(Available in DesignShop and higher product levels)
DesignShop provides a lock element tool. When an element is locked, you cannot perform any editing on that element. This means that you cannot select any of the digitized points of a locked element. Access to property pages of locked elements is also limited. You can only see the View and Status property pages of locked elements. The Status property page will indicate if any of your selections contain locked elements.
When your mouse cursor is above a locked element, the Status Bar displays the following message: Pointer over locked element.
To lock an element, left-click the element to select it (in the View Window or Project Tree View), then select Lock Element from the pop-up menu.
When an element is locked, in the View Window you will see a lock cursor when you move the mouse over the element. In the Project View, you will see a lock icon next to the locked element.
To unlock an element, select the locked element (in the View Window or Project Tree View) and then select Unlock Element from the pop-up menu.
You can also perform this function when you have multiple elements selected.
NOTE: You can only use the Lock Element toolbar button to unlock multiple elements when all of the selected elements are locked. For example, if you have all of the elements in a design selected, and only some of the elements are locked, clicking the Lock Element toolbar button will lock the unlocked elements. In this case you would need to select Edit->Unlock Element to unlock the locked elements.
You can perform this function at the design level to lock all the elements in a design. You cannot perform this function at the project level.
When you have an item locked (an element or design), and you try to perform an operation that affects the locked element, you will receive a message that warns you that the operation will affect at least one locked element. You will not be able to perform the operation until you unlock all affected elements. For example, you could lock one element in a design. If you then select the entire design and attempt to scale it, you will receive this message.
