To turn off layers in your AutoCAD PDF Plots

Open the plot dialogue, and select ‘DWG To PDF.pc3’ under Printer/Plotter.

In the Plotter Configuration dialogue select ‘Custom Properties’, and then click the ‘Custom Properties button.

Finally, uncheck ‘Include layer Information’ in the DWG To PDF Properties dialogue.

You will be prompted to save the changes in a temporary printer configuration file, or you can write over your existing DWG To PDF PC3 file.

This method will only turn off layer export for PDF’s that are created with AutoCAD’s plot command.

If you prefer to use AutoCAD’s ‘Export’ command to create your PDF’s, you can turn off layer export here too…

How to turn off Layer export for DWG to PDF – Exporting PDF’s

To turn off Layer export for AutoCAD’s ‘EXPORTPDF’ Command;

First click on the Export to DWF/PDF options button:

Output tab > Export to DWF/PDF Panel > Export to DWF/PDF Options

TIP: If you are using the Classic interface type ‘exportsettings’ at the command line, and choose ‘Options’.

Pick ‘Don’t include’ from the Layer Information settings drop down, to turn off layer export.