XLIST - Effective Xref Layer Control

Sometimes we want to control the layer of an object in an xref'd drawing. In order to do so, you need to know what layer it is in.

Clicking on it and looking up the property window only tells you what layer the entire xref is on instead of telling you what layer the object is on. Although you could open up the xref, that is a time consuming solution if you only wanted to look up just one object.

That's where the XLIST command comes in handy. It tells you what layer the object is in as well as its colour and linetype.

Additional Notes:
  • If the object colour or linetype is not set to "by layer", you might still need to open up the xref'd drawing and set it to "by layer" so that you can control its appearance from the host drawing. But as long as object properties are diligently left at "by layer" (as they should be), it should simply be a matter of opening up the layer manager and changing the layer settings.
  • The default xlist dialogue might be too narrow. There is information on how to fix that here.

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