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Block-instances bound to layers?

Hi,

I made a short tube (basically to house a bearing) and made a block-instance from it, exported it and imported it again in different layers. The properties show that the instances belong to the respective layer. but when i switch the layer, in which I constructed the block-instance to OFF, all the instances vanish.

I deleted the blocks and imported them again for no help. What do I have to do?

I use Rhino Version 5.0 (5.1.2012.110, 10.01.2012) (Beta)

Best regards,

Thomas

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Permalink Reply by John Brock on January 31, 2012 at 4:22pm

You are mixing up the layer current when the instance is created, with the layer the objects are really on. Lets say I draw a circle on Layer 1 a box on Layer 2, and make a block that includes both. Noe I make Layer 3 current, insert the block, copy the block instance, and using Properties, I change one instance to layer 4.

If I turn off Layer 1, the red circles drawn on layer 1 will go away because that's the layer they are drawn on. After turning Layer 1 back on, If I turn off layer 3, one of the block instances will go away because the layer the instance is referenced to is off.

Objects are always on layers. A block instance reference can be on a different layer (or not) as your needs dictate.

John Brock
Tech Support
Rhinoceros
Seattle
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