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  • J Offline
    JQL
    last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 13:54

    Hi there,

    I haven't posted regularly here for a long time, but I've started following the forum again and I will try posting more again.

    I think I have used a plugin in the past that would group objects by layer but I might be imagining things. Has anyone got any idea if such a plugin exists?

    Thanks in advance!

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      Box
      last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 14:07

      What is this strange thing you refer to, Layer, never head of it.

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        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 14:15

        If you right click the tag/layer in tag/layer panel and choose...

        https://i.imgur.com/ns9cTf5.png

        ...then group that selection

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          Rich O Brien Moderator
          last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 14:16

          @box said:

          What is this strange thing you refer to, Layer, never head of it.

          Just locking his poor spelling before he edits πŸ˜›

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          • J Offline
            JQL
            last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 14:26

            @box said:

            What is this strange thing you refer to, Layer, never head of it.

            My head always heads layers but I head it's tags now, you head right!
            Thanks Box! πŸ˜„

            So Group by Tag anyone?

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              Box
              last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 14:28

              Bloody autocorrect.

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                Box
                last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 14:30

                @rich o brien said:

                Just locking his poor spelling before he edits πŸ˜›

                You write a thousand eloquent posts, do they call you box the eloquent...
                You shag one sheep!

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                  Rich O Brien Moderator
                  last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 14:33

                  @jql said:

                  So Group by Tag anyone?

                  What's wrong with the vanilla approach?

                  @box said:

                  You shag one sheep!

                  They call you Kiwi

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                  • J Offline
                    JQL
                    last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 14:34

                    @rich o brien said:

                    If you right click the tag/layer in tag/layer panel and choose...

                    https://i.imgur.com/ns9cTf5.png

                    ...then group that selection

                    That's pretty cool, I was using selection toys.

                    However, too many right-clicks, I think I would rather keep things unorganized.

                    a bit too much right clicks, I can handle as it is.gif

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                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                      last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 14:35

                      I'm pretty sure TIG wrote a snippet for this at one point. I'll try find it

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                      • J Offline
                        JQL
                        last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 14:37

                        You're too cool! Thanks!

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                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                          last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 14:43

                          Or set this...

                          https://i.imgur.com/TZttVCF.png

                          ...then click the chevron to expose details...

                          https://i.imgur.com/3eI8m0R.png

                          ...then install and test if TIG's description suggests it may do what you need.

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                            Rich O Brien Moderator
                            last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 14:48

                            I knew he posted a snippet once...

                            https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=427644#p427644

                            ...fails in 2022 though. Maybe he'll see this thread and chime in.

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                              JQL
                              last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 14:50

                              I think the objective of that one is to have edges and faces sent to layer0. That is aimed at fixing most errors caused by having raw geometry in that layer.

                              In my case I really don't want to loose the layer of raw geometry unless it becomes grouped by layer first and the group is given that same layer.

                              So, what I want to do is exactly what you showed on your image: go through each layer, select objects and group them; if possible change the group from Layer0 into the selected layer; and then I can send all raw geometry into Layer0 as it has already been grouped and the group is in the correct layer.

                              I'm going to read better what each of those Layer plugins does.

                              @Box, just replace each of the "layer" above by "tag" and you get the point.

                              @Rich, I was replying to your previous post. I will see what you posted now.

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                                JQL
                                last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 14:59

                                @rich o brien said:

                                I knew he posted a snippet once...

                                https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=427644#p427644

                                ...fails in 2022 though. Maybe he'll see this thread and chime in.

                                The description he has in the snippet post is exactly what I need.

                                Bummer!

                                It would be very cool if he would chime in indeed.

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                                  Rich O Brien Moderator
                                  last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 15:57

                                  I was wrong. It does work...

                                  m=Sketchup.active_model;a=m.active_entities;s=[];m.start_operation("!");a.to_a.each{|e|s<<e if e.layer==m.layers[0]};g=a.add_group(s);g.name=m.layers[0].name;g.layer=nil;(g.entities.each{|i|i.layer=nil})unless s.empty?;m.layers.to_a[1..-1].each{|l|s=[];a.to_a.each{|e|s<<e if e.layer==l};next if s.empty?;g=a.add_group(s);g.name=l.name;g.layer=l;g.entities.each{|i|i.layer=nil};};m.commit_operation;
                                  
                                  

                                  You need to have a group selected that is on Layer0 it then iterates through the model groups things to layer

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                                    JQL
                                    last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 16:06

                                    It must be a group? I will try it then. Just paste this in the console, right?

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                                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                                      last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 16:20

                                      It seems so. I'm not 100% on what needs to be selected but it seems to rename the selected group and then do some magic.

                                      Try on sample first

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                                        JQL
                                        last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 16:59

                                        Too late, I've tried it in the model directly and it's taking a lot of time. I don't know if I should just shut it down, try it in a sample, and then leave it on the whole night. It might finish right now, or it might take a week... who knows?

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                                          JQL
                                          last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 21:47

                                          So I made a simple model and tested the snippet without selecting anything. It works flawlessly.

                                          I don't think it iterates inside groups. Only tried on loose geometry, but I'm going to try That.

                                          EDIT: What it does seems to be doing is grouping all groups in the model into a new group called Layer0. It doesn't act inside those groups. This is cool and a way to control the scope.

                                          Geometry to be affected by the snippet should be in root of the model.

                                          EDIT2: Groups that are tagged already, get their objects inside grouped and stripped from tags. This happens even if they have no tags. All other groups are grouped together in a group called Layer0

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