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Can I assign an existing drawing layer to a SketchLine in an .idw?

  • Vijayakumar Ramachandran
  • Mar 03, 2026

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You can assign an existing layer to a SketchLine in a drawing (.idw) using VBA. The key is that layers in drawings are managed via the Layers collection on the DrawingDocument, and sketch geometry like SketchLine has a Layer property you can set directly.

  • Chirag Ganguli
  • Mar 04, 2026

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