CreateLayer

Description

Creates a new layer and add the selection to it.

Note: This command uses output arguments. C# and some scripting languages (such as JScript, PerlScript and Python) don't support arguments passed by reference so you need to use the best workaround for your situation:

For scripting languages this command returns an ISIVTCollection which you can use to get the output arguments.

For C# you can use the XSIApplication.ExecuteCommand method to call this command. ExecuteCommand packs the output arguments into a C# System.Object containing an Array of the output arguments (see Calling Commands from C#).

Scripting Syntax

CreateLayer( [PresetObj], [Name], [InputObjs], [Value] )

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

PresetObj

String or a preset object (for example, an object obtained from SIGetPreset)

Layer preset to use

Default Value: "Default_New_Layer"

Possible Values:

• Default_New_Layer: Default new layer

Name

String

Name of the new layer

InputObjs

String

List of objects to move to the layer

Default Value: Selected objects

Value [out]

Layer

Returns the new layer

Examples

1. VBScript Example

CreateLayer , "LayerA",,oLayer
SetCurrentLayer oLayer

2. VBScript Example

' Get initial settings
checkCurrLayer

' Make a new layer (it is *not* automatically set as current)
SICreateLayer , "LayerA",oLayer
checkCurrLayer

' Now explicitly set the new layer as current and check again
SetCurrentLayer oLayer
checkCurrLayer

' Make another new layer (it *is* automatically set as current)
CreateLayer , "LayerB",,oLayer
SetCurrentLayer oLayer
checkCurrLayer


function checkCurrLayer()
   ' What is the current layer?
   GetCurrentLayer oCurrLayer
   LogMessage "Current layer is....." & oCurrLayer
end function

'OUTPUT OF ABOVE SCRIPT IS:
'INFO : "Current layer is.....Layers.Layer_Default"
'INFO : "Current layer is.....Layers.Layer_Default"
'INFO : "Current layer is.....Layers.LayerA"
'INFO : "Current layer is.....Layers.LayerB"

3. VBScript Example

Dim oLayer, oGroup

' Create two nulls 
GetPrim "Null"
GetPrim "Null"

' Add them to a new group
Set oGroup = CreateGroup( "NullsGroup", "null*" )

' Move the group to a new layer and make it the current layer
CreateLayer , "LayerNulls", oGroup, oLayer 
SetCurrentLayer oLayer

See Also

SICreateLayer

SICreateLayerFromSelection

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