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How can I tell Adobe Illustrator CC not to edit an existing path when I draw over that path? I want to use a path as a guide to snap to, but I don't want my new vector to start extending/editing that path-guide I'm drawing over.
To clarify the question more. When I draw a vector, and I want to draw a second vector starting with the anchor point of the existing vector, then Illustrator always starts extending the first vector, instead of keeping the first and second vector separate.
You can do this a couple of ways.
you can select the path you want to use as a guide and lock it by pressing cmd+2 (object>lock>selection). While it is locked you cannot alter or select the path but it will still respond to smart guides. It can be unlocked with cmd+alt+2(object>unlock all)
you could also move the path to a new layer and then lock the layer.
