SU 9 Wishlist
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@pbacot said:
but I think I would rather see a single-window approach instead of this mess. AND a way to anchor plugin icons on screen too.
nah.. i don't think that's the way..
what needs to happen is a way for us to handle toolbars better.. 10 plugins isn't something i'd consider 'holy cow.. that guy has a ton of plugins'...
but the way sketchup deals with that is it pukes
10 new toolbars out there which is potentially 50 new icons floating around.. with no way of controlling them except one at a time..we should be able to manage our toolbars.. instead of 10 new toolbars in my example, they should be able to be placed in one standard floating toolbar.. or two floating toolbars.. or whatever configuration you like.. with the 'docked' toolbar being the standard one on top of the screen..
[EDIT] or better yet, our main floating toolbar can have one main icon for, say, fredoscale which does (x) function when clicked.. or we can click and hold to expose the other 8 icons and/or tear it off into it's separate toolbar if desired..
The standard osx toolbar (at the top of the window) is capable of this behavior as well.. (as in, these aren't things that need to be custom coded per se.. OS X already offers them to developers)
[/edit]this isn't pipedream stuff.. i've recently seen something very similar added to another app.. with one guy developing it for the time being.. using all OS X panels/button/UI.. and it's good..
sketchup's setup isn't
(especially if it has you wanting some windows ui just to get it under control..
it's the design of the app that's letting us down here.. not the design of the OS)[EdIT] oh.. and be careful what you wish for.. i'm pretty sure the windows user's toolbar problems are even worse than on mac
for the -just throwing ideas out there- category..
the windows could use one of these panels as found in numbers.app..
all the different Window options can be icons at the top.. (and if i context click a selection and choose 'soften/smooth edges' the appropriate window open in this panel.) it becomes one floating panel to deal with instead of those 10 iffy/jerky things being used now that sometimes stick together, sometimes don't, sometimes disappear, sometimes won't fully expand or collapse....
that said, some people might like to keep the entity info panel open at all times while also being able to use another panel so maybe this style wouldn't work for everyone.. but it's worth discussing
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@desertraven said:
...Or it could be part of the construction lines,(circular and arched construction lines) to be able to get precise intersections of circles, without having to make circles more complex...
Exactly. At least construction geometry should have this feature.
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@gaieus said:
@desertraven said:
...Or it could be part of the construction lines,(circular and arched construction lines) to be able to get precise intersections of circles, without having to make circles more complex...
Exactly. At least construction geometry should have this feature.
+1e20
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apologies if this has been mentioned before, but i'd like an option to turn off an objects layer without having to scroll down the little (i know i can make it as big as i want) layers window.
e.g. if i wanted to turn off the roof layer, i could just right click it and choose 'turn off objects layer'.
I'm working on a fairly complicated model with a lot of layers and it's starting to bug me.
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@porch_unplugged said:
apologies if this has been mentioned before, but i'd like an option to turn off an objects layer without having to scroll down the little (i know i can make it as big as i want) layers window.
e.g. if i wanted to turn off the roof layer, i could just right click it and choose 'turn off objects layer'.
I'm working on a fairly complicated model with a lot of layers and it's starting to bug me.
Hide Layer by Pick
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@thomthom said:
Hide Layer by Pick
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=36558thanks, but it doesn't seem to work quite the way I'm looking for. Everything I draw is on layer 0, and reading through your plugin thread, it seems that it doesn't apply to groups or components which would be on the designated layer.
thanks anyway.
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You have misunderstood the instructions.
It will work just fine and 'hide' the layer of ANY selected object[s] etc [or other methods]...
However, you will need to change the view [e.g. orbit] to refresh the view and see the changes, otherwise it will remain unchanged until you do something else which can be disconcerting... that is unless you [or Didier] were to add something likemodel.active_view.refreshnear to the end of every method, just after the changes have been done [I have done this myself on my own copy]... -
Ok, I just tried it again, and got it to work, but it only works on components, not on groups.
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No it works on selected components and groups - I just [re]tried it.
If you are talking about picking objects inside a group... then what you select has to be in the active context, so then you need to edit the group before picking ?!
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thanks for the reply.
I set up a test. i made to separate identical boxes, the geometry of one i made into a group, the geometry of the other i made into a component. i selected both, and through the entity info window, i changed them to layer "test". selected the 'hide layer by pick' tool from the tools menu, clicked on the group, nothing happened, clicked on the component, layer turned off.
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all geometry was drawn on layer 0 (which is my current layer)
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Why don't you post your SKP file?
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I closed sketchup without saving the test
so I had to draw it out again. but now that i have, it's not working for components any more. BUT... i have a feeling when i was messing around in the original test, i might have changed all the geometry in the component to layer "test", and that's why it was working for the component.anyway, it's not working for either groups or components for me now. apologies if i'm missing something glaringly obvious.
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I suspect you are using a different version of the Layer-Manager from mine [or using the same one incorrectly].
My one only works on preselected objects [and does so faultlessly].You speak of 'picked' - are you activating the tool then picking objects ?
With my installation: you preselect the objects and activate the tool - their layer[s] gets 'hidden'... -
@tig said:
I suspect you are using a different version of the Layer-Manager from mine [or using the same one incorrectly].
My one only works on preselected objects [and does so faultlessly].You speak of 'picked' - are you activating the tool then picking objects ?
With my installation: you preselect the objects and activate the tool - their layer[s] gets 'hidden'...didn't know there was other layer managers out there!
I was activating the tool then selecting the object, but tried preselecting and then activating the tool, but to no avail.
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hold the phone. I got Didier's layer manager toolbar, and it's doing the job. thanks for the help anyways.
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Now we get to it.
It's not you it's that particular tool!Your version of TT's layer-picking tool only works on faces and edges that are below the cursor - ignoring whether they are inside groups or not - the container's layer is simply ignored.
It's also prone to fail for some users when they have offset.rb loading which redefines offset for array as if not point3d etc...I suggest that Didier's Layer-Manager is more effective... http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rld/plugin_details.php?id=217 - it has far more functions and works on any preselected object-type... try it...
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@tig said:
Now we get to it.
Your version of TT's layer-picking tool only works on faces and edges that are below the cursor - ignoring whether they are inside groups or not - the container's layer is simply ignored.
It's also prone to fail for some users when offset.rb redefines offset for array and point3d etc...I suggest that Didier's Layer-Manager is more effective... http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rld/plugin_details.php?id=217 it has far more functions and works on any preselected object-type...
sorted, thanks again.
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I wish for the option to switch of the rotate handles on groups/components...
I NEVER use them, but they're VERY annoying if you try to select some points who are close to them...
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I went through a few pages didn't see these -
- More advanced shadow controls - with overlays, shade colour.
- A Photoshop like layer functionality.
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