Toolkit........Layer Extension

Civil3D
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Hi, This might be very basic level of request.

I am trying to use Civil3D toolkit nodes from Layer Extension tabs, Instead of using Dynamo created layers i have object selected layers as strings, i am not finding a way to convert this layer name strings in to Autodesk.AutoCAD.DynamoNodes.Layer so that i can use the bellow nodes. Can anyone help me with this ?

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Thanks

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You can create the Dynamo wrapper for a layer by plugging those strings into a Document.LayerByName node.

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Thanks it worked…apologies but hope creating a new layers in CAD using Document.LayerByName will not change layer properties already assigned to them previously before running the script.

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Creating the layer objects in Dynamo won’t change anything to the AutoCAD layer unless you use nodes to change layer properties. Is that what you mean?

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Ok my bad …i though LayerByName will create a new layer by name in autocad, instead of that it will select a layer by name in Dynamo interface if i am not wrong.

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Correct. To create a layer, use Layer.Create, or LayerExtensions.ByNameColor from the Toolkit.

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