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Drill Table on Drill-Drawing Error

adamwebber

I placed the drill table on the drill drawing layer.  I tried to resize it but grabbed the wrong point on the table.  I pressed ESC to stop the process and suddenly the drill table is stuck on the drill drawing layer.  I can't select it, edit it, delete it.  If I press CTRL+A, everything is selected but the table.  How do I get rid of it?

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    I've just tested this and can reproduce the result. Luckily it is possible to remove the drill table but it is a little painful.

     

    You are unable to select any elements of the table because they are locked so you must unlock each element (line and text) before you can select or delete. To unlock right click over the object and untick the "Locked" property (first item in the menu) or double click on the object and untick the Locked check box.

  • 0 in reply to e14softwareuk

    While this fix does suck, it is a fix.  Luckily it only takes a couple of minutes to right-click on every piece and unlock them.  Thank you for the quick response.

  • 0 in reply to adamwebber

    Too late for you but...

     

    Go to File > System preferences > PCB Editor > General and then untick the Protect Locked Objects box.  You should then be able to select locked objects.  When you attempt to delete it should warn you about deletion of locked objects.  And then don't forget to retick the box to protect again so you don't end up moving locked objects like mounting holes, keepouts, etc.  It really sucks when those off grid things get moved and lock into a grid.

     

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    And actually found another way that is more convenient for your particular question...

    Right click on one of the lines of the locked drill table.  From Unions choose select all in Union.  Then all the lines in the aborted table are selected and can be deleted.

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