Hey guys, how about choosing what layers to render ?
Got it working with at least Vray, Kerkythea, and Maxwell suite.

No it's ok.
The fact you have this issue in IE8 is really weird. I can't reproduce it.

I'm sorry but I won't support outdated versions of this crappy browser. I know you can't have a higher version of IE on XP, but we're talking about a 12 years old OS...

IE 8.6 ? Are you sure ? The latest release is "8.0.7601.17514".
Can you screenshot http://whatsmyua.com/ when opened with IE ? Thanks

Ok, I can reproduce the scrolling problem with IE6 and 7. If you do use one of these, please mind updating to IE8 (Or better : Windows 7 and IE10 !)

Sketchup's webdialog use Internet Explorer, even if your default browser is firefox. Which version do you have ?

I don't have WinXP, can't test on it. Anybody else have the scrolling issue ?

For the video, Screenr is pretty easy. In case you're able to reproduce it one day.

@jgb said:

1) When I first loaded a model with 42 layers, SU's layers panel took about 3/4 screen height, and did not need a vertical scroll bar.
Your panel was longer due to your using a higher row height, and it had a vertical scroll bar. That is not a problem.
The problem was the vertical scroll bar does not work (greyed out), nor does mouse wheel scrolling, so I cannot see the last 7 layers in the list.

2) I often open a second SU session to clipboard copy reusable components from a different model. When I loaded the 2nd model, your layer panel stayed as the first model. It should have switched to the second model.

Are you using Mac OSX ? Layers Panel does not support OSX for now.
If not, what are your windows version, Internet Explorer version, and Sketchup version ?

@jgb said:

2) Since ALL my layers are numbered, in SU they sort properly, either ascending or descending when I click on the header.
They were in seemingly random order in your layer panel, neither numeric nor alphabetic. I had to move them into the numeric order I wanted.
The layer sort order should initially match the SU Layer sort order.

The default order in SU layer is by creation order. The API doesn't allow to get how the user is sorting layers in the layers window.

@jgb said:

3) I simulate indenting/nesting by variable spacing the name of the layer after the number.
You delete multiple spaces in the name.

I'll look at that.

@jgb said:

4) I noticed that to create a nest of layers, you have to define a new group, then move the layers to be nested under that new group, and rename the group layer.
In my case, this creates a redundant top level layer, and since I have a bunch of components inside that layer, it can't be eliminated.
You should consider the ability to elevate any existing layer to a group header status.

I wondered about that and decided not to do it. Read this old thread : http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=472428

Remember that Layers Panel has a whole different logic that SU's layers window.

@jgb said:

1) I was trying to "un-nest" a layer in a group by pulling it left. Didn't work. I had to move the lay up or down out of the group. That is not the issue. On a few occasions, and it is not always repeatable, if my cursor was dragged too far left and onto the model space, the model started panning right and could only be stopped hitting ESC. Then the model was way off in space to the left. Zoom Extents brought it back.

Can you do a small video ? I don't really understand what's happening.

@jgb said:

3) This one may be impossible to fix. After I rearranged all the layers under several groups in a more natural order without a lot of number prefixes, I needed to assign a layer to a new component. But the layer list in Entity Info is in the SU order (alphabetical), making it tough to find the correct layer to assign (because I got used to the new groupings in your layer list).

Yeah, it's impossible to correct. I'll add a way to assign geometry to a layer directly from the plugin, though.

@gareth said:

WOW....it's up to $790...!!

This is an awesome gesture Thomas

The gesture is from you guys! Setting up the campaign was not very complicated.

That's great !
Keep it coming guys This great man diserves it

@benie said:

"the MRI mode"

Are you talking about the clipping problem ?

It keeps going ! That's the whole point. $500 is just the minimum goal allowed by Indiegogo.

Whow, only 24h and already $400 !

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

@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.

Actually, there is a workaround. It's done and will be in next version.
(And I fixed the too-many-layers issue)

Who is Dan

Most of you probably know him, but if you don't, Dan Rathbun is one of the top contributor to the Sketchup Plugin community. He created a few useful tools, but mostly he helped a lot of plugin developers create great plugins for Sketchup ! If you use a plugin, it's probably thanks to the direct or indirect help the dev got from Dan. His contribution is simply huge !
As a novice developer, I don't know what I would do without him and what he contributed to the community.

Why he needs us

When I came across this post from Dan ("I got sick and NEED income"), I thought that I would donate some money to him. That's what a lot of people do when they want to thank a plugin dev, and that would be a well deserved salary for his work. But I said to myself, "wait a second, I'm broke and this guy certainly deserve more than the 20 bucks I can give him..."
So here it is, a donation campaign for this great man. If ever you used a Sketchup Plugin, Dan helped you. Now it's time to help him !

Donation campaign on Indiegogo

I put the minimum goal which is $500, to make sure Dan gets the most money out of this (If the campaign doesn't meet its goal, Indiegogo keeps a larger cut). But I really hope we'll go beyond that !

Let's do this folks !

(I can't contribute to the campaign I created, but I'll of course add my share at the end )

Nope, but I guess I can start.

Whow, sounds great. I'll take a look at that when I have time. Thanks a lot

Great, thanks !

@cmeed said:

this is with release 0.3.2
same naming issue with names not changing in the LayersPanel - they are changing in the Layers Window though

I updated the plugin this morning. The layers were made yesterday. I closed down SU. restarted SU. captured film so its not happening with the layers or folders before the plugin was installed, as all were made yesterday
C

EDIT: in the time its taken me to write the above the layer has now changed to 'hello' in LayersPanel. just so you know...

This is really weird. How about renaming a layer, then close the dialog and open it again ? Is the name updated ?

@cmeed said:

hello again,
Still can't update layer using a shortcut key with LayersPanel open.
works fine when i close LayersPanel.
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Is the dialog focused when you're trying to do that ?
Has anyone else the same issue with shortcuts ? It works fine for me, when the dialog is not focused.

@tt_su said:

Is it just the Win32 API dependency that makes this Windows only?

Nope. A lot of things need rewriting. Pumping, etc...
BTW, I think I read somewhere that you work on mac ? Would you be ok with helping me testing on osx ?

@tt_su said:

And I just downloaded 0.32 from the Plugin Store but it alerts me about a new version...

Yeah, sorry about that, it was a serverside issue. It should be fixed now.

@tt_su said:

(Also, what did you do to avoid the crash?)

What Dan told me above : Disable UI during the operation.

Ok, so no need to PM you the old version ?
If you're trying to reproduce it within the plugin, change line 100 to @model.start_operation("Delete layer", false), and line 465 to @model.start_operation("Purge unused layers", false)

New version 0.3.2 beta !

Changelog :

• Fix bugsplat when deleteing/purging layers with Outliner opened
• New naming conventions (For the Extension Warehouse)

Download in the plugin store !

At startup, you should get once "Error Loading File layers_panel.rb no such file to load -- layers_panel.rb". This is normal, it's just the plugin deleting the old files.