topic Selecting Different Elements & Changing All to One Layer in Modeling

Selecting Different Elements & Changing All to One Layer

Anonymous — Fri, 26 May 2023 07:02:43 GMT

Hi,
Is it possible to select different element types (walls, Slabs, Lines or circles....) and change their default layers all to ONE specific layer all together in one action vs. doing one by one?
Thanks,
Joseph Harouni

Re: Selecting Different Elements & Changing All to One L

Link — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 19:44:40 GMT

Edit Selection Set from your Edit menu. Ctrl+Shift+T by default. It's also the little hammer thing you see next to the Layer Name in your Info box when you have elements selected.

You can also change their pens.

How's that?

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Selecting Different Elements & Changing All to One L

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:11:31 GMT

Joseph wrote:
Hi,
Is it possible to select different element types (walls, Slabs, Lines or circles....) and change their default layers all to ONE specific layer all together in one action vs. doing one by one?
Thanks,
Joseph Harouni

Maybe you should try Options\Layers\Active layer.
See the Manual on how it works.
Laszlo

Re: Selecting Different Elements & Changing All to One L

SeaGeoff — Sat, 01 May 2004 01:04:49 GMT

I recently discovered the little hammer much to my delight. But while we’re on the subject, can someone please explain why we can’t simply select multiple objects types and change their layer in the info box?

Thanks.

Re: Selecting Different Elements & Changing All to One L

__archiben — Sun, 02 May 2004 14:40:01 GMT

Geoff wrote:
I recently discovered the little hammer much to my delight. But while we’re on the subject, can someone please explain why we can’t simply select multiple objects types and change their layer in the info box?

Thanks.

i would imagine because the info box relates specifically to one tool at any one time. the 'edit selection set' dialogue addresses the basics of multi-tool elements.

maybe when GS implement a fly-out 'settings' dialogue ala autoCAD 2004 from the tools palette, the 'info' box can be done away with in its present incarnation and become a development of the 'edit selection set' and element information . . .

~/archiben

Re: Selecting Different Elements & Changing All to One L

SeaGeoff — Sun, 02 May 2004 17:50:12 GMT

~/archiben wrote:
i would imagine because the info box relates specifically to one tool at any one time.

yes, but how about the selection tool?

...the 'info' box can be done away with in its present incarnation and become a development of the 'edit selection set' and element information . . .

I'm not familiar w/ A'cad '04 but I definitely agree with incorporating the element info into the info box. Start, end, length, angle, etc. should become editable fields.

Re: Selecting Different Elements & Changing All to One Layer

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 09:17:12 GMT

Where can I find the hammer?

Re: Selecting Different Elements & Changing All to One Layer

David Maudlin — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 13:39:24 GMT

Zeelrich:

The Hammer was removed from the Info Box a while ago so the layer name pop-up could be longer. Just use the Edit Selection Set... command.

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David

Re: Selecting Different Elements & Changing All to One Layer

Stress Co_ — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 03:47:23 GMT

I was so accustomed to using the icon in the Info Box that,
when it disappeared (c.AC20), I added it to my custom toolbar.