[Bf-funboard] Layer Manager proposal/mock-up

[William Reynish]

Very very nice ideas! Great work! It would be good to
see this very soon. I can't wait! 

A couple of notes:
I'm not so sure about the Ghost layer idea. It is good
to be able to choose that some layers should not be
rendered, but if you do not want it to be rendered it
shouldn't force the layer to become wireframe only. I
think it would be better to have a button simply
called "render" (maybe with the same icon as the
renderbuttons) that toggles the layer on/off for
rendering.

However much I like your idea, I think it would be
nice to make it possible to have more than 20 layers.
It has puzzled me for some time how to do this best
though.


Don't get me wrong though, I love it!



 --- Karim Nassar <karim@karimnassar.com> wrote: >
I've put together a mock-up for a Layer Manager or
> properties window:
> 
>
http://www.karimnassar.com/phoenix/images/blend_layers.jpg
> 
> I've found that when working on complex models, I
> use layers a lot to 
> organize my model.
> 
> I've incorporated 3 new features into this panel
> that I would really 
> love to have available, and I'm sure that others
> would find them usefull 
> also:
> 
> Layer Naming: The user can name a layer by clicking
> on the text-input 
> button for that layer in the Layer Properties
> window. When a Layer Name 
> has been defined, mousing over the layer buttons in
> the 3-d view pop-up 
> that Layer Name instead of the "Toggle Layer
> Visibility" tool-tip.
> 
> Layer Locking: This is different from the "Lock to
> Scene" control on the 
> 3-d window. Toggling this selection freezes the
> layer in it's current 
> state-- visibility cannot be toggled without
> unlocking, and items on 
> that layer cannot be selected or edited.
> 
> Ghost Layer: Toggles the layer as a "ghost" or
> reference layer. Ghost 
> layers display in wireframe view as "lighter" than
> active layers. In 
> shaded views, ghost layers display as wire-frame.
> Ghost layers do NOT 
> render.
> 
> These toggles can be stacked, so a layer may be
> visible, locked, AND 
> ghosted.
> 
> Other per-layer controls could also go in this
> panel, including perhaps 
> wire-color settings.
> 
> Comments? Input?
> 
> --Karim
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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