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Provide Editable Drawings With Locks

The contractor, [contractor=RidgeBuild], requests editable drawings to coordinate detailing, but I cannot allow change…

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The contractor, [contractor=RidgeBuild], requests editable drawings to coordinate detailing, but I cannot allow changes on structural and plant specification pages. Advise the best way to lock specific pages while allowing others to be referenced, explain the trade-offs (workflow friction versus control), and draft the two-sentence instruction to [contractor=RidgeBuild] explaining why some pages are locked and how they can request an approved revision.
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Contractor asks for editable drawings but I need to lock key specification pages.

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Because you rarely think 'I want the redaction tool'. You think 'I have to share this without leaking the client's details'. Start from the need, and the feature finds you.

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