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[Grumman]

I've currently got two goblin pikemen sitting in the middle of my field of cage traps. I would like to prohibit any retarded dwarf engineers from trying to replace the cages in the traps behind them, until they either stumble forwards into the rest or decide to leave.

Advice?

[Vicomt]

d-b-f and select all the traps (via mouse or normal designation selection) forbids everything in the tile, including mechanisms, cages, and contents.

[Dorf3000]

Send out a recruit to lure them into the traps?

If you're using the new version you can also set burrows and have civilians stay in them during seiges/ambushes so they don't go out collecting socks.

[o_O[WTFace]]

A "civies stay inside" order is a serious pain to make with burrows but thats about the only way to do it.  Doors work too, if the army is already outside. 

[Dorf3000]

A "civies stay inside" order is a serious pain to make with burrows but thats about the only way to do it.  Doors work too, if the army is already outside.

Well, if you're creating burrows for the first time just to keep Urist McSockFetishist from getting turned into a pincushion outside, yes, it's a serious pain.  If you're using them for other things as well and already have sensible ones set up, they're not so hard.  They span z-levels as well, which isn't immediately obvious when you mark them.

[UberNube]

You do realise that you could just send some civies over there. They will get within about 10 blocks of the goblins then just run away. Hopefully the goblins will chase them and run over any remaining cage traps. You do have more cage traps right?

[Grumman]

You do realise that you could just send some civies over there. They will get within about 10 blocks of the goblins then just run away. Hopefully the goblins will chase them and run over any remaining cage traps. You do have more cage traps right?

This was not an option because the goblins were standing just around a blind corner. By the time the dwarf noticed he was in danger, he'd be standing right next to them.

I resolved it this time by removing the job from that individual dwarf via the units list, but I was hoping for a solution that required less close control.

[Battlecat]

d-b-f is the best bet as far as I'm concerned.  I forbid all my traps as soon as they're constructed and only unforbid them when I want the cages collected and replaced. 

[Satarus]

You can also use T to inspect the contents of constructions and forbid the items individually.  IIRC, if you forbid only the mechanism, it won't be reloaded, but they can still retrieve the cage.