On Jun 9, 4:58 pm, iQ <mwalt...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jun 5, 9:17 am, Happy Trails <nom...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:06:35 -0700 (PDT), iQ <mwalt...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > wrote:
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> > >It is acceptable to send actual CAD data to others. But you must
> > >designate a control source in case someone edits the CAD data to
> > >sup****t their needs. A good control source is a PDF do***ent as it
is
> > >cannot be changed. You will need to do***ent your process. I
> > >designate my engineering deliverable as the PDF file. I also send
CAD
> > >data to them so they can use it in their designs or whatever. I also
> > >add custom properties to the PDF file designating release dates and
> > >other info. Case in point; One customer decided to override this
> > >concept by converting the data via AI, manipulating and turning it
> > >back into a PDF. Of course the resulting PDF file was missing these
> > >custom properties. We caught this quickly. iQ
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> > What were they trying to do - change the design and make it look like
> > the change came from you?
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> precisly, and we caught it and stopped doing business with the group.
> iQ
I'm intrigued. Why would they go to such lengths? Was it just forgery,
or historical revisionism? I can imagine someone trying to pass off
one of your designs as theirs and I guess if a 3rd party had screwed
up, it might be useful if they could make it look like your blunder,
but it sounds like some other motive was at play here. It also sounds
as though you thought it might happen, hence the safeguards you've
imposed.
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