FourMadMen.com presents the Layer Manager script.

Latest Version: 1.2 (January 23, 2006)

What's new in Version 1.2

• Moving selected objects to selected layers
• Beginning of the layer locking system. (Note: Object lock and un-locking is finicky at best due to the (in my opinion) needed re-write of the event/redraw system. Perhaps when spacehandler scripts play nicely with the undo system this will improve.)

Features

• Beginnings of layer locking system
• Moving selected objects to selected layers
• Autoload most recent layer file if it exists
• Layer Groups
• Hide/Reveal Layers (Fig 2.)
• Set layer visiblility from script GUI. LMB to select (Additive). CTRL+LMB make only target layer visible.
• Saving and Loading of layer Information
• Set layer names

Keyboard Shortcuts

• A: Toggle layer visibility
• H: Hide selected layers
• R: Reveal hidden layers
• S: Toggle layer selection
• L: Lock selected layers
• U: Unlock selected layers
• M: Move selected object to selected layers
• Q: quit
• CLTRL+Left Click: Deselects all other items (works for layer visibility and layer selection

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Next Steps...

• Continue new feature investigation

Features currently under investigation

• Showing which layer is Active.
• Merging (i.e. Moving) the contents of multiple layers to a single layer.
• Object search (and selection) by Visbile Layers or Active Layer.
• Manipulation of Materials & Textures (for example turn on "Wire" for all objects in all visible layers). This would be undoable, sort of a temporary "Global" change for rendering purposes.

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Revision History (or atleast the basis for what will become a true version history) Version 1.1

• CTRL+Left Click was not refreshing visible layer list properly.
• Added 2 new layer group buttons: View and View Group. View will add the layer group items to the visibility list and View Group will show only those items in the group.
• Added new general button: New. Clicking New will reset all group and layer information.

Version 1.0b

• Fixed issue with the autoload feature not refreshing the visible layer list after loading saved settings.

Version 1.0a

• No longer allows ESC key for exiting (Q Key and Exit button remain)
• Auto load most recent layer file if it exists

Version 1.0

• Layer Groups
• Hide/Reveal Layers (Fig 2.)
• Set layer visiblility from script GUI. LMB to select (Additive). CTRL+LMB make only target layer visible.
• Saving and Loading of layer Information
• Set layer names