Land Desktop 2006

Sample Standards Document

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Introduction .................................................................................................. 2 Purpose of Manual ...................................................................................... 2 Scope ....................................................................................................... 2

Drawing Setup and Structure........................................................................... 3 Use of Model Space and Paper Space............................................................. 3 Plan Sheet and Drawing Border Size.............................................................. 3 Drawing Scales........................................................................................... 3 XREFs ....................................................................................................... 3

Design Drawing File Naming Conventions .......................................................... 4 Construction Document Naming Convention....................................................... 6 Land Desktop Data Folder ............................................................................... 7

Drawing Templates ..................................................................................... 8 System Variables Set in templates ............................................................. 8

Drawing Standard Files...............................................................................10 Drawing Layer States .................................................................................10 Layer Naming Conventions..........................................................................10

Company Layer Standards .......................................................................10 National Cad Standards ...........................................................................10

Colors ......................................................................................................12 Contour Styles ..........................................................................................13 Format Manager ........................................................................................13 Label Styles ..............................................................................................13 Project Prototype Structure .........................................................................13 Drawing Setup Profiles ...............................................................................16 Text Styles ...............................................................................................16 Survey Figure Settings ...............................................................................18 Symbol Manager........................................................................................23

CTB Files (Pen Weights) .................................................................................24

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Introduction

Purpose of Manual This manual was developed to provide Computer Aided Design (CAD) standards and guidelines for the implementation of standards for Surveying and Engineering Design firms. Provided in this document are two sets of standards. A standard that can be adopted and modified for a generic user-defined standard or a standard that can be adopted which uses the National Cad Standards. This is meant to be a foundation for your company standards and does not address every possible situation your firm may encounter.

This document can be used and modified for use as a company cad standards manual.

Scope This manual covers drawing templates, project prototypes, pen tables and associated files required to set up your company Cad Standards when implementing Autodesk Land Development Desktop.

The Standards prefixed with a CO (Company) follow a generic convention typically used in the Surveying and Engineering Industries. These standards can be modified and adopted into your company’s practices and procedures.

The standards prefixed with NCS (National Cad Standards) generally follow those outlined in National Cad Standards, dated January, 1996, and are modified where required to meet surveying and engineering requirements when using Autodesk Land Desktop, Autodesk Civil Design, and Autodesk Survey.

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Drawing Setup and Structure In order for project team members to easily share work on a project, it is important that the method of drafting and the structure of the drawing set be standardized.

Use of Model Space and Paper Space All drafting shall be done at 1:1 (1 AutoCAD unit = 1 foot or 1 Meter), in decimal units, in the AutoCAD model space environment. Plotting shall be done using the plot layout tools of AutoCAD’s paper space (layout tabs) environment; drawing sheets shall be set up at a scale of 1:1, and views in the drawing shall be scaled using viewport scaling. In addition to the drawing border, other entities to be placed in paper space include general notes and sheet-specific legends.

An exception to this rule exists when Land Development Desktop’s Sheet Manager tools for profile and cross-section sheets are implemented.

Plan Sheet and Drawing Border Size The standard plan sheet shall be determined by the project.

Drawing Scales The drawing scales are determined by the project manager or the client.

The scale should be determined prior the start of the project.

LTSCALE is governed by the Drawing Setup Profile selected when creating a drawing using Land Desktop by selecting the drawing scale. If the Drawing is a 50 scale drawing then 50 is the linetype scale. The properties of individual lines will have an LTSCALE of 1.

When working in Model space the LTSCALE should equal the drawing scale (this is set automatically by Land Desktop). The PSLTSCALE will be set to 0. This assumes the Viewport to be plotted will also be 20 scale. If the view ports are different scales then after completion of design in Model space, most likely in the CD (construction document) drawing when you are ready to plot you may change the LTSCALE to 1 and the PSLTSCALEe to 1 and forcing the linetype scale to be scaled according to the viewport scale.

XREFs For small projects with five or less plan sheets, it is acceptable to xref the design drawings into a single Construction Document drawing and utilize the layout tabs to create each plotted sheet.

For larger projects, where drawing size impacts computer performance, the design drawing should be xref’d into separate Construction Document drawing created for each discipline.

For example, the Site Layout Plan, Utility Plan, Grading and Drainage Plan, Landscape Plan, etc. would all be separate construction document drawings with the design drawings xref’d into each of them.

This is the recommended procedure even for the smaller drawings. Once a Construction Document drawing is set up, the only reason to use it is to plot the sheets. Additional benefits include: smaller file size, additional users can designing while the drafter is setting up the sheets, etc…

Xrefs should also be used wherever a part of the basemap or other information will be used in more than one drawing, so that any changes are automatically updated in all of the associated drawings.

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Design Drawing File Naming Conventions

Table 1 contains the Design Drawing naming convention to be followed for the Company Standard. If a Design Drawing name does not exist in the Table create your own following the same project number and three letter format as shown. The drawing template to use is the Company Template.

Table 1 Drawing Naming Convention

Name Description Info Contained in Drawing

#####SUR Survey Drawing Existing site info/Boundary data

#####EG Existing Ground Existing ground data/Contours

#####COV Cover Project cover sheet

#####BDR Border Project border

#####EXC Existing Conditions SUR DWG modified for use in design

#####DMO Demolition Site info to be demolished

#####GIS GIS Data DWG file created from GIS Data

#####LAY Layout Drawing Main design drawing/Model

#####PAV Paving Fill/Hatch patterns for pavement

#####UTL Utilities All site utilities, San, Storm, Wat…

#####GRD Grading Plan Design contours and grading data

#####PFL Profiles Road and Utilities

#####XS Sections Cross Sections

#####LSP Landscape Plan Landscaping, Irrigation

#####PLN Planning Master Plan information

#####ECP Erosion Control Plan Erosion control measures

#####HYD Hydrology Info Drainage Areas

#####WTL Wetlands Wetland Boundaries

#####G3D Working Grading Temporary working grading drawing

#####WRK Working DWG Temporary work drawing

#####VOL Vol Drawing Volume information

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Table 2 contains the Design Drawing naming convention to be followed on projects that follow the National Cad Standards. If a Design Drawing does not exist in the Table, refer to the National Cad Standards. The template used for these drawing is the National Cad Standards template.

Table 2 NCS Drawing Naming Convention

Drawing Name Description Info Contained in Drawing

#####GB General Border Project Border

#####GC General Cover Project Cover Sheet

#####B Geotechnical Borings, Test Pits

#####CD Civil Demolition Structure Removal and Site Clearing

#####CS Civil Site Plan

Roads, Bridges, Drives, and Parking, Boundary, Dimension control, Site info

#####CG Civil Grading Excavation, Grading, Drainage, Ponds

#####CU Civil Utilities Water, Sewer, Storm, Power & Comm

#####CH Civil Paving Roads, Bridges, Drives, and Parking, Hatching

#####CP Civil Profiles Road, Utility Profiles

#####CX Civil Cross Sections Road, Site Sections

#####CW Civil Hydrology Drainage Areas, Wetlands

#####CE Civil Erosion Control Erosion and Sediment Control

#####W Civil Works Overall Plan Info Large Scale Text

#####VA Survey Ariel Data Ariel Topo, planametrics

#####VG Survey Topo Existing Ground Contours

#####VW Survey Wetlands Existing Surveyed Wetlands

#####VF Survey Field Located Field Located Topo , Planametrics

#####LD Landscape Demolition Tree Protection, Planting removal

#####LI Landscape Irrigation Irrigation System

#####LP Landscape Planting Landscape Planting

#####LS Landscape Site Plan Recreation, Athletic Fields

#####PL Check Plot Atlas Quick Map Check plot set

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Construction Document Naming Convention

The Construction Document Naming convention should be determined at the start of the project. Since most companies have different requirements and may work for many clients, it will be left up to the individual companies to determine a naming convention for a set of construction documents.

A few recommended naming conventions are shown below:

PH1_LAY_3-4.dwg - would be an appropriate file name for Phase 1, Layout Plan, sheets 3-4. Where sheets 3 and 4 would be layout tabs in the Construction document.

UTL-5-6 – would be an appropriate name for Utility Plan, sheets 5-6. Where sheets 5 and 6 would be layout tabs in the Construction document

NTSDTL-9 – would be an appropriate name for Notes and Details, sheet 9.

Whatever naming convention is determined make sure it is consistent throughout your department.

Although this document does not discuss the Sheet Set Manager available in AutoCAD 2005 based products and later its use can be beneficial when setting up Construction Documents.

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Land Desktop Data Folder

The Data folder contains required files for using Autodesk Land Desktop. It is recommended to store this folder and all its subfolders on a network location to be shared by all users. This folder contains:

• Drawing Templates (DWT)

• Contour Styles (contours)

• Format Manger (format manager)

• Hydraulic IDF files (hd)

• Label Styles (labels)

• Pipe Data (pipeworks)

• User Desktop Preferences (pref)

• Project Prototypes (Prototypes)

• Report Files (Reports)

• Drawing Setup files/Text Sets (setup)

• Sheet Manager Sheets (sheets)

• LandXML Style Sheets (SPData)

• Survey Settings (Survey)

• Symbols (Symbol Manager)

• Cross Section Templates (tplates)

Table 3 shows the user preferences and their corresponding path to be mapped.

Table 3

User Preference Path to Server Description

Drawing Templates …\LDTdata\DWT Set using ACAD options

Contours Styles …\LDTdata\contours

Cross Section Templates …\LDTdata\tplates

Drawing Setup Borders …\LDTdata\DWT\borders

Drawing Setup Files …\LDTdata\setup

Import/Export Formats …\LDTdata\format manager

Label Styles …\LDTdata\labels

Menu Palette Path (user defined)

Project Prototypes …\LDTdata\Prototypes

Sheet Manager Templates …\LDTdata\sheets

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Speed Tables …\LDTdata\SpeedTables

Survey Data Files …\LDTdata\Survey

Symbol Manager …\LDTdata\Symbol Manager

Temporary Files …\Temp Temp Folder

Drawing Templates

The drawing templates used in Land Desktop set up the drawing with layers, dimension styles, environment variables and many other AutoCAD settings. Refer to the Layer section of this document for drawing layer conventions.

There are eight drawing templates provided for use.

• Company Design Imperial

• Company Design Metric

• Company Survey Imperial

• Company Survey Metric

• NCS Design Imperial

• NCS Design Metric

• NCS Survey Imperial

• NCS Survey Metric

System Variables set in templates

Company Templates

MEASUREMENT – METRIC = 1 – IMPERIAL = 0

UCSICON = 1

UCS to WORLD

INSBASE = 0,0,0

GRIDMODE = 0

ISAVEPERCENT = 0

LIMCHECK = 0

CECOLOR to BYLAYER

CELTYPE to BYLAYER

CELWEIGHT to BYLAYER (-1)

PDMODE = 34

PDSIZE = 0.5

QTEXTMODE = 0

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SNAPEMODE = 0

VISRETAIN = 1

LIMITS = OFF

PLINEGEN = 1

UCSFOLLOW = 0

UNITS

DECIMAL MODE (METRIC) ARCHITECTURAL (IMPERIAL)

PRECISION – METRIC = 3 – ARCHITECTURAL = 1/8”

ANGLE DIRECTION = DEFAULT – LDT CONTROLLED

ANGLE DIRECTION OF MEASUREMENT = DEFAULT – LDT CONTROLLED

NCS Templates

MEASUREMENT – METRIC = 1 – IMPERIAL = 0

UCSICON = 1

UCS to WORLD

INSBASE = 0,0,0

GRIDMODE = 0

ISAVEPERCENT = 0

LIMCHECK = 0

CECOLOR to BYLAYER

CELTYPE to BYLAYER

CELWEIGHT to BYLAYER (-1)

PDMODE = 34

PDSIZE = 0.5

QTEXTMODE = 0

SNAPEMODE = 0

VISRETAIN = 1

LIMITS = OFF

PLINEGEN = 1

UCSFOLLOW = 0

UNITS

DECIMAL MODE (METRIC) ARCHITECTURAL (IMPERIAL)

PRECISION – METRIC = 3 – ARCHITECTURAL = 1/8”

ANGLE DIRECTION = DEFAULT – LDT CONTROLLED

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ANGLE DIRECTION OF MEASUREMENT = DEFAULT – LDT CONTROLLED

Drawing Standard Files

The Drawing Standard files (dws) are used in AutoCAD to verify the layers existing in the drawing adhere to the desired standards. These files are:

• Sample Company Layers.dws

• Sample NCS Layers.dws

Drawing Layer States

The Drawing Layer States files (las) are used by AutoCAD to set the characteristics oflayers that exist in the drawing (ON/OFF, FREEZE/THAW, colors, linetypes, etc.). After using the dwt file mentioned above when creating a new drawing, you can restore the default layer state to ensure the layers have the proper characteristics. There are two layer state files provided:

• Sample Company Layers.las

• Sample NCS Layers.las

Layer Naming Conventions

Company Layer Standards

The Company Layer Standards use a three field convention.

• Field one identifies the discipline

• Field two identifies the feature

• Field three identifies the description or attribute

Example: CT-ROAD-CTR would be:

CT = Civil/Transportation

ROAD = Road,street…

CTR = Centerline

Refer to Sample Company Layers.xls for a detailed list of layer names and discipline names.

National Cad Standards

This layer naming convention will closely follow the National Cad Standards (AIA) layering convention. This will allow for a more uniform and extensive layer list.

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A complete list of Layer Names can be acquired by contacting (www.nationalcadstandard.org)

There are five defined layer name data fields:

Discipline Designator

Major Group

Minor Groups I

Minor Group II

Status

The Discipline and Major Groups are mandatory. The Minor Group and Status fields are optional. Each data field is separated from adjacent fields by a dash (“-“) for clarity.

The document will use a combination of Level 1 and Level II Discipline Designators for Layer Names:

Table 4 Discipline Designators

LEVEL 1 DISCIPLINE DESIGNATORS

G General

V Survey / Mapping

B Geotechnical

W Civil Works

C Civil

L Landscape

Major Groups are comprised of 4 character Abbreviations:

BLDG – Building

BNDY – Boundary

ROAD – Roads

Minor Groups are comprised of 4 Character abbreviations:

CNTR – Centerline

GRVL – Gravel

A completed Layer name would look as follows:

C-ROAD-CNTR - Civil (or Proposed) Road Centerline

V-ROAD-CNTR - Survey (or Existing) Road Centerline

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For a complete list of Major and Minor Groups refer to the National Cad Standards Documentation.

There is an Annotation Field that can be added to the end of Layers to designate elements. Table 5 shows the Acceptable Annotation Fields:

Table 5 Annotation Layer Name

Layer Name Description

□-□□□□-BRNG Bearings and Distance Labels (Survey Coordinates)

□-□□□□-DIMS Dimensions

□-□□□□-IDEN Identification Tags

□-□□□□-KEYN Keynotes

□-□□□□-LABL Labels

□-□□□□-LEGN Legend, Symbol Keys

□-□□□□-MARK Markers, Break Marks, Leaders

□-□□□□-MATC Matchlines

□-□□□□-NOTE Notes

□-□□□□-NPLT Non-plotting graphics Information

□-□□□□-RDME Read-me layer (not Plotted)

□-□□□□-REDL Redlines

□-□□□□-REFR Reference, External Reference

□-□□□□-REVC Revision Clouds

□-□□□□-REVS Revisions

□-□□□□-SCHD Schedules

□-□□□□-SYMB Symbols

□-□□□□-TEXT Text

□-□□□□-TABL Data Tables (Line, Curve, etc)

□-□□□□-TITL Drawing or Detail titles

□-□□□□-TTLB Border and Title Block

Any Layers needed that are not in the standards should be documented. If you need to create a layer, use a 4 character Abbreviation (look in the Abbreviations of the National Cad Standards for possible choices).

Colors

Colors and linetypes of entities shall generally be defined “bylayer”. Colors for each layer are determined from the Plot Style Table. Refer to the pen table files (CTB) for colors assigned in these standards.

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Contour Styles

Contour Styles are used to easily display contours created in Land Desktop, and ensure adherence to a company standard. These styles may be adjusted or additional styles addes as needed.

• Existing Contour Style • Proposed Contour Style • Existing Contour Style (metric) • Proposed Contour Style (metric)

Format Manager • The format manger contains formats for importing and exporting point data into

Land Desktop. The formats found here are standard text file formats provided by Autodesk:

Figure 1

Label Styles

Labels are used in conjunction with Point Objects, Lines, Curves and Spirals. Each set of standards has some typical label styles that can be utilized and modified as needed.

The path to the folder containing the label styles is: …\data\labels

Project Prototype Structure

The user should start projects in one of the following ways:

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1. As you create a new drawing, use the Create Project button

2. Through Projects > Project Manager you can use the Create New Project button.

Do not use Windows explorer to create project folders. If a project is created this way the project settings and standards will not be followed.

When creating a new project, the Project Information field should contain a Project Number to easily identify the project.

The Project Description field should contain the Project’s Address and location. Best case it will contain a Street Address, City, State, Zip, POC (Point of Contact), and POC Phone number. At a minimum the Street or nearest road intersection, and county or city and state should be used.

The Keyword to be used when creating the project could be any string of words that helps identify the project. An example might be the Project Name, using Underscores for the separation of the Name. You can also use several keywords, separated by commas, such as client name, project street name, county, etc. (See Figure 2)

Figure 2

As a project is created the project subdirectories will automatically be created as a result of selecting the appropriate Land Desktop Project Prototype. The following Table describes the Subdirectory structure created using the project prototypes:

Table 6 Project Directory Structure

ALIGN Horizontal Alignments (Created as needed by LDT)

CALCS Project Calculation folders (used for storing calculation spreadsheet that may be created and used during the project)

COGO Project Point Databases and Description Key Databases (Created as needed by LDT)

COR Project Correspondence folder (Contain many subfolders for storing

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project information such as Presentations, Proposals, Faxes…)

CR Settings folder (Created as needed by LDT)

DWG Design Drawing Location

-Arch Drawings provided by Architects

-As-Built As built drawing location

-C3D Folder to separate Autodesk Civil 3D Drawings

-Civil Civil Drawing Provided by other Civil Firms or Sectors

-Surv Survey Drawings Provided by Surveyors

-CD Construction Documentation

-Resources Blocks, Details, Notes… used throughout the project

-Trash All drawings that are considered junk or trash

GIS GIS Data (ESRI Shape files, SDTS Data, etc)

HD Hydrology Info (Created as needed by LDT)

IMG Raster Images (TIF,JPG,BMP,PDF, etc)

Pipeworks Pipe design info (Created as needed by LDT)

PLT Plot files stored for archive purposes

Survey Survey data (field books, deeds, Legals, etc) Not Drawings

Tplates Road Design Templates (Project Specific)

XML Data LandXML Data Files

Zip Zip files

ZZ Project Settings (Created as by LDT)

All files should reside in their appropriate folder. Subdirectories within the folders shown in Table 6 can be created by the user as needed. The Sub folders however should be named so they can be easily identified. If using a date in the folder a recommended format should be YYMMDD. (Year Month Day)

Design Drawings – where the project designs (models) are created and modified. The design drawing files for each project shall be stored in the root of the "dwg" subdirectory under the Project folder.

Construction Documents – the complied Design Drawings made into plan sheets for plan review and construction. These files shall be stored in the CD (Construction Documents) subfolder of the dwg folder.

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Once the Construction Documents are created and setup for the project their main purpose is for plotting only. All design and design modifications are to be accomplished within the design drawings or models.

Drawing Setup Profiles

The drawing setup profiles control drawing units, coordinate zones, orientation, text style, and border. Profiles can be created for geographical location, including standard scales and settings. You can then save the specific profile to be used when creating new drawings.

Text Styles Text styles are loaded using the drawing setup profile.

Using different font styles in a drawing accomplishes two goals: it is more aesthetically appealing and easier to read. Autodesk products have Text Styles that consists of a Character Set and Size.

Character set simplex is the base set used for the Text styles in both standards supplied.

Text Styles can have any name. This Standard follows the Leroy Naming system. L100 is the Style name for a plotted text height of 0.10 inches. A height or 0.10 Inches is an industry standard and typically required by plan reviewers. (Plotted Height * Drawing Scale = Text height in AutoCAD Units). Table 7 displays the Leroy Text Styles and their plotted height.

Leroy Text styles are only to be used in model space.

Text styles that have a user defined height are for Paper Space.

Table 7 Text Styles

Text Style Character Set Plotted Size

L40 Simplex .04 in

L50 Simplex .05 in

L60 Simplex .06 in

L80 Simplex .08 in

L100 Simplex .10 in

L120 Simplex .12 in

L140 Simplex .14 in

L175 Simplex .175 in

L200 Simplex .20 in

L240 Simplex .24 in

L290 Simplex .29 in

L350 Simplex .35 in

L425 Simplex .425 in

L500 Simplex .50 in

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• All Non Leroy Text Styles are user defined. When using Land Desktop all Leroy Sizes are sized according to the Drawing Scale. Example: L100 with a drawing scale of 100 the text height in LDT is 10.

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Description Keys

The description files are used to set the point objects on a designated layer along with placing symbols into the drawing on designated layers. The survey crews will be required to use the DesKey in their data collectors to identify the information collected in the field. Proper coding will be the key to a field to finish mapping process.

DescKey Description Category Line/SymBB* Parking Bumper Block Parking Sym BC* Building (Corner) Site Structure Line BH* Boring Geotechnical Sym BL* Building (Line) Site Structure Line BM* Benchmark Survey Control Sym BOH* Building (Overhang) Site Structure Line BOL* Bollard (Post) Site Feature Sym BRI* Bridge (Decking, Abutment) Site Structure Line CB* Catch Basin, Storm Structure Storm System Sym CEM* Cemetery Site Feature Line CL* Centerline (Misc) Misc Line CLB* Centerline Bridge Bridge Line CLC* Centerline Concrete Feature Site Structure Line CLD* Centerline Ditch Storm System Line CLDR* Centerline Driveway Transportation Line CLG* Centerline Gravel Feature Site Feature Line CLR* Centerline Road Transportation Line CLRR* Centerline Railway Transportation Line CLS* Centerline Swale, Stream Storm System Line CNC* Concrete Feature Site Structure Line CO* Cleanout (Sanitary) Sanitary System Sym COL* Column (Bridge, Building...) Bridge Line CP* Control Point (Traverse, GPS…) Survey Control Sym CPTS* Control Point (Fly, Spur…) Survey Control Sym DCK* Deck (Building) Site Structure Line DF* Drainfield Sanitary System Line DI* Drop Inlet (Storm Structure) Storm System Sym DUM* Dumpster Site Feature Sym EB* Electric Box (Power) Power System Sym EC* Edge of Concrete Transportation Line EDR* Edge of Driveway Transportation Line EG* Edge of Gravel Transportation Line EL* Ground, Spot Elevation Topographic Sym EM* Electric Meter (Power) Power System Sym EOW* Edge of Water (Pond, Lake…) Natural Water Line EP* Edge of Pavement (Asphalt) Transportation Line ESHB* Edge of Shrub (Hedge) Vegetation Line EWD* Edge of Woods (Tree Line) Vegetation Line FB* Foundation Box (Landscape) Landscape Line FD* Found (Rod, Pipe, Mon...) Boundary Sym FF* Finish Floor Site Structure Sym FG* Fence Gate Site Feature Line FH* Fire Hydrant Water System Sym

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FL* Fence Line (Wood, Chainlink, Wire) Site Feature Line FNC* Fence Corner Site Feature Line FO* Fiber Optic (Communication) Communication System Line FP* Flag Pole Site Feature Sym GD* Gas Drip Gas System Sym GDR* Guardrail (W, Wood, Cable Transportation Line GUY* Guidewire (Pole) Power System Sym GV* Gas Valve Gas System Sym HCP* Handicap Marking (Parking) Site Feature Sym HCR* Handicap (Ramp) Site Feature Line HS* Headstone (Cemetery) Site Feature Sym HWL* Retaining Wall Site Feature Line IE* Invert Elevation Storm System Sym IPF* Iron Pipe Found Boundary Sym IPS* Iron Pipe Set Boundary Sym IRF* Iron Rod Found Boundary Sym IRS* Iron Rod Set Boundary Sym LP* Light Pole (Lamp Post) Power System Sym LSA* Landscape Area Landscape Line MB* Mailbox Site Feature Sym MHD* Manhole Drainage (Storm) Storm System Sym MHDI* Manhole Drainage (Storm) Storm System Sym MHE* Manhole Electric Power System Sym MHS* Manhole Sanitary Sewer Sanitary System Sym MHT* Manhole Tele (Comm) Communication System Sym MHW* Manhole Water Water System Sym MON* Monument (Survey, Boundary) Boundary Sym MW* Monitoring Well Water System Sym OHC* Overhead Cable TV Communication System Line OHE* Overhead Electric (Power) Power System Line OHP* Overhead Power Power System Line OHT* Overhead Tele (Comm) Communication System Line OHU* Overhead Utilities (Combined) Misc Line PANEL* Aerial Survey Panel Survey Control Sym PIV* Water Service Water System Sym PKG* Parking Parking Line PP* Power Pole (Utility Pole) Power System Sym PS* Pavement Stripe (Parking) Parking Line PTP* Tower (Power, Transformer) Power System Sym PVS* Pavement Markings Transportation Line RD* Roof Drain Storm System Sym RIP* Rip Rap Storm System Line ROH* Roof Overhang Site Structure Line RR* Railway (rail) Transportation Line RRMP* Railway Mile Marker Transportation Sym RRS* Railway Sign Transportation Sym RRSW* Railway Switch Transportation Sym SAT* Satellite Dish Communication System Sym SB* Sprinkler Box (Irrigation) Landscape Sym SET* Set Boundary Marker Boundary Sym SF* Silt Fence (Erosion Control) Erosion Control Line

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SGN1* Sign (Single Post) Site Feature Sym SGN2* Sign (Double Posted) Site Feature Sym SH* Sprinkler Head (Irrigation) Landscape Sym SHB* Shrub, Bush Vegetation Sym SIGB* Signal Box (Traffic Contol) Transportation Sym SIGP* Signal Pole (Traffic Control) Transportation Sym ST* Sediment Trap (Erosion Control) Erosion Control Line STB* Stop Bar (Traffic Control) Transportation Line SV* Sprinkler Valve (Irrigation) Landscape Sym SWK* Sidewalk (Asph, Conc, Slate... Site Feature Line TAL* Traffic Marking Left Arrow Transportation Sym TAR* Traffic Marking Right Arrow Transportation Sym TAS* Traffic Marking Straight Arrow Transportation Sym TBC* Top Back of Curb Transportation Line TBM* Temporary Benchmark Survey Control Sym TIE* Tie Line Survey Control Sym TNK* Tank (Gas, Water, Propane…) Site Feature Line TOE* Toe of Slope (Bottom) Topographic Line TOP* Top of Slope (Bank) Topographic Line TOW* Top of Wall Site Feature Line TP* Telephone Pedistal (Comm) Communication System Sym TR* Tree (Unkown) Vegetation Sym TRB* Traffic (Signal) Control Box Transportation Sym TRBI* Birch Tree Vegetation Sym TRBO* Black Oak Tree Vegetation Sym TRBP* Bradford Pear Vegetation Sym TRC* Coniferous Tree Vegetation Sym TRCE* Cedar Tree Vegetation Sym TRD* Deciduous Tree Vegetation Sym TRDG* Dogwood Tree Vegetation Sym TRHI* Hickory Tree Vegetation Sym TRHO* Holly Tree (Bush) Vegetation Sym TRL* Trail (Path) Transportation Line TRMA* Maple Tree Vegetation Sym TRPI* Pine Tree Vegetation Sym TRPO* Poplar Tree Vegetation Sym TRRO* Red Oak Tree Vegetation Sym TRSY* Sycamore Tree Vegetation Sym TRWO* White Oak Tree Vegetation Sym TVP* CATV Pedistal Communication System Sym UG* Underground Gas Gas System Line UGE* Underground Electric Power System Line UP* Underground Power Power System Line UT* Underground Tele (Comm) Communication System Line UW* Underground Water Water System Line VG* Vault Gas Gas System Line VP* Vault Power Power System Line VT* Vault Tele (Comm) Communication System Line VU* Vault Unknown Misc Line VW* Vault Water Water System Line WALL* Retaining Wall Storm System Line

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WDS* Woods (Tree Line) Vegetation Line WELL* Well (Water) Water System Sym WF* Wire Fence Site Feature Line WM* Water Meter Water System Sym WP* Witness Post Boundary Sym WS* Water Spigot Water System Sym WST* Water Shut Off Water System Sym WTL* Wetlands Natural Water Line WV* Water Valve Water System Sym

Survey Figure Settings

The survey figure file controls the layer figures are created on when importing a survey field book or manually creating figures. The name of the figure is identified from the same description keys used by the survey crew.

Land Desktop can only use one figure file, set in the user preferences. One of the following paths will need to be set prior to importing a survey field book or using the figure commands to automatically place the figure on the correct layer.

Path of Company Standard …\data\Survey\Company

Path for NCS Standard …\data\Survey\NCS

Company Set – Survey Figure Prefix File

Name (DescKey) Breakline (Y/N) Layer EP Yes SV-ASPH CL Yes SV-MISCL CLS Yes SV-SWALECL DI No SV-STRM IE No SV-STRM BL No SV-BLDG EC Yes SV-CONC WALL Yes SV-RTWL EG Yes SV-GRAV RR No SV-RAIL OHP No SV-POWR PS No SV-PRKG OHE No SV-POWR OHC No SV-CATV VG No SV-VAULT-GAS FG No SV-FNCE-GATE ROH No SV-BLDG WF No SV-FNCE-WIRE LSA No SV-LSCP OHT No SV-COMM CLG No SV-GRAVCL DCK No SV-DECK DF No SV-DFLD EOW No SV-EWAT

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HCR No SV-HCAP TBC Yes SV-CURB-TB VP No SV-VAULT-POWR BC No SV-BLDG PKG No SV-PRKG CLR Yes SV-ROADCL VT No SV-VAULT-COMM VU No SV-VAULT-UTIL VW No SV-VAULT-WATR CLD Yes SV-DTCHCL TOP Yes SV-BRKL-TOP TOE Yes SV-BRKL-TOE SIG No SV-TRAF FNC No SV-FNCE SWK Yes SV-SWLK EWD No SV-TREE FL No SV-FNCE PNCTV No SV-CATV GR No SV-ROAD-GRAL TRL No SV-PATH CEM No SV-CEME CLRR No SV-RAILCL RIP No SV-STRM

NCS SET - Survey Figure Prefix File

Name (DescKey) Breakline (Y/N) Layer EP Yes V-ROAD-PAVE CL Yes V-CNTR-MISC CLS Yes V-STRM-DTCH DI No V-STRM IE No V-STRM BL No V-BLDG EC Yes V-ROAD-CONC WALL Yes V-RWAL EG Yes V-ROAD-GRAV RR No V-RAIL OHP No V-POWR PS No V-PRKG OHE No V-POWR OHC No V-CATV VG No V-NGAS FG No V-FENC-GATE ROH No V-BLDG WF No V-FENC-WIRE LSA No V-LSCP OHT No V-COMM CLG No V-CNTR-GRAV DCK No V-BLDG-DECK

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DF No V-SSWR-DFLD EOW No V-EWAT HCR No V-SITE-HCAP TBC Yes V-ROAD-CURB VP No V-POWR BC No V-BLDG PKG No V-PRKG CLR Yes V-ROAD-CNTR VT No V-COMM VU No V-UTIL VW No V-WATR CLD Yes V-STRM-DTCH-CNTR TOP Yes V-BRKL-TOPB TOE Yes SV-BRKL-BOTB SIG No V-TRAF FNC No V-FENC SWK Yes V-SWLK EWD No V-VEGE FL No V-FENC PNCTV No V-CATV GR No V-ROAD-GRAL TRL No V-PATH CEM No V-CEME CLRR No V-RAIL-CNTR RIP No V-STRM-RRAP

Symbol Manager

The symbol manager directory stores the symbols used by Land Desktop when importing points, survey field books and organizes typically used symbols for easy access.

Standard symbols are supplied each set and discipline. The symbols can be replaced by symbols that may be required by your locality.

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CTB Files (Pen Weights) Plotted pen weights and corresponding AutoCAD colors for full-scale drawings are listed in Table 10. Drafting Pen numbers are included for reference. Plotting widths for half-scale drawings shall be one-half that shown in the table.

• _Company-half.ctb • _Company-full.ctb • _NCS-half.ctb • _NCS-full.ctb

The pen tables above use a 9 pen weight rotation. Pen number one (1), also known as color red, is the thinnest pen. Pen number nine (9), also known as a color grey, is the thickest pen. This pattern repeats for 11-19, 21-29, 31-39… until pen 199.

Pens (colors) 10, 20, 30… any color that ends in a zero are all a weight of 0.0075, which is an in-between pen 1 and 2 in weight

Pens 111-199 are the shaded pens. They follow the same pen weight rotation. However pen 111-119 are shaded 10% making pen 111 the thinnest and lightest pen available. Pens 121-129 are 20% and so on…

Pens 200-249 are reserved for special cases.

Pens 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255 are all the same weight (.010) and are shaded 50%, 60%, 70%, 80% and 90% respectively.

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System Variables Set in all Templates

MEASUREMENT – METRIC = 1 – IMPERIAL = 0

UCSICON = 1

UCS to WORLD

INSBASE = 0,0,0

GRIDMODE = 0

ISAVEPERCENT = 0

LIMCHECK = 0

CECOLOR to BYLAYER

CELTYPE to BYLAYER

CELWEIGHT to BYLAYER (-1)

PDMODE = 34

PDSIZE = 0.5

QTEXTMODE = 0

SNAPEMODE = 0

VISRETAIN = 1

LIMITS = OFF

PLINEGEN = 1

UCSFOLLOW = 0

UNITS

DECIMAL MODE (METRIC) ARCHITECTURAL (IMPERIAL)

PRECISION – METRIC = 3 – ARCHITECTURAL = 1/8”

ANGLE DIRECTION = DEFAULT – LDT CONTROLLED

ANGLE DIRECTION OF MEASUREMENT = DEFAULT – LDT CONTROLLED

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