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   I have downloaded a map as a dwg file. All buildings show as red. I need to change this and planned to just change the layer colour. However, alll the layers are coloured green and won't change to anything, but all show up red.
How do I regain control of layer colour? (2007)
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smudger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29.Jan.2008 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 17	Topic: changing layer colours Posted: 05.May.2011 at 16:02
	I have downloaded a map as a dwg file. All buildings show as red. I need to change this and planned to just change the layer colour. However, alll the layers are coloured green and won't change to anything, but all show up red. How do I regain control of layer colour? (2007) cheers.
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Cad64 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17.Apr.2010 Location: United States Using: Autocad 2011, 3DS Max 2011, Photoshop CS5 Status: Offline Points: 491	Posted: 05.May.2011 at 16:05
	Select all the lines, open your Properties palette and change the layer color to ByLayer.
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smudger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29.Jan.2008 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 17	Posted: 05.May.2011 at 16:15
	Thanks, but it didn't work. I'd tried it already. They still show as green in the layer box but red in model and paper space. I wonder if its a 'read only' file?
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smudger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29.Jan.2008 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 17	Posted: 05.May.2011 at 16:54
	Yep, its a read only file. So how do I change that so I can alter it? I've decompressed the original download, and I can alter layer colours but they still show as green. I have copied it into my dwg into paper space and I can delete lines and save the changes, but can't change the visual colour. any ideas? Edited by smudger - 05.May.2011 at 17:20
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John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 05.May.2011 at 18:24
	To change the attribute on a read-only file can be done from a DOS command line or from within Windows Explorer I believe.
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tulip3D Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23.Jul.2009 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD2011, Inventor2011 Status: Offline Points: 427	Posted: 05.May.2011 at 18:58
	Maybe try exploding the geometry that you want to change...it may be defined by block which would explain some things. An last I knew, you could simply select to open a non-read only version? or copy it local, change it and replace it.

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