samifox Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 hello using acad 2010 when i lock a layer its become faded which is very usful. as far as i8know there is a global variable that control it. i've come into situation wherei need locked layer but not faded. is there a local variable or a way to lockobjects rather than layers? thanks Shay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 The variable that controls how much a locked layer is faded is LAYLOCKFADECTL - is that what you are after? Your question is a bit confusing for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samifox Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 to be simple , i want to lock the position of some objects but i dont want them to be faded (i have other xref which i want faded in the same drawing) Thanks Shay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSasu Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Then set the system variable indicated by @Tiger to 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Aha now it makes sense. I can't say I know of another way to lock objects other than by the layer-lock-option unfortunatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samifox Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 must be a way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSasu Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Did you tried to set to 0 the above variable? If I understand you well, you are not bothered by the fact that the layer is locked, but by the faded appearance of the entities contained inside it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samifox Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 no. i want to enjoy both worlds. i want some layers to be locked and faded and other to be only locked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSasu Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 By any chance the ones that you want faded are the ones from the xreferenced drawing? That is controled by another system variable named XDWGFADECTL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samifox Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 Ok getting close but what about locking the position of objects.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSasu Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 You have two system variables to adjust; both will take value from 0 (no fade) to 90. LAYLOCKFADECTL = control fade of locked layers, XDWGFADECTL = control fade of reference drawings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 The OP wants to be able to lock or pin (as it is called in other programs) certain objects in place without necessarily having to lock a layer. I don't think this can be done in AutoCAD at least without jumping through a few hoops. You may be able to do it with some clever use of blocks and layer management. I don't have time to be clever right now but give it some thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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