FreezeLayersInVP

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Short description

❄️ FreezeLayersInVP is an AutoCAD and Civil 3D AutoLISP layer-control utility for freezing selected current and xref layers in viewport workflows.
🧊 It provides a DCL layer browser with filters, xref selection, layer-status columns, and VPLAYER-based freezing for selected layer names.

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Command:

πŸš€ Main command: FreezeLayersInVP
πŸ” Alias command: FLVP
🧰 Load the LSP file with APPLOAD, then run the command from the AutoCAD command line.

Description:

❄️ FreezeLayersInVP is an SEO-friendly AutoCAD viewport layer freeze tool for managing layer visibility in paper-space viewport production.
🧊 The routine opens a DCL dialog with a layer name filter, source toggles for Current, Current and Xref, and Xref layers, plus an xref picker for narrowing the displayed xref layer list.
πŸ” The list uses faux columns for Src, Name, On, Frz, Lck, Plt, Color, LT, and Desc so the user can review layer status before freezing.
🌐 The filter supports wildcard-style layer searching and includes accent-insensitive normalization for German and Latin characters.
🧩 After confirmation, the selected layer names are passed to AutoCAD VPLAYER Freeze using command logic equivalent to VPLAYER freeze layer all viewports based on the current implementation.
πŸ“Œ This is useful for Civil 3D sheets, xref-heavy layouts, plan production, viewport cleanup, layer visibility coordination, and fast paper-space layer management.

Helper function: (if any)​

🧩 str-join joins selected layer or xref names for messages and environment storage.
🧩 split and parse-indexes convert DCL list-box selection strings into numeric row indexes.
🧩 deaccent normalizes accented characters to make layer filtering more reliable.
🧩 has-wildcards detects whether the filter pattern contains wildcard characters.
🧩 get-all-xrefs collects xref names used for the xref picker.
🧩 layer-xref-name extracts the xref prefix from layer names that contain the vertical-bar separator.
🧩 get-all-layers scans the drawing layer table and builds layer records.
🧩 filter-layers applies source toggles, selected xrefs, and the user filter pattern.
🧩 get-layer-props reads layer state values such as On, Freeze, Lock, Plot, Color, Linetype, and Description.
🧩 fill-layers-list rebuilds the fixed-width DCL layer table.

Functionalities:

βœ… Browse drawing layers in a DCL layer manager style dialog.
βœ… Filter layer names using wildcard patterns such as * and ?.
βœ… Display current drawing layers, xref layers, or combined layer groups.
βœ… Pick specific xrefs and show only layers belonging to those xrefs.
βœ… Show layer status columns for On, Freeze, Lock, Plot, Color, Linetype, and Description.
βœ… Multi-select layers from the filtered result table.
βœ… Freeze selected layers through the AutoCAD VPLAYER command.
βœ… Persist filter and source-toggle choices with environment variables between sessions.
βœ… Provide FLVP as a fast command alias.

Result:

🎯 The result is faster viewport layer cleanup for AutoCAD and Civil 3D paper-space workflows.
🧊 Users can isolate the exact current or xref layers they want to freeze, review their status, and apply the viewport-freeze operation from one dialog.
βœ… FreezeLayersInVP improves sheet readability, xref visibility control, and layout preparation for complex production drawings.

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<Bold>Function Syntax: FreezeLayersInVP / FLVP</Bold>
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<Bold>Version: 1.1 Date: 20.06.2026 6:38:55PM</Bold>
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<Bold>FreezeLayersInVP (FLVP)</Bold><LineBreak/>	

This program allows the user to <Run Foreground="DarkRed">filter</Run> and <Run Foreground="DarkRed">freeze layers</Run> directly in the <Run Foreground="DarkRed">current viewport</Run>.<LineBreak/>	

<Bold>Key Functionalities:</Bold><LineBreak/>	
β€’ <Run Foreground="Red">Accent-insensitive search</Run>: typing <Run Foreground="DarkRed">Ruckbau</Run> will match <Run Foreground="DarkRed">RΓΌckbau</Run>.<LineBreak/>	
β€’ Choose between <Run Foreground="DarkRed">Current_Layers</Run>, <Run Foreground="DarkRed">Xref_Layers</Run>, or <Run Foreground="DarkRed">Current_and_Xref_Layers</Run>.<LineBreak/>	
β€’ When <Run Foreground="DarkRed">Xref_Layers</Run> is selected, a list of attached <Run Foreground="DarkRed">Xrefs</Run> is displayed so you can filter by specific reference files.<LineBreak/>	
Matching layers are displayed in a <Run Foreground="Red">multi-column list</Run> with fixed headers:<LineBreak/>	
β€’ <Run Foreground="DarkRed">Src</Run> (Current / Xref)<LineBreak/>	
β€’ <Run Foreground="DarkRed">Name</Run><LineBreak/>	
β€’ <Run Foreground="DarkRed">On</Run>, <Run Foreground="DarkRed">Frz</Run>, <Run Foreground="DarkRed">Lck</Run>, <Run Foreground="DarkRed">Plt</Run><LineBreak/>	
β€’ <Run Foreground="DarkRed">Color</Run> (with known ACI names, e.g. 4 = Cyan)<LineBreak/>	
β€’ <Run Foreground="DarkRed">Linetype</Run><LineBreak/>	
β€’ <Run Foreground="DarkRed">Description</Run><LineBreak/>	
β€’ Selected layers are frozen in the <Run Foreground="DarkRed">active viewport</Run> using the <Run Foreground="Red">VPLAYER</Run> command.<LineBreak/>	
β€’ <Run Foreground="DarkRed">Persistent settings</Run>: last filter text, selected mode (Current/Xref/Both), and chosen Xrefs are remembered across sessions.<LineBreak/>	

<Bold>Usage:</Bold><LineBreak/>	
1. Run the command <Run Foreground="DarkRed">FLVP</Run>.<LineBreak/>	
2. Enter a filter text (accent-insensitive) to narrow down layers.<LineBreak/>	
3. Choose which layers to include (Current, Xref, or Both).<LineBreak/>	
4. Select one or more layers from the matching list.<LineBreak/>	
5. Press <Run Foreground="Red">Freeze</Run> to apply.<LineBreak/>	

<Bold><Run Foreground="DodgerBlue">Description</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">❄️ FreezeLayersInVP is an AutoCAD and Civil 3D AutoLISP layer-control utility for freezing selected current and xref layers in viewport workflows.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧊 It provides a DCL layer browser with filters, xref selection, layer-status columns, and VPLAYER-based freezing for selected layer names.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="DodgerBlue">Function Syntax</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">πŸš€ Main dialog command: </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="Orange">FreezeLayersInVP</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">πŸ” Alias command: </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="Orange">FLVP</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧰 Load the LSP with APPLOAD and run the command in AutoCAD or Civil 3D.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="DodgerBlue">SEO Optimized Overview</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">❄️ FreezeLayersInVP is an SEO-friendly AutoCAD viewport layer freeze tool for managing layer visibility in paper-space viewport production.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧊 The routine opens a DCL dialog with a layer name filter, source toggles for Current, Current and Xref, and Xref layers, plus an xref picker for narrowing the displayed xref layer list.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">πŸ” The list uses faux columns for Src, Name, On, Frz, Lck, Plt, Color, LT, and Desc so the user can review layer status before freezing.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🌐 The filter supports wildcard-style layer searching and includes accent-insensitive normalization for German and Latin characters.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 After confirmation, the selected layer names are passed to AutoCAD VPLAYER Freeze using command logic equivalent to VPLAYER freeze layer all viewports based on the current implementation.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">πŸ“Œ This is useful for Civil 3D sheets, xref-heavy layouts, plan production, viewport cleanup, layer visibility coordination, and fast paper-space layer management.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="LimeGreen">Primary Workflow</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">1️⃣ Load FreezeLayersInVP into AutoCAD or Civil 3D with APPLOAD.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">2️⃣ Run FreezeLayersInVP from the command line.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">3️⃣ Use the dialog or command prompts to select the target layouts, layers, viewports, or plot settings.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">4️⃣ Review the preview, status list, or command-line feedback before applying changes.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">5️⃣ Apply the operation and verify the result in the active drawing.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="DodgerBlue">Main Functionalities</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">βœ… Browse drawing layers in a DCL layer manager style dialog.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">βœ… Filter layer names using wildcard patterns such as * and ?.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">βœ… Display current drawing layers, xref layers, or combined layer groups.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">βœ… Pick specific xrefs and show only layers belonging to those xrefs.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">βœ… Show layer status columns for On, Freeze, Lock, Plot, Color, Linetype, and Description.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">βœ… Multi-select layers from the filtered result table.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">βœ… Freeze selected layers through the AutoCAD VPLAYER command.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">βœ… Persist filter and source-toggle choices with environment variables between sessions.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">βœ… Provide FLVP as a fast command alias.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="DodgerBlue">Important Commands and Helper Functions</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 str-join joins selected layer or xref names for messages and environment storage.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 split and parse-indexes convert DCL list-box selection strings into numeric row indexes.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 deaccent normalizes accented characters to make layer filtering more reliable.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 has-wildcards detects whether the filter pattern contains wildcard characters.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 get-all-xrefs collects xref names used for the xref picker.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 layer-xref-name extracts the xref prefix from layer names that contain the vertical-bar separator.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 get-all-layers scans the drawing layer table and builds layer records.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 filter-layers applies source toggles, selected xrefs, and the user filter pattern.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 get-layer-props reads layer state values such as On, Freeze, Lock, Plot, Color, Linetype, and Description.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 fill-layers-list rebuilds the fixed-width DCL layer table.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="LimeGreen">Practical Result</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🎯 The result is faster viewport layer cleanup for AutoCAD and Civil 3D paper-space workflows.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧊 Users can isolate the exact current or xref layers they want to freeze, review their status, and apply the viewport-freeze operation from one dialog.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">βœ… FreezeLayersInVP improves sheet readability, xref visibility control, and layout preparation for complex production drawings.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="DarkRed">Important Notes</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">⚠️ The routine uses VPLAYER freeze operations and therefore changes viewport layer visibility settings in the active drawing context.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">⚠️ The current implementation passes the All option in the VPLAYER call; verify whether your desired workflow is all viewports or current viewport before batch use.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">⚠️ Xref layer names must be available in the layer table for xref filtering and freezing.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">⚠️ On very large drawings, layer scanning and wide fixed-column list display may take additional time.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="Yellow">Tags</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="Yellow">🏷️ AutoCAD, 🏷️ Civil 3D, 🏷️ AutoLISP, 🏷️ Visual LISP, 🏷️ DCL dialog, 🏷️ CAD automation, 🏷️ CAD productivity, 🏷️ Viewport layers, 🏷️ VPLAYER, 🏷️ Layer freeze, 🏷️ Freeze layers, 🏷️ Xref layers, 🏷️ Layer filter, 🏷️ Paper space, 🏷️ Viewport visibility, 🏷️ Layer manager, 🏷️ FLVP, 🏷️ Civil 3D sheets</Run><LineBreak/>



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