Hi, The problem here is when creating a detail view in layout and associating it with layer state. 1st I create a Detail view in the layout I double click on the Detail view to activate it I double click a layer state to activate that layer state for that specific view. I save the file and close. …

Hello - layers and states in attached files (and linked blocks) cannot be modified by the current instance of Rhino. But, saving a worksession file for this state ought to work. -Pascal

Thanks for the reply Pascal. The layerstate manager saves my preferences; even for the attached files within my worksession. The problem arises when I save and close the application and come back to the same file again. The layers for all the attached files go back to being what they are in the ori…

Hello - have you tried saving the worksession itself? The external files are not modified, but the worksession file, if saved in the state you would like to have things on re-opening, should get it right. -Pascal

Yes Pascal, I save the worksession file as well and still getting the same result. The detail views keep changing back.

OK - I guess the same old limitation as outlined here in (not public, at the moment, I am afraid, but I’ll add your ‘vote’. RH-43786 HideLayersInDetail and Worksessions Issue -Pascal

@mary this is also one of my issues…

Layer state associated to detail view in layouts gets dis-associated

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RH-88248 is fixed in Rhino BETA

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Layer state associated to detail view in layouts gets dis-associated

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