Just hit 500 layers on a single drawing file for a hospital project

I was cleaning up some old project folders and opened a drawing from the St. Mary's Medical Center expansion we did two years ago. The layer manager showed 512 layers, which honestly shocked me (I never stopped to count while we were working). It made me realize how much detail goes into just the plumbing and HVAC rough-ins for one floor. Has anyone else had a layer count that got way bigger than you expected?

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ellis.faith14d ago

Layer counts just get away from you sometimes.

lewis.terry14d ago

Our shop drawings for a wastewater plant hit 600 layers once. It just sneaks up on you.

oliverhernandez13d ago

Look, I get where @mia700 is coming from, but on a big medical job, those layers are often needed. You can't just combine a chilled water supply line with a medical gas alarm circuit. The electricians, plumbers, and inspectors all need to turn things on and off without a mess. Purging unused layers is smart, but 500 active ones for a full floor's systems? That sounds about right to me.

mia70014d ago

That many layers just sounds like poor file management. Lewis.terry's wastewater plant example proves more isn't always better. Couldn't half those layers be combined or purged?

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