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    • bagateloB Offline
      bagatelo
      last edited by

      Is there a tool that put the selected object in a new hidden / not hidden layer?

      While the cat's away, the mice will play

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      • Didier BurD Offline
        Didier Bur
        last edited by

        @bagatelo: No... 😞

        DB

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        • H Offline
          haiarchi
          last edited by

          Can you set to Tool of sketchup to shortcut in sketchup

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          • T Offline
            tulacong
            last edited by

            @didier bur said:

            Hi all,
            Time to release the new version of my Layer Manager. Many new tools and enhancements, new toolbars.
            Unzip in your Plugins folder. PDF doc included in the Layer Manager sub-folder.

            [attachment=0:ea3yl9sk]<!-- ia0 -->lmtb.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:ea3yl9sk]

            Features list:

            Tools:

            Set layer of clicked object current
            Set layer of clicked object current and isolated
            Set layer of clicked object invisible
            All layers visible
            All layers invisible (except current)
            Toggle visibility of all layers
            Select/Deselect layer content
            Move selection to current layer (digs in compos and groups)
            Set layers of selection isolated (digs in compos and groups)
            Set layers of selection invisible (digs in compos and groups)
            Show layers by filter (add to visible layers)
            Isolate layers by filter (digs in compos and groups)
            Hide layers by filter (digs in compos and groups)
            Toggle display color by layer
            Match layer property of clicked object
            Create layer and control behavior
            Delete layer (digs in compos and groups)
            Lock layer
            Unlock layer

            Layers Management:

            Display a layers configuration status
            Save a layers state in the drawing
            Restore a layers state from the model
            Load a layers state from the drawing – Show only
            Load a layers state from the drawing – Append
            Update layers states
            Delete a layers state
            Save your layers states to an external file
            Load layers states from an external file

            French version soon to come.
            I'll be on holidays in Croatia ☀ until Aug 19th so don't except quick bug fixes, but please leave your comments and bug reports here, I'll look at them when i'll be back.

            Best regards,

            ohze hehehe thank showmuch

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              Tinygrasshopper
              last edited by

              Super Plugin!
              Vive Nancy!

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              • utilerU Offline
                utiler
                last edited by

                Hi Didier, love this toolset!

                I have a request; see the attached screenshot and notes...
                LayerPlugin-idea.png

                Often I select components or groups to move to a new layer that is not there. 😳 Do you think you could add a line on the dialogue box to 'assign to selected' with the option of yes or no?
                This saves time deselecting, creating a new layer, selecting the groups again [which as you know can be tedious if you've carefully selected elements to move to a layer...] then accessing the layer drop down to move to the layer.

                Is it possible?

                cheers

                purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                • Didier BurD Offline
                  Didier Bur
                  last edited by

                  Hi Utiler,
                  Try the attached rbs (replace your old one) and tell me if it works OK, before I incorporate it in a new release.
                  Regards,


                  layer_manager.zip

                  DB

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                  • utilerU Offline
                    utiler
                    last edited by

                    Thanks Didier, see comments in the screenshot:
                    LayerManager-issue.png

                    Thanks for listening! if it can work it will make a whole lot of difference i can assure you!!

                    Cheers 👍

                    purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                    • Didier BurD Offline
                      Didier Bur
                      last edited by

                      Ooops 😳 Dropdowns were reversed...
                      Try this one instead.


                      layer_manager_corrected.zip

                      DB

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                      • utilerU Offline
                        utiler
                        last edited by

                        Thanks Didier, I thought that may be the case.... 👍

                        It's almost right; see attached comments in attached and short screen video...
                        LayerManager-Fix.png
                        LayerManager-Fix.swf

                        purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                        • Didier BurD Offline
                          Didier Bur
                          last edited by

                          Hi,
                          The problem is that you cannot have (in a dialog box) dropdown lists that are not following each other, so the "NLN" field must be either on the first place or at the last place.
                          Attached is a fix that WORKS (this time i've tested it 😳 ).
                          Would you prefer the new layer name on top ?
                          Regards,


                          layer_manager_fix.zip

                          DB

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                          • utilerU Offline
                            utiler
                            last edited by

                            PERFECT!!!!!!

                            Thanks Didier, this is a massive time saver!!! Thank you so much!

                            purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                            • utilerU Offline
                              utiler
                              last edited by

                              Another little tweak that would save time.
                              LayerManager-behaviour.png

                              As you can imagine, a file with multiple scenes is a pain to update all manually!!!!

                              purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                              • Didier BurD Offline
                                Didier Bur
                                last edited by

                                Hi,
                                I've added the new option you suggested (Needs to be more tested than I have).
                                "Visible in current scene only" is now the default in the dropdown list.
                                Regards.


                                layer_manager_corrected2.zip

                                DB

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                                • JClementsJ Offline
                                  JClements
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi Didier:

                                  Your layer manager toolbar is great.

                                  Is there any chance of creating a single icon "mini" toolbar for just Toggling Color by Layer on and off?

                                  Regards, John

                                  John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                                    watkins
                                    last edited by

                                    Dear Didier,

                                    Will you be undating the download in the first posting of this topic? Your new version is hard to find in amongst all the requests and comments.

                                    Kind regards,
                                    Bob

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                                      sorgesu
                                      last edited by

                                      Didier,

                                      I, and one of my students ( he is MAC I am PC) have had a problem with the Layer Manager.
                                      I have tried to download, unzip and reload the whole thing but there is no difference. None of the tools work at all.

                                      I have been reading through here and I downloaded the "fixed" layermanger.rb and accidently installed it directly in the PlugIns folder ... and then the Layer Mangager worked. The very first icon did not work but most of the others that I tried did work.
                                      When I realized that I had placed it in the wrong folder, I moved it into the Layer Manager folder, and then the toolbar stopped working again.

                                      I do have all the dependent rubies in the "Tools" folder so that is not the problem. Can you shed some light on what the problem might be? Many thanks. I am including reports from both the PC and the MAC from the Ruby console:

                                      PC:
                                      $:
                                      ["C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins", "C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Tools", "C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ruby"]

                                      MAC:
                                      $:
                                      ["/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins", "/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Tools", "/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/ruby", "/Users/dougiecraig"]

                                      Susan Sorger
                                      Former Seller Hand Rendered Entourage
                                      Former Canadian Authorized Training Centre, SketchUp

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                                        hpeng
                                        last edited by

                                        thank you~ for sharing this! 😎

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                                          SUusrMk197x
                                          last edited by

                                          Dear Dider,

                                          Your layer manager is really great. 👍
                                          I could't imagine sketching without it.

                                          The first time when I used your plugin I realized that some layers are not managed. After experencing with different versions of the plugin (V5, V6, V21) everything worked perfect for me. Though I was wondering why some symbols on the toolbar were twice available.
                                          Now when I set up Sketchup on a new machine I installed only the newest version (V21 isn't it?). On the virgin installation the troubles with some layers were back.
                                          After some new experencing I found out:
                                          Layers containing German letters (probably UNICODE?) in their name are not saved or restored.
                                          If "display layer config" is pressed the plugin shows that there are layers in the model which are not in the config. The same layers (but for each special character one caracter shorter) are listed in the saved layer config but not in model. (see attached screenshot)

                                          Now I've tested this on several different machines (2GHz Dualcore WinXP Pro, 2,2GHz Core2Duo WinXP Emb MU, 2,8GHz Core I-7 Win 7 Pro 32bit, 3,3GHz Xeon Win7 Pro 64). Everywere the same behavior.

                                          When I compared what was different to my very first setup I found out that the additional symbols came from the layer_manager_extension_v5.rb. In this combination the names of "German" layers are displayed shortened by the number of special characters too but saving and restoring commands (from version 21) work perfectly.

                                          Dear Dider. Please find this little annoying (German) bug and fix it.

                                          Best regards


                                          German Layernames.JPG

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                                          • Didier BurD Offline
                                            Didier Bur
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi,
                                            Yes this is a "unicode" bug. I've got the same behaviour with french letters like é,è,à,ü,ê, and so on.
                                            I'll have a look at it when time permits.
                                            Regards,

                                            DB

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