Karl, thanks for some helpful information. So, I should use the Info Palette's layer assignment function to move an object onto a different layer? And how to explain several objects being turned on and off when the layer is turned on and off, yet those objects have different colors when using Color by Layer?
Thanks,
SB
I was only using cut/paste-in-place as way to move objects from one layer to another. I can now do this with the Info palette, but I still can't reliably see the correct Layer colors using Color by Layer. Also some objects seem "stuck" to a layer other than the one they are moved into.
Thanks for the responses.
As I mentioned, just ignore the style. That's just how it was last saved. I never try to work with a model with anything but a bare-bones default style.
Earlier, I tried making a new document and pasting things in one at a time with new layers... this did not solve the issue.
I agree that there can be one or two modest simplifications to the pallet, and that that will reduce the number of points in my model overall, but that would be a performance boost rather than a help with my mysterious "ghost" objects that are pasted in with no lines or faces, only a bounding box. While there are perhaps a thousand copies of this shape, the shape itself is almost as optimized as it can be.
In a possibly related issue, I have been able to use the "Info" palette's drop-down menu to assign selected objects to a new layer. This is very handy and has helped my workflow. But although objects seem most of the time to follow instructions, turning on and off appropriately when I turn visibility on and off for the various layers they are assigned to, there is another issue. When I use the Layer palette's "Color by Layer" option, not all of the objects are correctly colored according to the layer they are actually on. For example, I have layers that seem to have multiple colors of objects on the same layer--some objects are "borrowing" colors from other layers. (There is no manually-applied color interfering.)
I'm uploading the file again for anyone who's interested.
Any further thoughts?
Sure. Here is the file, a house made of pallets. Ignore the style and turn off the section plane, that's just a recent change and does not affect this issue.
Yes, the layer(s) in question are turned on and are the current layer when I paste or draw into them. The problem persists whether we're talking about groups, components, or raw shapes.
SB
My model is getting too complex for my processor... I'm trying to use Layers to get around that and to organize things as well. Everything was going fine, but now I have about 8 layers, and when I make a new layer I am unable to draw, paste or see what I draw/paste in the new Layer. When I paste something into the layer or drag a component into it, I see a white shape appear hilighted. But when I deselect it, it disappears and no way of viewing will reveal it again. Gone! Drawing gives the same result. This means that I am forced to add new objects to my existing layers which prevents my organization and means that my old layers are getting so heavy I have trouble working.
Any advice greatly appreciated!
-SB