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seashell2day@hotmail.com · 03-31-2009, 05:02 AM

How do i delete layers in autocad 2009 when the sign comes up that the layers are being used when they are clearly not. How can i find out what is holding onto my layer & stopping it from going?
I use quick select to select everything on the layer i want to delete. It selects nothing because there is nothing on the layer i want to delete. It's not the current layer, not the 0 layer & it's not used by any xref. how do i delete it?

ktg Infotech · 05-02-2009, 04:24 PM

Hi!!
A simple understanding on this would be, if an object exist in a layer, you would never be able to delete any layers.

So you need to make sure that the layer you intend to delete needs to be empty. hope this will be of some use to you..

Thanks
Ktg

Tony Webb · 06-29-2009, 07:33 AM

You may find that although the layer appears to be free of any lines etc, it may be that there is a block on another layer that has something holding it over on that layer.

In short without exploding all blocks in your drawing & moving the items to another layer, you won't be able to erase that layer.

Hope that helps.

Tony

naughtyhorse' · 01-20-2010, 12:19 AM

this is where the 'never use layer 0 for drawings' sort of rule comes from, if you put all the geometry for your blocks then you dont have this issue

03-31-2009, 05:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
seashell2day@hotmail.com New Poster Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4	How do i delete layers How do i delete layers in autocad 2009 when the sign comes up that the layers are being used when they are clearly not. How can i find out what is holding onto my layer & stopping it from going? I use quick select to select everything on the layer i want to delete. It selects nothing because there is nothing on the layer i want to delete. It's not the current layer, not the 0 layer & it's not used by any xref. how do i delete it?

05-02-2009, 04:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
ktg Infotech New Poster Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3	Layer deletion Hi!! A simple understanding on this would be, if an object exist in a layer, you would never be able to delete any layers. So you need to make sure that the layer you intend to delete needs to be empty. hope this will be of some use to you.. Thanks Ktg

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06-29-2009, 07:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tony Webb New Poster Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bath, England Posts: 2	You may find that although the layer appears to be free of any lines etc, it may be that there is a block on another layer that has something holding it over on that layer. In short without exploding all blocks in your drawing & moving the items to another layer, you won't be able to erase that layer. Hope that helps. Tony

01-20-2010, 12:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
naughtyhorse' New Poster Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1	this is where the 'never use layer 0 for drawings' sort of rule comes from, if you put all the geometry for your blocks then you dont have this issue