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Utilities
Attach Digital Signatures
Attaches a digital signature to files.
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Digital signatures provide an electronic means of verifying the authenticity
of signatures that are attached to drawing files.
Overview of Drawings with Digital Signatures
A digital signature identifies an individual or an organization through a digital
ID (certificate), and enables you to validate the file. Validating a file is especially
important when you are working on collaborative projects or transmitting
files over the Internet. You can validate a digital signature in either the program
or Windows Explorer.
Using the digital signatures feature, you can obtain the following information
about signed files:
Whether the file was changed since signed.
Whether the signers are who they claim to be.
Whether the signers can be traced (thus preventing forgery).
A digital signature is determined to be invalid for the following reasons:
The file was corrupted when the digital signature was attached.
The file was corrupted in transit.
The digital ID is no longer valid.
NOTE If you want to retain valid digital signature status, do not add a password
or otherwise modify or save a file that already has a digital signature attached.
Make modifications, such as adding passwords, before signing the file. Signature
information does not remain intact if you modify, save, or export drawing data.
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