[polynurb]

wondering what is the idea behind locked objects still being selected?

i really don't like that behavior, for example, when adjusting ies light fixtures, everything else should be locked, but when i try to grab one of these tiny spheres... a lot of other stuff gets selected too,... and actually listed as selected in the object tree.

they won't rotate or transform in any way when locked.. but navigating (via look at selection) is very hard as it takes locked objects into account..

[Mihai]

You could just select all the ies objects by right clicking their material in the material list panel and "Select assigned objects", then create a group. Much easier handling a large scene with groups.

[polynurb]

Hi Mihai,

thanks for the suggestion, but i am already doing that.

i get the precise layer structure from rhino as group hierarchy.. but due to the limitation of rhino atm. i have to adjust ies in studio. i only export the spheres, and align them in studio.

now i have a lot of lights here, sometimes 100+, and i can't go through the process of naming each and remembering its position in 3d. i have to select each individually via viewport, also to get the transform gizmo.

what happens now is i select via rectangle (the sphere is not clickable) and always get other stuff selected too that shows up in the object tree, and it changes it's focus from the prior location (the ies group). I have to scroll down to the ies group again, remember the selected sphere, deselect everything, reselect sphere in object tree.