How to Remove Produced by an Autodesk Educational Product Plot Stamp
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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!
October 15th, 2008 at 11:09 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.”
before this line it reads also “file dxf corrupted”
It seems this tip does not work any more with Autocad 2009.
We are not using the educational version of Autocad, but all drawings coming from other companies are with this stamp.
Should all people be punished because some use the educational version?
October 25th, 2008 at 1:02 am
Thank You!!! So Pleased i found this! cheers bro
December 13th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
dhfout & dxfin worked with Autocad 2009,
thanks!
January 5th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Q-when i draw a line commend but line command showing double line. how will be improve the line command?
January 7th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
wait wait wait….ahhhh much better
nice one cheers 
now i can cut and paste to normal cad…ace ..a lil ray of joy 
January 14th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Hi tnks for the tips but i got problem for this tip. When I type dxfout and saving it the autocad message occured like this “one or more objects in this drawing cannot be saved to the specified format. The operation wsas not completed and no file was created.” pls help me to solve the problem.
January 21st, 2009 at 3:57 pm
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January 22nd, 2009 at 7:23 am
Very easy. Insert the file as XREF, then Bind , explode the block. Voila! Works even in 2009.
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:55 am
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February 24th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Wow we’ve tried everything to get rid of that thing. This was simple and it works great! Thanks!
March 10th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Hey thanks for that your a life saver!
March 13th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
This has been on going since not long after Autodesk introduced the free educatiobal versions of its software.
Ther is NO WAY what so ever of getting rid of this stamp once you have opened the drawing.
For those of you who say it has worked just plott out another drwaing with the satmp settings to on and take a look at waht is on there.
I have no simpathy for you lot. Why – because you IGNORE the warrning message that pops up telling you that you are about to open a drawing created in an educational copy. The popup even gives you the option to abbort the loading but you ignor it and then winge when you get a printout that has this stamp on it.
March 17th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
@Tankie45,
I plot it 20x and its not showing the autodesk stamp. It works for us. I don’t know why its not working to you.
*note: this workaround is not intended for those who are using the “educational release”.
March 17th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Thank you! So easy and works great!!!
March 22nd, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Thanks!!! work like a charm…
March 23rd, 2009 at 1:53 pm
I TRIED AND REMOVED THIS STAMP
THAN YOU VERY MUCH,
KHALED
March 25th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Another method if you cannot open it still by using dxfout and dxfin try this one, open the file with educational version and type recover,succesful recovery will appear followed an educational version stamp prompt again? It’s alright, this is what you’re going to do, open it still the one you recovered followed with a dxfout and dxfin and browse the location adn save it as whatever you like, Educational Version stamp removed and you can also do it in other version of Autocad if dxfout and dxfin doesn’t work.
March 25th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
hi guys,
first i wanna thank coolman for his genious solution with dxfout/in it worked for me on cad 2004 but on a other station with same version of cad accept with different lisp routines installed on it (this is a lisp test station for us)
i encountered some troubles with some simple lisp routines that keeps on calling up plotstams routines i think you should check if you have these kind of lisps installed or added to you lisp list …i am still checking this out so if i know the solution i wil post it here on CS…
swordfish
March 30th, 2009 at 5:38 am
Many Many Thanks To U for sharing this thing….. Have a nice day always!!!!! TC…
April 27th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
1.Open the affected drawing
2.Select all and make a block.
3.Copy the block created.
4.Open new drawing and paste.
5.Type dxfout in the command prompt
6.Save the dxf in the location you can easily access
7.Now, type dxfin in the command prompt
8.Browse the file you save in step 3
9.Save the file as dwg
ENJOY!!!!
May 17th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Thank You very much, atlast i solved my Problem, for the long time i got headache for that. many thanks….
May 20th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Great, It worked perfetly.
Thank you so much.
I used Autocad 2008 in windows vista 32bit.
May 21st, 2009 at 5:31 am
Thanks a lot. I’ve been looking for this formula for the past 12 mths..it’s really work. Keep up a good work guys.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:15 am
1.How to create block
2. How to Hide drawing when u want only portion show on the drawing?
June 25th, 2009 at 5:06 am
2008 and above…
1. open infected drawing
2. ignor the warning
3. saveas .dxf
4. close file and don’t save as dwg
5. open .dxf
6. saveas .dwg original file name and location(eg overwrite)
June 30th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
thanks, it is working.
July 8th, 2009 at 8:47 am
thanks its working
July 15th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Thanx……………………………..Thanx………Thanx a lot man…Its woking..
July 17th, 2009 at 4:19 am
dxfin or dxfout disapear this bug from display but not for printing please solve my problem
July 17th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
I have Autocad 09 educational product and like others i have
this problem, when plotting the Educational Product comes
out in the paper. Can I get rid of this problem when plotting or am I stuck with this ’cause I’m using an Edu. Prod?
July 18th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
am using autocad 2008 version, i used this dxf command successfully for many drawings,but now have a problem after using this command i could not open the file in 2008 a warning occurs as fatal error warning box then the drawing closes..but i can open it in 2004 version,..can u help me to open it in 2008 version?
July 28th, 2009 at 2:09 am
stupid mike!
thanks CS Admin…
it works!
July 29th, 2009 at 8:23 am
thanks for the info. it’s really a big help for me.
again thanks a lot…
August 17th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Great, woww what a nice.
It worked perfetly.
Thank you so much.
bye kit
August 18th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
@ juan:
Yes, you will always have the stamp. The fix listed in this thread is for full verisons of AutoCad. The education verison places the stamp on any drawing as it saves it. Therefore no matter how many times you run the dxfout/dxfin steps, the last step is to save as dwg. This is when the stamp is added.
August 18th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
For those who receive drawings from consultants who use educational version, I have a solution.
Contact Autodesk and report the case. There is no excuse for the irresponsible consultants using cheap/free version of softwares for professional business and sending the dwgs to other consultants to mess up their files.
Just wonder if Autodesk rewards people reporting illegal use of educational version.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Hello,
what if we have features in our drawing that are not supported in the earlier versions of CAD, such as PDFs inserted. Then once we try to save it as .txf file, it gives a message that some of the features will not be saved.
I was wondering if anyone knows what to do in such cases that any of the solutions offered won’t work.
This doesn’t make sense to me, even once the drawing that was crated by a student versions, gets opened up by a LICENSED VERSION of CAD and gets saved, it still shows the stamp. What the heck!! This is rediculous.
August 24th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Worked perfectly! thanks a lot!!
August 26th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Thanks a lot!!!!
You rock!!
August 28th, 2009 at 2:49 am
Thank a lot! guys
my problem solved
September 5th, 2009 at 6:19 am
Hi,,Thanks a lot.It solved my problem
September 6th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
tnQ so much!!!!
September 15th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
it does not work with me can someone write the steps one by one plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllpppppppppppppppppp it drive me crazyyy.
September 15th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Whatever the monkeys say don’t listen. This works well. My favorite post is the autodesk guy trying to tell everyone that it doesn’t work, haha.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:47 am
Thanks for your help, I had this problem for a longtime now.
September 18th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Well it worked for my Autocad 2010. I would like to make a point to the frustrated architect: If we all began reporting everybody cheapo that used the educational product and sent us files we would start losing a little business don’t you think? I mean I would be a little upset with someone I am trying to give business to if they reported me to Autodesk! Although I have a full version. My problem was getting a block off of the cad exchange.
September 19th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Thank You so much !!
I had a drawing that I made in Educational AutoCad and when I opened it in my licensed AutoCad 2010, it was giving me that stamp (which is annoying)…
Following these steps was easy and Worked out smoothly !
Thanks a bunch
September 28th, 2009 at 7:27 am
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 waiting for the solution.
September 30th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Hi thanks a lot for the info…..:))))))))
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:45 am
LOL thank alot cs-admin it done well
October 8th, 2009 at 5:23 am
October 21st, 2009 at 7:51 am
I’m currently using the educational version and I used your fix which works but at the same time it removed all of my profiles that I made of my pipe networks with surfaces included. Is there any way to fix this?
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:29 am
thank youuuuuuuuuuuu very very very very much……………
October 27th, 2009 at 1:23 am
Wow cool thank you very much
October 28th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
it just doesnt work on my autocad 2010 version..
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:50 pm
thank you very much for your help
November 4th, 2009 at 8:22 am
THANKS SEB!!!
That worked for me!
I first had error by following the steps:
error in DIMSTYLE Table
Invalid symbol table record name: “” on line 4944.
Invalid or incomplete DXF input — drawing discarded.
What, drawing discarded!!?
But this worked:
SEB:
April 27th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
1.Open the affected drawing
2.Select all and make a block.
3.Copy the block created.
4.Open new drawing and paste.
5.Type dxfout in the command prompt
6.Save the dxf in the location you can easily access
7.Now, type dxfin in the command prompt
8.Browse the file you save in step 3
9.Save the file as dwg
Thank a lot!
November 4th, 2009 at 8:25 am
by the way I use autocad 2010 full version..
November 12th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
anyone who found this solution…thank you so much!!!!
it works!!!!
November 25th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
In my express tools, the mtext command is not working. how can i change text to mtext. pls give a reply.
i saw the tip for how to remove autodesk educational product from sheet. it’s works, very useful for me. thank you so much.
November 26th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
thanks alot it really works
December 5th, 2009 at 6:22 am
thanks dear
December 17th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
it worked!! thank you sooo much
December 29th, 2009 at 2:29 am
Is it possible to create a plot stamp like the “ed. version”?
I am wonderful if I can use the plot stamp to trap the one who copy my drawing. Anyone who copy my element to their file would result in plotting drawings with my plot stamp and something like that.
January 8th, 2010 at 10:44 am
thanks..:)
January 27th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
ITS WORKING WELL, THANKS