WISH: make new layer automatically active

Rhino Rhino for Windows
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Hi…,

when I create a new layer, it would be nice when it becomes automatically active, that I can immediatly draw on it. Is there an option, or even better can we make this standard? Or have I missed something?

Thanks

Michael
www.flexiCAD.com

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Hi Michael - I don’t think you’re missing anything- there is no provision for that as far as I know. I would not want this to be standard behavior, myself, but I can easily imagine -Layer New getting a Current=Yes/No toggle or something like that - would that help? Or do you need this in the layer dialog menu ‘New current layer’, maybe, along with ‘New layer’ and ‘New sublayer’?

Here’s a really dumb little macro that will add a new current layer to the end of the list:

! -_Runscript (Rhino.CurrentLayer(Rhino.AddLayer())
)

https://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/RH-37484

-Pascal

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Hi Pascal,

perhaps an option button in the options or layer window.

Thanks

Michael
www.flexiCAD.com

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i have seen this wish coming up a few times and while working on several layers i also missed such a function. it certainly would make modeling in different layers easier. often do i forget to set the new layer i am working, for example extruding some prepared lines and voila often ending up with having to change the objects layer.