@unknownuser said: This seems odd to me. An I.T dept should only be concerned with the running requirements of the proposed software. As a designer/architect/technician you shouldn't need to justify using SU to them, they should not be concerned with project delivery. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an IT man in possession of authority turns into a control freak." From experience... "What you need to do is install i-drop to work with AutoCAD. It's a free add-on from Autodesk." "We can't do that the IT manager won't approve it!" "Then he's a WCW!"