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Locked objects in ArchiCAD 21

I just opened a ArchiCAD 20 file into 21. Some library objects are locked! Can't unlock them or delete them!

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Thomas Allan Palmer
Architect AIBC MRAIC
ArchiCAD 24 MacBook Pro
Mac OS Catalina 10.15.6
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Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
If the Layer is not locked then that means that the object is individually locked (Edit Menu -> Locking) which usually happens when MEP modeler is not loaded.
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Thanks Eduardo. I didn't realize before that you could lock individual items.
Thomas Allan Palmer
Architect AIBC MRAIC
ArchiCAD 24 MacBook Pro
Mac OS Catalina 10.15.6
Anonymous
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Sometimes bathroom objects get locked like that without me locking them. Any idea why that happens?
Anonymous
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Probably you have accidentally changed to a View that has a Layer Combo with your bathroom objects locked.
Barry Kelly
Moderator
T.S. wrote:
Sometimes bathroom objects get locked like that without me locking them. Any idea why that happens?

I am not 100% sure but could it be because they are actually MEP 'equipment' objects rather than just plain objects?
If they were placed by someone as MEP objects and you don't have a MEP license, I think this might happen.

In 24 that all changes as MEP license is included.
In previous versions you have to purchase a license.


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