I have a geometry imported from archicad. Thousands of block instances orginized by layers. After using Explode or ExplodeBlock cmd all the geometry moves to a current layer. Obviously I can explode all the stuff layer by layer but I’m sure there should be a smarter way to do it.

Dude, This is so genius, just wanted to let you know! Regards, Luuk

Can it become native on Rhino7? I had some trouble finding the right version to reinstall it at work :smile:. Or maybe a script area on Food4Rhino?

Hello - the plug-in (rhp file) linked a few posts above should work - does it not? -Pascal

Yes it does. The thing is I didn’t had it saved from when I installed at home, and when I tried researching it at work I got an older version by accident that was running out of index or something. It took me a while to realize I had a wrong version. Having an area for scripts on food 4 rhino would…

Great plugin Pascal, thank you.

Hi Pascal, This ExplodeBlocksToLayers plugin is very useful. We recommend it to our customers often, but we have to provide instructions on how to install it. I am trying to make this easier for our customers, but you haven’t provided any attached licensing for the plugin. If you could provide the…

Hi @pascal Would it be possible to make a version of this most useful plugin where the sublayer organization (and distribution of the objects) of the block is maintained? What I mean is this: Let’s say I have a block called “Chair”, and inside are 3 objects on 3 separate layers. Organized like this …

Hi Jakob - let me check - I have not looked at what this thing does in quite a while… @Normand - this is what I get here- [image] Isn’t that what you are asking? Note there is a command line option to make new layers or keep insertion layers - this result is from the former, I think it’s the def…

Hi @pascal I must admit I test the “make new layers” option :grimacing: Will test on Monday and report back :+1: Have a great weekend :grinning: -Jakob

Explode block instances while keeping their original layers

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RH-63511 is fixed in Rhino WIP

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Explode block instances while keeping their original layers

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