I'm looking to export an altium PCB or full project but would like it to be "read-only" so that whomever I'm sending it to cannot edit it without my knowledge. They're looking to do a more in-depth analysis than just the gerbers/fab/assy files. Has anyone had experience exporting read-only projects with Altium?
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2 No, there isn't any way to make your project read only in Altium, to avoid accidental changes you should simply lock all your components and features.
There are alternatives that I have used
Send a stripped down design or only the PCB file and a reference schematic
Send odb++ or an exported CAD data (e.g. legacy ascii fileformat) that makes it less trivial to pretend to be you while providing more data than gerbers and basic assembly data .
Find consultants you trust to respect your IP,
- \$\begingroup\$ Thanks, that was going to be an option: Just send the PCB without any traces so that it couldn't be produced without having to reroute it. What I ended up doing is sending the schematic and assembly file to them in pdf format so they could "ctrl-f" to find where each component is on the PCBA. Plus a 3D file (Step and PDF). Seems they were content with that. Thank you! \$\endgroup\$Alexandra Kaufhold– Alexandra Kaufhold2019-12-17 21:08:18 +00:00Commented Dec 17, 2019 at 21:08
- \$\begingroup\$ ODB++ or pick and place data along with Gerber is usually sufficient for assembler to program the SMT . \$\endgroup\$crasic– crasic2019-12-17 21:16:05 +00:00Commented Dec 17, 2019 at 21:16