Layer access rights

There are different layer access rights. On the one hand, there is the visibility setting which controls whether a layer is visible or hidden. On the other hand, there is the edit setting which controls whether a layer can be edited or not (i.e. it is frozen). You can save visibility settings in print sets and edit settings in privilege sets. The status of a layer is represented by icons in the Layer dialog box (Select Layer/Visibility tab) and in the Layers palette:

You can restrict access to layers using the Select Layer/Visibility tab or the Layers palette. For example, you can change the status of layers from Modifiable to Visible, frozen.

The Objects palette - Sort by layer criterion shows the layers in the loaded documents. The tree structure lists all layers with their elements sorted by element group.
When you point to the icon indicating the layer status in the list, Allplan opens a flyout where you can change the status of the layer. Here, too, you can change the access to layers. You can switch between Current, Modifiable, Visible, frozen and Hidden, frozen.

Layer access rights also depend on the privilege set to which a user belongs. Therefore, you cannot assign a higher status to layers (for example, set hidden layers to modifiable) when you belong to a privilege set that is not granted full access rights to the relevant layers.

Access privileges can be controlled at layer level by means of privilege sets. Privilege sets are generally assigned when there are several people working on the same project: When the Workgroup Manager is installed, each person is granted the rights to one or more privilege sets and can consequently see/edit only the layers associated with those sets.

Workgroup Manager handles the organization of CAD workstations in local networks. The Workgroup Manager module enables users to access all projects on all computers from every workstation. It ensures data consistency even if several users are simultaneously working on the same project.