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Anonymous
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dwg secure file

Is anyone aware of a way to save a dwg file so that it can be viewed and
printed but not edited.

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Graeme Roberts
engineer@midcoast.com.au
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WALCH & ROBERTS Consulting Engineers
phone: 61 2 65835322
fax : 61 2 65849055
PO Box 1265
Port Macquarie 2444
Australia
www.midcoast.com.au/~engineer
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Anonymous
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Graeme Roberts kirjoitti
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> Is anyone aware of a way to save a dwg file so that it can be viewed and
> printed but not edited.

Try Adobe Acrobat
Message 3 of 8
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Graeme,

One way is to e-plot the drawing to a dwf file.
Then the drawing can be viewd and printed
with the Whip plugin for IE and Netscape.

Conny

Graeme Roberts wrote:
>
> Is anyone aware of a way to save a dwg file so that it can be viewed and
> printed but not edited.
>
> --
> Graeme Roberts
> engineer@midcoast.com.au
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> WALCH & ROBERTS Consulting Engineers
> phone: 61 2 65835322
> fax : 61 2 65849055
> PO Box 1265
> Port Macquarie 2444
> Australia
> www.midcoast.com.au/~engineer
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
Message 4 of 8
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

I was concerned with larger format drawings (A1 size) that would be plotted
in black on white and preserving line thicknesses.

Basically using AutoCAD to view and plot but not edit.

Graeme Roberts

"Conny Klasson" wrote in message
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> Graeme,
>
> One way is to e-plot the drawing to a dwf file.
> Then the drawing can be viewd and printed
> with the Whip plugin for IE and Netscape.
>
> Conny
>
> Graeme Roberts wrote:
> >
> > Is anyone aware of a way to save a dwg file so that it can be viewed and
> > printed but not edited.
> >
> > --
> > Graeme Roberts
> > engineer@midcoast.com.au
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > WALCH & ROBERTS Consulting Engineers
> > phone: 61 2 65835322
> > fax : 61 2 65849055
> > PO Box 1265
> > Port Macquarie 2444
> > Australia
> > www.midcoast.com.au/~engineer
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
Message 5 of 8
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Graeme:

> Basically using AutoCAD to view and plot but not edit.

The only way is by using our CADLock product: http://www.cadlock.com 🙂
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Owen Wengerd
President, ManuSoft ==> http://www.manusoft.com
VP Americas, CADLock, Inc. ==> http://www.cadlock.com
Message 6 of 8
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Owen,

And there is also the converting the drawings to PDF although not as good as
your solution.

Cheers,
-Shaan

"Owen Wengerd" wrote in message
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> Graeme:
>
> > Basically using AutoCAD to view and plot but not edit.
>
> The only way is by using our CADLock product: http://www.cadlock.com 🙂
> --
> Owen Wengerd
> President, ManuSoft ==> http://www.manusoft.com
> VP Americas, CADLock, Inc. ==> http://www.cadlock.com
>
Message 7 of 8
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

> our CADLock product...

... coming soon for LT 2000, I should have added. 🙂
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Owen Wengerd
President, ManuSoft ==> http://www.manusoft.com
VP Americas, CADLock, Inc. ==> http://www.cadlock.com
Message 8 of 8
Anonymous
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Shaan:

> And there is also the converting the drawings to PDF...

That's definitely an option in general, but not for viewing "using
AutoCAD" as he clarified in the second post. 🙂
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Owen Wengerd
President, ManuSoft ==> http://www.manusoft.com
VP Americas, CADLock, Inc. ==> http://www.cadlock.com

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