Can you protect a PDF document so it cannot be exploded or converted into lines in programs such as illustrator?

We create PDF documents from our architectural programs all the time. Currently these drawings can be imported into other programs such as illustrator and exploded and ungrouped into lines. There is no option for security from this architectural program, but I need a solution to protect the PDF file so that the PDF is a flat image and cannot be exploded or converted into lines. Is there a program or setting in the Adobe programs that can do this??? thanks.

You can set password security using Acrobat (not PDF pack), but it is of no value against a motivated thief, because some apps ignore it.
You can rasterise in Photoshop but this is a terrible thing to do: file size explodes, quality plummets.

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