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CAD Forums => CAD General => Topic started by: Mark on April 08, 2005, 07:04:03 AM

Title: CSF files
Post by: Mark on April 08, 2005, 07:04:03 AM

Has anyone tested this product? Looks rather interesting.

http://www.net-it.com/nip_autocad.htm

Title: CSF files
Post by: MP on April 08, 2005, 07:13:40 AM

Never even heard of it before. Not to poo poo it outright, but couldn't the same thing be realized by publishing to PDF with an appropriate copyright notice?

Admittedly, I'm not awake yet. :roll:

Title: CSF files
Post by: MikePerry on April 08, 2005, 07:14:56 AM

DWF

Title: CSF files
Post by: MP on April 08, 2005, 07:15:45 AM

Ok, the expiration date thing has interesting possibilities.

Title: CSF files
Post by: MP on April 08, 2005, 07:16:19 AM

Quote from: MikePerry

DWF

Ahhh, but DWF files are easy to reverse engineer back to drawings.

:)

Title: CSF files
Post by: Mark on April 08, 2005, 07:17:58 AM

Quote from: MP

Never even heard of it before. Not to poo poo it outright, but couldn't the same thing be realized by publishing to PDF with an appropriate copyright notice?

I suppose so. I'm curious if you can take a CSF file and convert it back to a dwg like you can a PDF.

Title: CSF files
Post by: MP on April 08, 2005, 07:20:51 AM

Quote from: Mark Thomas

I'm curious if you can take a CSF file and convert it back to a dwg like you can a PDF.

I would guess they would have taken measures to make it very difficult to reverse engineer, but there's always some nut, burnin' midnight oil "I MUST CRACK ZE CODE!"

Title: CSF files
Post by: MikePerry on April 08, 2005, 07:23:35 AM

Quote from: MP

Quote from: MikePerry

DWF

Ahhh, but DWF files are easy to reverse engineer back to drawings.

:)

So are PDF's (to a certain extent).

Title: CSF files
Post by: MP on April 08, 2005, 07:24:28 AM

We're doomed!

Title: CSF files
Post by: Mark on April 08, 2005, 07:24:36 AM

If you haven't tried the free BravaReader and sample CAD files you might want to check that out. :)

Title: CSF files
Post by: Mark on April 08, 2005, 07:42:52 AM

Try doing a "Find" as in finding text with Adobe reader on a converted dwg. BravaReader can do that. How about measuring a line? BravaReader can do that. Or even Block information, It can do that too. This thing is pretty cool!!