A layer question.

[narrowgauge]

Has anyone found a way to transfer items from the route base layer to another layer on the same grouping?

I have done it the hard way with splines by having both layers open. Delete a spline section and then replace it by working from a new spline added in the other layer. Always work from the new spline to the old and all the new spline will be on the new layer.

Peter

 

[S301]

Although still done 1 by 1 if I remember right, you can use the 'object properties' tool (which is now available for splines) to change the layer than a spline is on. It may affect more than 1 spline section, was a little while since I played with that function.

Zec

 

[pware]

The way I transfer assets between layers is to select the asset (such as a spline section), click the ? icon in the Object (or relevant) tab and then select the correct layer from the drop down list at the top of the asset property window. For track and other splines this must be done section by section.

This works well for a few objects but is a real pain when you have just created an entire forest in the wrong layer.

Peter Ware

 

[narrowgauge]

Thanks, Zec. I found the same as Peter Ware, you can only do this one section at a time, it is quicker to do the delete and redraw.

I think I can see reasons why it shouldn't do a bulk change but it would be useful if it was a choice, something like 'This segment/all segments'

Peter

 

[narrowgauge]

There is one method I tried that I thought should work. Lock the base layer holding the spline to be swapped to another layer. With the new layer open trace the original spline closely following the vertices using a different spline. Return to the base layer and delete the original. Then replace the different spline with the original version

Doesn't work, it seems that locking a layer does not lock a spline on that layer, splines from another layer will still join. Is this non-locking intentional or a bug?

There is a way that will work with splines, not sure about track. Surveyor will replace a road with a wall. Try this

Base layer has a road to be copied to a Road layer.

Lock the base layer.
Open the road layer and using a wall spline, which does not join to a road, trace the underlying road vertex for vertex.
Unlock the base layer and delete the underlying road having first confirmed that the Road layer contains the newly placed wall.
Open the road layer and replace the wall with the original road.

Probably too much for a few spline sections but worth doing for long distances. Should work with most scenery splines. Might take some fiddling with tracks

Peter