ALPHA 12 - CAD Standards

CAD STANDARDS Alpha XII Office Manual

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Š ALPHA XII ARCHITECTS AND CONSULTING PARTNERSHIP 2012 All rights reserved. This document is created for the sole of Alpha XII Architects and Consulting Partnership, located at the Caribbean School of Architecture (C.S.A), UTECH University in Jamaica, Advance Computing_CMP4015, 4th year, semester one.

Therefore, no part of this publication may be printed or reproduced or utilized in any form by electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented. Including photocopying and recording, or in any storage or retrieval system without permission in writing from the author.

INTRODUCTION In the ideal world, a CAD standard would be just what the name implies: a single set of rules an procedures for documenting and conveying building design information regardless of the software used to create it or the medium in which addresses a different set of issues regarding the organization and appearance of CAD files and the sharing of information with non-CAD applications.

Here at ALPHA XII architects and consulting partnership our CAD Standards office Manual is produced to ensure maximum efficiency, quality control, ease of communication and co-ordination in work load as well as providing an overall consistency in appearance.

Therefore it should be noted that adherence to the outlined sections in this document is mandatory and must be fully adhered to.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page no.

SOFTWARE SHEET TEMPLATES

III III-IV

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

V

FILE NAMING

V

FILE SUBMISSIONS AND STORAGE

VI-VII

PEN STYLES

VIII

LINE WEIGHTS

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LAYERS TEXT DIMENSION STYLE DRAWING UNITS AND SCALES SYMBOLS AND BLOCKS CARTOON SETS AND CHECKLIST

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SOFTWARE ALPHA XII currently uses Autodesk AutoCAD software to produce all working drawings.

Due to submission requirements all projects must use or save CAD file to AutoCAD version 2009.

SHEET TEMPLATES

COVER SHEET

All sheet sizes for ALPHA XII architects and consulting partnership are in Tabloid [11” X 17”] size. A copy of ALPHA XII sheet template can be located in the Templates folder on our website online at https://alpha12.teamlab.com/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=320691#1039733.

Sheet title Company information Title Block

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Sheet numbers and drawing titles Sheet title Company information Title Block Borderline (offset 50mm from edge)

DRAWING SHEET

North arrow

Drawing title/s & Graphic scale Drawing space Company information Title Block

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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ALPHA XII requires that all project submissions are uploaded online in the following file types. [http://alpha12.teamlab.com] AutoCAD Drawing format (.dwg) AutoCAD Drawing Web format (.dwf) Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf)

FILE NAMING ALPHA XII has adopted the following file naming standard for all CAD related files, which are created, used, or submitted to website.

This applies to all CAD drawings, DWF’s, PDF’s used in support of, or used in conjunction with this CAD Standard Office Manual.

All file names should begin withe the drawing title followed by the surname of the drawer then a letter [uppercase only] with the drawn date to end. e.g. Drawing title.Surname.UPPERCASE LETTER (alphabetical order).date

Section B-B.Rock.A.03.10.2012

N.B. At every stop point one should remember to change the letter and date in the next file name.

Section B-B.Rock.B.27.10.2012

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FILE SUBMISSIONS AND STORAGE After saving and assigning the correct “file name” to the drawing it is mandatory that you upload it to https://alpha12.teamlab.com/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=320691#1039726.

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Auto CAD files must be placed in CAD Drawings folder > [appropiate folder], as indicated below e.g. Details, Elevations, Plans and Sections.

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PEN STYLE ALPHA XII uses a standard set of plot styles or pen styles to aid in plotting. These plot styles are intended to provide seamless integration while passing dwg. files back and forth between members. The attached penstyle file “ALPHA XII.ctb” can be located in the CAD Drawings > ALPHA XII CAD Library > Plot style folder located on our website. https://alpha12.teamlab.com/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=320691#1039733.

N.B. Plot style file used by ALPHA XII was referenced from Studio Blue Architects inc.

CTB

Installation of the of “ALPHA XII.ctb” plot style file in AutoCAD is as simple as coping the fie in the correct folder. Illustrations are as follows: Mac OS: Applications > Auto-desk > Auto CAD 2013 > Show Package Contents > Contents > UserDataCache > Plotters > Plot Styles.

Windows OS: User > Library > Application Support > Auto-desk > Roaming > Product Version > Plot Styles.

LINE WEIGHTS Line weights in any drawing type whether digitally or by hand is necessary in successful visual communication, and it must be utilize correctly. As mentioned above, we at ALPHA XII provide a plot/pen style file, which depending on the color used, a given line-thickness will be associated. This ensure consistency in line-thickness in all AutoCAD drawing documents.

The example below illustrates which standard line colors produce which size line weights.

Blue

0.7000 mm

Cyan

0.5000 mm

Green

0.3500 mm

White

0.2000 mm

Yellow

0.1800 mm

Red

0.1250 mm

Magenta

0.0500 mm

9

0.0500 mm

8

0.0500 mm

Colors used at ALPHA XII as illustrated above in AutoCAD model space.

Associated line weights based on the colors used. N.B. All plotted lines are black only and not in color.

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LAYERS A standardized layers designed has been provided for easy management of information required in any drawing. Every attempt must be made to use the layers provided. We will allow the addition of layers, but only if it is necessary.

LINE NAME

LINE TYPE

LINE SCALE

Site

Blue

Continuous

1.000

Wall

Cyan

Continuous

1.000

Windows

Red

Continuous

1.000

Doors

Red

Continuous

1.000

Furniture

8

Continuous

1.000

Floor Tiles

Yellow

Continuous

1.000

Ceiling Tiles

Green

Continuous

1.000

Railings

Yellow

Continuous

1.000

Timber Partition

Yellow

Continuous

1.000

Title Block

9

Continuous

1.000

View Port

9

Continuous

1.000

North Arrow

White

Continuous

1.000

Dimensions

Red

Continuous

1.000

Text & Annotations

Yellow

Continuous

1.000

Grid Lines

Magenta

CENTER

0.090

Hidden Lines

Magenta

HIDDEN

5.000

Section Lines

Green

Continuous

1.000

Hatches

8

n/a

1.000

LAYER NAME

COLOR

N.B. In some circumstances you will be required to change the assigned color to Layer name [in model space only not property panel] in order to get desired line weight.

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TEXT The following text sizes are approved for ALPHA XII use and are defined within the ALPHA XII AutoCAD drawing file. These shall be the only text sizes used with ALPHA XII AutoCAD fies, both model and paper space.

1:100 scale LABEL TYPES

COLOR

FONT SIZE

FONT

LOCATION

Drawing titles

500

Model space

All Annotations, notes etc

100

Room names

150

Drawing tile scales

250

Model space

Level titles

150

Model space

CENTURY GOTHIC (REGULAR)

Model space Model space

1:50 scale LABEL TYPES

COLOR

FONT SIZE

FONT

LOCATION

Drawing titles

250

Model space

All Annotations, notes etc

50

Room names

75

Drawing tile scales

125

Model space

Level titles

75

Model space

CENTURY GOTHIC (REGULAR)

Model space Model space

X

1:20 scale LABEL TYPES

COLOR

FONT SIZE

FONT

LOCATION

Drawing titles

200

Model space

All Annotations, notes etc

40

Room names

60

Drawing tile scales

100

Model space

Level titles

60

Model space

CENTURY GOTHIC (REGULAR)

Model space Model space

1:1 scale: Title box text LABEL TYPES

COLOR

FONT SIZE

Project title

3.500

Project address

1.750

Sheet Number

5.000

All other general information [scale, drawn by, revision, etc]

1.750

FONT

LOCATION Paper space

CENTURY GOTHIC (REGULAR)

Paper space Paper space Paper space

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DIMENSION STYLE The following dimension style is approved for ALPHA XII use and are defined within the ALPHA XII AutoCAD drawing file. These shall be the only dimension style used for drafting.

To successfully set up dimension style in AutoCAD you will need to follow the steps as listed below: Step 1: Type “dimstyle� in the AutoCAD command text space and press enter to activate dimension style panel.

Pay special attention to the highlighted areas within each step.

Step 2:

Step 4:

Step 3:

Step 5:

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Step 6:

Step 7: No selections are made. What you see illustrated above are all default settings.

Step 8: No selections are made. What you see illustrated above are all default settings.

Step 9: When all Dimension Style settings are amended, save new style as “ALPHA XII�.

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DRAWING UNIT AND SCALES Standard drawing unit will be done in millimeters only [metric format]. All drawings produce within AutoCAD will be drafted at 1:1 scale. When setting up in paper space to plot, the follow scales must be assigned.

N.B. Scales given are for tabloid size sheets only: DRAWING TYPES

SCALES

Location plans

1:2500

Floor plans

1:100

Elevations

1:100

Sections

1:100

Details

1:20

Schedules

1:50

SYMBOLS AND BLOCKS In this section we will be addressing Alpha XII AutoCAD symbols and blocks. N.B. The following items are already drawn and can be located in the CAD Drawings > ALPHA XII CAD Library located on our website. https://alpha12.teamlab.com/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=320691#1039733.

Illustrations are as follows: SYMBOL NAME Hatches

COLOR

SYMBOLS wall hatching

site hatching

roof hatching

LINE hatch @ 45˚ , 25.000 scale

DOTS hatch @ 0˚, 25.000 scale

AR-SAND hatch @ 0˚, 25.000 scale

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SYMBOL NAME

COLOR

SYMBOLS

Structural grids

A

B

01

02

letters are on vertical grids while numbers are on horizontal - grid lines are not to cross drawings or dimesions [300mm offet from nearest line]

Doors [plan]

Doors Numbers

DB 04

DS 04

DF 04

DG 04

DB - door basement

Windows [plan]

Window Numbers

WG 04

WF 04

WS 04

WT 04

WG - window ground floor

Room Labeling

Bedroom

2000mmx3000mm

room text size -150, dimension text size - 100 6000mm first floor level [FFL] 3000

SSL and FFL levels SSL - structural slab level, FFL - finish floor level.

3000mm first floor level [FFL]

note: that the same symbol can be used on all plans

Timber cross-section

610

610

610

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SYMBOL NAME

COLOR

SYMBOLS

Detail line sheet no.

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Section line section lines must not cut drawing or dimensions

sheet no.

start section line 300mm from nearest line

Graphic Scale

1:20

0

500

1000mm

1:50

0

1250

2500mm

1:100

0

2500

5000mm

Arrows - head size 100 1:100 fall

Falls - head size 100 Dimension style Ëš

90 200

4000

North arrow N

Drawing title 1000

SECTION A-A

1:100

0

2500

5000mm

325

Stair annotation

up - 09 risers

650

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SYMBOL NAME

COLOUR

SYMBOLS

Ramp annotation up

Pivot symbol

pivot point

Extrator fan Glass symbol

roof line above

Roof over hang note that this same symbol can be use to show any hidden line above [see LAYERS section to get hidden line propety values]

Void void

N.B. Absolutely no other symbols should be used other than what is mentioned before.

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COVER

CARTOONS SET AND DRAWING CHECKLIST

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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3D RENDER

XXI

Appropiate Title box information

Wall hatching

Void

Falls

North arrow

Section lines

Detail lines

Door numbers

Window numbers

Levels

Stair & ramp annotation

Door symbols [correct swing direction]

Scale & Graphic scale

Drawing title labels

Room labels & dimensions

Structural grids

Dimensions

FLOOR PLAN

XXII

Appropiate Title box information

Wall hatching

Site hatching

Site line

Detail lines

Glass symbol

Door swing symbol

Scale & Graphic scale

Drawing title labels

Structural grids

Dimensions

ELEVATION

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Appropiate Title box information

Wall hatching

Site hatching

Site line

Falls

Detail lines

Vertical levels

Door swing symbol

Scale & Graphic scale

Drawing title labels

Room labels

Structural grids

Dimensions

SECTION

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Appropiate Title box information

Appropiate hatching

Scale & Graphic scale

Drawing title labels

Notes and annotations

Dimensions

DETAILS

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Appropiate Title box information

Window numbers

Door numbers

Door swing symbol

Scale & Graphic scale

Drawing title labels

Notes and annotaions

Dimensions

SCHEDULES

ARCHITECTS AND CONSULTING PARTNERSHIP