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    • Z Offline
      zdouk
      last edited by

      @bob james said:

      Curious problem on my Macs (work and home): The Layer Manager toolbar does not appear automatically. Each time I open SU7 I have to go to View/Tool Palettes and click on Layer Manager. Sort of a nuisance, but Layer Manager is a major player for me in SU.

      Is this normal or do I have a problem? ❓

      This pluggin seem magnificient however I have an issue similar to yours Bob. Except , the layer manager tool bar does not even show under the "view-->toolbars" menu. help? I do I get it to display?

      Mazdak
      Landscape Architect / Paysagiste
      http://www.land8.fr

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        @zdouk said:

        @bob james said:

        Curious problem on my Macs (work and home): The Layer Manager toolbar does not appear automatically. Each time I open SU7 I have to go to View/Tool Palettes and click on Layer Manager. Sort of a nuisance, but Layer Manager is a major player for me in SU.

        Is this normal or do I have a problem? ❓

        This pluggin seem magnificient however I have an issue similar to yours Bob. Except , the layer manager tool bar does not even show under the "view-->toolbars" menu. help? I do I get it to display?

        This type of plugin is loaded as an 'extension', so it needs to be registered before it appears in the View>Toolbars list
        To register it [once only needed] open Window>Preferences > Extensions tab, scroll to find 'Layer Manager' and tick its box: it should them be available on the View>Toolbars list 🤓

        TIG

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          zdouk
          last edited by

          @tig said:

          @zdouk said:

          @bob james said:

          Curious problem on my Macs (work and home): The Layer Manager toolbar does not appear automatically. Each time I open SU7 I have to go to View/Tool Palettes and click on Layer Manager. Sort of a nuisance, but Layer Manager is a major player for me in SU.

          Is this normal or do I have a problem? ❓

          This pluggin seem magnificient however I have an issue similar to yours Bob. Except , the layer manager tool bar does not even show under the "view-->toolbars" menu. help? I do I get it to display?

          This type of plugin is loaded as an 'extension', so it needs to be registered before it appears in the View>Toolbars list
          To register it [once only needed] open Window>Preferences > Extensions tab, scroll to find 'Layer Manager' and tick its box: it should them be available on the View>Toolbars list 🤓

          Tig! you ARE the Big Cat.

          Thanks

          However, it does not show there either... 👊

          Mazdak
          Landscape Architect / Paysagiste
          http://www.land8.fr

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            Have you loaded the many files into the right folders ?
            The file layer_manager_extension_v6.rb is the only file that must go into the ../Plugins/ folder
            All other files that came with the plugin [there are m_a_n_y] need to be in a sub-folder ../Plugins/Layer Manager/
            The first rb file loads all of the others and the images for the toolbar etc that MUST be in the sub-folder.
            😒

            TIG

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              monkeybss
              last edited by

              This layer manager is wonderful,it makes life so much easier, at least for those used to the layer manager in Autocad!Thank you!

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              • halroachH Offline
                halroach
                last edited by

                1. I'm trying to add a keyboard shortcut for "set layer of clicked object invisible" but I cannot find the function name for it.
                  Ideas?

                2.In the previous version of Layer Manager, I set a short cut for that command - and all the selected lines' layers would disappear.
                Now with the new interface I have to click on each line separately which takes a lot longer.
                I just might install the older version... Unless there would be a way to have both methods?

                Wonderful Plugin!!

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                • bagateloB Offline
                  bagatelo
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                  Is there something like "Put selected objects on a new layer and hide this Layer" ?

                  While the cat's away, the mice will play

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                  • Bob JamesB Offline
                    Bob James
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                    @bagatelo said:

                    Is there something like "Put selected objects on a new layer and hide this Layer" ?

                    Back in 2006 Jim Foltz wrote a plugin called add_hidden_layer.rb
                    I searched for it but could not find it: maybe you'll have more luck

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                      matt.gordon320
                      last edited by

                      Hi Didier, Great job as usual! I'm just starting to use this plugin, and it's quite powerful so far. I was curious if there's any way to map keyboard shortcuts to step back and forth through the layer states that I've set up?

                      I have Shift Left + Right to step through scenes, and I thought this would go hand in hand to create a seriously powerful workflow.

                      Thanks again!

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                      • Clayton49C Offline
                        Clayton49
                        last edited by

                        To all,

                        I just checked again as of March 28th 2014 on my SU Pro extension warehouse & it still say's this extension was uninstalled as not compatible. I generally don't like work-arounds, so need SU HQ to validate this asap. Any news from the author in the meantime will be most appreciated. Having said that, has anyone just installed it long hand for SU Pro 2014, if so does it work..???

                        I hope SU HQ gives this the thumbs up soon, I'm now using SU Pro 2014 & am lost without it. This extension saves loads of time & makes the SU layer manager look very dumb indeed.

                        As a side note, I'd love SU HQ to make an update on this or extension of their own to make the layer manager manage things similar to this extension.

                        Over & out,
                        Clayton

                        Over & out,
                        Clayton.

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                        Architectural Consultants]

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                        • BoxB Offline
                          Box
                          last edited by

                          There is an easy fix for this. I've tested it in windows and it works on this plugin. On the appropriate file, this is copied from the lines to tubes thread.

                          @tig said:

                          Didier needs to rework his rb file for v2014 compatibility and republish it...

                          BUT you can do it temporarily for your own use, even though his script is 'packed'.
                          Open the file lines2tubes.rb in Notepad, and go to the end:
                          Change
                          ...}.unpack("m")**.to_s**
                          to read
                          ...}.unpack("m")**[0]**
                          Save the changes.
                          Restart SketchUp.

                          The script will then load and work in v2014 !

                          This simple fix can be applied to any of Didier's 'packed' scripts that aren't working in v2014.

                          These edited scripts will also load and work in earlier SketchUp versions too... 🤓

                          Having said all that there is also a much newer Layers tool which you may find better.
                          http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=53906

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            BUT if it has other 'internal coding issues' [which you can't read] it might still fail in v2014 - but you would have better clue as to what's up...

                            TIG

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Following Didier's wishes, I have updated his Layer Manager for him.
                              It now suits v2015 and earlier.
                              Here is the latest version in the PluginStore http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=layer_manager

                              TIG

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                                greatoe
                                last edited by

                                the 'set layer of clicked object invisible' function (and other similar ones) is gone?

                                set layer of clicked object invisible.jpg

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  The one I updated is v6...
                                  That is the most up to date one in Didier's Depot and the current one in the PluginStore.
                                  It has 17 buttons.
                                  Some years ago [and a few posts back in this thread] Didier showed a preview image and a description of a new beta version.
                                  That did include the functions/buttons etc to which you allude.
                                  How did you get that beta version?
                                  As far as I know it was never published??
                                  I assume it is also incompatible with >=v2014 ?

                                  TIG

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                                    greatoe
                                    last edited by

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                                    I got the plugin from the above link. It is version 2.2.0.

                                    Yes I can use it in 2015, but I have not test all its functions, I merely use the button I mentioned in the previous post.

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      That's most odd. 😕
                                      The PluginStore's is v6 and that's is several years old.
                                      The EW's version is v2.2 and only two years old !
                                      And it includes additional functions etc.
                                      Didier must has made it just before he 'retired', and forgot to update the PluginStore version ??
                                      I'll check it out...
                                      It is readily compatible with >=v2014 I might repost it in the PluginStore too...

                                      TIG

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                                      • G Offline
                                        greatoe
                                        last edited by

                                        the following is copied from the ruby file layer_manager_extension_v6.rb ...

                                        
                                        Layer_Manager_Extension.name= "Layer manager"
                                        Layer_Manager_Extension.creator = "Didier Bur"
                                        Layer_Manager_Extension.copyright = "12.2007, CRAI - Didier Bur"
                                        Layer_Manager_Extension.version = "2.0 upgrade for GSU v6"
                                        
                                        

                                        I guess that 'v6' means SketchUp v6 ...

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          I know, but for some reason in the PluginStore database it was given 'v6' as its version !
                                          Anyway, I have now got the newer version.
                                          I have corrected some unreported issues with it and will publish it as 2.2.0x shortly...

                                          TIG

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            Here is the updated version [v2.2.0x] http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=layer_manager It includes the following...

                                            Corrected an error in opening the 'Help' PDF file, which was causing it to fail in >=v2014.

                                            • Stopped it making an empty Tools submenu 'Layer Manager' when its Extension is not activated.
                                            • Fixed the missing Tools submenu 'Layer Manager' to include all commands.
                                            • Corrected misspelled translations, which was leaving blank submenu/toolbar text items.
                                            • It will now load and run from a non-default Plugins folder.
                                            • It auto-deletes any legacy files and folders it finds, that belong to the superseded older 'Layer Manager v6' - a SketchUp restart is required to complete the process.

                                            TIG

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