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Monday, August 25, 2008

AutoCAD plot stamp removed!

For the users of AutoCAD 2007 (& above), there have been a problem of finding a "plot stamp" as ...
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
added on all four edges of any print of any drawing if they are using Educational (Student and Faculty) version of AutoCAD.

This problem affects all the other drawings (which are not from "Educational version") i.e.

  • when we try to copy some entities from the "plot stamped" drawing
  • when we try to get a "plot stamped" drawing as an xref / block

I have tried hard to find its solution by trial & error as well as web searching.
Here is the solution, which I have found it very much useful & also I am using it continuously without facing any difficulty

First you must have 2 more versions of AutoCAD loaded in your computer. i.e.:
AutoCAD ver.2000
AutoCAD ver.14


Then follow the procedure below:
1. Save the drawing (from which you want to clear the "plot stamp") as an AutoCAD-2000 ver. drawing
2. Open this drawing in AutoCAD ver.2000
3. Save this as an AutoCAD ver.14 drawing
4. Open this in AutoCAD ver.14
5. Save it & close it.
6. Open it (or Save it) in any version of AutoCAD {other than EDUCATIONAL 2007 ver. } & print.

You will not find the "plot stamp" again !!

Another simple method is :

Save the drawing as "dxf" format, Open this dxf file in AutoCAD & then again save it as dwg format.