SU TAGS (layers), TOGGLES & ENTITY INFO (SU-PRO-ver.21)

To all,

Firstly, the version I’m using does seem to be quicker for some reason & even the general use of the everyday tools per-se seems to be more…………well cleaner to use for want of a better word, has anyone else thought this from the previous version ?

I must also add, for my main architectural everyday work, I use other CAD programmes, so I can go for months, as in this case, without firing up SU.

Anyway, I digress, the main reason for this post is this, I use to use the top pulldown menu when assigning grouped items to TAGS (layers) & yes, everything is drawn on the TOP UNTAGGED TAG (layer). But noticed a YOUTUBE video where someone was using the ENTITY INFO TRAY to do the same, having experimented with this, I’m leaning towards this way myself as the toggles, HIDE, LOCK, & SHADOWS are well placed in that area.

I’ve always wanted to see more functionality with the TAG (layer) TRAY, like other CAD programmes & the recent Add folder is great to see. However, as I can have many TAGS, one function to simply turn on & off specific TAGS I feel could be improved rather than scrolling through a long TAG list.

Therefore, when you click on any grouped items, I think another toggle: on/off in the ENTITY INFO TRAY would help this process & the same when right clicking on grouped items to invoke that menu as well.

I thought the ‘eye’ icon on the ENTITY INFO TRAY was that function for a few steps in my work, as it’s the same ‘eye’ icon as the TAG TRAY, so fooled myself for a moment on that one…… :blush:

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This looks like Feature Request. So maybe it should go there?

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Hi Simoncbevans,

My post was a little protracted, but another toggle on the ENTITY INFO TRAY when you click on a grouped set of items for: TAG ON/OFF would be good to see. Where is the feature request area ?

@CJT1963 , I moved it to the feature requests category for you.
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