Settings for Deleting Derived Outputs

This section lists the settings that are required to delete derived outputs.

The derived output files are deleted only if the following conditions are met:

  • deletelocalderivedoutputfiles is set to true in the AutoCADsettings.ini file.
  • Delete All Local Files or Delete selected files option is selected in the Save Options dialog box.

The derived outputs are not deleted in the following conditions:

  • Derived outputs are not deleted if deletelocalderivedoutputfiles=true and Delete Selected Local Files option is not selected in the Save Options dialog box.
  • During Save, derived output files corresponding to CAD objects with Exists status are not deleted from the local disk even when Delete All Files is set in the local preferences, deletelocalderivedoutputfiles = true in the settings.ini file, and the Delete All Local Files option is selected in the Save dialog box.
  • If deletelocalderivedoutputfiles=false and Delete All Local Files or Delete Selected Local Files option is selected in the Save Options dialog box, then derived output files are not deleted while the CAD files are deleted.
Note: You need to turn off the "open pdf in acrobat reader" setting in translator options in AutoCAD if you want to delete the pdf files after creation.