[Plugin] Layers Panel 1.2.1
-
i have a few more ideas for your plugin. please don't think i'm being demanding, you see i just found your plugin really helpful. anyway, these are my ideas. i don't know if they are really doable as far as rubyscript and your time/effort goes.
-
linked layers. (since you gave the idea of being photoshop-like) 2 or more layers can be linked and even if just one of them is selected and the hid/show is toggled (by clicking a button or the hot key)simultaneously they are shown/hid. multiple linking may be done. with this, you do not only have the capability to group folders and hide/show them by hiding or showing the eye icon (or the possible hotkey) you can also get the hide/show to work with ungrouped/unfoldered layers!
-
single-clicking/hover changes on a layer. this gives the function of hovering over a layer name to not change the mouse pointer to a pointer for typing. also when you click the layer name, what happens is you get to select the layer and you do not have to aim precisely at a point in the layer strip to have the layer selected. however, a double-click on the layer strip still renames the layer:)
-
font size change. i noticed the original layers panel can hold a longer list of layers as it has a smaller font size. is it possible to get your layers panel closer to that too so it would be easier to view the list without scrolling for those who tend to make 50+ layers?
anyway, i enjoy plugin and it helps so much, when i start earning after i graduate, i promise i'll donate for this plugin's awesomeness! thanks again, you are very helpful, jiminy!
-
-
Thanks for the kind words
It's always nice to hear@monmonred said:
- linked layers. (since you gave the idea of being photoshop-like) 2 or more layers can be linked and even if just one of them is selected and the hid/show is toggled (by clicking a button or the hot key)simultaneously they are shown/hid.
It's not the way linking works in PS (at least not in CS6), but why not. But I always thought it was the whole point of being able to group layers.
Added to my todo list.@monmonred said:
- single-clicking/hover changes on a layer. this gives the function of hovering over a layer name to not change the mouse pointer to a pointer for typing. also when you click the layer name, what happens is you get to select the layer and you do not have to aim precisely at a point in the layer strip to have the layer selected. however, a double-click on the layer strip still renames the layer:)
I'll look into this. I can think of a couple of issues, but there are probably workarounds.
@monmonred said:
- font size change. i noticed the original layers panel can hold a longer list of layers as it has a smaller font size. is it possible to get your layers panel closer to that too so it would be easier to view the list without scrolling for those who tend to make 50+ layers?
Actually, the height is driven by the input field size, I can't seem to find a way to make it smaller. It seems CSS-support of IE doesn't allow this. Maybe if someone finds a way to do this...
-
"It's not the way linking works in PS (at least not in CS6), but why not. But I always thought it was the whole point of being able to group layers.
Added to my todo list." yeah i know, its just that when i had the idea of linking layers here i remembered you said this plugin is similar to photoshop's layers panel. i just thought it would be cool to relate it to photoshop however remotely they are similar.those who share their work for free at least have to be recognized for their great work and contributions.
-
While what you ask is a good idea, if you try to delete a layer that has anything in it SU will ask what
you want to do with the contents. If the layer is empty it will simply delete. -
@unknownuser said:
hi there,
i miss somehow the odd dialog box from su which tells me if a layer is empty or not -
if you could add that to your layers panel - or an icon which shows if an layer is empty or not that would help ... oftne times i reorganize and clean up my model - then i want to delete some layers but im not sure if it is empty already...
At first there was only one single delete button, with a popup asking you what you wanted to do with the content if the layer was not empty, just like SU's default layers window. But the perfomance was terrible. The plugin has to scan every entity in the file until it finds a match. So I prefered to have three different buttons.
So trying to notify the user that a layer is not empty would have exactly the same problem. -
Still some problems (for me) with this amazing plugin:
- Turn off group
- Turn on one layer in the group
- All of the layers in the group turns on
-
That's not a problem, that's a feature.
Showing a layer in an hidden group turns this group on. That's just the way it works. -
@jiminy-billy-bob said:
That's not a problem, that's a feature.
Showing a layer in an hidden group turns this group on. That's just the way it works.I agree with Bob James. My preference would be when I turn on a single layer within a group that only that layer comes on. If I click on the group, then I would want all layers to come on. Of course, this is just a matter of preference for working style, but it is the way I would like it. Here is an example of how it would work for me: I have turned off a group. If I want it back on then I click on the group. If I don't want it all back on, but just one layer, then I would like to click on that layer. The way it is now I click on that layer and then have to unclick all the other layers. If there are a lot of them, then this becomes a little tedious.
Just my preference.This is a terrific app.
-
I totally agree with Huckrorick.
-
The thing is that a group must active for you to see what's inside. So when you click on a layer inside an hidden group, this group must me activated. And if it's activated, every "hidden by group" (eye grayed out) layers inside it are activated as well.
But I will add a shortcut to isolate a layer (in its local group, and another shortcut for all the way down to the root) -
@unknownuser said:
But I will add a shortcut to isolate a layer (in its local group, and another shortcut for all the way down to the root
Great!
By the way: I still have the problem with retaining layers in scenes. Any progress on this?
-
What do you mean "retaining layers" ?
-
A scene is created with a set of layers active.
Go to another scene and add or remove layers that are active in that second scene
Go back to the first scene and the layers originally active in that scene are no longer active.
I reported this several weeks ago. I had to stop using the plugin because of it. I loaded the 0.7 version recently and the problem came back as it was before. -
Really ? It was supposed to be fixed, and this to be an option... Did you do a clean install of the plugin ? Is the option checked ?
-
New version 0.8 beta !
Changelog :
- Added ALT+click on layer visibility : Isolate layer
- Added CTRL+click on layer visibility : Isolate layer in its group
- Added SHIFT+click on layer visibility : Toggle all highlighted layers
- Added button to highlight selection's layer
- Added button to select highlighted layer's entities
- Fix copy/paste between instances
-
New version 0.7 beta !
Changelog :
- Added a dark bar at the top to minimize/maximize the dialog
- Added CTRL+G : Group selected layers
- Added CTRL+SHIFT+G : Ungroup layers
- Added CTRL+A : Select all
- Added CTRL+E : Merge selected layers
- Added different color for groups
- Layer0 is now selectable
- Fix bug with sorted groups
- Potential fix for IE version bug
-
Can you reply the features of this plugin for 3dsmax to sketchup?
-
What features exactly ? LP already allows to group and merge layers.
What do "Alternate Material", "Alternate Property", "Import of REZN8 LayerManager Information" exactly ? -
Wow, this plugin is really coming along! When you add the color functionality to the plugin. I will be able to use it exclusively. See as a developer and designer of buildings where renovation is the norm. Having a colored layer for existing work and a second color for work to be removed as well as a new work layer color is critical in developing the scope of a project long before you figure out materials. Thanks for the good work. The great aspect of your plugin would be to start off with the default color and only color the needed layers, but then anything put into that layer would have that color. This is a great checking system to make sure what you have created is in the correct layer. Thanks for your great work.
-
Unfortunatly, I won't be able to add layer colors until the API is updated. There are some workaround, but they're just so heavy, I don't think that would be usable...
In the meantime, layer colors still work in the default layers window.
Advertisement