Prevent objects on a locked layer from being selected while keeping it visible
This is another topic that comes up repeatedly. You will find many threads about it, with some Searching.
@rafael4AHFJ wrote:
When you accidentally select a locked layers on a HATCH group, it tries to hatch it.
... and barring other problems such as no closed boundary, I assume it succeeds.
Locking a Layer in AutoCAD means only that things on it can't be modified or removed. Hatching doesn't change the object(s) used to define the boundary, so there's no reason they can't be on locked Layers.
There are other reasons why something on a locked Layer should still be available for selection and/or Object-snapping -- as TRIM cutting edges, as EXTEND boundary edges, as reference locations for MOVE or COPY, as boundaries in PRESSPULL, as Paths for EXTRUDE or SWEEP or ARRAY, etc. You will find it all, including an ill-advised workaround, discussed in multiple threads -- see Message 2.
@jreidKVSUZ wrote:
... just type R (for remove) and select the "Locked" layered objects you don't want to be included ....
[Or, just hold down the Shift key while you pick things, including Window and Crossing and Lasso selection, and they will be removed from the selection set. No explicit option designation is required.]
