[Plugin] Layer Manager New Release

faust07 · 6 Aug 2018, 10:59

Hi Didier, since I see that you are active in other posts, here is a request to your fantastic Layer Manager Plugin: Is there a way to improve the two replies above mentioned point?
It would be great if the plugin could also be used for the SketchUp versions 2016 and 2017.
Thanks in advance!

Didier Bur · 9 Aug 2018, 12:50

Hi faust07,

Version 3.0.0 from the EW works with all versions of SketchUp. It has all the tools from the previous versions (including the save/restore feature), nothing was deleted except the pulldown menus. I've attached here the PDF help guide so you can see.
Concerning the problem you mentionned, I'm unable to reproduce it here but I'll look into it.

Help file for v3.0.0 (included in the plugin when you install it)

faust07 · 10 Aug 2018, 14:26

Hi, Didier,
Many thanks for the quick reply.
Yes, the functionality of the current version is already sufficient.
The old "Save to / Restore from file" and the "Show, Isolate, Hide layers by Filter" are rather less needed. This makes the menu more compact.
In my models, I often have many scenes with different layers on or off.
The function "Create new layer and control its behaviour" overwrites this layer configuration in all scenes with the layer configuration of the active scene if I select the behavior "Visible in current scene only" or "Invisible on all scenes".
Since that only seems to happen to me, it is not dramatic. I avoid this feature, although it is very useful if you do not want to manually turn off new layers in all other scenes.
In addition, the current version does not recognize layer configurations saved with older versions of the plugin.
But enough of the whining, the plugin is immensely helpful. Thank you!

Didier Bur · 11 Aug 2018, 09:40

Hi,

When I was saying "nothing was deleted", I did'nt remember that old "by filter" feature!
I've found the bug of the "create new layer" behavior (in fact there was 3 bugs that were applying to this layer creation): when you create a new layer (manually) and update the scene(s), you are asked to save (or not) the layer configuration. But when this is done by a script, surprisingly all scenes are automatically updated ! My script updated each scene one by one and this is what caused the bug...
I'm considering to release a version 3.1.0 with this bug fixes, and maybe re-introduce the filters in a separate toolbar (to save space in the user interface).
Regards,

juju · 3 Sept 2018, 15:38

Bravo Didier! Version 3.1.0 on EW out now! Super useful. One request / suggestion: maybe change icons to something that scales with high resolution monitors, like SVG icons?

I'm busy formatting my layering template TXT file at the moment, going to play with this a little to see how it works. I like the idea of having the layer status appended, not sure how this works in practice when you want to change a specific layer status from one to another if the layer has already been created. Also, does the layer status somehow work with layer states from your Scenes Tools? I'm not sure how to implement this useful tagging / feature into workflow.

juju · 7 Sept 2018, 17:14

Well version 3.1.0 has become indispensable, I love the layer creation tools. Thank you! I've been waiting and asking for something like this for a good while.

It would be great if the extension would remember your last used settings though.

zooen · 25 Jul 2019, 11:06

Bonjour,
For information Layer manager works very well with SU2019, even if on EW at the time of installation from the site (for those who have an account) there is a message about the risk of malfunction.

It's really an indispensable plugin. You can save layer states by scenes of course, and a whole bunch of other functions that remind you of AutoCAD for layer management (for those who know).
Zooen

faust07 · 29 Jul 2019, 21:41

Yes, it works great (for me in SU2016Pro and SU2017Free). Thanks Didier!

juju · 17 Feb 2021, 07:13

I'm on SU2021Pro (version 21.0.391), Win10 and am having some strange behaviour from Layer Manager (version 3.1.0) recently. Somehow it isn't reading my custom layer structure (.lml) file. I've used the custom layer file without any trouble in SU2020Pro (and earlier) with Layer Manager (version 3.1.0). As a side note, I've also extracted frequently used button, New Layer (create layers from file), with Toolbar Editor (version 1.1.8) and have reverted that as well to check if this had anything to do with the problem, but it doesn't seem that way, still had problems with function.

Anyone else also having trouble with the extension lately?

Any ideas?

juju · 17 Feb 2021, 07:44

@juju said:

I'm on SU2021Pro (version 21.0.391), Win10 and am having some strange behaviour from Layer Manager (version 3.1.0) recently. Somehow it isn't reading my custom layer structure (.lml) file. I've used the custom layer file without any trouble in SU2020Pro (and earlier) with Layer Manager (version 3.1.0). As a side note, I've also extracted frequently used button, New Layer (create layers from file), with Toolbar Editor (version 1.1.8) and have reverted that as well to check if this had anything to do with the problem, but it doesn't seem that way, still had problems with function.

Anyone else also having trouble with the extension lately?

Any ideas?

Hmmm, it seems to be working as expected again. The only change I made was shortening the custom layer structure (.lml) file name by 5 characters (a space and 4 numeral). Go figure.

Bokkie · 24 Jun 2023, 09:44

Hi,

Was there any reason why the layer naming function was removed ?
Is there a better plugin for that or could you bring back that feature, as a new plugin.

I thought this was a really good thing.

Than you for all the great work !

S.

Didier Bur · 25 Jun 2023, 11:19

Hi Bokkie,

Maybe you haven't the latest version, which is 3.1.0.
I've updated the page on the PluginStore, you can download here:
https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=layer_manager

Click to see the layer name generator in action

Regards,

pilger · 28 Dec 2023, 03:03

I think there's a bug with the latest version. The toolbar buttons work, but the extension is missing from the toolbar altogether. My keyboard shortcuts for the functions don't work anymore.

I've manually loaded an older version of the extension and there was a "Tools > Layer Manager" item.

I've also tried doing a clean install of Sketchup Pro 2023 with only the Layer Manager extension installed and it still wouldn't work.

Any thoughts?

blank_page03 · 22 Jul 2024, 04:54

Hello. I would just like to suggest a small change to the "Layers States" behaviour which is for the plugin to ask if the user really wants to delete or update an existing layer state. As of the current version, the user can easily and MISTAKENLY update or delete a layer state which can be a devastating mistake. Just a simple confirmation message to update or delete a layer state would probably save a clumsy user's sanity.

In any case, thank you very much Didier for this wonderful and indispensable plugin. Keep up the great work!