DELETE LAYERS (DelLay)

COPY LAYERS (CopLay)

MOVE LAYERS (MovLay)

Deletes or copies or moves layers

Layers may be deleted, copied or moved using one of these three applications. Entering an operation without any arguments results in a dialog box to enter parameters. Each operation may be entered as a key-in followed by one or more arguments. (see Running From a Key-in)

Action to take

Defines the action to take on the source layers. Options are:

Delete
Copy
Move

Workspaces to consider

Defines the workspaces to consider. Options are:

Current only
All open

Source layers

Defines the layers to delete, copy or move. A Number Line describing the source layers may be entered here.

Target layer

Defines the layer to copy or move source layers to. It is possible to define only one target layer so if the Source Layers specify more than one layer these layers will be merged into the Target Layer during a copy or move.

Running From a Key-in

It is possible to delete, move or copy layers by entering the command name and arguments from a command line. The ability to run these operations from a key-in allows them to be placed in a Vr Macro. This would be useful when running the same operation many times for different layers on different jobs. Following are examples of key-ins:

DelLay 12;13;35-51

Deletes layers 12, 13 and 35 thru 51.

CopLay 12;13;35-51 4001

Copies layers 12, 13 and 35 thru 51 into layer 4001

MovLay 12;13;35-51 4001

Move layers 12, 13, and 35 thru 51 into layer 4001.

In the Copy Layer and Move Layer examples, 12;13;35-51 are source layers and 4001 is the target layer. By default, Delete Layer, Copy Layer and Move Layer work on all open workspaces when started from a key-in. Notice the first argument in each example above uses a number line with semi-colons. This is so each field is not interpreted as a new Vr command on the key-in line. See Number Lines for more information.