Layout Manager (Blender add-on)
What’s Layout Manager?
Layout Manager can help you save your layouts of your workspace for Blender, and load them back any time you like. It’s helpful while you need to switch between different layouts in your workflow.
This add-on is available on Gumroad and Blender Market.
Demo Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qciP84eEhmM
How to save/load add-ons in workspace tab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOvXcWt9cDU
Get Supports:
Discord: https://discord.gg/nTVkSNQ
Just let me know if you have any suggestion or idea for Layout Manager, any feedback is welcome.
TIPS: Don’t forget to save your blend file after saving layouts as presets, or you will lost the presets.
Development Plan:
Add functions to move up/down preset (Done)
Save/load Dopesheet attributes for Dopesheet Editor (Done)
Hotkey to save layout as preset
Hotkey to load layout
Switching between scenes will reload presets for that scene, multiple scene supports
And other features you can request if they are doable
Changelog:
Version 1.1.0:
- Fixed crash in Blender 3.0.0
Version 1.0.7:
- Add ability to export presets as JSON file
- Add ability to import presets from JSON file
Version 1.0.6:
- Save and load add-ons in workspace tab, see demo video above
Version 1.0.5:
- N panel is also available on view3d, image editor, node editor
Version 1.0.4:
- Save/load more dopeseet attributes for Dopesheet Editor
Version 1.0.3:
- Save/load Dopesheet attributes for DOPESHEET_EDITOR
Version 1.0.2:
- Add move up/down operators to move presets
Version 1.0.1:
- Fixed attributes error for Blender 2.81
Version 1.0.0:
- Initial release
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I am curious about this, but there's a detail that I do not understand. The Gumroad page states :
"TIPS: Don't forget to save your blend file after saving layouts as presets, or you will lost the presets."
Where/how does your addon store the layout info then ? I would expect it to save it to an external file (to bypass the convoluted/counter intuitive way Blender loads layouts from the Startup file, if I understand the base system correctly) ...
I understand that, that's the default way it works. But then could you explain what your addon does, and what kind of extra flexibility it brings on top of that ?
I would assume that a layout manager would allow one to, say, save a layout preset to a desired location (dropbox), and then load it up at any time when needed.
For instance, there is a certain kind of screen layout I like to use when editing models using atlased UVs, but I end up never really using it because saving it into the startup Blend is just an annoyance at times when one doesn't want to be interrupted (and then, any minor edit to that layout would involve yet another manipulation of the startup blend, which is yet another pain in the ass). If I could simply adjust the layout of my current work session to what I need for that task and then somehow save that to a specific file on disc (knowing that I could load it back at any time later), I would absolutely love it (and Imho that's how it should be by default, as opposed to saving the layouts inside the Blends, which is a dumb design). Can your tool help me do that ?
I know your problem, currently Layout Manager only save layout preset in the editing Blend file, but I think your requirement makes sense, so I will make it also saved to disk, and you can load it back anytime you are using Blender.
Stay tune, will let you know while this feature is available.
Have a nice one.
-Aaron
Interesting - I'll keep my eyes peeled. Best of luck with this project !