Cad Manual For Consultants

STRUCTURES ENGINEERING
GUIDELINES ON PRESENTATION
AND FORMAT OF DRAWINGS
STRUCTURES ENGINEERING
GUIDELINES ON PRESENTATION
AND FORMAT OF DRAWINGS
This manual is owned and controlled by the Senior Engineer Structures.
The SISM / PO is the delegated custodian. All comments and requests for revision should be
submitted to the delegated custodian.
Authorisation
As Senior Engineer Structures of Main Roads Western Australia, I authorise this issue
and the use of this instruction.
Jock Scanlon
Senior Engineer Structures
Date: 24 / 6 / 2004
Document No: 6706/02/2228
Controlled Copy No: _____________
MAIN ROADS Western Australia S.E. – Guidelines on Presentation and Format of drawings Page 1 of 33
CAD Manual For Consultants.Doc 6706/02/2228 Issue June 04
CONTENTS
Page No.
1. PURPOSE........................................................................................................................ 5
2. SCOPE............................................................................................................................. 5
3. REFERENCES ............................................................................................................... 5
4. DEFINITIONS................................................................................................................ 5
5. PROVISION OF DATA TO STRUCTURES ENGINEERING ................................ 6
6. PROVISION OF DATA TO THE CONSULTANT.................................................... 6
7. DRAWING PRODUCTION STANDARDS ................................................................ 7
7.1 Drawing Layers ............................................................................................................ 7
7.2 Pen Colour .................................................................................................................... 7
7.3 Text Fonts and Style..................................................................................................... 7
7.4 Hatch Patterns............................................................................................................... 7
7.5 Line Types and Line type Scale ................................................................................... 7
7.6 Dimension Style ........................................................................................................... 7
7.7 Model and Paper Space ................................................................................................ 8
7.8 External Reference Files (Xref).................................................................................... 8
7.8.1Binding of External Reference Files ............................................................................ 8
7.8.2Trimming the External Reference Files ....................................................................... 8
8. DRAWING COMPLETION STANDARDS................................................................ 9
8.1 Delivery ........................................................................................................................ 9
8.2 File Naming Standard................................................................................................... 9
9. STANDARD DRAWINGS............................................................................................. 9
9.1 Standard Drawings Manual .......................................................................................... 9
9.2 Practice Notes............................................................................................................. 10
10.0 DRAWING TITLEBLOCK SIGNING, AMENDMENTS AND AS
CONSTRUCTED...................................................................................................... 10
10.1 Client Blocks .............................................................................................................. 10
10.2 Client Blocks and Consultants Logo .......................................................................... 11
10.3 Titleblock Structures Details ...................................................................................... 13
10.4 Titleblock at Signing .................................................................................................. 15
10.5 Titleblock Amendment 1 ............................................................................................ 17
10.6 Title block Subsequent Amendments ......................................................................... 19
10.7 Index Sheet Amendments........................................................................................... 21
10.8 As Constructed Drawing ............................................................................................ 22
10.9 As Constructed Blocks ............................................................................................... 23
MAIN ROADS Western Australia S.E. – Guidelines on Presentation and Format of Drawings Page 2 of 33
FIGURES
Page No.
Figure 1 - A1 and A2 Client Blocks....................................................................................... 10
Figure 2 – A1 Client Block and Consultant Logo.................................................................. 11
Figure 3 – A2 Client Block and Consultant Logo.................................................................. 12
Figure 4 – A1 Structure Details.............................................................................................. 13
Figure 5 – A2 Structure Details.............................................................................................. 14
Figure 6 – A1 Titleblock at Signing ....................................................................................... 15
Figure 7 – A2 Titleblock at Signing ....................................................................................... 16
Figure 8 - A1 Titleblock at Amendment 1 ............................................................................. 17
Figure 9 – A2 Titleblock at Amendment 1............................................................................. 18
Figure 10 – A1 Titleblock at Subsequent Amendment .......................................................... 19
Figure 11 – A2 Titleblock at Subsequent Amendment .......................................................... 20
Figure 12 – Amendment to Index Sheet................................................................................. 21
Figure 13 – As Constructed Drawing..................................................................................... 22
Figure 14 - As Constructed Block .......................................................................................... 23
Figure 15 – Visual As Constructed Block.............................................................................. 23
Figure 16 – As Constructed Information Not Available Bock............................................... 23
Figure 17 – Not Built Notation Detail.................................................................................... 24
Figure 18 - Tabulated As Constructed Information ............................................................... 24
APPENDICES A
Table 1 – Layer Configuration Table ..................................................................................... 25
Table 2 – Pen Configuration Table ........................................................................................ 26
APPENDICES B
Blocks 1 – Amendment and As Constructed Blocks.............................................................. 27
Blocks 2 – Administration and map Blocks ........................................................................... 28
Blocks 3 – Titleblock Scale Blocks........................................................................................ 29
Blocks 4 – Section Arrow Blocks .......................................................................................... 30
Blocks 5 – Heading and View Blocks .................................................................................... 31
Blocks 6 – Flow, Crossfall and Direction Arrow Blocks....................................................... 32
Blocks 7 – R.L. and Surface Finish Blocks............................................................................ 32
Blocks 8 - General Blocks...................................................................................................... 33
1. PURPOSE
The purpose of this instruction is to describe the procedures to be followed in the

management and production of electronic drawings, produced by Consultants for Structures
Engineering Main Roads Western Australia.
2. SCOPE
This procedure shall apply to all electronic drawings of all structures produced for MRWA by
Consultants.
3. REFERENCES
The following documents relate to this procedure
• Structures Engineering Management System Manual 3912/01

• Structures Engineering Drafting Information & Practices Manual 3912/04
• Structures Engineering Standard Drawings Manual 3912/07
4. DEFINITIONS
The following terms used in this procedure have the specific meanings indicated:
• Designer: The Engineer or Consultant who carried out the design for the structure
detailed in the drawing or the person or body supplying information such as survey
control or electrical.
• SES: Senior Engineer Structures
• SISM: Structures Information & Standards Manager
• PO: Project Officer
5. PROVISION OF DATA TO STRUCTURES ENGINEERING
“Autocad” is the Main Roads Western Australia CADD platform. Currently Structures
Engineering operates Autocad 2004.
Consultants are to ensure the their CADD system can produce electronic copies of the
drawings in a format compatible with this version of Autocad.
Structures Engineering’s requirements for all other drawings supplied are that they are
to be in Autocad R12, R13, R14, R2000 or R2004 .DWG format only.
Where another CADD system is used, it shall be the responsibility of the

Consultant to supply all drawings to Structures Engineering in an Autocad R12,
R13, R14, R2000 or R2004 .DWG format only.
No raster images shall be included in the data delivered to Structures Engineering.
CADD drawings shall be provided as above in electronic format, on Floppy diskettes

of 3.5-inch 1.44Mb Dos Format, on CDROM or Email.
The drawings shall comply with the standards referred to in this manual.
No manual updating of CADD drawings is allowed.
6. PROVISION OF DATA TO THE CONSULTANT
Structures Engineering shall provide the following files for the use of Consultant.
File Description
A1_tblk.dwg A1 size (841x594) base drawing with Structures

Engineering’s Consultant title block, standard text
style, layers and dimension style.
A2_tblk.dwg A2 size (594x420) base drawing with Structures

Engineering’s Consultant title block, standard text
style, layers and dimension style.
Standards Block.zip Pkzip file of all Structures Engineering’s standard

drawing blocks.
A1 Client.zip Pkzip file of all Structures Engineering’s A1

standard drawing sheet Client Regions blocks.
A2 Client.zip Pkzip file of all Structures Engineering’s A2

standard drawing sheet Client Regions blocks.
Setdimb.lsp Lisp file that can be load into the Consultant’s

drawings to set the dimension style to Structures
Engineering’s dimension style “bridge”.
Both the A1 and A2 base drawings can be downloaded from the Main Roads web site
from the following link: Presentation Drawings
7. DRAWING PRODUCTION STANDARDS
7.1 Drawing Layers
Line colours and types shall be set to “By layer”. Drawing layers shall be as detailed
in Appendix A.
7.2 Pen Colour
Only Autocad colours shall be used 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7,8 & 9. All pen colours are to be set
by layer only, all shall conform to pen colour table, refer Appendix A. The colour
table for monochrome plots can be downloaded from the following link: -
Monochrome Colour Table
7.3 Text Fonts and Style
Only standard Autocad text fonts, as supplied with Autocad package are permitted.
All text in the drawings shall be ISO style (ISO3098B font for R12 users, ISO9 font
for LT users and ISOCP2.shx font for R13, R14, R2000 and R2400 users) on layers
T25 to T70 throughout the drawing. Both Mtext and single line text are acceptable.
All text styles shall be defined with a height of “0”.
N.B. – All special fonts used in the production of drawings are to be supplied by the
Consultant, i.e. any special fonts used in Consultant Logos.
7.4 Hatch Patterns
Only standard Autocad hatch patterns, as supplied with Autocad or “Autohatch”

patterns shall be used.
7.5 Line Types and Line type Scale
Only standard line types, as designated by “acadiso.lin” shall be used.

LTScale shall be set to “0.5”.
7.6 Dimension Style
Structures Engineering’s dimension style is “Bridge” as supplied with the standard

consultant drawing sheets.
The “dimassoc” variable is set to “0”. The Consultant may varied the “dimassoc”
variable to 1 or 2 but all final drawings must be supplied “plot ready” at 1 = 1 plot
scale, therefore all dimension text values are to be over-written or dimension are to be
exploded before rescaling to plot scale. Final drawings at 1 = 1 plot scale are to be
“dimension update” to ensure that all dimensions present correctly.
The “bridge” dimension style can be inserted into Consultant drawings by loading and
running the “setdimb.lsp” lisp provided. Setdimb.lsp
7.7 Model and Paper Space
All drawings supplied to Structures Engineering shall be in “Model Space” only.

Under no circumstance are “Paper Space” drawings to be supplied to Structures
Engineering.
7.8 External Reference Files (Xref)
Drawings supplied to Structures Engineering shall not have external reference

drawing files attached.
Consultants may use external reference drawing files in the production of their
preliminary drawings but final drawings presented to Structures Engineering must
have all external reference files bound, clipped and trimmed to the limits of the
drawing sheet at final handover. All external data is to be erased and purged from the
drawing.
7.8.1 Binding of External Reference Files
Upon completion of the project and before drawings handover to Structures

Engineering the following procedure shall be implemented for all drawings
containing external references.
• If Xref’s are Xclipped then set the Xclipframe toggle to 1.

• Make a new layer called “Xclip” and set it to current.
• Lay a new polyline or rectangle tracing the Xclipframe.
• Choose Insert >Xref Manager.
• Then select the required Xref file to be bound and select Bind, of the two
options given, select bind. Repeat until all Xrefs are bound.
The external reference files are now part of the current drawing.
7.8.2 Trimming the External Reference Files
For the trimming and removal of all extraneous Xref items from the drawing
implement the following procedure.
• Explode all Xref blocks.

• For Autocad R2000, select from the Bonus menu bar Modify >
Cookie Cutter trim or for Autocad R2004, from the command line type
“Extrim”.
From the resulting command line prompt “select objects”; select the
boundary previously drawn on the Xclip layer.
From the command line prompt “Specify the side to trim”, select a point
on side objects are to be trimmed from. All objects crossing boundary will
be trimmed.
• All other entities still outside the boundary can be erased.
• The Xclip layer can be turned off.
• Type “purge” at the command prompt and purge all items.
Save the drawing. The drawing is now suitable for handover to Structures
Engineering.
8. DRAWING COMPLETION STANDARDS
8.1 Delivery
• Only structures “30” series drawing numbers shall be used on structural drawings.
(0430-0129 refer to SISM for drawing number allocation).
• Drawings to be “.dwg” file, with all preliminary linework/details removed from the
extents.
• Drawings shall be supplied “plot ready” at a 1 = 1 plot scale. All un-referenced
blocks, layers, styles and linetypes shall be purged. Drawings to be saved at
extents with the lower left corner of the titleblock at 0,0 coordinates.
• All drawings shall be supplied in “model space”. “Paper space” entities are not
acceptable.
• Current menu referenced by drawing shall be “acad”.
• Current style referenced by drawing shall be “iso”, fontfile = ISOCP2.shx.
• Completed drawings shall be supplied electronically accompanied by a final
fullsize, signed (including regional client titleblock signatures) and dated
monochrome plot.
• Hard copy plots shall be produced to pen thickness/colour assignment standards as
detailed in Appendix “A”.
• Electronic drawings can be supplied to Structures Engineering in a compressed
.ZIP format using PKZIP
8.2 File Naming Standard
Files in “.dwg” format shall be named to drawing number, without Amendment

number component.
eg: 0430-0263-4 should be supplied electronically as 04300263.dwg.
9. STANDARD DRAWINGS
9.1 Standard Drawings Manual
Standard drawings may be obtained on request in hard copy and electronic .dwg
format or can be down loaded from the Main Roads web site from the follow link:
Standard Contract Drawings. Standard drawings covering the following areas are
detailed in the Structures Engineering’s Standard Drawings Manual 3912/07.
Wind Loading on Signs

Railing and Balustrade
Parapets
Bridge Lighting
Precast Beams
Stock Grids
Culverts
Concrete Barriers
Piles
Retaining Walls
Reinforcement
9.2 Practice Notes
Practice Notes, detailing standard practices for bridge maintenance, may be obtained
on request from SISM or from the Main Roads web site Design > Practice Notes .
The Practice Notes Manual covers the following areas:
• Substructure (Doc No. 6706/02/221)

• Superstructure (Doc No. 6706/02/222)
• Railings and Miscellaneous Details (Doc No. 6706/02/223)
10.0 DRAWING TITLEBLOCK SIGNING, AMENDMENTS AND AS

CONSTRUCTED
It is vital that all drawings are signed and amended according to the following
procedure so that a true and accurate record is kept of the current state of construction
for each project.
At completion of each project the drawings received by Structures Engineering shall

be deemed to be the current and latest version. Therefore any amendment to the
drawings, for any purpose, will require the Consultant to re-issue Structures
Engineering with a new amended electronic and full size hardcopy.
10.1 Client Blocks
A1 Client Blocks A2 Client Blocks

Figure 1 - A1 and A2 Client Blocks
A1 Client blocks can be downloaded from the follow file: A1 Client.zip
A2 Client blocks can be downloaded from the follow file: A2 Client.zip
10.2 Client Blocks and Consultants Logo
Provisions have been made for the client block and consultants logo to be inserted into
the titleblock.
Figure 2 – A1 Client Block and Consultant Logo
Figure 3 – A2 Client Block and Consultant Logo
10.3 Titleblock Structures Details
• Requirements for structure details in titleblock are detailed below.
Figure 4 – A1 Structure Details
Figure 5 – A2 Structure Details
10.4 Titleblock at Signing
• Requirements for drawing signatures and dates are detailed below.
Figure 6 – A1 Titleblock at Signing
Figure 7 – A2 Titleblock at Signing
10.5 Titleblock Amendment 1
• Hardcopy signature names and dates are copied into the titleblock.
• Descriptions of the amendment are added to the amendment column and

initialled by a delegated officer
Figure 8 - A1 Titleblock at Amendment 1
Figure 9 – A2 Titleblock at Amendment 1
10.6 Title block Subsequent Amendments
• Previous amendment names and dates are copied in the amendment column.
• Descriptions of the amendment are added to the amendment column and

initialled by a delegated officer
Figure 10 – A1 Titleblock at Subsequent Amendment

Figure 11 – A2 Titleblock at Subsequent Amendment
10.7 Index Sheet Amendments
• The index sheet is amended to show the current amendment number for each
drawing. It is also amended to show the current list of drawings in the project. If
any drawing in the project list is amended, altered or removed, the index sheet must
be amended and signed according to the procedures detailed below.
Figure 12 – Amendment to Index Sheet

10.8 As Constructed Drawing
Any changes or modifications identified during the construction process, other than
changes regarded as amendments, shall be incorporated into the original drawings. All
alterations shall be treated as a single amendment and shall be detail as stated below in
Figure 13.
No drawing entities shall be erased during the As Constructed process of amending the
drawing except when redrawing a complete detail.
Figure 13 – As Constructed Drawing
10.9 As Constructed Blocks
• “ascon1”, as shown Figure 14 is inserted into the drawing. The date in the block is
the date the structure was built or repaired. The amendments shall be described in
the amendment column.
Drawings without changes shall be described as “AS CONSTRUCTED – NO
CHANGES” in the amendment column.
AS CONSTRUCTED
DATE: XX/XX/XX
Figure 14 - As Constructed Block
• Where no information is available on a minor project a visual inspection may be

carried out. Drawings amended in this manner shall have “visual_ascon1”block
inserted as shown in Figure 15. The date in the block is the date the structure was
built or repaired. The amendments shall be described in the amendment column.
NOTE:
THIS DRAWN HAS BEEN PRODUCED
USING INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM
A VISUAL INSPECTION
VISUAL
AS CONSTRUCTED
PICKUP BY: XXXXXX
DATE: XX/XX/XX
Figure 15 – Visual As Constructed Block
• Drawings for larger projects where no information is available shall have

“no_info_ascon1” block inserted as shown in Figure 16. The date in the block is
the date the structure was built or repaired. The amendment shall be described in
the amendment column.
AS CONSTRUCTED
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
DATE: XX/XX/XX
Figure 16 – As Constructed Information Not Available Bock
ALTERATION TYPE 1 - NOT BUILT
Details not built shall be marked with crossed lines as shown and the note ‘NOT
BUILT’. Refer Figure 17. The amendment column shall state DETAIL c NOT
BUILT etc.
Figure 17 – Not Built Notation Detail
ALTERATION TYPE 2 - MISCELLANEOUS
More detailed amendments will show original text struck through with a horizontal
L70 line and replaced with text showing a true description of items used or built on
site during construction as shown below in Figure 18. The amendment column
shall state “AS CONSTRUCTED – TABLE 1 AMENDED” etc.
Figure 18 - Tabulated As Constructed Information
APPENDIX ‘A’
Layer Configuration Table
Layer Colour Line Type

0 White Continuous
CL18Half Cyan Center2
CL25 Red Center2
CL25Half Red Center2
Defpoints White Continuous
Dimension Red Continuous
Exist Red Phantom
HHID18 Cyan Hidden
HHID25 Red Hidden
HHID35 Green Hidden
HHID50 White Hidden
HID18 Cyan Dashed
HID25 Red Dashed
HID35 Green Dashed
HID50 White Dashed
HID70 Blue Dashed
L18 Cyan Continuous
L25 Red Continuous
L35 Green Continuous
L50 White Continuous
L70 Blue Continuous
T10 Yellow Continuous
T25 Red Continuous
T35 Green Continuous
T50 White Continuous
T70 Blue Continuous
TBLK18 Cyan Continuous
TBLK25 Red Continuous
TBLK35 Green Continuous
TBLK50 White Continuous
Table 1 – Layer Configuration Table
APPENDIX ‘A’
Pen Configuration Table
Line Weight
Pen Colour Use Assigned Pen Virtual Pen
(mm)
Red (1) 7 7 0.25

Yellow (2) 7 7 1.00
Green (3) 7 7 0.35
Cyan (4) 7 7 0.18
Blue (5) 7 7 0.70
Magenta (6) 7 7 0.25
White (7) 7 7 0.50
Dark Grey (8) 8 8 0.18
Light Grey (9) 9 9 0.18
Colours 10- 225 10 -255 10-255 0.25
Table 2 – Pen Configuration Table
APPENDIX B
STRUCTURES ENGINEERING’S STANDARD BLOCKS
All the standard blocks contained within Appendix B can be download from the
follow file: Standard Blocks.zip
AMENDMENT AND AS CONSTRUCTED BLOCKS
Blocks 1 – Amendment and As Constructed Blocks
APPENDIX B
ADMINISTRATION AND MAP BLOCKS
Blocks 2 – Administration and map Blocks
APPENDIX B
TITLEBLOCK SCALE BLOCKS
Blocks 3 – Titleblock Scale Blocks
APPENDIX B
SECTION ARROW BLOCKS
Blocks 4 – Section Arrow Blocks
APPENDIX B
HEADING AND VIEW BLOCKS
Blocks 5 – Heading and View Blocks
APPENDIX B
FLOW, CROSSFALL AND DIRECTION ARROW BLOCKS
Blocks 6 – Flow, Crossfall and Direction Arrow Blocks
R.L. AND SURFACE FINISH
Blocks 7 – R.L. and Surface Finish Blocks
APPENDIX B
GENERAL BLOCKS
Blocks 8 - General Blocks


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STRUCTURES ENGINEERING

This manual is owned and controlled by the Senior Engineer Structures.

Senior Engineer Structures

Document No: 6706/02/2228

Controlled Copy No: _____________

Figure 1 - A1 and A2 Client Blocks....................................................................................... 10

Figure 2 – A1 Client Block and Consultant Logo.................................................................. 11

Figure 3 – A2 Client Block and Consultant Logo.................................................................. 12

Figure 4 – A1 Structure Details.............................................................................................. 13

Figure 5 – A2 Structure Details.............................................................................................. 14

Figure 6 – A1 Titleblock at Signing ....................................................................................... 15

Figure 7 – A2 Titleblock at Signing ....................................................................................... 16

Figure 8 - A1 Titleblock at Amendment 1 ............................................................................. 17

Figure 9 – A2 Titleblock at Amendment 1............................................................................. 18

Figure 10 – A1 Titleblock at Subsequent Amendment .......................................................... 19

Figure 11 – A2 Titleblock at Subsequent Amendment .......................................................... 20

Figure 12 – Amendment to Index Sheet................................................................................. 21

Figure 13 – As Constructed Drawing..................................................................................... 22

Figure 14 - As Constructed Block .......................................................................................... 23

Figure 15 – Visual As Constructed Block.............................................................................. 23

Figure 16 – As Constructed Information Not Available Bock............................................... 23

Figure 17 – Not Built Notation Detail.................................................................................... 24

Figure 18 - Tabulated As Constructed Information ............................................................... 24

Table 1 – Layer Configuration Table ..................................................................................... 25

Table 2 – Pen Configuration Table ........................................................................................ 26

Blocks 1 – Amendment and As Constructed Blocks.............................................................. 27

Blocks 2 – Administration and map Blocks ........................................................................... 28

Blocks 3 – Titleblock Scale Blocks........................................................................................ 29

Blocks 4 – Section Arrow Blocks .......................................................................................... 30

Blocks 5 – Heading and View Blocks .................................................................................... 31

Blocks 6 – Flow, Crossfall and Direction Arrow Blocks....................................................... 32

Blocks 7 – R.L. and Surface Finish Blocks............................................................................ 32

Blocks 8 - General Blocks...................................................................................................... 33

The purpose of this instruction is to describe the procedures to be followed in the

The following documents relate to this procedure

• Structures Engineering Management System Manual 3912/01

• SES: Senior Engineer Structures

• SISM: Structures Information & Standards Manager

• PO: Project Officer

Where another CADD system is used, it shall be the responsibility of the

No raster images shall be included in the data delivered to Structures Engineering.

CADD drawings shall be provided as above in electronic format, on Floppy diskettes

No manual updating of CADD drawings is allowed.

6. PROVISION OF DATA TO THE CONSULTANT

A1_tblk.dwg A1 size (841x594) base drawing with Structures

A2_tblk.dwg A2 size (594x420) base drawing with Structures

Standards Block.zip Pkzip file of all Structures Engineering’s standard

A1 Client.zip Pkzip file of all Structures Engineering’s A1

A2 Client.zip Pkzip file of all Structures Engineering’s A2

Setdimb.lsp Lisp file that can be load into the Consultant’s

7.1 Drawing Layers

7.2 Pen Colour

7.3 Text Fonts and Style

All text styles shall be defined with a height of “0”.

7.4 Hatch Patterns

Only standard Autocad hatch patterns, as supplied with Autocad or “Autohatch”

7.5 Line Types and Line type Scale

Only standard line types, as designated by “acadiso.lin” shall be used.

7.6 Dimension Style

Structures Engineering’s dimension style is “Bridge” as supplied with the standard

All drawings supplied to Structures Engineering shall be in “Model Space” only.

7.8 External Reference Files (Xref)

Drawings supplied to Structures Engineering shall not have external reference