[Plugin] Layers Panel 1.2.1

jiminy-billy-bob · 10 Sept 2013, 18:33

For people understanding ruby :

I fully identified the cause of the problem : The plugin trying to save "nil" as an AttributeDictionary key.
@layerDictID being nil (the bug about group names)
@model.set_attribute("jbb_layerspanel_groups", @layerDictID, groupName)

ken · 10 Sept 2013, 18:39

Well I was looking the plugin directory an found more than one layerpanel directory and some other files I believe came from other installations. I don't remember all the names, I just removed everything having to do with layerpanel. And re-installed and presto it works.

Thanks for looking into this plugin.

Wishing you luck.

Ken

xkalvisx · 10 Sept 2013, 21:41

No groups, but the group of layers.
It is now possible to make invisible only one layer.
If you see me group 5 layers, this group click on the "eye", I wish that all the five layers in the group would become visible or not.

Thanks.

P.S.
Sorry for the very poor proficiency in English.

jiminy-billy-bob · 10 Sept 2013, 21:47

If you put layers in a group, and hide that group, all the nested layers will be hidden.
But maybe you're talking about selecting multiple layers and hide them all with one click? I'm not sur about that workflow

cmeed · 12 Sept 2013, 19:35

I have another one for you....

With the layer Panel open I can't use my shortcut key 'P' assigned to Create new scene. Turn panel off and shortcut key works as it should.

Does that happen for anyone else?

In the model I'm using i have a lot of layers going on. I've just had a major bug splat too, thankfully no lost data or corrupted files. on opening the the file again after the bugsplat, the bugsplat happened again and again - straight away before SU seemed to even open - restarted Machine seems Ok- File opened as Usual

mmmmm
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jiminy-billy-bob · 12 Sept 2013, 20:54

Were you trying to delete/purge layers with outliner opened ?
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=54161

jiminy-billy-bob · 12 Sept 2013, 20:54

Not sure about the P shortcut, I'll look into that.

cmeed · 12 Sept 2013, 21:09

before the major bugsplat I was trying to create new scenes outliner could have been open. When i pressed P no scene tabs appeared which drew my attention
then i opened the 'Scenes window' and noticed the scenes were there - but as i said no scene Tabs at the top of the SU Window. Then the crash

Bimbalas · 13 Sept 2013, 10:45

Hi, jiminy-billy-bob,

very nice job. Thanks.

I'm discovered a new bug.
On renamaming layers or groups directly on Layers Panel with letters from non ASCII character set (e.g. ąžįėš) this letters was changed to unicode codes.

Can you look for this?

breezy · 13 Sept 2013, 11:59

JBB,

Thank you for designing the Layers panel, it is great to be able to nest layers.

But when I tried to remove a layer and delete the contents Sketchup throws a Bug Splat.
This happened first with 0.2 but again with 0.3.1. I am using Sketchup 2013. The layer that I tried to delete had no components assigned to it. I had the Outliner window open and just before the bug splat was thrown I noticed a bundle of groups appear on the bottom of the Outline tree. The model statistics are 201 components definitions, 35 layers, 31 materials all created before installing Layers panel. Some of the layers were hidden at the time of the bug splat. I submitted the bug splat #43650, if it is any help I still have a copy of the splat files Undo.log, Sketchup.dmp and .xml.

Regards,
Arie.

jiminy-billy-bob · 13 Sept 2013, 20:19

Bimbalas > I'll look at non-ASCII characters.

Breezy > That's a known bug and Dan helped me fix it : http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=54161
It will be fixed in the next release (out in a few days)

breezy · 14 Sept 2013, 06:18

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

Breezy > That's a known bug and Dan helped me fix it :
It will be fixed in the next release (out in a few days)

jiminy-billy-bob,

Thank you. I refrain from using your delete button!

A possible future feature is the ability to colour the layers as in Sketchup's layers window. Also to rollup the window by clicking on the title bar.

Thanks again for what you have produced, I have found it easier to control the layers in my projects.

Regards,
Arie.

MichaelNeyses · 14 Sept 2013, 17:52

Ive got some problems with the layer panel.

It is asking for me to update the current ie explorer. But i already installed version 10 although it is not my standard browser, which is firefox.
When I use the features as explained s. a . creatíng groups and layers and sort the whole structure, then i will not be able to open this very drawing again after saving and closing it properly. The comment is: ²wrong file format!² , the file is actally lost.
I am glad i did not blindly change any important file and put too much time in doing so.
Glad there is a thing called .skb! I think this is a rather serious issue.
I wonder if i am the only one with this experience!

Michael

jiminy-billy-bob · 15 Sept 2013, 20:51

@breezy said:

A possible future feature is the ability to colour the layers as in Sketchup's layers window. Also to rollup the window by clicking on the title bar.

Unfortunatly, the API doesn't allow me to do that...

@michaelneyses said:

Ive got some problems with the layer panel.

It is asking for me to update the current ie explorer. But i already installed version 10 although it is not my standard browser, which is firefox.

Can you go to http://whatsmyua.com/ with Internet Explorer, and tell me what it says ?

@michaelneyses said:

When I use the features as explained s. a . creatíng groups and layers and sort the whole structure, then i will not be able to open this very drawing again after saving and closing it properly. The comment is: ²wrong file format!² , the file is actally lost.

Did you create these groups with a version of Layers Panel older than 0.3.1 ? Like 0.2, 0.3, etc

Thanks

cmeed · 16 Sept 2013, 10:31

I'm having issues with renaming layers - only some though others work fine.

deleting layer and starting again this dosen't happen - I can rename again

(i didn't have to make a video for this but I've never done it, so there you go....)

jiminy-billy-bob · 16 Sept 2013, 10:34

Is it renamed in SU's layer window ?

cmeed · 16 Sept 2013, 11:47

I didn't see but this isn't the fist time this has happened so will keep a better note next time.

gullfo · 16 Sept 2013, 11:51

i've found an issue? i added layers after placing a bunch into groups and when i drag the unassigned layer into a group i get a javascript error. attached is the file and the screenshot. i'm using SU 2013 pro 13.0.4812 on Windows Vista SP2. i have full permission in SU prog dir.

sketchup file

jiminy-billy-bob · 16 Sept 2013, 11:53

@cmeed said:

I didn't see but this isn't the fist time this has happened so will keep a better note next time.

Ok, thanks.
I think it's related to Observers watching layers change. I had these kind of issue in the past and resolved a lot of them, but it's possible that some remain. If it's indeed related to observers, it should occur only with old layers created before Layers Panel was installed.

gullfo > I'll look at your file.

jiminy-billy-bob · 16 Sept 2013, 11:58

Ok Glenn, I found the issue. You simply have too many layers. It's related to the max length a url can pass between the dialog and SU. I forgot about this... I'll need to rewrite some code.