[Plugin] Layers Panel 1.2.1

vremennyi

This plugin doesn't work on my laptop.
After installing it shows, works. But after restarting SU it crashes.
Stack:

Error Loading File C;/Users/vremennyi/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/jbb_layers_panel/layers_panel.rb
Error; #<LoadError; cannot load such file -- Win32API>
C;/Users/vremennyi/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/jbb_layers_panel/layers_panel.rb;19;in `require'
...

I'm using Win 8.1 x64.

jiminy-billy-bob

Edson > It works fine on windows, I'll look into it.

vremennyi > Are you using the last version of Layers Panel? Is this a fresh install?

jiminy-billy-bob

Oh, I just reproduced this by accident. It seems to happen when opening an old file coming from SU2013. When saving it with SU2014 and restarting, it works fine. This is weird.

vremennyi

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

Are you using the last version of Layers Panel? Is this a fresh install?

Yes, latest version 1.0.0.
Reproduced on other PC. I removed SU2013, cleaned up folders and installed SU2014(Make) and plugin.
I get this error just opening SU.

This is really weird: after saving my old 2013 file and relaunch SU - plugin is working.
Last opened file affects on plugin loading?

Pixero

Now that its at 1.0 I desided to download it and it looks great.
One wish though. Thea Render support.
Oh and is it possible to doubleclick on panel to minimize it? Mine gets stuck as minimized.

jiminy-billy-bob

@pixero said:

One wish though. Thea Render support.

Unfortunalty, I can't trigger Thea Render from ruby. Support for this would have to be done in Thea. Tomasz is supposed to be working on this, but it's been a while, maybe you could remind him

@pixero said:

Oh and is it possible to doubleclick on panel to minimize it? Mine gets stuck as minimized.

It seems to be broken, I'm on it.

tt_su

Loving this update. First public use of the new Layer.color API methods!

yinliangxxxx

Sketchup2014 Unavailable
Thank you Layers Panel
Chinese version Sketchup 2014 However, to use this plug-in can not be any！！
I hope you can fix

jiminy-billy-bob

@yinliangxxxx said:

Thank you Layers Panel
Chinese version Sketchup 2014 However, to use this plug-in can not be any！！
I hope you can fix

See above :

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

It seems to happen when opening an old file coming from SU2013. When saving it with SU2014 and restarting, it works fine.

vremennyi

I still have same error. Opening new 2014 file...
Your advice was helpful with my PC, but on laptop it does'nt work... I will try reinstall SU.

vremennyi

After reinstalling SU Make, cleaning directory in %AppData% I have same error...

babak

First, thank you for the plugin !
I have the same issue as vremennyi. Sketchup 2014 pro and windows 7. The plugin works well except when I try to launch sketchup by clicking a file stored on another drive (D:) or network. Then it cannot find winAPI.so.
It could explain vremennyi problem on his laptop.

tt_su

@babak said:

The plugin works well except when I try to launch sketchup by clicking a file stored on another drive (D:) or network. Then it cannot find winAPI.so.

This is a known issue in SketchUp 2014.

jiminy-billy-bob

I spoke to the Trimble guys, and it seems to be an issue with SU2014 itself. In some cases, ruby fails to load properly, when double-clicking on a file.
There's not much I can do... Trimble is working to fix it.
Meanwhile, try to open Sketchup, and then open your files with "Files > Open".

EDIT : Oh well, I'm too slow

jiminy-billy-bob

vremennyi, yinliangxxxx, babak,
Try replacing the file "Plugins/jbb_layers_panel/layers_panel.rb" by the attached one (see below), and tell me if it works.

layers_panel.rb

babak

%(#004080)[jiminy-billy-bob, thank you for your quick answer.
I still get the following error while launching from d:\ or network.]

Erreur de chargement du fichier C:/Users/vfr/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/jbb_layers_panel/layers_panel.rb
Error: #<LoadError: cannot load such file -- dl>
C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib/Win32API.rb:5:in require' C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib/Win32API.rb:5:in <top (required)>'
C:/Users/vfr/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/jbb_layers_panel/layers_panel.rb:32:in require' C:/Users/vfr/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/jbb_layers_panel/layers_panel.rb:32:in rescue in module:JBB_LayersPanel'
C:/Users/vfr/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/jbb_layers_panel/layers_panel.rb:28:in <module:JBB_LayersPanel>' C:/Users/vfr/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/jbb_layers_panel/layers_panel.rb:5:in <top (required)>'
C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in require' C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load'
C:/Users/vfr/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/jbb_layers_panel.rb:39:in register_extension' C:/Users/vfr/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins /jbb_layers_panel.rb:39:in <top (required)>'

jiminy-billy-bob

Well, in that case we just need to wait for trimble to fix this.

unclex

Error Loading File C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/jbb_layers_panel/layers_panel.rb
Error: #<LoadError: cannot load such file -- Win32API>
C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/jbb_layers_panel/layers_panel.rb:19:in require' C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/jbb_layers_panel/layers_panel.rb:19:in module:JBB_LayersPanel'
C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/jbb_layers_panel/layers_panel.rb:5:in <top (required)>' E:/Trimble/Sketchup.14/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in require'
E:/Trimble/Sketchup.14/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load' C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/jbb_layers_panel.rb:39:in register_extension'
C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/jbb_layers_panel.rb:39:in `<top (required)>'

it's same problem
su2014en @ win7x64chinese
so I guess, that's something about system, Trimble had better fix it

tony bombata

interestingly, if you pin a file to sketchup 2014, and launch from the taskbar jumplist, it will open without errors - dont know if that helps

jiminy-billy-bob

Here is a short video showing how the render feature works.