On Jun 11, 3:53=A0pm, strawberry <zac.ca...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 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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> > > >It is acceptable to send actual CAD data to others. =A0But you must
> > > >designate a control source in case someone edits the CAD data to
> > > >sup****t their needs. =A0A good control source is a PDF do***ent as
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> > > >cannot be changed. =A0You will need to do***ent your process. =A0I
> > > >designate my engineering deliverable as the PDF file. =A0I also
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> > > >data to them so they can use it in their designs or whatever. =A0I
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> > > >add custom properties to the PDF file designating release dates and
> > > >other info. =A0Case in point; One customer decided to override this
> > > >concept by converting the data via AI, manipulating and turning it
> > > >back into a PDF. =A0Of course the resulting PDF file was missing
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> > > >custom properties. =A0We caught this quickly. =A0iQ
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> > > What were they trying to do - change the design and make it look
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> > > the change came from you?
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> > precisly, and we caught it and stopped doing business with the group.
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> 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
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it a CYA activity. they had an issue and instead of correcting it
they change the rules to match without our consent. iQ
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