Toggle macro to freeze/thaw 1 layer in particular

[rhoscadman]

Hi Folks,

I need a macro to toggle a single layer on and off (or freeze/thaw). At the moment I'm using the freeze layer button, but when I want to thaw it I find I need to go into the Layer command and scroll down the list to thaw it. It's the layer we keep our viewports on. And I need to turn it on and off quite frequently.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Rhoscadman

[Charles_Shade]

I get the same thing here with Help and the CUI but I did remove the <layername> (both with and without the arrows(?))and replaced this with the Layer I am hoping to toggle

[rhoscadman]

My apologies, I forgot in my haste to add the layer name.

^C^C$M=$(if,$(=,$(getenv,layf-t),0),setenv;layf-t;1;_-Layer;Thaw;<VPORTS>;;,setenv;layf-t;0;_-Layer;Freeze;<VPORTS>;;)^Z

Ignore the funny face that's supposed to be ;;)

cheers

[rhoscadman]

blast, it's gone and done it again....................single semi colon ; and closed bracket)

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I not have been as clear as I thought I was about what to replace.  Sorry about that.

setenv;layf-t;0;_-Layer;Freeze;<layername>;;

would be:

setenv;layf-t;0;_-Layer;Freeze;VPORTS;;

So, yeah, Charles, the arrows <> need to be removed.  Sorry for the confusion.  I cannot replicate this HELP and CUI business at all.  Did you guys use SETENV to give the variable a value (1 or 0) before hand?

You can get rid of the smileys by putting the macro in code blocks or totally per this thread if you would like.

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[Charles_Shade]

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@Anonymous wrote:

 Did you guys use SETENV to give the variable a value (1 or 0) before hand?

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That would be negative on the SETENV Variable.

Though that also concedes that I do not know quite what you are asking.

I thought the Macro set this at the beginning?

[Anonymous]

OK. I'll take it a little slower and explain.  Again, I apologize for the confusion.

The first macro:

^C^Csetenv;layf-t;\$M=$(if,$(=,$(getenv,layf-t),0),_-Layer;Thaw;layername;;,_-Layer;Freeze;layername;;)

This macro does set the variable at the beginning.  However each and every time you run it you must specify either a 1 or a 0 (freeze or thaw respectively).  Essentially, the macro asks you what you want the state (frozen or thawed) of the layer to be.  So it is not a 'true' toggle.

The second macro:

^C^C$M=$(if,$(=,$(getenv,layf-t),0),setenv;layf-t;1;_-Layer;Freeze;layername;;,setenv;layf-t;0;_-Layer;Thaw;layername;;)^Z

 This macro assumes that the environment variable "layf-t" is present and has a value of 0 or 1 (thaw or freeze respectively); it does not create the variable nor set its value.  You do not have to enter any values during the running of this macro.  The macro reads the value of "layf-t" and if the value is not equal to 0 (which indicates that the layer are thawed) then it freezes the layer; otherwise it thaws the layer.  Prior to running the macro you must create and set the value of "layf-t" to a 0 or 1 (depending on the current state of the layer) using SETENV.

Hopefully that clears up some of the confusion for you, Charles and Rhoscadman.

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[Charles_Shade]

Ahh... So it is a two Macro solution; not one or the other.

Now I see what I am missing. Thanks for banging my head against the wall.

[Discussion_Admin]

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@rhoscadman wrote:

Ignore the funny face that's supposed to be ;;)

cheers

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