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Digital signatures provide an electronic means of validating (verifying the authenticity of) signatures that are attached to drawing files.

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• The digital ID is no longer valid.