Remove Vectorworks Educational Watermark ((free))

There is a lot of contradictory advice online. Let’s clarify what does transfer the watermark under normal circumstances, provided you are using only commercial licenses for both creation and export:

The is a built-in security feature designed to prevent students and educators from using free academic licenses for commercial profit. If you are looking for a way to remove it, it is important to understand how it works, the legal implications, and the only "official" way to clear it. What is the Educational Watermark? remove vectorworks educational watermark

Some users attempt to export the file as a .dxf and then import it back into a new file to strip metadata, though results are inconsistent and often fail to remove the object-level watermarking. There is a lot of contradictory advice online

Users on community forums often discuss non-official "fixes," though these can be unreliable or violate license agreements: DWG Export/Import : Exporting the file to a What is the Educational Watermark

If you click "OK," your entire professional project will be watermarked, and you will have to revert to a backup.