[Bf-funboard] Layer visibility lock

[Julio Iglesias]

I didn't understand you until I discovered there is "Relations/Layers" for
that.. sweet ignorance!

Although, I have to say, usability wise I think what I suggested it is more
clear and straightforward, I'm sure I would have discovered that way sooner
than "Relations", but oh well, current way works like a charm, so... THANKS!

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 6:54 AM, Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Why not have the one light setup in all 3 layers?
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Julio Iglesias <j at zafio.com> wrote:
> > Here is a recurrent situation: I have 3 layers:
> >
> > Layer 1: High res model
> > Layer 2: Low res version (LOD0)
> > Layer 3: LOD1, etc...
> >
> > I would like to have a 3 light setup in a separate layer, so I can
> > alternate layers and compare them (quite often I change the lights too),
> > but I'm forced to duplicate the light setup for each layer, because if I
> > press 1, 2 or 3 keys, there goes the lighting layer, and using Shift is
> > kind of cumbersome for comparison purposes.
> > I can think of other contexts where an user would like to keep one or
> more
> > layers always visible. And I'm positive I'm not alone here.
> >
> > Suggested solution:
> >
> > An option to lock the layers, obviously! O:)
> > Personally, I would love to just press the layer number hotkey twice (or
> > double click on the layer button), but that probably would conflict with
> > the flow somehow... ?
> >
> > So perhaps CTRL+SHIFT+LayerN, so it can also be used with ALT for the
> > bottom row.
> > and CTRL+SHIFT+LMB on the layer buttons.
> >
> > As for visual feedback, maybe something like this?:
> > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2294713/mockups/blaylockico.png
> >
> > Anyway, I guess this could be done in python, except for the visual
> > feedback part, right?
> >
> >
> > Regards.
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> - Campbell
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