[Plugin] Layers Panel 1.2.1

Bob James · 29 Mar 2014, 00:40

@bob james said:

What's more, sometimes undo does work.

Hmm, so not every time? Do you know in which case it doesn't happen? Or in which case it happens?
Does it happen in every file?

For large files (e.g., >100MB): Yes, but not on every attempt to undo!!

jiminy-billy-bob · 29 Mar 2014, 08:53

Could you send me one of those files? (Maybe delete the geometry, if this doesn't affect the behaviour)

gullfo · 29 Mar 2014, 12:50

also noted: when i first loaded the latest version, i got an error about id being incorrect and used the "fix" link provided. that seemed ok, but then i noticed that the name-order of the layers is wrong - about 1/2 are ok, and 1/2 are not - i was assuming the order of the layers follows the regular layer when first initialized? an ability to sort the layers by name or groups would be handy
otherwise it seems like i would manually need to re-order them...

JQL · 30 Mar 2014, 15:10

Hi Jiminy,

I have a minor issue for you here. Win 7 SU 2014.

mrdcon · 30 Mar 2014, 16:28

Love the plugin but I keep getting this error message!

jiminy-billy-bob · 30 Mar 2014, 20:30

@gullfo said:

also noted: when i first loaded the latest version, i got an error about id being incorrect and used the "fix" link provided. that seemed ok, but then i noticed that the name-order of the layers is wrong - about 1/2 are ok, and 1/2 are not

Yes, this is normal. Previous versions were causing an issue, so this new version is fixing it. But this should happen only once.

@jql said:

I have a minor issue for you here. Win 7 SU 2014.

Whow, this is weird. Does this happen in the same file that was previously causing you issues? Do you know how to reproduce this?

@mrdcon said:

Love the plugin but I keep getting this error message!

Does this happen in every file? Are you running the last version of Layers Panel? (v1.0.5)

SolarwiseLLC · 2 Apr 2014, 12:47

Jiminy, Thank you for the 1.0.5 release. The Layer Panel is working much better now. I appreciate your willingness to keep at in order to provide a great plugin.

icedkasz · 2 Apr 2014, 19:13

I'm hoping to add this extension to my toolset, but I'm having some issues (see attached image). It's very strange.

If I open up Sketchup2014 first, then click File > Open and find my model, it works just fine.
If I open the file directly from my windows explorer (locating sketchup\models\model.skp and double clicking it), I get the error shown.
For some reason, opening the file directly causes problems.

I found a way around it, though: if I open up Sketchup2014, then IMPORT my model.skp, it works fine. I can save it as model-2.skp, close sketchhup, then open model-2.skp directly, and it continues to work just fine. Very strange. This is SORT of a workaround, but if I try to open any of my other dozens of sketchup files directly, I get the error message. I've tried deleting the files from my Roaming folder, then reinstalling. No luck. Any advise?

Also as a secondary question, I'll have multiple people using this extension (if I can get it working). We'll be accessing the file from a shared server. If person A adds a Layers Panel group to the model, then saves and quits, can person B open up the model and find that group? Is Layers Panel adding metadata to the model or something?

jiminy-billy-bob · 2 Apr 2014, 20:30

icedkasz > Your first issue has been discussed many times on this thread. It's a Sketchup issue, I can't do anything about it. We need to wait for Trimble to fix it.

As for your second question: Yes, all the data is stored within the file, so you can give it to whoever you want, and they'll see all you groups etc.

bimbachi · 4 Apr 2014, 15:32

I have a problem :

when adding keyshortcut to LayerPanel tool palet it adds shortcut to SketchucationPluginStore tool palet this same shortcut
and as result to use of shortcut, command opens SketchucationPluginStore tool palet!

bimbachi · 4 Apr 2014, 15:48

question:
is it possibul that LayerPanel window position would be kept as last open location on the screen?

jiminy-billy-bob · 4 Apr 2014, 16:51

@bimbachi said:

I have a problem :

when adding keyshortcut to LayerPanel tool palet it adds shortcut to SketchucationPluginStore tool palet this same shortcut

and as result to use of shortcut, command opens SketchucationPluginStore tool palet!

Weird, it works fine for me on windows. Can another mac user confirm this?
What happens if you disable SCtools?

@bimbachi said:

question:
is it possibul that LayerPanel window position would be kept as last open location on the screen?

I haven't figured how to do that on Mac, it works fine on windows...

jiminy-billy-bob · 6 Apr 2014, 12:50

New version 1.0.6 !

Changelog :

Improved "add layer" menu (Hold-down the add layer button), based on Jim's great "Add layer" plugin
Fixed "Win32api" error when opening a file from a different drive than sketchup's. (Thanks to Dan Rathbun and TIG)
Fixed layer colors vanishing when switching scenes

Download in the plugin store !

Credit goes to Jim for the original "Add layer" UI idea : http://sketchucation.com/plugin/832-jf_add_layer
Thanks to him for allowing me to embed it in Layers Panel

Jim · 6 Apr 2014, 13:21

Seems like you un-published it because it does not show up in the Plugin Store.

TIG · 6 Apr 2014, 14:10

With the new authors' area once you start editing your entry it becomes 'unpublished'.
After updating anything you must click the big button near the top to [re]publish it...
Go back in and do that, and it should reappear in the listings again...

jiminy-billy-bob · 6 Apr 2014, 14:32

@tig said:

With the new authors' area once you start editing your entry it becomes 'unpublished'.
After updating anything you must click the big button near the top to [re]publish it...
Go back in and do that, and it should reappear in the listings again...

Uh, I did, but I guess I modified something else afterward.
It should be fine now.

wind-borne · 6 Apr 2014, 14:36

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

@bimbachi said:

I have a problem :

when adding keyshortcut to LayerPanel tool palet it adds shortcut to SketchucationPluginStore tool palet this same shortcut

and as result to use of shortcut, command opens SketchucationPluginStore tool palet!

Weird, it works fine for me on windows. Can another mac user confirm this?
What happens if you disable SCtools?

@bimbachi said:

question:
is it possibul that LayerPanel window position would be kept as last open location on the screen?

I haven't figured how to do that on Mac, it works fine on windows...

I am assuming what you really want is a shortcut to the layers panel itself and not the toolbar(Palette) icon.

Within SU shortcuts you can open layer panel window in Window menu but it won't toggle.

The most functional setup is in System Preferences as you can toggle window with shortcut. You do need to restart after setting or else merely toggles icon.

JQL · 6 Apr 2014, 18:36

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

@jql said:

I have a minor issue for you here. Win 7 SU 2014.

Whow, this is weird. Does this happen in the same file that was previously causing you issues? Do you know how to reproduce this?

It happened in the same file, I don't know how to reproduce it but it happened more than once. I will work on that same file this week so I'll let you know if anything strange happens.

Thanks again and best regards,

JQL

fountainhead · 8 Apr 2014, 23:09

Not sure if this is an intended function or not, but I accidently discovered today that holding down 'control' and scrolling causes the whole menu system to resize...that was unexpected, and very helpful. I can double the number of layers visible on the screen. Has this functionality always been there?

fountainhead · 9 Apr 2014, 03:58

Okay, nevermind. Did some looking, and apparently I've been living in the dark ages regarding control + mouse scroll functionality for about a zillion things.