I know you can lock individual objects, but sometimes you really want to lock a whole layer.
For instance when a site survey is used as a base layer to a site plan, you want to lock the whole layer so that the original survey information doesn't get corrupted.
Now this layer-locking wouldn't work quite the same as object locking. If a layer were locked, then it's objects wouldn't be 'selectable', in contrast to locked objects now (they would still be snappable, but not selectable). The current object lock has a flaw - that when selecting objects to work on, locked objects are selected too, and reported in the OIP. In fact if you select 10 unlocked lines and just 1 locked line, the OIP reports 11 locked lines.
Now the functionality I desire is ALMOST fulfilled by the grey/snap layers setting, but not quite. Grey/Snap is simply a visual setting, and does not allow the user to lock layers on drawings that are then worked on by other users in the team, who may change visual settings frequently, thus unlocking those greyed layers inadvertently.
The current object locking is too limited. I suggest it is supplemented by layer locking in the manner described.
(Fellow forum members please note the word supplemented before making comments about me wishing to do away with your favorite method of object locking.)
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I know you can lock individual objects, but sometimes you really want to lock a whole layer.
For instance when a site survey is used as a base layer to a site plan, you want to lock the whole layer so that the original survey information doesn't get corrupted.
Now this layer-locking wouldn't work quite the same as object locking. If a layer were locked, then it's objects wouldn't be 'selectable', in contrast to locked objects now (they would still be snappable, but not selectable). The current object lock has a flaw - that when selecting objects to work on, locked objects are selected too, and reported in the OIP. In fact if you select 10 unlocked lines and just 1 locked line, the OIP reports 11 locked lines.
Now the functionality I desire is ALMOST fulfilled by the grey/snap layers setting, but not quite. Grey/Snap is simply a visual setting, and does not allow the user to lock layers on drawings that are then worked on by other users in the team, who may change visual settings frequently, thus unlocking those greyed layers inadvertently.
The current object locking is too limited. I suggest it is supplemented by layer locking in the manner described.
(Fellow forum members please note the word supplemented before making comments about me wishing to do away with your favorite method of object locking.)
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