Make Geometry Non-selectable

[dan-lauer]

I am creating a very simple rig with a few curve sthat will serve as control handles. I want to make the surfaces themselves unselectable. (Only the control handles should be selectable). There must be an easy way to do since this is the way all the good rigs work. I've searched high and low, but can't figure it out. I know it is easy to adjust the selection mask, template an object or add it to a referenced or templated layer, but I want to make it part of the default behavior.

Thanks in advance.
Dan

[pixl]

I think your best bet is selection masks, which you can activate w/code.

[rangerb]

Select the top transform of your model, and in the attribute editor, expand the display tab and open up the drawing overrides section. Turn on "enable overrides", and set the display type of the group to "referenced". Provided that no transforms below the top group of your model have their drawing overrides turned on, by setting the model group to referenced, the mesh will be unselectable in the viewport.

If any meshes are still selectable, select each one, open up the attribute editor, and make sure that "enable overrides" is turned off.