CAD Manual

[KGC]

Well i have given myself the role to updating our Office CAD Manual. Don't ask me why, i just did.

This really hasn't been touched in a while, i would say 5 years maybe. I am really looking for a good index set up. I really don't like the way ours is setup, and really don't want to spend the time to really tear it apart and re-organize the manual. All do another search for a manual, but if someone could just help me out with a decent index for a CAD Manual. Ill post mine here in a bit to show you what i have so far and what i am working with.

Thanks

[KGC]

TABLE OF CONTENTS


1.0 GENERAL

1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Manual Organization
1.1.2 Other Documents
Project CAD Manual
1.1.3 Project CAD Coordinator
1.1.4 Learning Resources

1.2 Terminology
1.2.1 Sheet
1.2.2 BASE Files
1.2.3 External References
1.2.4 Paper Space
1.2.5 Model Space
1.2.6 Consultant Backgrounds
1.2.7 AutoCAD
1.2.8 Revit
1.2.9 Sheet File Assembly

1.3 Electronic Files
1.3.1 Computer Maintenance
1.3.2 Project Electronic File Structure
1.3.3 AutoCAD Directory on the Server “XXXXXXX”
1.3.4 Inter-Office Communications
Transfer of Electronic Files
Receiving Disks/Files
Sending Disks/Files

2.0 SETUP

2.1 CAD Project Setup
2.1.1 Network Project Setup
2.1.2 Copy Prototype Files
2.1.3 Revise Standard Title Block
2.1.? Revise Standard Sheet Set
2.1.4 Create Base Files
2.1.5 Archiving

2.2 CAD Sheet Setup
2.2.1 Standard Sheet Size: Imperial
2.2.2 Drawing Scales
2.2.3 Create Sheet Files
2.2.4 Sheet Organization
The Module System
Detail Layout & Numbering
2.2.5 Create Detail Sheets
2.2.6 Standard Sketch Format
2.2.7 Schedules



3.0 GUIDELINES

3.1 CAD File Naming Guidelines
3.1.1 Upper/Lower Case Convention
3.1.2 CAD File Naming Convention for Sheets
3.1.3 Sheet Files
3.1.4 Detail Drawings
3.1.5 Title Blocks
3.1.6 Information Blocks
3.1.7 Key Plans
3.1.8 Revision Blocks
3.1.9 Architectural Backgrounds
3.2 Sheet Numbering Guidelines
3.2.1 Sheet Numbering Convention
3.2.2 Discipline Codes
3.2.3 Sample Sheet Index

3.3 CAD Layering Guidelines
3.3.1 Layer Naming Convention
3.3.2 Architectural Layers

4.0 CAD STANDARDS

4.1 AutoCAD Standards
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Base Files
4.1.3 Title Blocks
4.1.4 Revision Blocks
4.1.5 External Reference Files
4.1.6 Text Standards
4.1.7 Layering Standards
Freeze/Thaw versus On/Off Layers
4.1.8 Dimensioning
4.1.9 Line Types
4.1.10 Plotting
Batch Plotting
Plot Stamp
4.1.11 Pen Settings
4.1.12 Pen Width Convention/Line Weight Hierarchy
4.1.13 CAD Courtesy

4.3 Drafting Standards
4.3.1 Drawing Accuracy
4.3.2 Keynotes
4.3.3 Dimensions
4.3.4 Revisions Clouds
4.3.5 Leaders
4.3.6 Enlarged Areas
4.3.7 Standard Markup Color Code

4.4 Architectural Standards
4.4.1 Room Numbering Convention
4.4.2 Door Numbering Convention
4.4.3 Architectural Symbols
4.4.4 Architectural Abbreviations
4.4.5 Architectural Schedules
4.4.6 Hatch Patterns
5.0 CONSULTANT

5.1 Consultant-Specific Guidelines
5.1.1 Scale, Units, and Accuracy
5.1.2 Engineering Backgrounds
Saving for AutoCAD 14 Consultants
5.1.3 Seed Files
5.1.4 Architectural Backgrounds
5.1.5 Project Submittals

APPENDICES

Appendix A – Architectural Abbreviations
Appendix B – Architectural Sheet Numbers
Appendix C – Architectural Annotation Symbols
Appendix D - Layer Standards
Appendix E – Architectural (minimum) Layers
Appendix F – Layers
Appendix G – Text Heights
Appendix H – Pen Settings
Appendix J – Metric Conversion Chart
Appendix K – Scale Conversion Factors
Appendix L – Hatch Patterns
Appendix M – Dimensioning Guidelines
Appendix N – Dimensioning Guidelines Examples
Appendix O – Redlines Procedures
Appendix K – Client CAD Requirements
Appendix P – Standard ASK Sheet

[.chad]

wow. there is a lot of information going on there. im pretty sure there are a few standards on the forum, just have to search for them. try the standards forum as well as the general management forum.

[Kevin.Sturmer]

Well i have given myself the role to updating our Office CAD Manual. Don't ask me why, i just did...

This is a task which can easily get out of hand. Keep inforcement in mind. If you dot every i and cross every t - make sure you have a solid way to see that it gets followed.

Keeping things more on the loose/guideline side allows for flexibility and tends to get a higher return on its use.

Nail down the things which must be constant "text sixe, font(s) uses, etc" and provide the framework for the rest as more of an outline of best practices.

Save time and frustration all around.

[CADDmanVA]

TABLE OF CONTENTS


1.0 GENERAL

1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Manual Organization
1.1.2 Other Documents
Project CAD Manual
1.1.3 Project CAD Coordinator
1.1.4 Learning Resources

1.2 Terminology
1.2.1 Sheet
1.2.2 BASE Files
1.2.3 External References
1.2.4 Paper Space
1.2.5 Model Space
1.2.6 Consultant Backgrounds
1.2.7 AutoCAD
1.2.8 Revit
1.2.9 Sheet File Assembly

1.3 Electronic Files
1.3.1 Computer Maintenance
1.3.2 Project Electronic File Structure
1.3.3 AutoCAD Directory on the Server “XXXXXXX”
1.3.4 Inter-Office Communications
Transfer of Electronic Files
Receiving Disks/Files
Sending Disks/Files

2.0 SETUP

2.1 CAD Project Setup
2.1.1 Network Project Setup
2.1.2 Copy Prototype Files
2.1.3 Revise Standard Title Block
2.1.? Revise Standard Sheet Set
2.1.4 Create Base Files
2.1.5 Archiving

2.2 CAD Sheet Setup
2.2.1 Standard Sheet Size: Imperial
2.2.2 Drawing Scales
2.2.3 Create Sheet Files
2.2.4 Sheet Organization
The Module System
Detail Layout & Numbering
2.2.5 Create Detail Sheets
2.2.6 Standard Sketch Format
2.2.7 Schedules



3.0 GUIDELINES

3.1 CAD File Naming Guidelines
3.1.1 Upper/Lower Case Convention
3.1.2 CAD File Naming Convention for Sheets
3.1.3 Sheet Files
3.1.4 Detail Drawings
3.1.5 Title Blocks
3.1.6 Information Blocks
3.1.7 Key Plans
3.1.8 Revision Blocks
3.1.9 Architectural Backgrounds
3.2 Sheet Numbering Guidelines
3.2.1 Sheet Numbering Convention
3.2.2 Discipline Codes
3.2.3 Sample Sheet Index

3.3 CAD Layering Guidelines
3.3.1 Layer Naming Convention
3.3.2 Architectural Layers

4.0 CAD STANDARDS

4.1 AutoCAD Standards
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Base Files
4.1.3 Title Blocks
4.1.4 Revision Blocks
4.1.5 External Reference Files
4.1.6 Text Standards
4.1.7 Layering Standards
Freeze/Thaw versus On/Off Layers
4.1.8 Dimensioning
4.1.9 Line Types
4.1.10 Plotting
Batch Plotting
Plot Stamp
4.1.11 Pen Settings
4.1.12 Pen Width Convention/Line Weight Hierarchy
4.1.13 CAD Courtesy

4.3 Drafting Standards
4.3.1 Drawing Accuracy
4.3.2 Keynotes
4.3.3 Dimensions
4.3.4 Revisions Clouds
4.3.5 Leaders
4.3.6 Enlarged Areas
4.3.7 Standard Markup Color Code

4.4 Architectural Standards
4.4.1 Room Numbering Convention
4.4.2 Door Numbering Convention
4.4.3 Architectural Symbols
4.4.4 Architectural Abbreviations
4.4.5 Architectural Schedules
4.4.6 Hatch Patterns
5.0 CONSULTANT

5.1 Consultant-Specific Guidelines
5.1.1 Scale, Units, and Accuracy
5.1.2 Engineering Backgrounds
Saving for AutoCAD 14 Consultants
5.1.3 Seed Files
5.1.4 Architectural Backgrounds
5.1.5 Project Submittals

APPENDICES

Appendix A – Architectural Abbreviations
Appendix B – Architectural Sheet Numbers
Appendix C – Architectural Annotation Symbols
Appendix D - Layer Standards
Appendix E – Architectural (minimum) Layers
Appendix F – Layers
Appendix G – Text Heights
Appendix H – Pen Settings
Appendix J – Metric Conversion Chart
Appendix K – Scale Conversion Factors
Appendix L – Hatch Patterns
Appendix M – Dimensioning Guidelines
Appendix N – Dimensioning Guidelines Examples
Appendix O – Redlines Procedures
Appendix K – Client CAD Requirements
Appendix P – Standard ASK Sheet

You have to work for DOT right? That's the most succinct index I have ever seen. I may have to rework ours now. I'm jealous of how well organized your's is!

[robert.1.hall72202]

This is a task which can easily get out of hand. Keep inforcement in mind. If you dot every i and cross every t - make sure you have a solid way to see that it gets followed.

Keeping things more on the loose/guideline side allows for flexibility and tends to get a higher return on its use.

Nail down the things which must be constant "text sixe, font(s) uses, etc" and provide the framework for the rest as more of an outline of best practices.

Save time and frustration all around.

Best practices are definately the way to go. I wouldn't get too caught up in making sure everyone drives down the correct side of the road. Keep it simple and maintain consistency. Too many parameters are just asking the user to slip up. How many rules do you really want to maintain for each design? Let it go.

[CADDmanVA]

Best practices are definately the way to go. I wouldn't get too caught up in making sure everyone drives down the correct side of the road. Keep it simple and maintain consistency. Too many parameters are just asking the user to slip up. How many rules do you really want to maintain for each design? Let it go.

True dat! I've seen CADD Standards which were so voluminous and cumbersome that most drawings took almost as long for QA as they did to draft. Oh, and for the record, I did not witness this at the DOT.

[KGC]

no, we are Architectural.

And, i agree that too mnay rules and parameters can just get out of hand, and i have been in the process of getting this CAD Standards Manual updated, and creating some other documentation, and then having a CAD Day in the office.

My goal is not that everyone sits down and reads this book back to front on day 1, but i would like that everyone reads this in a week, and then we have another CAD Day (in house meeting if you will about CAD), and we then go over the Standards, i get some feedback and make sure that everyone is on the same page. I would only take up maybe 4-6 through out the week for these meetings, and in the process, also update all machines in the office, with the Standards for ACAD, and get our Office Standards Folder on the server organized and better located, so that its not a hassle to locate.

Detail libraries, tool palettes, SSM information, blank project shell folders will all be updated, and published after our CAD Days.

From here, I will know that everyone at least knows where these folders, documents, and files are, and have read, and have a basic understanding of the Standards that we NEED to start implementing.

Then at this point, maybe a monthly CAD Day, for either all of the CAD Staff, or just the high end users, to make sure that projects are running smoothly and the standards are being upheld correctly.

[robert.1.hall72202]

Passing out templates, blocks, and charts have been better than any cad standard
that I have produced. The standard is used as a reference tool. I can always use
the standard to reinforce common practices.

[-Brian-]

TABLE OF CONTENTS


1.0 GENERAL

1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Manual Organization
1.1.2 Other Documents
Project CAD Manual
1.1.3 Project CAD Coordinator
1.1.4 Learning Resources

1.2 Terminology
1.2.1 Sheet
1.2.2 BASE Files
1.2.3 External References
1.2.4 Paper Space
1.2.5 Model Space
1.2.6 Consultant Backgrounds
1.2.7 AutoCAD
1.2.8 Revit
1.2.9 Sheet File Assembly

1.3 Electronic Files
1.3.1 Computer Maintenance
1.3.2 Project Electronic File Structure
1.3.3 AutoCAD Directory on the Server “XXXXXXX”
1.3.4 Inter-Office Communications
Transfer of Electronic Files
Receiving Disks/Files
Sending Disks/Files

2.0 SETUP

2.1 CAD Project Setup
2.1.1 Network Project Setup
2.1.2 Copy Prototype Files
2.1.3 Revise Standard Title Block
2.1.? Revise Standard Sheet Set
2.1.4 Create Base Files
2.1.5 Archiving

2.2 CAD Sheet Setup
2.2.1 Standard Sheet Size: Imperial
2.2.2 Drawing Scales
2.2.3 Create Sheet Files
2.2.4 Sheet Organization
The Module System
Detail Layout & Numbering
2.2.5 Create Detail Sheets
2.2.6 Standard Sketch Format
2.2.7 Schedules



3.0 GUIDELINES

3.1 CAD File Naming Guidelines
3.1.1 Upper/Lower Case Convention
3.1.2 CAD File Naming Convention for Sheets
3.1.3 Sheet Files
3.1.4 Detail Drawings
3.1.5 Title Blocks
3.1.6 Information Blocks
3.1.7 Key Plans
3.1.8 Revision Blocks
3.1.9 Architectural Backgrounds
3.2 Sheet Numbering Guidelines
3.2.1 Sheet Numbering Convention
3.2.2 Discipline Codes
3.2.3 Sample Sheet Index

3.3 CAD Layering Guidelines
3.3.1 Layer Naming Convention
3.3.2 Architectural Layers

4.0 CAD STANDARDS

4.1 AutoCAD Standards
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Base Files
4.1.3 Title Blocks
4.1.4 Revision Blocks
4.1.5 External Reference Files
4.1.6 Text Standards
4.1.7 Layering Standards
Freeze/Thaw versus On/Off Layers
4.1.8 Dimensioning
4.1.9 Line Types
4.1.10 Plotting
Batch Plotting
Plot Stamp
4.1.11 Pen Settings
4.1.12 Pen Width Convention/Line Weight Hierarchy
4.1.13 CAD Courtesy

4.3 Drafting Standards
4.3.1 Drawing Accuracy
4.3.2 Keynotes
4.3.3 Dimensions
4.3.4 Revisions Clouds
4.3.5 Leaders
4.3.6 Enlarged Areas
4.3.7 Standard Markup Color Code

4.4 Architectural Standards
4.4.1 Room Numbering Convention
4.4.2 Door Numbering Convention
4.4.3 Architectural Symbols
4.4.4 Architectural Abbreviations
4.4.5 Architectural Schedules
4.4.6 Hatch Patterns
5.0 CONSULTANT

5.1 Consultant-Specific Guidelines
5.1.1 Scale, Units, and Accuracy
5.1.2 Engineering Backgrounds
Saving for AutoCAD 14 Consultants
5.1.3 Seed Files
5.1.4 Architectural Backgrounds
5.1.5 Project Submittals

APPENDICES

Appendix A – Architectural Abbreviations
Appendix B – Architectural Sheet Numbers
Appendix C – Architectural Annotation Symbols
Appendix D - Layer Standards
Appendix E – Architectural (minimum) Layers
Appendix F – Layers
Appendix G – Text Heights
Appendix H – Pen Settings
Appendix J – Metric Conversion Chart
Appendix K – Scale Conversion Factors
Appendix L – Hatch Patterns
Appendix M – Dimensioning Guidelines
Appendix N – Dimensioning Guidelines Examples
Appendix O – Redlines Procedures
Appendix K – Client CAD Requirements
Appendix P – Standard ASK Sheet

wow. very nice list. I don't suppose you want to post your manual for some of us to look around, do you? I'm curious how you mark up the info.