Password Protection Manager

Menu: Tools / Password Protection Manager

Lets you set up a password for a drawing. Once a password has been established, you can lock the editability and visibility of specific layers of the drawing. You can also prevent the file from being exported as another file type, loaded as a symbol, or saved as an older DesignCAD file.

Using the Command

Open the file you want to password protect. Select the Password Protection Manager command, and the following window appears:

Click the New Password button. In the window, enter the new password and confirm it. Passwords can be up to 50 characters in length and are case sensitive. Click the OK button.

Warning:  Do not lose your password! There is no way of recovering a password-locked drawing without the password.

Once the password has been established, the Protect Selected Layer(s), Free Selected Layer(s), Lock Show/Hide Status, and Unlock Show/Hide Status buttons may be used to protect selected layers in the list on the left side of the window. To select multiple layers, click on a layer number; then press and hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard while clicking on additional layer numbers. (See Layer Options.)

File Export Lock: If enabled, DesignCAD will not export a copy of the drawing unless the password has been given in the Password Protection Manager.

Symbol Load/Merge Lock: If enabled, DesignCAD will not load a copy of the drawing into another drawing as a symbol. To disable the lock, open the original drawing, run the Password Protection Manager command, give the password, disable this option, click the OK button, and save the drawing.

Save as Older Version Lock: If enabled, DesignCAD will not save a copy of the drawing as an older DesignCAD drawing version unless the password has been given in the Password Protection Manager.

To disable password protection, click the New Password button. Leave the password text boxes blank and click the OK button. A window appears to inform you that all password protection settings will be removed and ask if you are sure that you want to remove password protection. Click the YES button.