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# LayerManager

**Beta version** | Windows only | Developed for Rhino 7

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## Overview

Lama (LayerManager) is a plugin for Rhinoceros 3D supporting the <mark style="color:blue;">**management, visualization, analysis,**</mark> and <mark style="color:blue;">**transfer of**</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">**semantic data**</mark>.

The data in Lama is linked to the layers in Rhinoceros 3D, so that managing data also means managing layers - this type of feature is unique and facilitates both <mark style="color:blue;">**semantic insights**</mark> and <mark style="color:blue;">**modeling**</mark>.

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The data is stored in an XML file. You can specify the location of this file, so you are <mark style="color:blue;">**completely free**</mark> to decide <mark style="color:blue;">**where to store the data**</mark> - it is your data<mark style="color:blue;">**.**</mark>
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## Features

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="156">Key features</th><th width="425">Description</th><th data-type="content-ref">How to...</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Management</strong></mark> </td><td><p>✅ <strong>Create elements by dropdown</strong></p><p><em>(dropdown to change element: 'wall' -> 'window')</em></p></td><td><a href="/pages/BhrsBjWGLrNzB8d8hcr6">/pages/BhrsBjWGLrNzB8d8hcr6</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>✅ <strong>Create elements by layer</strong><br><em>(drawing in layer 'wall' -> created objects are walls)</em></td><td><a href="/pages/BhrsBjWGLrNzB8d8hcr6">/pages/BhrsBjWGLrNzB8d8hcr6</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>✅ <strong>Custom data model</strong><br><em>('wall' has a 'component' and several 'windows')</em></td><td><a href="/pages/ZGgKWILeDg4eiEkgAdOJ">/pages/ZGgKWILeDg4eiEkgAdOJ</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>✅ <strong>Deep data model</strong><br><em>('component' has a 'material'; 'material' has a ...</em>)</td><td><a href="/pages/kti0UT8LhLMhyiupLUX5">/pages/kti0UT8LhLMhyiupLUX5</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>✅ <strong>Multiple attribute values</strong> <br><em>('component' can have multiple 'materials')</em></td><td><a href="/pages/tLio5B3FeEnwUzX5VITA">/pages/tLio5B3FeEnwUzX5VITA</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>✅ <strong>Object relations</strong><br><em>('wall' is related to 'window')</em></td><td><a href="/pages/pIqwIVzS9Xrxr9uTEBTM">/pages/pIqwIVzS9Xrxr9uTEBTM</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>✅ <strong>Create templates</strong><br><em>(use templates as basis for your projects)</em></td><td><a href="/pages/2BkKXhrXRZNic1oewKJ6">/pages/2BkKXhrXRZNic1oewKJ6</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Visualization</strong></mark></td><td>✅ <strong>Show/hide rhino objects</strong><br><em>(hide all walls with 'thickness' &#x3C; 100 cm)</em></td><td><a href="/pages/C4PT8oE2wD8UkVRfnqy1">/pages/C4PT8oE2wD8UkVRfnqy1</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>✅ <strong>Colorize rhino objects</strong><br><em>(make all walls with 'thickness' &#x3C; 100 cm green)</em></td><td><a href="/pages/C4PT8oE2wD8UkVRfnqy1">/pages/C4PT8oE2wD8UkVRfnqy1</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Analysis</strong></mark></td><td><p>✅ <strong>Create custom views</strong></p><p><em>(sum the 'volumn' of all walls with 'component XY')</em></p></td><td><a href="/pages/GWWfI8JYXhA4Jnh4sFzf">/pages/GWWfI8JYXhA4Jnh4sFzf</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><p>✅ <strong>Create validation rules</strong></p><p><em>(min. of the thickness of the selected walls with 'component XY' must be greater than 30cm)</em></p></td><td><a href="/pages/K5EfpsLKchiYag93gYIo">/pages/K5EfpsLKchiYag93gYIo</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Transfer</strong></mark></td><td>✅ <strong>Im- and export via Excel</strong><br><em>(export the selected walls as excel table)</em></td><td><a href="/pages/dbi4JYOZ9KkWz8XRAVeN">/pages/dbi4JYOZ9KkWz8XRAVeN</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>✅ <strong>Export via CSV</strong><br><em>(export a view on tables as CSV)</em></td><td><a href="/pages/OUwjzz4UyU2cPuSXgisD">/pages/OUwjzz4UyU2cPuSXgisD</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>API</strong></mark></td><td>✅ <strong>Access data with your own apps</strong><br><em>(create commands to automize data creation)</em></td><td><a href="/pages/7tFgboZvEr8dEDetDL8g">/pages/7tFgboZvEr8dEDetDL8g</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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## Partners

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