MAX: Locking xrefs

Hello,

I am trying to setup a pipeline where artists should only move the objects around in a scene without being able to modify the source assets in any way.

So pretty much a max scene with 20-30 xrefs (or any other method) . And each object that’s referenced can only be moved around (transform and rotations only) , and being able to turn on and off visibility. I don’t want them to modify the geometry in any way, same for materials. They can see them but not change them at all.

Any recommended workflows, or even existing scripts would be helpful so I don’t have to write everything from scratch.

Thanks!

What about using XRef Scenes then? They don’t care about their contents and just have a transform added if i am not mistaken.

Cheers,
Thorsten