Elements and Associations are moving on their own...

[Mallacoda]

I have a faily complex deployment diagram. Nodes with nested Devices with nested Artefacts, and many Associations connecting things together.
Associations are manually routed, with 90 degree angles.
I have disabled "Objects Snap to Grid"

What I am finding is that elements will move - on their own - from where I've placed them, by up to 16 pixels, up or down, which makes the diagram look awful. This movement can happen without me making any changes to the diagram. Just it being open, zooming out and in, can cause the effect to happen.

I'm guessing EA is trying to Auto Arrange or Auto Fix something, but I really don't want it to and it's incredibly annoying.

What can I do to stop this? So far I haven't been able to find any setting to stop this happening.

[Richard Freggi]

Use lock diagram menu (right click on the diagram)

[Mallacoda]

Whilst the initial testing of that appears to ensure that the changes don't get saved, it does not prevent it from happening whilst the drawing is being viewed.
And obviously wouldn't help for drawings being updated.

Surely there is a way to stop elements moving on their own? This can't be normal...

[qwerty]

Yes, movement on their own would not be normal. I would however guess that this is caused by "someone" doing "somehing". Hard to tell. I guess that if you contact Sparx support they would not be of great help.

q.