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[OR SS3] How to lock alignments?

Derek Schmidt
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I know I've come across the answer to this question before in a video and I should have noted it in my personal documentation. But now I'm seeing multiple options for locking civil elements and I'm not sure exactly what option to use.

This is what I'm seeing when I right-click my horizontal alignment and go to the rules submenu: 

  • Lock - Deactivate Referencing Rules
  • Lock - Deactivate Rule
  • Remove Rule
  • Unlock - Activate Referencing Rules

I would expect the first and the last entries above would be mutually exclusively available, so that you would see one or the other, not both at once.

When I right-click on the profile, all I see is "Lock - Deactivate Rule", as locks go.

So what's the distinction between all these options, and when should I use one or the other, and is Remove Rule the only button I really need to avoid?

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    I am currently researching this issue, specifically focusing on WHY both options may be available. I would like to get a good explanation together for what each option does so better clarify each selection and this may help us understand why the Lock and Unlock Referencing Rules options are both available at the same time. It may point to a need for an enhancement to have each option depending on what you can do to the rules of the elements. I will update as soon as I get a good explanation.


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    •Lock - Deactivate Referencing Rules  -- When selected, this will turn off any rules on elements which depend on the geometry so when you make a change to the geometry element, it will not automatically process other elements that are dependent on the geometry (i.e. corridors, other ruled geometry, etc.)

    •Unlock - Activate Referencing Rules  -- This unlocks the geometry references which depend on the geometry element, so any changes to the geometry will update automatically as well as any element which references this geometry.

    •Lock - Deactivate Rule  -- When you lock the geometry, it will not allow you to make changes or edits to the elements. When selected, the icon will change and only allow you to 'Unlock - Activate Rule'

    •Remove Rule  --  Deletes the rule from the geometry/element

    Generally it is best practice to work with the 'Lock- Deactivate Referencing Rules' because it allows you to make multiple changes without the program processing each time a change is made.  Then you can 'Unlock - Activate Reference Rules' and make a change and all the reference rules will process, which will also see all prior changes to the geometry but process only 1 time.  The way the rules work is covered in a "Geometry - Best Practices" lecture on the Bentley LEARN Server.

    http://learn.bentley.com/app/VideoPlayer/LinkToIndividualCourse?LearningPathID=107181&CourseId=111489&MediaID=5005273


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