[Code] layers.purge_unused

Didier Bur

Hi,
Just an : as groups are stored like components, maybe that changing the layer of a group doesn't change it's internal definition ?
Check for internal compos definitions and scan their entities to see if they are on their original layer. In such a case, SU doesn't allow to delete the layer.

thomthom

Your code only modifies groups/components to be placed on layer 0. It assumes that all geometry is also placed on layer 0.

Seeing how Tomasz reports it working for him I'm guessing there is some entity that's not located on layer 0. If you turn on Color By Layer (ensuring edges are coloured by material as well) - see if you see anything with a colour other than what layer 0 is set to.

thomthom

@didier bur said:

Hi,
Just an : as groups are stored like components, maybe that changing the layer of a group doesn't change it's internal definition ?
Check for internal compos definitions and scan their entities to see if they are on their original layer. In such a case, SU doesn't allow to delete the layer.

Ah yea! iterating over the top level entities won't do it. In addition all model.definitions has to be iterated. that's it!

thomthom

In fact, since you only want to modify groups components you don't have to check the top level at all.

Just scan the definition array for Group/Component definitions (ignoring Image definitions) and loop over the instances for each definition.

chrisglasier

Thanks all ... some overnight sleuthing is required ...

thomthom

I think this will work:


model = Sketchup.active_model
layers = model.layers

model.definitions.each { |d|

	# Ignore Images and definitions with no instances
	next if d.image? || d.count_instances == 0
	# Set Group/ComponentInstance to layer0
	d.instances.each { |i| i.layer = layers[0] }

}

layers.purge_unused

UI.show_inspector("Layers")

chrisglasier

@thomthom said:

I think this will work: ...

Yes thanks it does reduce the layer count from 23 to 20, of which 12 are correctly retained for non real world replica dimensions and labels.

But I have to do more sleuthing ...

Chris

chrisglasier

@chrisglasier said:

But I have to do more sleuthing ...

Here are the results so far:

I deleted all loose geometry

The total number of groups and components matches the javascript array indicating all have been passed to layer0 using Thomas' definition loop (thanks again for that).

Each entity and any children in the expanded outliner view returns layer0 in entity info.

But see this:

The selected column shows in its original layer colour and can be turned on and off with the original layer checkbox - yet the entity info shows layer0. And if I make the columns layer active and hide layer0, nothing is displayed or indicated in th outliner. The same is true for the remaining seemingly "unpurgable" layers.

What think?

Chris

chrisglasier

I just noticed that there are 7 section planes -

the same number as the unpurgable layers. I don't know much about these. Perhaps it is just coincidental?

Chris

chrisglasier

@chrisglasier said:

I just noticed that there are 7 section planes - Perhaps it is just coincidental?

Yes it is - all section planes are on layer0 (obvious to me now).

Here is the current code:



@dlg.add_action_callback("sceneLayersPurge") {|d, p|

model = Sketchup.active_model
layers = model.layers
entities = model.entities

array = []
a = 0

model.definitions.each { |d|

   # Ignore Images and definitions with no instances
   next if d.image? || d.count_instances == 0
   # Set Group/ComponentInstance to layer0
   d.instances.each { |i| 

   
 if i.class == Sketchup;;Group 

name = i.name

end

if i.class == Sketchup;;ComponentInstance 

name = i.definition.name

end

original = i.layer.name

i.layer = layers[0] 

array[a] = [name,original,i.layer.name]
array[a] = array[a].join(",")
a = a + 1   }  }


layers.purge_unused

UI.show_inspector("Layers") 


array = array.join(";")


cmd = "sceneLayersPurgeReceive('#{array}');"
@dlg.execute_script (cmd)     }

and here are samples from the js report showing name, original layer, final layer

I'm running out of sleuthing ideas!

Chris

daiku

Have you tried manually making the problem layers invisible? If so, does anything disappear? Also, try manually deleting the layer. If it's truly empty, SU will quietly remove it. If it's not empty, SU will warn you, and ask where you want to move the things. CB.

Chris Fullmer

Can you supply the model you are working with? It might help figure it out faster.

Chris

chrisglasier

Thanks all. I need to rethink this before asking people to venture further down a blind alley.

I can reduce a Sketchup up model to two plain text lists. One lists components and groups and the other lists scenes. Both lists are turned into javascript multi-level arrays.

But I don't want to wipe out any established relationships between components and layers, layers and scenes, scenes and styles and scenes and property settings. I thought I could do that by manipulating the model but I am thinking it is probably better to capture the data and regenerate the whole thing.

If you are interested in why I want to do this please see the discussion in the Modelur thread.

Thanks and regards

Chris