AutoCAD Standards Recommendations

Prepared for: [CLIENT NAME]

Prepared by: Robert Stephen Consulting, LLC

AutoCAD Standards Recommendations 1

Contents 1

RECOMMENDATIONS 2

Drawing Set-up 2

File Naming Convention 3

LAYERING CONVENTION 4

PRIMARY LAYERS 4

IWMS LAYERS FOR FM DRAWINGS 4

CONCLUSION 6

APPENDIX A: DRAWING NAMES 7

RECOMMENDATIONS

The following recommendations are designed to generate a foundation for proceeding with the IWMS implementation. [CLIENT NAME] should review and approve these recommendations prior to the IWMS implementation. Existing conventions should be presented to RSC for inclusion into this document.

Drawing Set-up

RSC will separate each floor into three separate drawings in a nested Xreference (Xref) containing layers as follows:

The AB (architectural) drawing will contain the layers and drawing entities or blocks for the architectural building shell and core and tenant improvements.
The IB (interior) drawing will contain the layers and drawing entities or blocks for the movable furniture and equipment
The FM (facilities) drawing will contain the asset layers for the polylines delineating the space and the blocks for equipment that will be the link to the Archibus database.

Nested Xref’s will be used to combine each of the FM drawings. The FM Drawing is the main drawing containing a Xref of the IB drawing that contains a Xref of the AB drawing. Each IB and FM drawing will contain a layer named Xref. For Example, the IB drawing will contain a layer named Xref that contains the insertion point for the AB drawing and the FM drawing will contain a layer named Xref that will contain the insertion point for the IB drawing.

This will allow flexibility when working through a reconfiguration. While rearranging the blocks in the IB drawing the AB will be Xrefed and provide visual clues for standards conformance. Conversely, while designing tenant improvements the AB drawing stands alone. The FM drawing will only need to Xref the IB to see the Architectural and Interior configuration.

File Naming Convention

The file naming convention that RSC recommends and uses for the Archibus are as follows.

The file names for all plan drawings shall be derived from the building code as established in the IWMS Population Recommendations Report and shall adhere to the following convention:

(See Appendix A: DRAWING NAMES)

The specific drawing names for the floor plans shall conform to the following eight-character naming convention and three-character file extension.

FLOOR PLAN DRAWINGS
FILE NAMING


AB	=	Architectural Base Drawings
IB	=	Interior Base Drawings
FM	=	Facilities Management Drawings

Building Code

“F”	=	“Floor”

Floor Code
01	=	First or Ground Floor
02	=	Second Floor
03	=	Third Floor
04	=	Fourth Floor
05	=	Fifth Floor
06	=	Sixth Floor
07	=	Seventh Floor
08	=	Eighth Floor
09	=	Ninth Floor
10	=	Tenth Floor
		etc.
File Name Extension

		.DWG

LAYERING CONVENTION

It is recommended that [CLIENT NAME] drawings shall use the following primary layers. Layers for as-built elements are based on AIA guidelines. Layers used for space tracking are based on the standards included with ARCHIBUS. The IB and the FM drawing will also contain an Xref layer that contains the Xreferenced drawing for the nested Xreference. RSC will also evalutate each drawing for layering consistency and make appropriate layer changes in order to work optimally with the ARCHIBUS database.

The following layering conventions were derived from the AIA CAD Standards. Additional layers shown in the AIA Standards but not shown here are permitted as long as the color and linetype settings are cleared with [CLIENT NAME]’s Facilities Department. Either all long or all short layer names may be used, but not a combination of both.

The layer list is divided into eight major groups, each group having building information layers and drawing information layers.

PRIMARY LAYERS

Long Layer Name	Short Layer Name	Layer Description	Color	Color Name	Line Type	Width
A- CORE		Core elements incl. elevators, stairs, WC’s	8	gray	cont.	0.030
A-WALL	AWA	Walls	4	Cyan	cont.	0.030
A-GLAZ	AGL	Glazed Openings, Windows, Glazed Partitions	8	Gray	cont.	0.010
A-DOOR	ADO	Doors	4	Cyan	cont.	0.030
A-FURN	AFU	Furniture	1	red	cont.	0.030
A-FURN-PNLS	AFUPN	Furniture System Panels	1	red	cont.	0.010
A-CLNG	ACL	Ceiling Information	3	Green	cont.	0.030
A-SYMB		Architectural Designator Symbols	2	Yellow	cont.	0.030
A-EQPM	AEQ	Equipment	3	Green	cont.	0.030
E-SYMB	ELE	Electrical and Telecom. Designators	4	CYAN	CONT.	0.030
A-NOTE		Drawing Notations	0	white	cont.	0.030
P-FIXT		Plumbing Fixtures	8	Gray	cont.	0.030
S-GRID	SGR	Column Grid	6	Magenta	Phantom	0.040
S-COL		Columns	6	Magenta	Phantom	0.040
TTL		Title Blocks, Drawing Titles, Drawing Notes	0	white	cont.	0.040

IWMS LAYERS FOR FM DRAWINGS

The standard layers for Archibus FM are as listed below.

RM	Workspace Area Boundaries – Prototype	4	Cyan	cont.	0.030
RM$	Workspace Area Boundaries – Asset Layer	5	BLUE	cont.	0.030
RM$TXT	Workspace Area Boundaries – Asset Text	5	BLUE	cont.	0.030
GROS	Gross Area Boundaries – Prototype	6	Magenta	cont.	0.030
GROS$	Gross Area Boundaries – Asset Layer	1	red	cont.	0.030
GROS$TXT	Gross Area Boundaries – Asset Text	1	red	cont.	0.030
HL-TMP	Occupancy and Allocation data	2	yellow	cont.	0.030
XREF	Insertion point for xref	7	White	cont.	0.030
A-POCC-TXT1	Employee Names	7	White	cont.	0.030
MVIEW	Paperspace view ports	2	Yellow	cont.	0.030
Vacant	Highlights Vacancies	4	Cyan	cont.	0.030
Move	Pending Moves	1	Red	cont.	0.030
FP	Faceplates	6	Magenta	cont.	0.030
FP$	Faceplates Block – Asset Layer	1	Red	cont.	0.030
FP$TXT	Faceplates Text – Asset Text	1	Red	cont.	0.030
Dept	Highlight Departments	7	White	cont.	0.030
Conf	Highlight Conference Rooms	7	White	cont.	0.030

CONCLUSION

The above standards were designed to ensure a smooth operation of the ARCHIBUS database with the properly set up AutoCAD floorplan drawings. The strict adherence to these standards will help to ensure proper performance and retrieve accurate data from the ARCHIBUS database.

APPENDIX A: DRAWING NAMES

Drawing Name	Building Code	Name
FM40F1	US-MV-40	Building 40 – Floor 1
IB40F1	US-MV-40	Building 40 – Floor 1
AB40F1	US-MV-40	Building 40 – Floor 1
FM40F2	US-MV-40	Building 40 – Floor 2
IB40F2	US-MV-40	Building 40 – Floor 2
AB40F2	US-MV-40	Building 40 – Floor 2
FM41F1	US-MV-41	Building 41 – Floor 1
IB41F1	US-MV-41	Building 41 – Floor 1
AB41F1	US-MV-41	Building 41 – Floor 1
FM41F2	US-MV-41	Building 41 – Floor 2
IB41F2	US-MV-41	Building 41 – Floor 2
AB41F2	US-MV-41	Building 41 – Floor 2
FM41F3	US-MV-41	Building 41 – Floor 3
IB41F3	US-MV-41	Building 41 – Floor 3
AB41F3	US-MV-41	Building 41 – Floor 3
FM42F1	US-MV-42	Building 42 – Floor 1
IB42F1	US-MV-42	Building 42 – Floor 1
AB42F1	US-MV-42	Building 42 – Floor 1
FM42F2	US-MV-42	Building 42 – Floor 2
IB42F2	US-MV-42	Building 42 – Floor 2
AB42F2	US-MV-42	Building 42 – Floor 2
FM42F3	US-MV-42	Building 42 – Floor 3
IB42F3	US-MV-42	Building 42 – Floor 3
AB42F3	US-MV-42	Building 42 – Floor 3
FM43F1	US-MV-43	Building 43 – Floor 1
IB43F1	US-MV-43	Building 43 – Floor 1
AB43F1	US-MV-43	Building 43 – Floor 1
FM43F2	US-MV-43	Building 43 – Floor 2
IB43F2	US-MV-43	Building 43 – Floor 2
AB43F2	US-MV-43	Building 43 – Floor 2