Plot Stamp

[juliewaddell1075]

Need an option in an AUTOCad Viewer (preferably, Autodesk DWG TrueView software) to set the plot stamp and have a security feature that that stamp remains as set until a change is authorized by a specific individual (maybe password protected).  Just the plot stamp protection feature, not the whole drawing (I think the dwg is protected by using the TrueView software without the Design Review added.  Please let me know if I'm incorrect on this.)

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> I think the dwg is protected by using the TrueView software

Well, using TrueView means noone can modify the drawing and save it. But if the drawing is opened by any other editor (like AutoCAD or also other CAD-packages reading/writing DWG files) everything can be done, modified, saved, ...

Whenever you send a DWG to anyone else, there is no guarantee they open the file with TrueView.

>> Need an option in an AUTOCad Viewer

More secure (also not 100%) is to use DWF as file format. You can plot to DWG from your AutoCAD and send the file to others, they can open these files with DesignReview to zoom/pan/print the content, so if you insert a light image in the background of your layouts (and you don't transfer the layers in the DWF) it should not be (easy) possible to print this without your watermark image.

- alfred -

[juliewaddell1075]

Thanks Alfred.

The information you provided helps a lot.

I do need the plot stamp to show the date and username of when and who plotted the drawing.  Right now this can be done in the TrueView software, but the plot stamp has to be checked every time a drawing is plotted.  The plot stamp can be changed also (there is no security to lock the setting when someone logs on to a computer so to guarantee the date and username will be printed on the drawing).  If possible, we need a security feature programmed in so the plot stamp settings (after set the first time), will remain set in the original configuration until it is necessary to change it (maybe this can be done by adding a password to change the plot stamp).  Also, the plot stamp needs to remain on (checked) at all times.  This option is not currently available either.

Thanks again for looking at my request.

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@Alfred.NESWADBA wrote:

Hi,

>> I think the dwg is protected by using the TrueView software

Well, using TrueView means noone can modify the drawing and save it. But if the drawing is opened by any other editor (like AutoCAD or also other CAD-packages reading/writing DWG files) everything can be done, modified, saved, ...

Whenever you send a DWG to anyone else, there is no guarantee they open the file with TrueView.

>> Need an option in an AUTOCad Viewer

More secure (also not 100%) is to use DWF as file format. You can plot to DWG from your AutoCAD and send the file to others, they can open these files with DesignReview to zoom/pan/print the content, so if you insert a light image in the background of your layouts (and you don't transfer the layers in the DWF) it should not be (easy) possible to print this without your watermark image.

- alfred -

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@Alfred.NESWADBA wrote:

Hi,

>> I think the dwg is protected by using the TrueView software

Well, using TrueView means noone can modify the drawing and save it. But if the drawing is opened by any other editor (like AutoCAD or also other CAD-packages reading/writing DWG files) everything can be done, modified, saved, ...

Whenever you send a DWG to anyone else, there is no guarantee they open the file with TrueView.

>> Need an option in an AUTOCad Viewer

More secure (also not 100%) is to use DWF as file format. You can plot to DWG from your AutoCAD and send the file to others, they can open these files with DesignReview to zoom/pan/print the content, so if you insert a light image in the background of your layouts (and you don't transfer the layers in the DWF) it should not be (easy) possible to print this without your watermark image.

- alfred -

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@Alfred.NESWADBA wrote:

Hi,

>> I think the dwg is protected by using the TrueView software

Well, using TrueView means noone can modify the drawing and save it. But if the drawing is opened by any other editor (like AutoCAD or also other CAD-packages reading/writing DWG files) everything can be done, modified, saved, ...

Whenever you send a DWG to anyone else, there is no guarantee they open the file with TrueView.

>> Need an option in an AUTOCad Viewer

More secure (also not 100%) is to use DWF as file format. You can plot to DWG from your AutoCAD and send the file to others, they can open these files with DesignReview to zoom/pan/print the content, so if you insert a light image in the background of your layouts (and you don't transfer the layers in the DWF) it should not be (easy) possible to print this without your watermark image.

- alfred -

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@Alfred.NESWADBA wrote:

Hi,

>> I think the dwg is protected by using the TrueView software

Well, using TrueView means noone can modify the drawing and save it. But if the drawing is opened by any other editor (like AutoCAD or also other CAD-packages reading/writing DWG files) everything can be done, modified, saved, ...

Whenever you send a DWG to anyone else, there is no guarantee they open the file with TrueView.

>> Need an option in an AUTOCad Viewer

More secure (also not 100%) is to use DWF as file format. You can plot to DWG from your AutoCAD and send the file to others, they can open these files with DesignReview to zoom/pan/print the content, so if you insert a light image in the background of your layouts (and you don't transfer the layers in the DWF) it should not be (easy) possible to print this without your watermark image.

- alfred -

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[M_Hensley · Accepted solution]

Instead of using plot stamp we have fields on the border drawing that display the date and login name among other things. Our border drawing is set up once for each job and XREF'd onto each drawing in that job. This way the field stamp is always on and can't be turned off without purposely erasing it from the border drawing.

[juliewaddell1075]

Thanks again!

This will not work for us because we have thousands of drawings we'd have to do this to and I'm thinking the only way to do this (I haven't done this before) is to use attributes which have to be filled in.  We do not want anything that has to be filled in.  We want it automatic.

I am going to accept this as the solution for now because our IT department went to training with Autodesk to write LISP routines and they are going to work to resolve this issue.

Thank you so much for all your help!