How to protect autocad files

I need to protect autocad files for modifying (but drawing must be plotable!). What are the possibilities? Is there any option in autocad (like password
protection) or conversion in other formats? I tried with conversion into PDF, but then the problem is plotting that file. I don't want to plot in file because it should be plottable on all plotters.
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You can try CadLock (www.cadlock.com). Alternately you could plot a DWF which is viewable and plottable.
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So is PDF. ___
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I made pdf with Adobe Acrobat 5.0. Printing a small drawing (A4,A3 paper format) on my laser printer is OK, but when I tried to plot big drawings (A1,A0 paper format) on plotter (I don't have my own plotter, but I've sended to a several specific shops who does plotting drawing from autocad format) and they couldn't plot big format on their plotters (the biggest plotted paper format was A3) - plotter was HP or Kayocera. Is it a problem with drivers, that people didn't configure when plotting? How do You plot big pdf drawings?

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Over here, PDF files are now the preferred format for plotting services for ALL sizes. It might be time to find an alternative plotting service.
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Alternately you could plot a

And editable.
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Password protect your pdf file, allow view and plot only.

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How do I do that (where to select DWF format in Acad2004)? Does it depends on what plotter/printer you are doing that?

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Copy your drawings on a CD (and close the session)
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You're kidding, right?

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No No really he means it.....
you cant then copy from the CD-Rom to a Hard Disk you then can't use explorer to un-right protect it. You then can't load it into AutoCAD and you then can't alter the file and re-save it.
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snipped-for-privacy@killspam.co.uk (Cadalot) wrote:

??? I seem to do that frequently...
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I think Alan was joking.

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snipped-for-privacy@comcast.net (CW) wrote:

Very likely...
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ROFLMFAO

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