Expert: Scott Cook - 5/4/2011

Question
Hello,

I am wondering whether it is possible to offset a line from one layer to another. I.E. Offset a line from layer Construction and when the line if offsetted, it appears on a Walls layer.

Answer
You could write a lisp macro to do it for you. You'd need to put it all inside a defun, with the command functions sequencing the commands like you would do it yourself at the command line, over and over if you would like.
For example you could do something like this template below. You'll need to tweak it in several places to do what you want:
(defun c:yourcommand ()
 (command "offset" dist pause pause "")
 (command "change" "L" "" "p" "la" "layername")
)

I haven't tested this, but hopefully it gives you the right idea.  We could make it run until cancelled if you like, too.