[Bf-funboard] Re: (Ton) Layer Manager proposal/mock-up

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

Hurms.. apparantly my text didn't help to make it clear...

In Blender an Object is not *in* a layer... layer values are just  
properties of Objects and of Scenes and of 3D windows, and by comparing  
these properties you get a result...

I have the impression that in the proposals as discussed until now  
Objects only belong to a single layer then, including lamps... that  
will create a whole lot of new issues to think over.

-Ton-




On Thursday, Dec 4, 2003, at 21:25 Europe/Amsterdam, Thorsten Wilms  
wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 03:32:20PM +0100, Ton Roosendaal wrote:
>>
>> Most important here is that this layer code is equally used and stored
>> for Objects, Lamps, Scenes, 3D windows, etc. This introduces a new
>> complexity; because when you give special properties to a layer
>> ("lock", or "ghost"), what does it mean for an Object that is in 3
>> layers?
>
> Now an object is visible, if any of the layers it's in is visible.
> Direct translation: An object is locked, if any of the layers its in
> is locked. Could be confusing. In this case it should be indicated,
> if and where an object is locked (highlichting of layer buttons or
> maybe of the lock icons?).
> No problem here with rendering. But there should be an easy way to  
> check
> what will be rendered in the 3d view. That's why I thought about using
> at least 2 sets of layer settings. You could use 1 for modeling and the
> other for setting up rendering. The set to be used would be an option
> for any 3d view and for rendering.
>
>> And: if you assign properties to Scene layers, what does it mean for
>> layers in an Object, do they get properties?
>
> Have I missed another feature of Blender? What are scene layers?
>
>
> And I wasn't aware of previous discussion about objects and structure.
>
>
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> Thorsten
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