Bulk Layer Change on Folder of Components

[dgorman3]

I have a folder of dozens of components that are on 2 separate layers. I would like to be able to process them to change each layer name to match a new template that I will be using.

Anyway to do this in bulk without having to edit each one?

Ex. Layer Name --> New layer name

02IR - Heads ---> 4.2 IR Heads
02IR3 - Spray Patterns --> 4.2 Spray Pat
02IR2 - GPM --> 4.2 IR Heads GPM

[Dave R]

Do you mean you want to change the names of the tags assigned to the components in your collection? You could insert all of those components into a single model, edit the tag names as desired and then save the components as a new local collection.

FWIW, SketchUp doesn't have Layers anymore and nothing in SketchUp was ever put "on" a layer when it did. Layers, and now Tags are given to or put on objects.

[TIG]

As Dave R says you could do it manually 'once' and be done, or if you're up to dabbling in Ruby...
There are several 'batch/bulk' scripts around, e.g. my own
https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG-batchpurge
It'd be relatively straightforward to redo the code to open each of the SKPs in the chosen folder in turn and then instead of purging them, rename layers [tags] based on a look up hash list like this...

rename_hash={
  "02IR - Heads" => "4.2 IR Heads",
  "02IR3 - Spray Patterns" => "4.2 Spray Pat"
  ### etc
}

then something like:

rename_hash.each_pair{|key,value|
  if layer=Sketchup.active_model.layers[key]
    layer.name=value
  end  
}

Save the SKP and do the next one etc...

[dgorman3]

Awesome! Thanks to both of you! The manual version is immediately helpful as a short term solution, but I really appreciate the discussion of the ruby. That might be incredibly helpful in the future.

Take care