Locking WorkSets?

[PWguy]

Hi, I am quite new to REVIT but I am having trouble grasping the workset issue.
I am only tasked with a interiors workset. I want to be able to lock out all the other worksets ie. Shell&Core , Structure so that I can only see them but not select them.

How is that done?

[johnf.77896]

Hi, I am quite new to REVIT but I am having trouble grasping the workset issue.
I am only tasked with a interiors workset. I want to be able to lock out all the other worksets ie. Shell&Core , Structure so that I can only see them but not select them.

How is that done?
Try the "gray inactive worksets" button next to the workset pulldown in the workset toolbar.

[irwin]

Try the "gray inactive worksets" button next to the workset pulldown in the workset toolbar.
The "gray inactive worksets" button has a different purpose. The active workset is the one in which newly created elements will be placed. It's the one that is shown in the Workset toolbar. It is unrelated to whether the workset is editable or not (you can put new elements onto non-editable worksets). In any case, this button has no effect on selectability. Its purpose is only to help you make sure that the active workset is the one you had in mind, so you don't put things on the wrong workset.

If you want to make sure that non-editable elements can't be selected, you must check the "Editable Only" checkbox on the option bar. As of 8.1, it will only stay unchecked until the next time you enter the Modify tool. Version 8.1 encourages a workflow in which things are made editable automatically as you modify them. This makes most work more convenient, but decreases the usefulness of worksets as a way to restrict what you can change. If you want to make it harder to change these elements, you can also have someone else make them editable -- they'll still be selectable but you'll get a dialog any time you change them and it won't let you continue.

If your goal is to keep from accidentally moving the core or shell elements, pinning them is the recommended approach.

[PWguy]

Irwin, thanks.

I am wondering where is this option bar with the "editable only" ? or is it pointless since we are running 8.1?

If I pin the core and shell elements, does this keep the person who owns the Core & Shell from modifying too?

[irwin]

Irwin, thanks.

I am wondering where is this option bar with the "editable only" ? or is it pointless since we are running 8.1?

If I pin the core and shell elements, does this keep the person who owns the Core & Shell from modifying too?
Whenever you are working on a model with worksets, there should be a checkbox called "Editable Only" in the option bar (the thing just above the graphics window) whenever you are in the Modify tool.

In order to pin elements you must have them editable. When you save to central, by default you will relinquish them. Then if the person who owns Core & Shell wants to modify them he can unpin them. If he is actively working on them he might find this a nuisance.

[johnf.77896]

I guess the way that I was looking at it is that if you are only working on the interior workset and that is the active workset that you would be less apt to select a grayed out item in a different workset but still see them.