When to use layers and outliner in Su?
As @Lindsey says, layers in SU should be used to control visibility, especially within scenes. Outliner is one of the well kept secrets of SU. Easy to ignore but hard to forget once you understand its usefulness. Apart from being able to see the hierarchical structure of a drawing, you can use it to identify elements and in both directions.
How to work with layers in Blender outliner?
Groups in Blender has been deprecated and does not exist in Blender anymore. They have been replaced with the collection system. Same with the layers we had in Blender 2.79 and earlier. How to enable render layers in Blender?
How does The Outliner work in Autodesk Maya?
The Outliner also displays objects that are normally hidden in the view panels, such as the default cameras, or nodes that don’t have geometry, such as shaders and materials. You can control which nodes appear in the Outliner using the items in its Display and Show menus.
How is the outliner used in a drawing?
Outliner is one of the well kept secrets of SU. Easy to ignore but hard to forget once you understand its usefulness. Apart from being able to see the hierarchical structure of a drawing, you can use it to identify elements and in both directions. That is, select something in the drawing and it will be highlighted in Outliner.
What’s the difference between layers and nesting in outliner?
So the general principle is to use named groups/components/nesting for the primary organizational structure (visibility controlled in the outliner), with layers used as a secondary control system for objects that might appear multiple places in the primary framework. Thanks, that makes sense and gives me a good place to get started.
Which is an example of a layer in Su?
Additionally as an example, the Wall layer will include a Group of Walls, and Door components, Window components, Lighting Sconce components & etc. As @Lindsey says, layers in SU should be used to control visibility, especially within scenes. Outliner is one of the well kept secrets of SU.