CAD tip # 8451:

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How to lock layers without changing their color?

Locked layers are displayed as dimmed by default. If you don't want to change their color, you can change the setting of the LAYLOCKFADECTL variable to 0 (or to a negative value, e.g. -50). Just type it in the command line.

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