[Plugin] Layer Manager New Release

Bob James

Layer Manager is one of my top-usage plug-ins: especially the "all layers invisible except current" (the one with the red dot) and "all layers visible" (the one with the green dot).
Didier has just released a new version that "remembers" the state of the toolbar so you don't have to keep opening it.

Very useful (at least for me).

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takesh h

@unknownuser said:

Didier has just released a new version that "remembers" the state of the toolbar so you don't have to keep opening it.

Really? Do you care to share where I can get it from?

Didier Bur

Workaround:
Open the main rb file with a texte editor,
go to line 160
type: layers_tb.show
save the rb file

the end of file must look like:

layers_tb.add_item(cmd10)
layers_tb.show
# End of load
$layer_manager_menu_loaded = true
end
file_loaded("fr_layer_manager_extension_v6.rb")

restart SU, you're done.

mariocha

Ok, workaround works fine on my Mac.!

Now is there also one for the Main toolbar on top? Icons do not stick there either.

merci beaucoup.

updt: I tried to find one plugin that would do it to see how it was done. But it seems like it's a real problem since not one of my plugins can keep its icons up there. Be it LightUP, Subd&Smooth, JPP, Tools-on-Surface or BezierSpline.

watkins

Where can I find the latest version of this plugin?

Regards,
Bob

Didier Bur

Hi,
Below is a preview of next release, still at beta:

I have split the script in 2 toolbars: 1 for the tools, 1 for the layers configs.

Features of toolbar 1:
Set layer of clicked object current
Set layer of clicked object current and isolated
Set layer of clicked object invisible
All layers visible
All layers invisible (except current)
Toggle visibility of all layers
Select/Deselect layer content
Move selection to current layer (digs in compos and groups)
Set layers of selection isolated (digs in compos and groups)
Set layers of selection invisible (digs in compos and groups)
Show layers by filter (add to visible layers)
Isolate layers by filter (digs in compos and groups)
Hide layers by filter (digs in compos and groups)
Toggle display color by layer
Match layer property of clicked object
Create layer and control behavior
Delete layer (digs in compos and groups)
Lock layer
Unlock layer

The other toolbar should have the same features than the previous release had, more or less.
Regards,

Bep

Hello Didier,

It would be great iff the new version of your tool also be able to pasword protect for instance a invisable/locked layer.
Will it be?
If not,do you think it is possible inside Sketchup?

Thanks for all your efforts.

Greetings,

Bep van Malde

dedmin

Doesn't work with cyrillic names. Seems a lot of things are like this

thomthom

@dedmin said:

Doesn't work with cyrillic names. Seems a lot of things are like this

what doesn't work? some functions? or the plugin as a whole?

dedmin

http://screencast.com/t/ZGU4OWNhYmI

zdouk

@bob james said:

Curious problem on my Macs (work and home): The Layer Manager toolbar does not appear automatically. Each time I open SU7 I have to go to View/Tool Palettes and click on Layer Manager. Sort of a nuisance, but Layer Manager is a major player for me in SU.

Is this normal or do I have a problem?

This pluggin seem magnificient however I have an issue similar to yours Bob. Except , the layer manager tool bar does not even show under the "view-->toolbars" menu. help? I do I get it to display?

TIG

@zdouk said:

@bob james said:

Curious problem on my Macs (work and home): The Layer Manager toolbar does not appear automatically. Each time I open SU7 I have to go to View/Tool Palettes and click on Layer Manager. Sort of a nuisance, but Layer Manager is a major player for me in SU.

Is this normal or do I have a problem?

This pluggin seem magnificient however I have an issue similar to yours Bob. Except , the layer manager tool bar does not even show under the "view-->toolbars" menu. help? I do I get it to display?

This type of plugin is loaded as an 'extension', so it needs to be registered before it appears in the View>Toolbars list
To register it [once only needed] open Window>Preferences > Extensions tab, scroll to find 'Layer Manager' and tick its box: it should them be available on the View>Toolbars list

zdouk

@tig said:

@zdouk said:

@bob james said:

Curious problem on my Macs (work and home): The Layer Manager toolbar does not appear automatically. Each time I open SU7 I have to go to View/Tool Palettes and click on Layer Manager. Sort of a nuisance, but Layer Manager is a major player for me in SU.

Is this normal or do I have a problem?

This pluggin seem magnificient however I have an issue similar to yours Bob. Except , the layer manager tool bar does not even show under the "view-->toolbars" menu. help? I do I get it to display?

This type of plugin is loaded as an 'extension', so it needs to be registered before it appears in the View>Toolbars list
To register it [once only needed] open Window>Preferences > Extensions tab, scroll to find 'Layer Manager' and tick its box: it should them be available on the View>Toolbars list

Tig! you ARE the Big Cat.

Thanks

However, it does not show there either...

TIG

Have you loaded the many files into the right folders ?
The file layer_manager_extension_v6.rb is the only file that must go into the ../Plugins/ folder
All other files that came with the plugin [there are m_a_n_y] need to be in a sub-folder ../Plugins/Layer Manager/
The first rb file loads all of the others and the images for the toolbar etc that MUST be in the sub-folder.

monkeybss

This layer manager is wonderful,it makes life so much easier, at least for those used to the layer manager in Autocad!Thank you!

halroach

I'm trying to add a keyboard shortcut for "set layer of clicked object invisible" but I cannot find the function name for it.
Ideas?

2.In the previous version of Layer Manager, I set a short cut for that command - and all the selected lines' layers would disappear.
Now with the new interface I have to click on each line separately which takes a lot longer.
I just might install the older version... Unless there would be a way to have both methods?

Wonderful Plugin!!

bagatelo

Is there something like "Put selected objects on a new layer and hide this Layer" ?

Bob James

@bagatelo said:

Is there something like "Put selected objects on a new layer and hide this Layer" ?

Back in 2006 Jim Foltz wrote a plugin called add_hidden_layer.rb
I searched for it but could not find it: maybe you'll have more luck

matt.gordon320

Hi Didier, Great job as usual! I'm just starting to use this plugin, and it's quite powerful so far. I was curious if there's any way to map keyboard shortcuts to step back and forth through the layer states that I've set up?

I have Shift Left + Right to step through scenes, and I thought this would go hand in hand to create a seriously powerful workflow.

Thanks again!

Clayton49

To all,

I just checked again as of March 28th 2014 on my SU Pro extension warehouse & it still say's this extension was uninstalled as not compatible. I generally don't like work-arounds, so need SU HQ to validate this asap. Any news from the author in the meantime will be most appreciated. Having said that, has anyone just installed it long hand for SU Pro 2014, if so does it work..???

I hope SU HQ gives this the thumbs up soon, I'm now using SU Pro 2014 & am lost without it. This extension saves loads of time & makes the SU layer manager look very dumb indeed.

As a side note, I'd love SU HQ to make an update on this or extension of their own to make the layer manager manage things similar to this extension.

Over & out,
Clayton