The fact is that anything that can be printed by a Windows System Printer
can directly be turned into a dxf through several different System Printer
Drivers available on the market. You will loose tons or resolutions and
everything will be lines, text, and arcs on the same layer but that's the
reality of it. Heck the new scanning and cleanup software is even able to
produce some lines and text from 30 year old hand drawings.
Basically it means you shouldn't be giving your drawings out to anyone who
you don't trust or who hasn't signed an agreement with you. Or we have to
go back to the old smelly blueprints which were hard to scan or copy.
I also bet a stone tablet would be hard to scan. Maybe the cavemen were
actually ahead of their time. They had a runflat tire long before us and
their writing will probably outlive all of our CAD drawings, CD's, and tape
backups.
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Rodney McManamy
President
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"Nilesh Suchdev" wrote in message
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> Talking of which, I wonder if there is a foolproof way in which I can
export
> my drawings in a vector format, such that they can be viewed, zoomed,
panned
> and printed by my clients, with additional functionality of views etc if
> possible, but they definitely cannot convert them back to an editable
format
> ?!!
>
> Sometimes "key feature" itself is annoying LOL
>
> I have asked at seminars, and searched and searched, but havent got an
> answer. There is a mention of locking utilities on the web in acad help,
but
> havent been able to locate any. Again, if they do not allow to modify the
> drawing, but the content can be copied, it is equally useless, as what i
> look forward is the security of my data.
>
> Any help will be appreciated
>
>