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   hi all
i want to be able to set my autocad up so that whenever i attach an xref, it gets brought in on layer Zero instead of being brought in on whatever the current layer is.
I often work in defpoints layer and when i attach an xref to get a quick schematic plot of something, i can't see the xref cos it was brought in on defpoints/current layer!

can this be mastered with a lisp which gets added to my startup suite?

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germanbarry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 14.Apr.2011 Location: Germany Using: AutoCAD 2011 Status: Offline Points: 33	Topic: set default Xref layer upon attaching Posted: 15.Jul.2011 at 18:10
	hi all i want to be able to set my autocad up so that whenever i attach an xref, it gets brought in on layer Zero instead of being brought in on whatever the current layer is. I often work in defpoints layer and when i attach an xref to get a quick schematic plot of something, i can't see the xref cos it was brought in on defpoints/current layer! can this be mastered with a lisp which gets added to my startup suite?

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: 15.Jul.2011 at 19:03
	You should rarely work in the Defpoints layer if at all.
	"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>

germanbarry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 14.Apr.2011 Location: Germany Using: AutoCAD 2011 Status: Offline Points: 33	Posted: 15.Jul.2011 at 19:05
	ok then let me rework the question to see if i can get an answer i'm drawing in a layer called WALL, since I'm drawing lots of walls... i want to bring in an xref, but have it automatically set to layer zero rather than WALL, because i may in the future wish to freeze the WALL layer but not the xref with it can it be done?

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: 15.Jul.2011 at 21:39
	Why couldn't you use a macro that first sets the layer to "0" before the xref command is invoked?
	"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>

germanbarry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 14.Apr.2011 Location: Germany Using: AutoCAD 2011 Status: Offline Points: 33	Posted: 16.Jul.2011 at 10:07
	THAT's the answer i was after! thanks sorry - I'm new to CAD Macros and keep forgetting how powerful it is. I also incorporated changing the UCS coordinates to World (from Vertical) into the same macro - works great!

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: 16.Jul.2011 at 13:07
	It was a lucky guess on my part. Glad to hear you got it worked out.
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