AutoCAD commands (assigns layers to commands). The settings are loaded from a customized definition file.

Using FLay you can put all newly created Texts, Dimensions, Hatches etc. to the respective predefined layers. If the layer does not exist, it will be created.

Just load the Flay.vlx file (APPLOAD) and start the FLAY command to load the definitions and enable the reactor.

The free CADstudio FLay utility can be downloaded from www.cadstudio.cz/download

Format of FLAY.TAB
The FLAY.TAB is a text file. The layers are defined on lines starting with an asterisk ("*"). The next line defines the list of all drawing commands which will be automatically redirected to this layer:

* layer_name [layer_color]
command1 command2 command3 ...

where:
layer_name - the name of the layer to be used
layer_color - (optional) color to be used for the newly created layer
command1 command2 - English command names to be redirected to that layer

Example:
* MYTEXTS
TEXT DTEXT MTEXT
* ROUND_THINGS
ARC CIRCLE ELLIPSE

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See also:
Tip 7169:	PreSave reactor - automatic operations on drawing save.
Tip 5131:	How to place dimensions or hatches automatically to preset layers?
Tip 4874:	Switching layers on/off automatically when entering Model or Layout tabs.

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