Locking Or Unlocking Objects - Gerber OMEGA CP Reference Manual

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To temporarily ungroup objects
1 Press and hold down Ctrl.
2 Select the object to ungroup and release Ctrl.
3 Take action on the object.
4 Deselect the object.
Tip: You can assign a vinyl color to just one member of a group by using Ctrl+click to select
one member and then assigning vinyl to it. Note that assigning vinyl (or foil) to just one
member of a group breaks the group.

Locking or Unlocking Objects

You can secure or lock a graphical object on the Composer work surface using the Lock Object
command. Once locked these graphical objects (geometric shapes, image objects, text and small
text) cannot be moved or modified by the operator in any way including color assignment,
move, resizing, etc.
You can also lock all objects on a layer using the Lock icon in the Layer Manager. See "Using the
Layer Manager" for details.
♦ Locked objects display X handles on the work surface when selected. The locked object
name displays grey in the Layer Manager.
♦ Locked objects can be selected and unlocked using the Unlock Object command. Use
the Unlock All command to unlock all objects in the file even if they are not selected.
♦ The Lock command does not change group or combine associations. Locking does
however, impact the status of selection:
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Normally, a locked object cannot be selected along with an unlocked object. Upon
selection of an unlocked object, any previously-selected locked object is deselected.
This rule of thumb does not apply however, to selection by group or combine.
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In general, the Selection pointer is used to select groups and the Color Selection
pointer to select combines. All elements of a group or combine are selected when
any one member is selected using an unmodified Selection or Color Selection
pointer. However, if any object in the group or combine is locked, the entire
selection is locked.
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Use the Ctrl key in conjunction with a Selection pointer to select individual objects
from a group or combine. Use a Shift+Ctrl combination with a selection pointer to
collect multiple objects from a group or combine.
To lock or unlock an object
1 Select one or more objects.
2 Click Layout > Lock Object or Unlock Object.
3 To unlock all objects in the file click Layout > Unlock All.
Tip: You can easily select all locked objects using the Select > Locked Objects command.
Tip: Right-click to get the Context menu with Lock and Unlock Commands.