SUGGESTION: Layer Combinations

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Hi There,

I am hoping this may already exist but if it doesn’t I feel it is absolutely necessary.

Rhino needs the ability to have Layer Combinations.

For example, The way it would work is that say you have the following layers, “Structural Floor”, “Floor Finishes”, “Walls”, “Ceiling”, “Scene Dressing”

I want a layer combination which has “Scene Dressings” & “Floor Finishes” turned off, and I could call this layer combination “Plans”.

Then I could have a combination called “3D Render” where those items are turned on. This would save me having to go through details on layouts and turning off specific layers one-by one.

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sounds like
_LayerStateManager
is what you re after ???

kind regards - tom

3

From what I have read about Layer State Manager this doesn’t do what i am looking for, and it appears to be riddled with Bugs.

4

Its not entirely clear on their help page for the command but i just did some trial and error.

I just resolved it, I’ll return back if it doesn’t do what i think it does.

5

two more things to look at:
_HideLayersInDetail will also hide nested / child layers.

So if you have a container / parent layer

ParentWithDoNotShowMyStuffInDetail
..Child01
..Child02
..Child03

you do not need to control the Child-Layers individual.

and 2nd:

check the new Rhino 8 Feature
“New Detail on”
in the layer panel.
So best practice is to set those values before creating the first layout / detail.

see this topic:

cheers - tom

6

I found when I set a LayerState in 3d Perspective view it will nullify the LayerState settings for the Layout Detail view and the LayerState doesn’t do the same for the detail view.

Also when I add an update to the layer state it isn’t static with the other views that use that layer state. It should be static.

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Hi @Christian_Young,

That doesn’t sound right. Can you provide a .3dm file along with step-by-step instructions to what you think is incorrect?

Thanks,

– Dale