Layer color opacity via Ruby
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Hi, i cant set layer color opacity via Ruby script:
layer = layers.add "newlayer" layer.color = "red" layer.alpha = 255 //tried 0.1 and other values
when layer created opacity is always 100. Any thoughts?
Thanks -
It's not currently possible.
Only a layer's color - RGB - is changeable in Ruby.Sadly no Alpha [or Textures] are possible.
One 'trick' is to make a SKP containing all of the Layers you want to use, each with manually assigned colors, and with transparencies and textures if desired.
Remember to include a guide-point at the origin so it's usable later.
Now in your Ruby code load that SKP as a component definition.
If you do it inside a start_operation...commit block and use compdefn.entities.clear! then the loaded component is deleted but its imported layers remain - although later on they'll purge if unused.Now you can use these layers by name.
Depending to what you want to do you can also rename an imported layer if desired...
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