Unlock / Lock Sheet Tables ( Home & Modeling & Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

  • Locks or unlocks tables that are on sheets or other types of drawings. Only drawings that have tables on them are shown on the selection dialog.
  • The state of the check box for " Lock table " on each of the drawings you select is set to either checked (" Lock table ") or to unchecked (" Lock table ") depending on the choice that you make.
  • You may want to lock tables to prevent them from being updated due to a path having been entered to a " CSV Report " or a " Report Writer Report ."
  • Unlocking a table allows it to be updated by a " CSV Report " or a " Report Writer Report ."

Step-by-step instructions :

1 . Do any of the following to invoke Unlock / Lock Sheet Tables :

Method 1 : Home > Utilities > Utility Functions > Change Options > Unlock / Lock Sheet Tables .

Method 2 : Click the Unlock / Lock Sheet Tables icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Edit -- Change Options ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 3 : If the " Modeling layout style " or " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Edit > Change Options > Unlock / Lock Sheet Tables .

Method 4, 5 & 6 : Unlock / Lock Sheet Tables can also be configured to be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the lightning interface, this configuration is done using Customize Interface .

2 . After you invoke this Change option, a selection dialog opens. You may select any drawing of any of the types that can be shown on the selection dialog. Only drawings that have tables placed on them will be listed.

 B_1
 B_21
 B_28
 B_52
 B_59
 B_64
 B_93

Only drawings with one or more tables on them are shown on this selection dialog. After you press " OK ," you will be prompted to either unlock or lock all of the tables on the drawings that you selected.

3 . Choose whether you want to " Unlock " or " Lock " the tables on the drawings that you selected in step 2.

  Unlock or lock tables on drawings.
   

Alternative 1 : Press the " Unlock " button to unlock all of the tables on all the drawings that you selected in step 1b.

Alternative 2 : Press the " Lock " button to lock all of the tables on all the drawings that you selected in step 1b.

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