Hi Creelami,
Save the files as DWF's.
They can view the file, mark it up (Rev clouds, red pen markups) put notes on it...
And they cannot edit it to pull out information, or add information in.
They can print it (if you choose to let them), but all BOM Info thats not inside of a drawing that cannot access.
DWF Viewers are free so they don't need a license of CAD to view the files.
other then that, you could do a block swap update on the project and select a non- intelligent Blocks that would wipe out the data.
err.. but be careful doing this method, once you do it you can't go back. Make a backup copy first.
I hope this helps,
James Alger
A quick way is to save the drawings as a PDF file. You can use the Publish as PDF tool and handle all drawings at once. This does however allow them to see layer information, if you chose to export it.
A longer, even more secure, way is to copy your drawings to another folder, open each drawing, and use the Special Explode tool on the Conversion Tools tab of the ribbon menu. Window the entire drawing and press enter. This converts all drawing elements to dumb lines, circles, squares, rectangles, and text. Only visible attributes get converted to text, so any hidden attributes, such as MFG and CAT, are eliminated. This effectively strips your drawings down to the earliest form of AutoCAD, before there were blocks and attributes.
P.S. I clicked OK and saw that James already answered you. His option is yet another way. You have numerous options.
as the original post actually wanted dwg files
create a pdf
run the pdf back through a pdf to dwg converter it will then kill all inteligence
thats how i do it and the client gets dwg files and you keep tou proprietry data