jbb,

One more question. can Layers Panel deal with special characters from other languages? in my case, Portuguese is my native tongue and LP is not allowing me to write well in it.

As an example, when I write Proteção it comes out like this: Prote√ß√£o.

Any thoughts on that?

Cheers.

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

@edson said:

two things. one is the fact that I cannot select adjacent layers by shift-clicking the top and the bottom ones. it happens once in a long while. in general I have to command-click each layer to get a group selected at once.

This is weird, could you try to find out in which case it works?
In the meantime, you can also click and drag the mouse to draw a rectangle, just like you would to in SU to select entities.

@edson said:

the other is that, differently from the native layers window, if have a few layers selected, clicking on the eye to switch them off succeeds in switching only one off, not all of the selected layers as intended. as a result, to do that I revert to native window.

You need to shift-click on the eye.
Take a look at shortcuts: http://sketchucation.com/plugin/751-layers_panel (See "Quick start")

yes to both. click and drag works as well as shift-click. thanks.

jbb,

now that I am using LP as my main access to layers, I found another glitch which may or may not be caused by some oddity inherent to mac os. but I thought you should know of it anyway.

two things. one is the fact that I cannot select adjacent layers by shift-clicking the top and the bottom ones. it happens once in a long while. in general I have to command-click each layer to get a group selected at once.

the other is that, differently from the native layers window, if have a few layers selected, clicking on the eye to switch them off succeeds in switching only one off, not all of the selected layers as intended. as a result, to do that I revert to native window.

can this be fixed?

best regards.

I was wondering if there is a way to change the style (color) of the lines inside a component while not altering anything outside it. perhaps there is a plugin that does it.

I have a wall made up of many small elements and when this is viewed from afar all one gets is a black blur because the black edges are too close together.

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

@edson said:

if the native windows can remember where they were placed last why can't yours?

Because this is bugged in OSX. I've not yet managed to find a workaround.

Solution: Use Sketchup in windows

no problem. it is a minor inconvenience compared to what your plugin offers.

I will pretend I did not read your suggestion to switch to windows...

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

Try this: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=53906%26amp;start=510#p525061

yep, it worked. no more error messages and I am able to create groups again.

however, I still have an old complaint: LP does not remember where I place its panel: at start it always opens on the same spot on the screen. if the native windows can remember where they were placed last why can't yours?

once more, thanks for a wonderful plugin.

I started getting these error messages. is there a way to fix it? I am also not being able to add groups.

2.5.1

it is Sketchup 2014.

the messages are like the one you see on top. the odd thing is that after that message there comes another one saying the installation ocurred but if I look up that folder there is no plugin there.

on mac I am not being able to install plugins in any alternative folder. I get error messages and nothing appears in the folder. besides, there seems to be no way for me to determine where should my custom folder be: it comes predetermined.

any thoughts on that?

@krisidious said:

You can download or install the older versions and move them over Edson... If that's a hassle just send me your email addy and I'll upload them to a file for you.

thanks, kris. I just found them. it was a problem of resetting the Layout prefs and they reappeared.

somehow the scrapbooks that come with Layout have disappeared from my HD. I wonder if anyone could post them here for me.

I am also interested in scrapbooks with trees and the like. anyone has something like that to share?

thanks.

one other thing that could be improved: the ability to accept characters from other languages, for instance, when I write PRAÇA (square in portuguese) I get what you see in the attached image (layer at bottom). could this be done?

regards.

jbb,

I am sorry. I had completely forgotten what you taught me. after debugging the missing layer showed up.

now I will be able to switch to LP. great.

jbb,

I am still experiencing some difficulties on mac: there is always a missing layer comparing to what the native panel shows. until all the layers appear in your Layers Panel all the time it will be difficult to switch definitely to it.

please, keep up the great work.

LP has a nice feature that allows one to decide whether it opens when Sketchup starts or not. now, could you include something to tell it to open the main dialog at the same spot it was when Sketchup closed for the last time? right now it opens always on the same place of the screen.

no problem. I will send you the file right away.

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

@edson said:

almost all the features work, except the render one. I understand the kettle icons are for one to disable scenes as far as rendering goes. however, nothing happens when I hover the cursor over the kettle icons: there is no indication that I can click on them, as all the others do.

You mean there is no "hand" icon?
What happens if you click anyway?

this is the point: nothing happens!

two more issues: Layers Panel does not keep the layers in the order I set them originally. why is that? the other is that it does not pick up all my original layers. see the attached image: layers AUX-Pergola and AUX-Pergola 2 are nowhere to be seen, and layer AUX-Pergola 3 is way down below the others with the AUX prefix.

thanks.

hi jbb,

it is working on mac os 10.8.5 now.

almost all the features work, except the render one. I understand the kettle icons are for one to disable scenes as far as rendering goes. however, nothing happens when I hover the cursor over the kettle icons: there is no indication that I can click on them, as all the others do.

when clicking on the podium icon I got a message that it was not installed but the rendering process started anyway although id did not go through to the end.

I am sure you will fix those little glitches soon. Layers Panel is already an important part of my workflow. thanks.

best regards.

first of all, thanks for porting this plugin to Mac OS.

I am running mac os 10.8.5 and am facing some problems that I will report as they happen.

the first is the fact that when I open your layers panel it does not recognize the current layers but loads the ones the file opened with.

the second is the fact that I highlight a layer, select a group and try to move it to that layer but nothing happens.