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    [Plugin] Layer Manager New Release

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    • jujuJ Offline
      juju
      last edited by

      Bravo Didier! Version 3.1.0 on EW out now! Super useful. One request / suggestion: maybe change icons to something that scales with high resolution monitors, like SVG icons?

      I'm busy formatting my layering template TXT file at the moment, going to play with this a little to see how it works. I like the idea of having the layer status appended, not sure how this works in practice when you want to change a specific layer status from one to another if the layer has already been created. Also, does the layer status somehow work with layer states from your Scenes Tools? I'm not sure how to implement this useful tagging / feature into workflow.

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      • jujuJ Offline
        juju
        last edited by

        Well version 3.1.0 has become indispensable, I love the layer creation tools. Thank you! I've been waiting and asking for something like this for a good while.

        It would be great if the extension would remember your last used settings though.

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        • zooenZ Offline
          zooen
          last edited by

          Bonjour,
          For information Layer manager works very well with SU2019, even if on EW at the time of installation from the site (for those who have an account) there is a message about the risk of malfunction.

          It's really an indispensable plugin. You can save layer states by scenes 😉 of course, and a whole bunch of other functions that remind you of AutoCAD for layer management (for those who know).
          Zooen

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          • F Offline
            faust07
            last edited by

            Yes, it works great (for me in SU2016Pro and SU2017Free). Thanks Didier!

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            • jujuJ Offline
              juju
              last edited by

              I'm on SU2021Pro (version 21.0.391), Win10 and am having some strange behaviour from Layer Manager (version 3.1.0) recently. Somehow it isn't reading my custom layer structure (.lml) file. I've used the custom layer file without any trouble in SU2020Pro (and earlier) with Layer Manager (version 3.1.0). As a side note, I've also extracted frequently used button, New Layer (create layers from file), with Toolbar Editor (version 1.1.8) and have reverted that as well to check if this had anything to do with the problem, but it doesn't seem that way, still had problems with function.

              Anyone else also having trouble with the extension lately?

              Any ideas?

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              • jujuJ Offline
                juju
                last edited by

                @juju said:

                I'm on SU2021Pro (version 21.0.391), Win10 and am having some strange behaviour from Layer Manager (version 3.1.0) recently. Somehow it isn't reading my custom layer structure (.lml) file. I've used the custom layer file without any trouble in SU2020Pro (and earlier) with Layer Manager (version 3.1.0). As a side note, I've also extracted frequently used button, New Layer (create layers from file), with Toolbar Editor (version 1.1.8) and have reverted that as well to check if this had anything to do with the problem, but it doesn't seem that way, still had problems with function.

                Anyone else also having trouble with the extension lately?

                Any ideas?

                Hmmm, it seems to be working as expected again. The only change I made was shortening the custom layer structure (.lml) file name by 5 characters (a space and 4 numeral). Go figure.

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                • B Offline
                  Bokkie
                  last edited by

                  Hi,

                  Was there any reason why the layer naming function was removed ?
                  Is there a better plugin for that or could you bring back that feature, as a new plugin.

                  I thought this was a really good thing.

                  Than you for all the great work !

                  S.

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                  • Didier BurD Offline
                    Didier Bur
                    last edited by

                    Hi Bokkie,

                    Maybe you haven't the latest version, which is 3.1.0.
                    I've updated the page on the PluginStore, you can download here:
                    https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=layer_manager

                    Layer name Generator.gif
                    Click to see the layer name generator in action 😉

                    Regards,

                    DB

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                    • pilgerP Offline
                      pilger
                      last edited by

                      I think there's a bug with the latest version. The toolbar buttons work, but the extension is missing from the toolbar altogether. My keyboard shortcuts for the functions don't work anymore.

                      I've manually loaded an older version of the extension and there was a "Tools > Layer Manager" item.

                      I've also tried doing a clean install of Sketchup Pro 2023 with only the Layer Manager extension installed and it still wouldn't work.

                      Any thoughts?

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                      • B Offline
                        blank_page03
                        last edited by

                        Hello. I would just like to suggest a small change to the "Layers States" behaviour which is for the plugin to ask if the user really wants to delete or update an existing layer state. As of the current version, the user can easily and MISTAKENLY update or delete a layer state which can be a devastating mistake. Just a simple confirmation message to update or delete a layer state would probably save a clumsy user's sanity.

                        In any case, thank you very much Didier for this wonderful and indispensable plugin. Keep up the great work!

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