4 Replies Latest reply on Mar 29, 2018 9:09 AM by Chris Berry

Design Library Notes being assigned to random layer

Chris Berry Mar 29, 2018 5:10 AM

To save time writing the same note again & again on different drawings, I thought I would add a library of all the standard notes that we use within our company & add the to the Design Libary so that they can be inserted easily into a drawing.

Everything seems ok, I've created the notes (R/H clicking a note & selecting 'Add to Library') & they appear in the library fine. However, when I insert them into the drawing they seem to get asigned to a different layer (which is also a different colour) to the one which they were originally on. I cannot find a setting anywhere which assigns the Design Library to any particular layer.

Anyone know how to solve this. Its probably something very silly which I've overlooked!!

Re: Design Library Notes being assigned to random layer

Glenn Schroeder Mar 29, 2018 8:07 AM (in response to Chris Berry)

When inserting these library notes, is the active Layer set to "Per Standard"?
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  Chris Berry Mar 29, 2018 8:54 AM (in response to Glenn Schroeder)
  
  Yes, the active layer is set to 'Per Standard'. But, even changing that makes no difference.
  The notes seemed to be jumping to the 'Border' layer rather than the 'Dimn' layer that they were originally set to before they were saved. I've checked under Option > Document Properties > Annotations & 'Notes' is set on the correct layer.
  Is there a 'Design Library' layer setting I'm missing. Why is it being put on the 'Border' layer when its not been set to that.
  
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    Glenn Schroeder Mar 29, 2018 8:58 AM (in response to Chris Berry)
    
    If that wasn't it I'm out of ideas. I may not be the best person to help anyway since I abandoned using Library Notes years ago, and instead have notes saved as Styles in my drawing templates (see my replies at Format Painter vs Styles) . You might give that a try.
    
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      Chris Berry Mar 29, 2018 9:09 AM (in response to Glenn Schroeder)
      
      Fair enough.
      I've look at styles & prefer the notes method as its easier to add & delete notes while Styles is a little trickier having to change 4 different templates.
      
      Can anyone try adding a note to the Design Library & inserting it into a drawing to see if it randomly jumps to another layer?
      Ta.
      
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