Lock Guides?

JClements

Can this be done via ruby?

I am making some templates and I'd like to keep from having the guides moved by accident.

TIG

Group the lines and lock the group.
BUT if you 'delete guides' from the menu they'll erase - they can't be locked completely!

JClements

Thanks, TIG.

Perhaps Locking Guidelines would be something to request for SU9.

utiler

@jclements said:

Thanks, TIG.

Perhaps Locking Guidelines would be something to request for SU9.

Along with customizing guidelines, period. [line styles, etc]

TIG

You can make customized style guide-lines in Ruby code - there are a number of dash/dot patterns. So you could make a menu item for dashed, dotted, center guides etc...
Or you could have a context-menu to change selected guides' style.
You can also set their color BUT this is global for all guides.
I think that the easy global deletion of guides is a real issue as those within components or groups even if they are locked will go, perhaps unexpectedly...

thomthom

@utiler said:

Along with customizing guidelines, period. [line styles, etc]

Plugin: Construction Line Tool

The Construction Line Tool allows you to draw constructions lines in a similar way as the Pencil Tool. Toolbar: View > Toolbars > Const...

(sketchuptips.blogspot.com)

gullfo

best to use the clinetool, TIG's context guide tool, and the xline2line.rb and xlines.rb plugins. i actually never knew there was a dedicated edit menu command to delete guides since i never really ever wholesale delete them, usually have them in groups and layers as needed.

utiler

@ TT, I use Jim's construction line tool daily...
@ TIG, thanks for the heads up; if only i had the time to get into Ruby.... thanks for the info though!

TIG

See here for a simple 'ClineStyler' http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=349790#p349790

utiler

@tig said:

See here for a simple 'ClineStyler' http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=349790#p349790

you never cease to amazing, TIG.....

eddiegordo23

Select the guides you want to lock the click edit and lock.

fredo6

@eddiegordo23 said:

Select the guides you want to lock the click edit and lock.

Unfortunately, Guide Lines and Guide Points cannot be locked in the user interface and not even with the API.