[Request] Update to layer and scene manager
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I used SketchUp and layout to create documents that illustrate to construction trades how to properly build complicated details. The documents I produce can be anywhere from 10 pages to 30 pages in layout. In SketchUp I can have anywhere from 15 to 60 scenes and 20 to 40 layers. If you look at the attached image it shows the start and finish of how to properly install a window. The center image shows the various building materials involved in the process. This file had 28 pages, 35 scenes and 49 layers. Using SketchUp to create these types of documents is the best program I have found (especially with a few key plug-ins) but it's not perfect.
SO, I'm hoping all you wonderful scripters out there can create some scripts can help manage models with a lot of layers and scenes.
Here is the idea: Is it possible to create new layer and scene managers that allow the user to organize similar or related layers and scenes in folders under the respected palettes or windows. Not scenes and layers together but scenes together and layers together. Photoshop is probably the best example of this. In photoshop you can create a folder to place a series of layers inside of which can allow the user to minimize the contents of the folder so the list of layers is much smaller as well as can also toggle the visibility of the folder and all of its contents really easily. Anyone who has a lot of scenes and layers would find a script that could do this really helpful and I don't think it would be hard to create (could be very wrong about this) considering the power of some of the rubies that are posted here.
Anyone interested?
Thanks,JSteacy
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Am working along those lines, but not exactly as you want. Look for VisMap, soon (I hope).
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