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Making drawings read only

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Topic: Making drawings read only
Posted By: malcolj
Subject: Making drawings read only
Date Posted: 10.Oct.2007 at 14:51
The place I work we have a issue with other employees going into drawings and changing them.  Is there any way to make the cad drawings read only?  Or is there a way to monitor who is making the changes and when?


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Posted By: Vladimir Michl
Date Posted: 10.Oct.2007 at 14:57
To monitor and log file operations you'd need a document management system - e.g. Autodesk Vault.
You can place drawings in a network folder with restricted access (R/O flag) or you can use something like CADVault (DWG drawing protection, DRM).


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