CAD and the use of PCs generally within the Construction Industry is a relatively recent discipline and continues to evolve as Hardware and Software improves and as CAD users discover new efficiencies within each Software package. This Manual therefore will be subject to frequent revision.
CAD STANDARDS MANUAL KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 CADD STANDARDS MANUAL FOR KMB: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Cover Index Introduction 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 General Notes 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 XREF (Background) Files Sheet Files Detail Files Sheet Set Manager 8.1 8.2 Basic Folder Tree Expanded Folder Tree File Naming Guidelines 7.1 7.2 7.3 XREF (Background) Files Border Files (Title Blocks) Sheet Files Image Files Detail Sheets & Files Project Folder Structure 6.1 6.2 General Drawing Notes General Linetype Notes General Hatch Notes Dynamic Block Notes CAD File Types 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Definition of CAD standards Roles and Responsibilities Revision History Modification Process Software Guidelines Usage and Theory Resources Layer Naming Guidelines 9.1 Creating Additional Layers 10 Text Styles / Font Standards 10.1 Dimension Styles 11 Sheet Layout & Plotting 11.1 Pen Table Settings Cad Standards May, 2009 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 10 Page 10 Page 10 Page 12 Page 12 Page 12 Page 12 Page 13 Page 13 Page 13 Page 18 Page 18 Page 19 Page 19 Page 20 Page 20 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 INTRODUCTION: 3.1 What is “CAD Standards”? One area we tend to clump together is Standards What I mean by that is that we tend to put "Drawing standards", "Quality standards" and "CAD standards" together too often and in many ways they are different Drawing standards = The look of the final product when it goes out the door Is the product a professional architectural piece worthy of the KMB title block? Quality Standards = Is all the information correct? Can project be built/constructed well from these documents? (This includes accuracy.) CAD Standards = The method by which the drawings are produced This will cost us extra money/grief/man hours if not done correctly the first time? That being said: Quality Standards are the #1 priority and should always come first Drawing Standards is the #2 priority as it's a direct reflection on our company and the image it projects to the public High quality drawings often bring back more business (since accuracy of Quality Standards is expected) CAD Standards is the #3 priority as it's an internal function but it still can be very important when it comes to extra money/grief/man hours BUT it's the least likely of the three to come back and affect you and it's the only one you can handle internally Quality and Drawing Standards effect clients (or management, production, etc) in the outside world and can directly effect the revenue stream coming into the organization No matter how good our marketing department is, if our product is bad, then it’s bad Word will get out and affect our bottom line But internal CAD standards can be enforced on a "company" level and proven with production benefits If the bottom line looks bad because of this then we can make internal changes to ease the problem On the other hand, almost nothing makes a client happy that's been burned by a bad product That's why we should focus on the original question which was "What is CAD Standards?" which is really much different from the question of accuracy You can be accurate without following CAD Standards (but not following CAD standards could effect accuracy down the line and force further revisions and cost then again, it might not depending on the product and which CAD Standards are broken) The purpose of this manual is to ensure a consistent quality of printed Drawings and to act as a guide for new members of staff and outside consultants It is important to have consistency not only with printed Drawings but also within CAD files Deadlines require a spirit of teamwork and for members of the team to frequently work on several CAD files simultaneously CAD users within the Dept will have learned many different approaches to producing a CAD file: a common discipline therefore is required to enable different members of the Dept to contribute to the same CAD file CAD and the use of PCs generally within the Construction Industry is a relatively recent discipline and continues to evolve as Hardware and Software improves and as CAD users discover new efficiencies within each Software package This Manual therefore will be subject to frequent revision Cad Standards May, 2009 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 3.2 Roles & Responsibilities The Standard will be maintained and modified by the CAD Manager The CAD Manager shall be responsible for any follow-on issues The CAD Manager shall be responsible for developing any custom tools or templates for use in AutoCAD that will assist in the compliance with the Standard These custom tools and templates will be developed, distributed, updated and maintained by the CAD Manager The development and use of the CAD Standard and any tools or templates is not seen as an end all in itself The goal is to enhance productivity and share work among users and projects To this end the process will never be completed The CAD manager shall continue to develop and enhance the use of the CAD tools that we use every day 3.3 Revision History Version – In Office Standard predating documentation on January, 2003 Version – Released January, 2006 Version – Released January, 2007 Version – Released August, 2008 Version – Released May, 2009 3.4 Modification Process This document is seen as a living document that may change from time to time The CAD Manager shall continue to develop and modify this document Comments and suggestions are welcome Please contact the CAD Manager The modification process includes the following: A proposed change is submitted the CAD Manager The proposed change is reviewed by the CAD Manager for clarity The CAD Manager shall decide if the proposed change is valid or the CAD Manager shall offer clarification on the current Standard or a work around Upon approval, the proposed change shall be added to the Standard and scheduled for full publication Cad Standards May, 2009 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 3.5 Software Guidelines All Software used must comply with the Company Approved Software List Task Software Package General production CAD Presentation Drawings AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT Photoshop Elements, Autodesk Impression, Google Sketch up Autodesk Design Review, Adobe Acrobat Microsoft Word, Excel, SpecLink, Spanner Electronic Drawing Review Project Specifications, Schedules For more information regarding certain software and the use there of, see your CAD Manager Cad Standards May, 2009 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 GENERAL NOTES: 4.1 General Drawing Notes: All drawing “sets” will use the “Sheet Set Manager” See the “Sheet Set Manager” section for more information on the use, and organization of CAD files See your CAD Manager with further questions All drawings will be purged upon drawing completion It is recommended that the drawings be zoomed to “extents” and left in “paper space” upon closing the file This decreases questions that may arise when the drawing file is opened by another user All annotation & dimensioning will be done in the “paper space” layout in the drawing containing the given “view” There will be times where annotation or dimensioning will need to be done on a given drawing and not in the actual “view” Thus is the case of all detail drawings, explained later All title blocks, viewports and title block text will be done in layout (or paper) space Each layout within a drawing will be named according to the drawing name, not the default “sheets” or “layout”, etc This is to aid with batch plotting, discussed later All Viewports will be locked to prevent any accidental tampering with the intended plotted scale Any entities within the CAD file MUST be on their respective layer Under no means will text be placed on a layer other than one designated as an annotation layer, wall lines be placed on a layer other than one designated as a wall layer and so on, following the layer naming conventions explained below These entities are to have their color and line type set to “bylayer” wherever possible This is to aid in creating an easy understanding of the CAD file by fellow CAD Dept workers as well as consultants outside of the firm All Plan views shall use letter designations (i.e – A/Floor Plan, etc) All Partial Plan views shall use number designations (i.e – 1/Partial Floor Plan, etc) All Building Section views shall use letter designations (i.e – A/Building Section, etc) All Wall Section views shall use number designations (i.e – 1/Wall Section, etc) All Detail views shall use number designations (i.e – 1/Typical Footing, 2/Typical Exterior Door Head, etc) Spreadsheet data will be inserted using either the “Paste Special” option within AutoCAD or “Spanner” Either of these methods is largely intuitive See your CAD Manger with any questions regarding this procedure 4.2 General Line Type Notes: Linetype scales can be handled several ways, & each CAD team member may have a preferred method for handling this However, when using differing linetypes or such KMB would prefer the use of the stock AutoCAD linetypes, and the linetype scale of the line remain unchanged from the standard setting of “1” The paper space linetype scale (psltscale variable) will be set to “1”, and the drawing global linetype scale will be set to “1” This method simplifies the process, and assures easier editing of the drawing by other team members There are instances where some objects use a custom linetype, these linetypes can be found in the “KMB.lin” or “CUSTOM.lin” files 4.3 General Hatch Notes: Several custom hatch patterns have been developed, for use in KMB drawings These custom hatch patterns can be found on the file server These custom patterns include, but are not limited to the following files “metalroof.pat”, “wood1.pat”, etc Under no conditions will hatch patterns be exploded! All hatch work will be located on a layer designated for hatch work, following the layer naming convention explained below Cad Standards May, 2009 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 4.4 Dynamic Block Notes: KMB has developed an extensive dynamic block library to assure drawing consistency from one project to the next These blocks contain many features within each block, and when properly used will assist the CAD Operator in maintaining CAD Standards compliance When inserted correctly these blocks will plot at the correct size, be the correct plotted line weight & be on the correct layer with the correct layer name These blocks will be inserted into the drawing in model space, and scaled to the correct size of the intended drawing scale Each block contains fully functioning attributes for each piece of editable text Under no circumstances will these blocks be edited by the CAD Operator unless given direct permission by the CAD Manager Under no circumstances will these blocks be exploded Several of these dynamic blocks have been created to use the full functionality of the “Sheet Set Manager” These special dynamic blocks contain “fields” that reference certain data within the “Sheet Set” file and will automatically update changed references or drawing names when done correctly It is the CAD Operators responsibility to understand the functions of each dynamic block and the intended use of each See your CAD Manager with any questions about the proper use and functionality of all dynamic blocks within the KMB Block Library Under no circumstances is the CAD Operator to edit the blocks contained within the KMB Block Library files without direct consent of his/her CAD Manager See images below for some of the blocks and their functionality KMB Drawing Title Dynamic Block Visibility – Pull-down for Rotated North Arrow or Detail Title Cad Standards May, 2009 Stretch – Used to align end of line with end of text KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 KMB Detail Callout Dynamic Block Visibility – Pull-down for various Detail Callouts or Wall Section Mirror – Used to mirror entire callout Rotate – Used to rotate complete callout Stretch – To extend cut line Each dynamic block contains differing functionality features depending upon the block It is the CAD Operators responsibility to understand and use these blocks See your CAD Manager with any questions The CAD files containing the KMB Dynamic Blocks, Regular Blocks & Sheet Set Dynamic Blocks are located on the file server under /Resources/KMB/CadStandards/ Under no circumstances are these files to be altered in any way The files will be updated by the CAD Manager as these blocks continue to be revised & modified KMB recommends the CAD Operator create a “Tool Palette” containing these blocks The KMB team has created a “Tool Palette” containing these blocks that can be imported into a new installation of AutoCAD This “Tool Palette” will link to the blocks in these CAD files and automatically update should the blocks contained within the files be updated, assuring that the CAD Operator is using the most current version Under no circumstances should the CAD Operator copy these files to their local machine, or use the blocks contained within from any folder other than the designated KMB Cad Standards folder on the file server This is to assure that all KMB team members are using the same files and blocks as well as the most current version See your CAD Manager with any questions regarding “Tool Palettes”, their creation or their usage Cad Standards May, 2009 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 CAD FILE TYPES: There are several different types of files used to generate Construction Document output from AutoCAD These files, when used properly, will expedite the creation and modification of all drawings in the set NOTE: Once the file folders have been created and files generated, the CAD files DO NOT move The yare not moved to new folders when there is a change in project phase from SD, DD, CD or As-Built When you move from one phase of a project to the next you ARCHIVE a copy of the files and folders under the “Issue” folder 5.1 XREF (Background) Files: XREF files are the basis for all design work They include the “model” representation of all construction elements in a project, including plan, elevation and section information that delineates what will be built The general rule is that anything you see at the site after construction will be placed in this type of drawing All XREF files are drawn full scale in Model Space No Paper Space elements shall exist in this file XREF files will be directly referenced to Sheet files XREF files shall be located in the correct subfolder, plans in the “Plans” folder, Details in the “Details” folder, Sections in the “Section” folder and so on 5.2 Border Files (Title Blocks): The Border File is drawn full size in Model Space This drawing is the KMB Drawing Border or Title Block, it contains all of the project and client information displayed along the edge of each drawing The Border File is Xrefed into Paper Space on the individual Sheet Files at a base point of 0,0 5.3 Sheet Files: The Sheet File shall be used to generate plots, one per Sheet File Each Sheet File will represent only one contract drawing There will be NO multiple generations of plots from one Sheet File Sheet Files will reference XREF Files as well as Border Files 5.4 Image Files: Image Files are raster images generated to attach to CAD files for display Images may be digital photos or other items needed as key maps, job photos, etc images are placed into a Photos folder and Xrefed into the Sheet File They may also be Xrefed into the Model File as needed 5.5 Detail Sheets and Files: The Detail Files contain all the standard details to be displayed on the Detail Sheets All Details shall be drawn as an individual drawing file All Detail Files shall be drawn at full scale with all entities residing in Model Space All Detail Files shall reside in the “Details” subfolder of the project folder Cad Standards May, 2009 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 PROJECT FOLDER STRUCTURE: 6.1 Basic Folder Structure: The current KMB Project Folder Structure is as follows (Not all Project folders shown for clarity) – – Projects Client Name Project Number – Project Name - Admin 1- Drawings – Pre Design – Design – Bidding – Construction – Closeout The folder structure is largely intuitive, with a subfolder for each project phase, as well as folders for administrative concerns such as proposals, contracts, etc The drafting staff only need be concerned with the “Drawings” subfolder 6.2 Expanded Folder Structure: – Projects Main Project Folder Client Name Client Subfolder Project Number – Project Name Project Subfolder (number first, then name) – Drawings Main Drawings Subfolder – Current Current Drawings folder This is the ONLY place that drawings shall be edited from All Sheet Files reside here XREF Files shall reside in the correct subfolder as shown below Consultants Consultant submitted drawings Elec Mech Cad Standards May, 2009 10 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 Civil Cad Standards May, 2009 Details All Detail files for the current project Elev All Elevation drawings for the current project Plans All Plan drawings for the current project Sections All Section drawings for the current project – Predesign Archive folder for the Predesign Submittal set – SD Archive folder for the SD Submittal set – DD Archive folder for the DD Submittal set – CD Archive folder for the CD Submittal set – Addenda Addenda folder for any Addendum drawings – Change Order Folder for any Change Order drawings – Record Any Record or Reference drawings provided by the client or from past projects at the same facility 11 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 FILE NAMING GUIDELINES: 7.1 XREF Files: Designation File Name Notes: X X Site P, P1, P2, etc X X X TB Elev Sec-A, Sec-B Site Plan background file Resides in the “Plans” subfolder Plan background files Each Plan shall use a number designation for each floor Resides in the “Plans” subfolder Title Block file Can reside in the “Current” drawings folder Elevation file Resides in the “Elev” subfolder Section Files Each Section file shall use a letter designation indicating which section it is Resides in the “Sections” subfolder 7.2 Sheet Files: Sheet Number Notes: A0.1 Cover Sheet A1.1, A1.2, etc Site Plan Sheet A2.1 A2.2, etc Floor Plan Sheets A3.1, A3.2, etc Exterior Elevation Sheets A4.1, A4.2, etc Building Section Sheets Section Details (space permitting) A5.1, A5.2, etc Wall Section Sheets Section Details (space permitting) A6.1, A6.2, etc Roof Plan & Reflected Ceiling Plan Sheets Roof Details (space permitting) A7.1, A7.2, etc Interior Elevation Sheets A8.1, A8.2, etc Door & Finish Schedules Door & Window Types A9.1, A9.2, etc Detail Sheets 7.3 Detail Files: All Detail Files shall reside in the “Details” subfolder Detail Files shall be named in such a manner that the detail is easily recognizable without needing to open each file for inspection All entities within the Detail File shall reside in Model Space Each Detail File shall be placed on the Detail Sheets through the use of the Sheet Set Manager as described below See your CAD Manager with any questions regarding the Sheet Set Manager and/or its usage Cad Standards May, 2009 12 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 SHEET SET MANAGER: This section will attempt to explain the intended use of the AutoCAD “Sheet Set Manager” The Sheet Set file will be named according to the project name and saved in the project “current drawings” folder Thus the “Sheet Set” file for a project named “KMB-Remodel” would be named “KMBRemodel.dst” The files in the “sheet list” will be named according to the sheet name of the drawing, with the sheet number used in the “number” entry, following the KMB File Name / Sheet Name system discussed below Details will be drawn in model space with all annotation done in model space using a “text style” or “dimension style” scaled for the intended plot scale of the final drawing The “KMB Master Template.dwg” file has been set up with these text & dimension styles already in it All “sheet views” will be named according to the drawing name Plan views will not contain annotation in the x-ref All annotation for plan sheets will be done in paper space This will allow the same x-ref to be used for separate sheets at varied scales without having annotation scaling issues The “Sheet Set” file will use the following settings: Model View = project “Current Drawings” folder Label Block for Views = “Drawing Title(P:\5 - Resources\KMB\CadStandards\SheetSet DynamicBlocks.dwg)” Callout blocks = “Detail Bubble – Wall Section((P:\5 - Resources\KMB\CadStandards\SheetSet DynamicBlocks.dwg)” “Section Marker(P:\5 - Resources\KMB\CadStandards\SheetSet DynamicBlocks.dwg)” 8.1 Sheet Set Manager – Usage And Theory – For those unfamiliar with the AutoCAD Sheet Set Manager, this section will attempt to bring you up to speed on how it works, how to set up a new sheet set and why we use it (Excerpt from Lynn Allen’s article “Keep All Your Project's Eggs in One Basket”) The Sheet Set Manager The goal of SSM (Sheet Set Manager) is not to make your life more complicated quite the contrary SSM wants to help you be more organized, keep track of all those pesky files for you, help you put them in the right folders Using SSM isn't a change in process you'll still things the way you've done them in the past -rather it is a tool to make that process much easier and more efficient Instead of worrying about numerous files that make up a project, you will now worry about just one file: the sheet set So what can we with the SSM? The SSM can track all files associated with a given project It can help us build our sheets It can help us automate plotting tasks into a single mouse click It can help us automate detail and drawing title callouts and revise them globally throughout the entire Sheet Set(SS) It can help us organize all of the data within a SS for quicker access, easier tracking and better productivity Cad Standards May, 2009 13 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 From the image above, you can see a list of the things we can within the SS So let’s look at how we create a new SS From the pull-down list at the top of the SSM, choose “New Sheet Set” The photo to the left shows the pull-down and the “New Sheet Set” option highlighted Clicking on this will bring up the “Sheet Set Wizard” dialog box The steps are rather simple from this point on Simply choose to create your new SS “From an example drawing”, click next and browse for the “KMB Sheet Set Template.dst” located in the CAD Standards folder on the network, click next and fill in the SS properties The dialog box to the left shows the SS properties This is where all the SS information will reside Several items within the drawings, title block and cover sheet will pull data from these options using Fields The options for the “Label Block for Views” and the “Callout Blocks” shall point to the “SheetSet DynamicBlocks.dwg” file located in the KMB CAD Standards folder on the network If used properly, the Template file used to create your new SS will already have these options filled in The “Sheet Creation” setting shall point to the “KMBSSM-Template.dwt” located in the CAD Standards folder on the network It is the CAD Tech’s responsibility to assure that the options for each SS are properly completed using the settings discussed above Once the new SS is created, these settings can be changed by simply right-clicking on the SS name within the SSM and choosing “Properties” This will open up the dialog box shown above This will be the method used for tracking project phases and dates The KMB Title Block has been designed to pull this information from the information inserted in the dialog box shown above Once created, adding new sheets to your SS is as simple as right-clicking on the SS name and choosing “New Sheet” This should open a dialog box similar to the one on the right where you will give your new sheet a sheet number, a sheet name and a file name The sheet file name shall use the naming Cad Standards May, 2009 14 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 convention discussed in the “Drawing Index” section of this manual You can rename any sheet or “view” within a SS by right-clicking on the sheet or view name and choosing “Rename & Renumber” Once your new sheet is created, you can populate it with drawings by simply dragging the drawing from the SSM “Model Views” tab onto the open drawing sheet The image to the right shows a detail being drug to the sheet If your SS properties were done correctly, this will create an xref of the detail in your new sheet, create a viewport for you (viewport scale can be set by right-clicking before placing it on the sheet & picking the scale from the list) and place a view label block using the KMB Standards block The name and number of the drawing will need to be set using the Rename & Renumber method discussed above by right-clicking on the name of the view from the SSM “Sheet Views” tab It is the CAD Tech’s responsibility to assure the viewport and drawing title are on the correct layer (“cad model viewports” & “a-anno-title”, respectively), this is not something the SSM will for you See the “Dynamic Blocks” section of this manual for any questions about their usage or functions See your CAD Manager with any questions regarding the Sheet Set Manager and/or its usage As discussed, several information items within the drawing set have been designed to utilize the “Sheet Set Manager” These include, but are not limited to, the project phase and project number located on the Title Block The following image shows these items within the KMB title Block, their placement and explains their usage Cad Standards May, 2009 15 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 KMB Title Block KMB Architect Stamp – Ensure correct stamp for given project is visible, turn off all others KMB Project Number location – This item utilizes the information in the “SSM” To update this information, open the m-text editor, right click on the Field and chose “Edit Field” Change the Sheet Set to the correct Sheet Set and the information will update automatically KMB Project Name – See Project number information above This item works exactly the same This item is also linked on the KMB Cover Sheet to assure that the two locations are the same wording, spelling, etc eliminating any errors between the two KMB Project Phase & Date – See Project number information above These items work exactly the same The date pulls the information from the “Project Milestones” setting Cad Standards May, 2009 16 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 8.2 Resources: Heidi Hewett’s “Sheets Happen” - http://heidihewett.blogs.com/my_weblog/files/Sheets_Happen.pdf Lynn Allen’s “Keep All Your Project's Eggs in One Basket” http://aec.cadalyst.com/aec/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=146935 Cad Standards May, 2009 17 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 LAYER NAMING GUIDELINES: All entities shall be set to “bylayer” No assignment of Lineweight to layers will be used Everything shall be drawn using default lineweights and plots bylayer 9.1 Creating Additional Layers: The creation of additional layers shall follow National CAD Standard layer naming guidelines as described below Each layer must have a full name, with all elements included A - Wall - New Wall A Discipline Designation – A – Architectural C- Civil E – Electrical M – Mechanical S - Structural New A Wall Major Group Designation New A Wall New Minor Group Designations – Can contain more than one minor group designation (ie – A-Wall-Full-Demo) Cad Standards May, 2009 18 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 10 TEXT STYLES / FONT STANDARDS: All text & dimensioning will be done in paper space using individual text styles & dimension styles for the intended plotted scale except where the annotation resides in a detail drawing file Text & dimensions will be placed on the appropriate layer following the guidelines discussed in the “Master Layer List” section above Text types Height Style Color Notes, legends, Dimensioning text Room numbers Room names Drawing titles Drawing scale Sheet number 3/32” 3/32” 3/32” 1/8” 1/4” 1/8” 3/8” Arial Narrow Arial Narrow Arial Narrow Arial Narrow Arial Narrow Arial Narrow Bold CYAN CYAN CYAN CYAN CYAN CYAN CYAN Style name: Arial Narrow Height: 0’-0” Font file: ARIALN.ttf Width factor: 1.0000 Style name: Bold Height: 0’-0” Font file: bold.shx Width factor: 1.0000 10.1 DIMENSION STYLES: Dimension Style: A Font Style: Arial Narrow Dimension styles will use the following settings: Baseline Spacing: 3/8” Extend Beyond Dimlines: 1/8” Extend Beyond Ticks: 0” Arrow Size: 3/8” All Arrowheads will use a separate Arrowhead Dimension Style with the Arrowhead size set to 1/8” Dimension & Text Styles will use a naming convention similar to the Layer Naming convention discussed above where the first part of the Dimension Style name will be the discipline followed by the scale setting Thus a given drawing may have a list of Dimension Styles similar to the following: A A-01 |_ _Leader A-04 |_ _Leader A-08 |_ _Leader A-12 |_ _Leader A-24 |_ _Leader A-48 |_ _Leader A-96 |_ _Leader Cad Standards May, 2009 19 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 7th Avenue S.E Olympia, Washington 98501 360-352-8883 11 SHEET LAYOUT & PLOTTING: Each sheet layout will be named per the drawing sheet number using the KMB Drawing Index standards discussed above Thus the layout for drawing sheet A2.1 will be named A2.1 This aids in the “Batch Plotting” feature discussed below Each drawing will have a “Page Setup” prepared using the intended plot settings The purpose of this is to introduce the “Batch Plotting” feature within AutoCAD found in the “Publish” command This will give the CAD team member the capability to not only plot several drawings at once, but also plot multi-sheet DWF files and multi-sheet PDF files as well For information on how to accomplish this, see your CAD Manager or the AutoCAD manual KMB prefers the page setup utilize the “Display Plot Styles” option This is to assure a uniform look to each CAD file when opened by any team member Whenever possible, the plot settings will be saved under the “page setup name” within the “plot” window, using a name that describes the plotter & paper size, IE: “KMB 11x17 Lazerjet5000”, etc This aids in the “Batch Plotting” feature discussed above When using the Sheet Set Manager for “Batch Plotting”, it is recommended that the CAD Operator use the “Publish Dialog” box, not the “Publish Using Page Setup Overrides” option KMB has found that using the “Page Setup Overrides” option introduces errors and lost plots See your CAD Manager with any questions regarding this 11.1 PEN TABLE SETTINGS: KMB uses the “KMB-standard.ctb” for plotted drawings The following table lists the pen settings for the colors referenced above This table is included as a reference only and the pen settings are not to be altered A complete list of each pen in the pen table has been developed; see your CAD Manager for the location of this file Pen number Color Line Weight 11 13 15 16 20 21 23 25 51 62 63 72 181 100 Red Yellow Green Cyan Blue Magenta White Dark gray Light gray Salmon Pink Dark Pink Dark Brown Orange Light Orange Light Brown Brown Light Yellow Light Green Light Green Green Purple Light Green 0.022 0.040 0.030 0.012 0.001 0.012 0.016 0.010 0.010 0.007 0.004 0.005 0.003 0.065 0.050 0.034 0.020 0.018 0.008 0.017 0.013 0.004 0.010 Cad Standards May, 2009 % Shading 50% 10% 5% 20 KMB design groups, inc p.s 828 - 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