[Plugin] Layers Panel 1.2.1
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OK, after about an hour of playing (and 1 bug splat) around here's what I found on my mac:
What works:
- installation
- toolbar
- web dialogue (layers panel window)
- add layer
- add group
- name/rename group/layer
- nest / move
- import layers through TIGs plugin - fills layer panel
- layer visibility toggle
Doesn't work:
- group visibility (no effect at all)
- delete layer (no effect at all)
- delete group (deletes group and nested layers from panel, but not Layers window)
- purge unused layers
Big Problems:
- existing layers don't automatically fill layer panel
- on save and close / reopen, layer panel loses all layers
- on switching focus to a second model window, the layer panel loses all layers
( probably related to the fact that Mac OS allows multiple windows in a single application instance whereas Windows allows only one window per application instance (therefore multiple model windows = multiple SU instances) IIANM.
Hope this helps. This is going to be an awesome plugin once it's debugged!
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Thanks a lot ! That's very usefull
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This looks like a giant leap forward. Well done
I use a lot of models from other people and CAD drawings, this will be great to keep the model organised.
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New version 0.3 beta !
Changelog :
- Locking layers (Works only when purging or deleting from the plugin's menu)
- Ability to add a layer only visible in the current scene (New pop-up menu when holding the "Add layer" button)
- Layers Panel is now a toolwindow, but you can't dock nor collapse it
- Two different delete buttons, for better performance (The red cross deletes the layer content, the green arrow moves the content to the default layer)
- Several bug fix
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Gee, you do work fast and listen to request, JBB!!!!!!
Have you ever been to Boulder; I hear they're hiring......
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Someone already ask for freeze layers content?
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OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
Layer groups!!! FINALLY. THANK YOU...You are a godsend!
Now if only we can get Trimble to pay you royalties to include this in the next basebuild of SU...It's something they should have had since the very beginning
Well done.
Joel
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this looks like a really good addition to sketchup.
but - existing layers don't show up. downloaded plugin mid project.
using latest sketchup and latest version of Layers panel. Windows.
cheers
cEDIT: I'm not sure what happened but the layers have now appeared - it could have coincided with me importing an image but not sure
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Does not save group names
opening the panel, the group names reappear (Group1, group2, etc.).
More ...
We would like to keep the size of the panel as it was before it was shut down.
Great thanks.
Before it was listed all the names of the groups.
Thanks.
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Maybe you can add this function?
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=54108&p=490389#p490389 -
This plugin is really good. And intuitive. maybe because its so familiar (pShop)
I am losing my group names. no data lost but its happened a couple of times.
I'm looking out for the next time and will report ..cheers
cEDIT: every time i use "undo" the layer Group Name reverts back to the "Group1"- its original default name.
Anybody confirm this???
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Sorry guys about the group names, I'll look into it.
@cmeed said:
EDIT: I'm not sure what happened but the layers have now appeared - it could have coincided with me importing an image but not sure
When you had the problem, did you restart sketchup after installing the plugin ?
If you manage to reproduce the bug, I would be glad if you gave me the intructions.@xkalvisx said:
We would like to keep the size of the panel as it was before it was shut down.
Sorry, but that's a limitation of the API. Sketchup saves the dialog's size/position between sessions, but not during a session... Dumb, I know, but there's not much I can do.
@bagatelo said:
Maybe you can add this function?
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=54108&p=490389#p490389That's not really the purpose of the plugin, which is to manage layers, not the model's entities. Maybe one day I'll add this kind of features, but for now that's not my priority.
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@cmeed said:
EDIT: every time i use "undo" the layer Group Name reverts back to the "Group1"- its original default name.
Anybody confirm this???
(all layer names within group stay the same)When you undo, the Layers Panel dialog reloads its content. So what you're seeing is related to the same bug everybody is having with group names.
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@jiminy-billy-bob said:
When you had the problem, did you restart sketchup after installing the plugin ?
If you manage to reproduce the bug, I would be glad if you gave me the intructions.Yes i restarted - they didn't appear right away! they appeared after i'd worked on the model for a bit. then i noticed. I'll keep my eyes open when next time the occasion crops up.
Great to see this Plugin. especially the "add layer visible only in this scene" - touch!!
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If you have an old copy of the file that you didn't open after you installed Layers Panel, it would be great if you could PM it to me
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I've just had a bugsplat - was it from this plugin? its new on my computer..... also new, the latest version of su was downloaded this morning
the major thing is i can't open the file now. "unexpected file format"!!!! Any Help?
arrgh
c
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Did you try disabling/uninstalling the plugin ?
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everything was working well (the group names was the only thing) I was working inside a group outliner was open and then i got the bugsplat. I dont normally get bugsplats so its funny.
I didn't uninstall or do anything witht the plugin.did you mean to uninstall it and try opening the files? as I've tried opening themon my Mac (no "Layers {abel" plugin) and still not luck - It happened on my pc
opening .skb and .skp result with Unexpected file format.
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I have had the same problem as cmeed. The unexpected file format. Luckily for me I had a backup or I would have lost the file.
Note, I have the plugin TIG: Archiver v2.0 which is a life saver.
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=149749#p149749
Thanks for your plugin.
Ken
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