How to export and license your AutoCAD history

Short answer: To export your AutoCAD history, use eTransmit to package drawings with their dependent files into a zip or folder. Drawings stored in BIM 360 Docs can be downloaded by folder as a single .zip. Only include drawings the company owns; drawings a project owner still owns are excluded. No export is needed to start a Latopis check.

Steps below are from AutoCAD’s official documentation and are accurate as of October 2026. Menus change, so check the linked sources before you start.

What you need first

eTransmit runs in the AutoCAD desktop application on the computer where the drawings and their references live.
In BIM 360 Document Management, downloads are limited to 20 GB in total per download.
Only drawings the company produced and owns can be part of a license.

Package drawings with eTransmit

Click the Application button, then Publish > eTransmit.
In the Create Transmittal dialog box, click Add File, select the drawings to include, and click Open. Repeat for other folders if needed.
Clear the check marks beside any files you do not want to include. On the Files Tree tab you can expand each drawing to see its dependent files.
Click Transmittal Setups, then Modify. Under Transmittal Package Type, choose Zip (*.zip) or Folder (set of files).
Under Transmittal File Folder, click Browse, choose where to create the package, and click Open. Close both setup dialog boxes.
Optionally add notes, then click OK to create the package.

Download folders from BIM 360 Docs

In Document Management, click Folders.
In Thumbnail or List view, select one or more folders.
In the top toolbar, select Download source file. The folders and their files download as a single .zip file.

Sources

What buyers value in your AutoCAD record

Shop drawings, details, and revisions the company produced show how it solved real building problems, and how designs changed from bid to as-built. Buyers who license the operating record look for those drawings alongside the estimates, RFIs, and job records they connect to.

Privacy and ownership

Title blocks and xrefs often carry client names, project addresses, and people’s names. Strip or mask personal names and client details before anything is shared. Drawings a project owner still owns, and records you hold for clients as their agent, are excluded from a license.

You do not need to export anything to start. The Latopis check asks three questions: your systems, the company, and who can sign. You approve the scope before anything moves, and the company keeps its data.

What is your AutoCAD record worth?

Three questions, a rough range, and nothing leaves your systems.

Run the two-minute value check

Questions about exporting AutoCAD

Do I need to export drawings to start?

No. The Latopis check asks three questions: your systems, the company, and who can sign. Nothing is uploaded to start.

Can we license drawings we made for a client?

Only what the company owns. Shop drawings the company produced can be part of the record. Drawings the project owner still owns are not.

Does eTransmit include referenced files?

eTransmit lists each drawing’s dependent files so you can choose what goes into the package.

This page is general information, not legal advice. If contracts with clients or employees limit how records may be used, check them with your own counsel.