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  1. letric

    Is there a way to "lock" a .dwg file so it can't be modified?

    Thanks guys for all the advise. John2004, all someone has to do is a save as and then it can be modified. smcadman, for beginners, this would be a good option, but unfortunately, most that I deal with are not. borgunit, I've already tried to submit the dwf file to my uppers. For one reason or...
  2. letric

    Is there a way to "lock" a .dwg file so it can't be modified?

    That is the option we use now. Unfortunately, our clients are having difficulties plotting to full size and/or scale. I've worked on this problem briefly in the past, and came up with nothing. I was just hoping there was something new that I missed.
  3. letric

    Is there a way to "lock" a .dwg file so it can't be modified?

    I would like to send .dwg files to other clients. I am working w/ Acad 2000 and Acad 2004LT. Can you make a file uneditable but still be viewed in Acad? Thanks.
  4. letric

    reducing file size

    Awhile back I also found the LDF.lsp to work great. I also use Lpurge.lsp in conjuction with it. I can usually take 2mb files down to around 500k. I don't remember where I got this, but with a little research, it's worth it.
  5. letric

    Microsoft Excel "text box"

    Hi, The easiest way I've found to eliminate things that "pop" up one these things is to open a new sheet and do a copy/paste of only what you want. This should work unless you have some other calculation within the copied area.
  6. letric

    Viewport on top of another

    Hi, Extend your inside vp so that it sticks out past you larger vp and toggle on the edge.
  7. letric

    Objects won't change colors!

    That was it. I really appreciate someone taking my head out from where it was!
  8. letric

    Objects won't change colors!

    Yes, I draw totally bylayer. I've been doing this for over 4 years, and I've never had this problem.
  9. letric

    Objects won't change colors!

    Thanks, But what I've did was try to redefine a block to layer 0 and the changes are occuring only in the lines, not the text. Text color in the block won't change.
  10. letric

    Objects won't change colors!

    Drawings received from architects often have gridlines and grid bubbles. On the bubbles, I've exploded, redefined block, placed objects on layer 0 and changed properties while exploded, and still can't change color. Why?
  11. letric

    Huge drawing size, tried everything!!

    LFD.lsp works great along with lpurge.lsp.
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