How to Remove Produced by an Autodesk Educational Product Plot Stamp
Our guy on site ask me how to remove “Produced by an Autodesk Educational Product” on his drawing. The Autodesk stamp is seen on all sides of the drawing which is normally appear when you are using Autodesk Educational Product.
The thing is he is not using the educational release, he is using a licensed one so this plot stamp should not be present in his drawing. Quick research shows that the stamp is some kind of Autodesk bug (not sure about this but this is what I read from autocad forum & discussion).
What should he do then to remove the plot stamp “Produced by an Autodesk Educational Product“?
Follow this steps:
- Open the affected drawing
- Type dxfout in the command prompt
- Save the dxf in the location you can easily access
- Now, type dxfin in the command prompt
- Browse the file you save in step 3
- Save the file as dwg
The Produced by an Autodesk Educational Product should be removed upon completion of the steps above. If the educational product plot stamp still appears, check the xref file and apply the steps I’ve mentioned above.
June 25th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
After saving the .dwg file with .dxf and when I want to open the .dxf file after typing dxfin at command prompt that particular .dxf file is not opening. Please give me solution as I am eagerly waiting for the solution.
June 25th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Hi coolman what version of autocad are you using? what is the error.
did you use the “dxfout” command?.. you should use the “dxfout” command not the saveas dxf..
July 14th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
I have ACAD 2004 and found out that I inserted a block produced from an Educational Version I have tried to purge and delete this block but when I try to plot I still get this stamp.
I have tried your advise and did the dxfout and dxfin commands but the stamp still keeps comming up.
Any ideas?
July 15th, 2008 at 4:54 am
Hi J,
first I’l assume that you are not using the educational product because if yo do this stamp is expected. right?
Now, are you using xref? do the dxfout, dxfin in your xref as well.. if you have blocks xref dxfout and dxfin that block too..
July 21st, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I worked for an Autodesk reseller in the tech support area. This error that you are recieving is not a “Bug”. It’s a security measure, implemented by autodesk to keep the educational version out of the professional offices. Anyone who opens a file from a professional office in the ed. version and saves the file, then moves the file to the Full version will be greated with the plot stamp that you are recieving. There is no way to get rid of it. The only way is to recreate the file in the Full Version of Autocad, or restore a previous version prior to the educational useage. This problem also occurs to any Xrefs and/or blocks associated with this file. Upon placing the file back into the “office” system, all of the associated files will be “corrupted” with the educational stamp. Pass this info on, as this can and will screw up a file system in an office. The only choice afterwards is restoring a previous version? If available, AutoDesk will tell you that they have no responsibility for the mess since the EULA for the educational version specifically says “not for commercial use”.
The more you play with this file with the DXFin/out features the better chance you have with messing up other files on your system.
July 21st, 2008 at 8:38 pm
very well said mike..
so your solution is to “recreate the file” in full version.
we are using license copy (full version) - and we are always receiving hundreds of drawings like this from various clients/customer with this educational.. so you suggest that we will “recreate those files”??? recreating those files again translates to unnecessary drawing man-hour preparation which shouldn’t be shouldered by the licensed Autocad owners.
this is surely additional time = additional cost to us users of licensed Autodesk Product.
dxfout / dxin is the “corrective action” that works fine with us.. I haven’t encountered messing the files in our system that you mentioned..
anyways your points are noted.. users/readers — use the dxfout/dxfin method at your own risk.
August 1st, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Hi! Actually, that is not 100% correct. Autodesk will provide a 24 hour fix for this if somehow you have ‘infected’ your system with this plot stamp. They usually only allow you to use this option once, but if you contact your reseller, they should be able to get you in contact with the appropriate Autodesk representative to provide this one time service. We have utilized this in the past when a firm unknowingly receives an ‘infected’ drawing file and it begins to corrupt other files.
Best regards,
Teresa
August 2nd, 2008 at 6:30 am
thanks for the tip Teresa.
I’m going to use the tip you suggested the next time i encountered this problem.
have a nice day.
August 8th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Thnx a lot man… this issue drived me crazy for days.
August 14th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
thanks a lot.
don
August 28th, 2008 at 9:22 am
I have used the dxfin and dxfout, it worked on some drawings while it failed on a few others. Same thing happened to me as coolman, it wouldn’t open after typing dxfin, and gives the msg: “press enter” in the command line. It opens afterwards but nothing changes, the plot is still there. if it worked on some drawings there is a possibilty, just need to know whats the different between the ones that worked and the remain.
Thanks alot though.
September 1st, 2008 at 4:29 am
COOOOOOL!!!
September 29th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
I am working on a licensed version of AutoCAD 2009. Every drawing that is created in AutoCAD 2009 has the “educational stamp” in the Border. I was wondering if there is anyway to turn it off. We are using full licensed versions of autocad and are still having the problem with new drawings that are created.
October 6th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Thankx man, its really works good….
October 7th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Thank you all! dxfout worked. The issue slowed down my progress but now I can move forward.
May God bless you!