YAUP: Level Tags Manager

[shlomo_swidler]

So many levels, so many different combinations... my project became too complicated to keep individually switching level visibility. I needed combinations of levels and a way to easily show/hide multiple combinations of levels.

So I developed the Level Tags Manager. It adds tags to levels, and the ability to show/hide levels based on tags.

Version 1.0.5 on GItHub

Practical Use Cases

Organizing by Function

Tag levels by their purpose:

• residential - Living spaces
• commercial - Business areas
• mechanical - Utility areas
• storage - Storage spaces

Organizing by Access Level

Tag levels by who can access them:

• public - Open to everyone
• private - Restricted access
• staff-only - Employee areas
• executive - Management areas

Project Phases

Tag levels by construction or design phase:

• phase-1, phase-2, phase-3
• existing, proposed, future
• demo, new-construction

Tips and Best Practices

Tag Naming

• Use descriptive, consistent names
• Avoid spaces if possible (use hyphens or underscores)
• Consider using a naming convention like category-value
• Keep tag names short but meaningful

Organization Strategies

• Create a tag hierarchy: building-north, building-south
• Use status tags: complete, in-progress, planned
• Combine functional and spatial tags: residential-tower-a

Workflow Integration

• Tag levels as you create them
• Use bulk operations to focus on specific areas during design
• Hide irrelevant levels to reduce visual complexity
• Show only relevant levels when presenting to clients

(Thanks to @dorin for suggesting I post here)

[dorin]

Welcome aboard!
This is not Yet Another Useless Plugin.
It is very useful, but (of course) could be improved.

[jan_]

Thank you very much for this plugin!
It improves the workflow tremendously.

I have a question:
Would it be possible to hide tabs for levels that are set as not visible? So that only tabs for visible levels would be displayed. Currently, the tabs for hidden levels are just greyed out. I think it would make the navigation even easier if they disappeared from the screen entirely once they are marked as not visible and appear only when marked as visible. Would that even be possible to achieve with a plugin?

[shlomo_swidler]

Unfortunately it's not possible to completely hide the tab of hidden levels using a Plug-In.

[shlomo_swidler]

By the way, version 1.0.6 has been released with these improvements:

Added
* Add *Show Only These* button
* Add French localization (credit: Olivier Oudin)

[shlomo_swidler]

And the latest version (1.0.7) has some minor fixes:

Changed
* Relocate *Show Only These* button - now in a row by itself
* Fix status bar version number display - now read from Application.properties

[shlomo_swidler]

Sorry, the link in that post was incorrect:
https://github.com/shlomoswidler/sh3d-level-tags-plugin/releases/latest

That will always have the latest release.