[Plugin] Layers Panel 1.2.1
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I will, but first I'm learning what are the differences between windows and mac.
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@jiminy-billy-bob said:
I will, but first I'm learning what are the differences between windows and mac.
Looking forward to a functioning Mac version!
A question / suggestion:
Any chance that your plugin will work with the TIG's Layer Name Export/Import plug-in in a way that will preserve/establish the layer hierarchy?I would love to have standardized, predefined layer outline sets — depending on the type of model being built: i.e. furniture, cabinetry, architectural, product design — that could be loaded from a .layers file on starting a new model. I do that now, but being able to import an outlined layer structure would be killer!
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I'll look into that. In the meantime, you can use templates. They should keep the nested/sorted structure.
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@jiminy-billy-bob said:
I'll look into that. In the meantime, you can use templates. They should keep the nested/sorted structure.
Cool.
Given that you report some people apparently using the beta on their macs, maybe I will try it out as-is to help with user testing. Don't have the knowledge to help on the Ruby front, but can at least add my voice through bug reporting (assuming that the current beta works at all on my mac).
I'm running SU8 on OSX 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)... will let you know how it goes.
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Great, thanks !
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OK, after about an hour of playing (and 1 bug splat) around here's what I found on my mac:
What works:
- installation
- toolbar
- web dialogue (layers panel window)
- add layer
- add group
- name/rename group/layer
- nest / move
- import layers through TIGs plugin - fills layer panel
- layer visibility toggle
Doesn't work:
- group visibility (no effect at all)
- delete layer (no effect at all)
- delete group (deletes group and nested layers from panel, but not Layers window)
- purge unused layers
Big Problems:
- existing layers don't automatically fill layer panel
- on save and close / reopen, layer panel loses all layers
- on switching focus to a second model window, the layer panel loses all layers
( probably related to the fact that Mac OS allows multiple windows in a single application instance whereas Windows allows only one window per application instance (therefore multiple model windows = multiple SU instances) IIANM.
Hope this helps. This is going to be an awesome plugin once it's debugged!
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Thanks a lot ! That's very usefull
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This looks like a giant leap forward. Well done
I use a lot of models from other people and CAD drawings, this will be great to keep the model organised.
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New version 0.3 beta !
Changelog :
- Locking layers (Works only when purging or deleting from the plugin's menu)
- Ability to add a layer only visible in the current scene (New pop-up menu when holding the "Add layer" button)
- Layers Panel is now a toolwindow, but you can't dock nor collapse it
- Two different delete buttons, for better performance (The red cross deletes the layer content, the green arrow moves the content to the default layer)
- Several bug fix
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Gee, you do work fast and listen to request, JBB!!!!!!
Have you ever been to Boulder; I hear they're hiring......
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Someone already ask for freeze layers content?
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OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
Layer groups!!! FINALLY. THANK YOU...You are a godsend!
Now if only we can get Trimble to pay you royalties to include this in the next basebuild of SU...It's something they should have had since the very beginning
Well done.
Joel
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this looks like a really good addition to sketchup.
but - existing layers don't show up. downloaded plugin mid project.
using latest sketchup and latest version of Layers panel. Windows.
cheers
cEDIT: I'm not sure what happened but the layers have now appeared - it could have coincided with me importing an image but not sure
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Does not save group names
opening the panel, the group names reappear (Group1, group2, etc.).
More ...
We would like to keep the size of the panel as it was before it was shut down.
Great thanks.
Before it was listed all the names of the groups.
Thanks.
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Maybe you can add this function?
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=54108&p=490389#p490389 -
This plugin is really good. And intuitive. maybe because its so familiar (pShop)
I am losing my group names. no data lost but its happened a couple of times.
I'm looking out for the next time and will report ..cheers
cEDIT: every time i use "undo" the layer Group Name reverts back to the "Group1"- its original default name.
Anybody confirm this???
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Sorry guys about the group names, I'll look into it.
@cmeed said:
EDIT: I'm not sure what happened but the layers have now appeared - it could have coincided with me importing an image but not sure
When you had the problem, did you restart sketchup after installing the plugin ?
If you manage to reproduce the bug, I would be glad if you gave me the intructions.@xkalvisx said:
We would like to keep the size of the panel as it was before it was shut down.
Sorry, but that's a limitation of the API. Sketchup saves the dialog's size/position between sessions, but not during a session... Dumb, I know, but there's not much I can do.
@bagatelo said:
Maybe you can add this function?
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=54108&p=490389#p490389That's not really the purpose of the plugin, which is to manage layers, not the model's entities. Maybe one day I'll add this kind of features, but for now that's not my priority.
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@cmeed said:
EDIT: every time i use "undo" the layer Group Name reverts back to the "Group1"- its original default name.
Anybody confirm this???
(all layer names within group stay the same)When you undo, the Layers Panel dialog reloads its content. So what you're seeing is related to the same bug everybody is having with group names.
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@jiminy-billy-bob said:
When you had the problem, did you restart sketchup after installing the plugin ?
If you manage to reproduce the bug, I would be glad if you gave me the intructions.Yes i restarted - they didn't appear right away! they appeared after i'd worked on the model for a bit. then i noticed. I'll keep my eyes open when next time the occasion crops up.
Great to see this Plugin. especially the "add layer visible only in this scene" - touch!!
c
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