I know there has been past issues with Layer/ Detail visibility settings (ON/OFF) in viewports. The layers are not saved in the .RWS file and when reopening all Active Parent Layers are enabled. Did this get resolved in R7.0? Thanks,

Hi Daryl - [image] Daryl_Wilbur: The layers are not saved in the .RWS file and when reopening all Active Parent Layers are enabled. That sounds like RH-37146 which hasn’t been fixed in Rhino 7. -wim

Im hoping that will get resolved. If there isnt a way for Layout settings to be saved it is a huge problem that negates a large majority of the worksession benefit. Please keep us posted on this. Thanks Very Much, Daryl Wilbur

I agree with Daryl, the worksession feature is unusable for me without layout detail functionality!

Workaround while the fix gets published: you can use the Layer State Manager after you load/reload the worksession.

I tried this, but it hides the layers in the model space as well, it’s only supposed to do it in layout space.

I just wanted to reactivate this thread because we’re still running into the same problem. In our Rhino Worksession setup—with several .3dm files attached to a main .rws file and one file dedicated to layout and printing—the “Detail on” settings in the Layers panel just won’t stick. Every time chang…

@jsbzh Are you asking about Rhino 7? No enhancements to Rhino 7 are expected. Rhino 8 is the current version.

Sorry, yes good hint. I am running rhino 8.

You may want to start a new thread with your question. Mention you are using Rhino 8 or post the results of the Rhino command SystemInfo.

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RH-37146 is fixed in Rhino WIP

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