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How to disable PDF Export function in AutoCAD?

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:01:48 GMT

Hi guys.

I want to know if there any ways that i can prevent my user from using PDF Export function in AutoCAD? Any setting to disbale it?

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cadffm — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:07:56 GMT

You can UNDEFINE the normal command (if you talking about command exportpdf ONLY),

but good user know that they can use .exportpdf as well and how to redefine the command as well.)

Did you mean "all ways to generate PDF", thats is more complicated and sounds really stupid.

Q: WHY?

Re: How to disable PDF Export function in AutoCAD?

RobDraw — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:11:25 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I want to know if there any ways that i can prevent my user from using PDF Export function in AutoCAD?

Training.

Tell them they will be sacked if they do it again.

Re: How to disable PDF Export function in AutoCAD?

pendean — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 12:31:57 GMT

Anything you can do they can undo: perhaps you need better training (with penalties from the bosses for violations) or more draconian PC monitoring buyout I.T. with consequences?

Or maybe just pay them more so they quit stealing your office work and shipping it to competitors?

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Anonymous — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 02:19:30 GMT

Thanks for your information. If you are asking why, maybe because the manager doesn't trust his colleague anymore. Haha. But anyway, thanks guys.

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Tomislav.Golubovic — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 02:43:03 GMT

You might as well disable the SAVE, SAVEAS, EXPORT, COPY+PASTE and the USB ports on the PC, because they're going to find a way to 'steal' the file anyway, if that's what you're trying to do.

Just don't give them AutoCAD at the end of the day and use pen and paper.

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ennujozlagam — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 03:10:52 GMT

just to add @Tomislav.Golubovic suggestion remove all internet connections from the user's. lol

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pendean — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:30:20 GMT

... and break all USB ports on each PC 🙂

Re: How to disable PDF Export function in AutoCAD?

rkmcswain — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:58:44 GMT

@RobDraw wrote:

Tell them they will be sacked if they do it again.

This ^^^^

In the wise words of Mark Kiker >> "Don’t let a management problem become a technology problem"