[Bf-funboard] More layer-states?

[Konrad Haenel]

alex wrote:

>
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Konrad Haenel wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> while working on a scene today I started missing another feature:
>>
>> How about more layer-states than visible/invisible ?
>>
>> I normally store my light-setup in a seperate layer. One reason is 
>> that I will hardly have to work on it anymore once I got it finished 
>> and the other is that all these lights really clutter the screen and 
>> I'm glad I can get rid of them. But I always have to remember to 
>> reactivate the light-layer before rendering some test-image. Don't 
>> ask me how how often I forget to do this and I get senseless 
>> renderings from this workflow. This got me thinking:
>>
>> Wouldn't it be nice if I could set a layer invisible yet renderable? 
>> This might come in handy in many situations. Whenever I have to 
>> finetune some object/animation but want to render it together with 
>> elements which are stored on other layers I'd use this.
>>
>> Perhaps CTRL-clicking on layer-buttons could be used to set the 
>> "renderable"-state.
>
>
> Hi,
>
> this is all part of iblender2's Layer Manager, which will be available
> in Blender 2.36 with all probability.
>
> Here is the old documentation:
>
> http://blender.instinctive.de/layermanager/
>
> Additional features nowadays are RenderAlways (always renders a layer
> regardless of visibility) and Locked (non-modifyable layer contents).

Very nice, can't wait to see it in action.