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Lock drawing sheet

Lock drawing sheet

Lock drawing sheet

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Is it possible to lock a drawing sheet ?

We have one "Info" Drawing sheet in every drawing file to which we want to give permission (of editing) to selected users, is it possible?

ug version NX4.0.4.2

RE: Lock drawing sheet

There is no way to lock-out only a portion of an NX part file, it's an either all or nothing situation.  The best that you could do would be to set-up the info drawing so that all of the data was on a 'visible' but 'Non-selectable' Layer and at least this would keep the accidental access to a minimum.

Or if you wished to be a bit more draconian, you could make the info part of the drawing another part file altogether and grab an image (.jpg, .png or .tif) of the info sheet (or at least of the content which you wish to protect) and then in your working file, create the extra drawing sheet and add this image to the 'drawing' using...

Insert -> Image...

That way you would have the info sheet, but the content would be non-editable.  Of course is you ever needed to edit it, you would have to go to that separate file, make your edits, recapture an image of it and go back into the working drawing and replace the 'image' object on that extra info drawing sheet.

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