This reference page is linked to from the following overview topics: Iterating over Layers by Name.

Detailed Description

This class is an interface to the layer manager.

Note that some methods of this class are not functional in 3ds Max (only in 3D Studio VIZ). To get a pointer to the global instance of this class use the following code:

    ILayerManager* manager = GetCOREInterface13()->GetLayerManager();

See also:: Class ReferenceTarget, Class ILayer, Class Interface13

#include <ilayermanager.h>

Inheritance diagram for ILayerManager:

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Public Member Functions
SClass_ID	SuperClassID ()
	Retrieves a constant representing the type of the plugin.
virtual bool	AddLayer (ILayer *layer)=0
virtual ILayer *	CreateLayer (void)=0
virtual ILayer *	CreateLayer (MSTR &name)=0
virtual BOOL	DeleteLayer (const MSTR &name)=0
virtual void	SetCurrentLayer (const MSTR &name)=0
virtual void	SetCurrentLayer (void)=0
virtual ILayer *	GetCurrentLayer (void) const =0
virtual void	EditLayer (const MSTR &name)=0
virtual void	DoLayerPropDialog (HWND hWnd)=0
virtual int	GetLayerCount (void)=0
virtual ILayer *	GetLayer (int) const =0
	Gets the specified layer by index.
virtual ILayer *	GetLayer (const MSTR &name) const =0
virtual void	DoLayerSelDialog (HWND hWnd)=0
virtual void	SetupToolList2 (HWND hWnd, HWND hParent)=0
virtual void	ExtendMenu (HMENU hMenu, bool geometry=true, bool grid=false)=0
virtual MSTR	GetSavedLayer (int i) const =0
virtual ILayer *	GetRootLayer () const =0
virtual void	Reset (BOOL fileReset=FALSE)=0
virtual void	SelectObjectsByLayer (HWND hWnd)=0
virtual void	SetPropagateToLayer (int prop)=0
virtual int	GetPropagateToLayer (void)=0
Static Public Attributes
static const SClass_ID	kLayerManagerSuperClassID
	The super class ID of the layer manager interface.

Member Function Documentation

SClass_ID SuperClassID ( ) [inline, virtual]

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Retrieves a constant representing the type of the plugin.

Returns:: A super class id that uniquely identifies the type (category) of the plugin. Note that several plugin classes can be of the same type, thus return the same super class id. Plugins are uniquely identified by their class ids. List of Super Class IDs.

See also:: SClass_ID

Reimplemented from ReferenceTarget.

{ return kLayerManagerSuperClassID; }

virtual bool AddLayer ( ILayer * layer ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: Adds the specified layer.

Parameters:: ILayer *layer

Points to the layer to add.

Returns:: Returns true if the layer was added; false if not.

virtual ILayer* CreateLayer ( void ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: Creates a layer. The name is based on the incremented layer count.

virtual ILayer* CreateLayer ( MSTR & name ) [pure virtual]

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virtual BOOL DeleteLayer ( const MSTR & name ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: Deletes the layer whose name is passed.

Parameters:

MSTR	name - The name for the layer.

Returns:: TRUE if the layer was deleted, otherwise FALSE.

virtual void SetCurrentLayer ( const MSTR & name ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: Sets the layer whose name is passed as current.

Parameters:: const MSTR &name

The name for the new current layer.

virtual void SetCurrentLayer ( void ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: Sets the current layer based on the selection set (the common layer).

virtual ILayer* GetCurrentLayer ( void ) const [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: Returns an interface to the current layer.

virtual void EditLayer ( const MSTR & name ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: Edits the layer whose name is passed. Note: This method does nothing in 3ds Max.

Parameters:: const MSTR &name

The name of the layer to edit.

virtual void DoLayerPropDialog ( HWND hWnd ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: Brings up the layer property dialog. Note: This method does nothing in 3ds Max.

Parameters:: HWND hWnd

The parent window handle.

virtual int GetLayerCount ( void ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: Returns the number of layers.

virtual ILayer* GetLayer ( int ) const [pure virtual]

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Gets the specified layer by index.

virtual ILayer* GetLayer ( const MSTR & name ) const [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: Returns a pointer to a layer interface for the named layer.

Parameters:: const MSTR &name

The name of the layer to get.

virtual void DoLayerSelDialog ( HWND hWnd ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: Brings up the select layer dialog. Note: This method does nothing in 3ds Max.

Parameters:: HWND hWnd

The parent window handle.

virtual void SetupToolList2	(	HWND	hWnd,
		HWND	hParent
	)		`[pure virtual]`

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Remarks:: Sets up the toolbar list.

Parameters:: HWND hWnd

The parent window handle.

virtual void ExtendMenu	(	HMENU	hMenu,
		bool	geometry = `true`,
		bool	grid = `false`
	)		`[pure virtual]`

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Remarks:: Extends the right click menu. Note: This method does nothing in 3ds Max.

Parameters:: HMENU hMenu

The handle of the menu to append to.

bool geometry = true

Use true to add the geometry commands; false to not add them.

bool grid = false

Use true to add the grid commands; false to not add them.