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    • S Offline
      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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        • S Offline
          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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              ByKAz
              last edited by

              Hello all,

              I have a question...

              Am I looking for a plugin to turn one major layer group or component with different layers and groups inside to one layer!?!?! I don't know if I did right the question...
              Like everything inside this major group or component (including sub-groups, lines, faces with different layers) will turn to one layer (major layer)
              I'm using the old version of LM_v6 and looks like don't have a way to do it. I don't know if this new version LM_v21 allow me to do that...
              Thanks

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                seasdes
                last edited by

                Can I save more than one layer state. I am asked what layer state I want to over right when I try to save a new layer state. I do not get an option not to over right a layer state.
                Nice tools.
                Walter

                Using Sketchup Pro 2019

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                • Didier BurD Offline
                  Didier Bur
                  last edited by

                  @seasdes:
                  Yes, you can save as many layer states as you want.
                  Try to overwrite any of your previously saved layer state and see if it is still there.
                  I guess this is a bug but the layer state you overwrite will not be overwritten.
                  Regards,

                  DB

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                    tedvitale
                    last edited by

                    Ken,

                    I'm not sure if this has been answered, I didn't read the entire thread, but have you gone to View> Toolbars> Save Toolbar Positions before you install? I used to have a similar problem, but once I save a toolbar position set up all I have to do is run through the process of View> Toolbars> Restore Toolbar Positions, and I'm good to go. Have you tried that? Or does this particular plugin just kill any saved toolbar locations when its installed?

                    Just curious, and I hope that helps!

                    @unknownuser said:

                    Mr. Bur

                    Thanks for you very useful script.

                    Just a side note, installation of your script has re-arranged all my toolbars. This is nothing new, it happens with every script installation that adds a new toolbar. So I have to re-arrange the menus, and usually they are not in the same order, and another learning curve is required.

                    But this time, I have outwitted this darn re-organizational mess. I took a JPG screen snap shot of the toolbars before installation. Imported this JPG into a Sketchup model and saved the model as SketchupToolbars. So now I just load this program and re-arrange all the tools bars as the JPG indicates. Now no new learning curve.

                    Mr. Bur again thanks for the script.

                    Ken

                    Ted Vitale
                    3D Artist and designer
                    Sketchup 2013 Pro

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                      nitav
                      last edited by

                      Thanks, Didier Bur...!!!

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                        maxvector9
                        last edited by

                        Is it also possible to group layers into groups/folders? Just like in Photoshop?

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                        • Didier BurD Offline
                          Didier Bur
                          last edited by

                          @Maxvector9
                          No, AFAIK 😞

                          DB

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                          • utilerU Offline
                            utiler
                            last edited by

                            Hi Didier, this is one of my most used plugins, many thanks!

                            I'm wondering if you could add a dialogue box pop up option for the second icon,'Set Layer of clicked object current and isolated' to turn off all layers 'EXCEPT LAYER 0'?
                            I almost never change current layer from Layer 0 as I have been courtout before drawing geometry on another layer rather than 0.

                            Is this possible? 👍

                            Many thanks,

                            purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                            • Didier BurD Offline
                              Didier Bur
                              last edited by

                              Hi utiler,

                              Attached RBS will do it. Unzip and overwrite your layer_manager.rbs file in your Layer Manager folder. That's it, enjoy !


                              layer_manager_mod.zip

                              DB

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                              • utilerU Offline
                                utiler
                                last edited by

                                Thank you Didier, very much appreciated!

                                purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                  whitelock
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi, Does anyone know of a tutorial video for this plugin. I have downloaded the pdf manual but cant work out how to use this plugin. I want to transfer all the layer states currently in the default sketchup layer dialogue box to this new layer manager. can anyone help me get started?

                                  Thanks

                                  Luke

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                                    Phil Rader AIA
                                    last edited by

                                    Is this plugin compatible with 2014? It's one of my favorites!

                                    http://www.philrader.com

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      It should be.
                                      Try it... 😄

                                      Are you on MAC ?
                                      I think the MAC version is more 'beta-like' ?

                                      TIG

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                                        jwhida
                                        last edited by

                                        Tooltips for toolbar icons on hover ?!
                                        I am new to this plugin and am having trouble remembering what each icon is supposed to represent.
                                        Does this plugin show tooltips on hover? and if so I am wondering why I can't see any.

                                        Great plugin and thanks for sharing

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                                          TimInAZ60
                                          last edited by

                                          Extremely useful extension, THANK YOU.

                                          For the next update, please have a look at the Show/Isolate/Hide... layer-by-Filter. I have "Existing filters:' from prior actions but when selection one of them from the drop-down box, it doesn't populate the "Filter string to * layers" entry at the bottom of the window. I have to re-type the filter string each time. Can't use the prior Existing filters.

                                          I'm using SketchUp Make 2016 for compatibility with my PCs.

                                          Thanks.

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