And of course, without you having to share the DWG files. With Design Review (available for free) your design can be reviewed, redlined, markup, without having to have AutoCAD.The other engineers can use them as reference for their work (not applicable for other than AutoCAD). Your DWG files can be used as underlay.Using DWF or DWFxĭWF and DWFx is a better option… at least from my perspective. This option is only good if you want unauthorized people to open them.
#How to attach a dwf to dwg archive
But you can send the files as archive (zip or other format) with security password. The password can be removed, and the drawings can be used. However, once the file is opened, the security is no longer exist. You can add password to DWG file, so only the intended person to receive the file can open it. The easiest and most basic way to do it is protecting the file using a password. These are some methods I’m aware of, but I would also like to hear your opinion. This may be applicable for other file format (such as Revit, Inventor, etc), but some of them are not. There are several ways you can protect your DWG drawings. If anyone has intention to use your design, even if you only give the hardcopy, they still can redraw/rebuild the model. And the second objective is, we don’t even want unauthorized people to see the design. If we send the drawing files, there is a good chance that the file will be used without our permission. The objective is clear, we want to share the design, but don’t want unauthorized people to modify it. I’ve seen several posts, inquiries about DWG file security.