CITY OF EVERETT PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

STANDARDS MANUAL FOR

CIVIL
CAD AND GRAPHICS

2018

Last revised: June 2018

Introduction
This document provides City of Everett staff, and consultants, with the guidelines necessary to prepare
construction documents in a manner that is useful to the City’s CAD, GIS and BIM systems.

Deliberate effort was put into the development of these standards to:
• Pair well with software common to the industry.
• Provide capability for all project sizes while minimizing complexity.
• Adopt the accepted industry best practices for presentation graphics and electronic workflow.

Objectives include:
• Efficiently produced projects that clearly communicate engineering design intent.
• Maximize use of built in automation to reduce error.
• Rapid familiarization by new staff and consultants.
• Consistent graphic style and CAD file structure throughout a project.
• Ability to leverage 3D design data with GIS (Geographical Information System) BIM (Building
Information Modeling) and visualization tools.

CAD work completed for the City of Everett Public Works Department, by staff or consultant on contract,
must to adhere to the intent of these standards. Drawings and models that do not comply with these
standards may not be accepted.

This is a dynamic document and will change in response to customer needs, available resources and
technological growth. Before starting a project, consultants are responsible to check the City of Everett
website everettwa.gov or contact the CAD Manager for the latest revisions of these CAD Standards. It is
highly recommended that there is a kickoff meeting that involves representation from the CAD staff
responsible for production.

Suggestions are welcome and are an important part of making these standards better.

Thank you,

Paul Wilhelm
CAD Manager
City of Everett
(425) 257-8961
[email protected]

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 Table of Contents
Quick Start Guide......................................................................................................... 1

Chapter 1 Setup, File Formats & Naming ................................................................. 3

1.1 Requesting Files ........................................................................................................................... 3

1.2 Drawing & File Formats for Submittals........................................................................................ 3

1.3 Media Types ................................................................................................................................. 4

1.4 Plan Archiving .............................................................................................................................. 4

1.5 File Naming Convention .............................................................................................................. 4

1.6 Project Folder Structure .............................................................................................................. 5

Chapter 2 Project Setup .......................................................................................... 7

2.1 Sheet Size ..................................................................................................................................... 7

2.2 Sheet and Drawing designation ................................................................................................... 7

2.3 Drawing Discipline Designation Table ......................................................................................... 7

2.4 Required Project Drawings .......................................................................................................... 8

2.5 Starting a New Project ................................................................................................................. 9

Chapter 3 Reference Files .......................................................................................11

3.1 Where to place content ............................................................................................................. 11

3.2 External References (the X- prefix) ............................................................................................ 11

3.3 Civil3D Data Reference source files (the D- prefix) ................................................................... 12

Chapter 4 Layout files and the Sheetset .................................................................13

4.1 Where to place content ............................................................................................................. 13

4.1 Titleblocks .................................................................................................................................. 13

4.2 Sheet Set Manager (DST) ........................................................................................................... 15

4.3 Template Plan Production Tools ................................................................................................ 16

4.4 Title Block (dst field names)....................................................................................................... 17

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4.5 Layouts ....................................................................................................................................... 19

4.6 Drawing Rotation for Plotting .................................................................................................... 19

4.7 Civil3D Object information display and labeling ....................................................................... 19

Chapter 5 Layers ....................................................................................................23

5.1 Industry CAD Layering Systems ................................................................................................. 23

5.2 Layer Name Format ................................................................................................................... 23

5.3 Layer Organization ..................................................................................................................... 24

5.4 Complete List of Codes to Populate Layer Name Fields ............................................................ 24

5.5 Logical groupings of Major and Minor field codes. .................................................................... 28

Chapter 6 Blocks (Symbols) ....................................................................................33

6.1 Block Creation ............................................................................................................................ 33

6.2 Block Rules for Creation, Storing and Use ................................................................................. 33

6.3 Block Discipline Prefix ................................................................................................................ 34

Chapter 7 Displaying Lines, Screens and Transparency ............................................35

7.1 General....................................................................................................................................... 35

7.2 Custom Annotative Linetypes .................................................................................................... 36

Chapter 8 Annotation.............................................................................................39
8.1 Text Styles .................................................................................................................................. 39

8.2 Dimension Styles........................................................................................................................ 40

8.3 Callouts for section, elevation and detail .................................................................................. 41

8.4 Other Callouts ............................................................................................................................ 43

Chapter 9 Plotting ..................................................................................................45

9.1 Colors ......................................................................................................................................... 45

9.2 Styles based Plotting .................................................................................................................. 45

9.3 Plotted Lineweight, Colors & Screening Density ....................................................................... 46

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 9.4 Plotter Settings .......................................................................................................................... 46

Chapter 10 Abbreviations......................................................................................47
10.1 Abbreviation List ........................................................................................................................ 47

Chapter 11 Plan Phases .........................................................................................53

11.1 General....................................................................................................................................... 53

11.2 Design Review Levels (30%, 60%, 90%) ..................................................................................... 53

11.3 Bid Set ........................................................................................................................................ 54

11.4 For Construction Set .................................................................................................................. 54

11.5 Record Drawing Set ................................................................................................................... 55

11.6 Project Closeout ........................................................................................................................ 56

Appendices .................................................................................................................57
A. SURVEY STANDARDS .................................................................................................................. 58
1. General Information ................................................................................................................................................ 58
2. Horizontal & Vertical Control ................................................................................................................................... 59
3. Stationing Conventions ............................................................................................................................................ 59
4. Survey Control ......................................................................................................................................................... 59
5. New and Existing Monument Recovery ................................................................................................................... 60
6. Field Books ............................................................................................................................................................... 61
7. Deliverable Digital Survey Data ................................................................................................................................. 62
8. Requirements for Submission of GPS Data .............................................................................................................. 63
9. Deliverables Table:................................................................................................................................................... 64
10. Description Keys ...................................................................................................................................................... 64
11. Monument Survey Recovery Form .......................................................................................................................... 65
12. City of Everett Datum............................................................................................................................................... 66
13. City of Everett Drawing Units ................................................................................................................................... 69

B. EVERETT CAD STANDARDS DISTRIBUTION FILES ....................................................................... 71

C. HELPFUL REFERENCES ................................................................................................................ 73

C.1 Scale conversion charts ........................................................................................................................................... 73
C.2 Drawing Variable Settings for Civil3D ...................................................................................................................... 73
C.3 Converting to the new Everett-2016 Plot style Standard ........................................................................................ 74

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Quick Start Guide
Project CAD document: Create this document to share contacts, CAD notes, deviations from standards, etc.

CAD File format: Autodesk current and prevalent version. Check everettwa.gov or contact the City CAD
Manager ([email protected], 425-257-8961) for current CAD standards before you start your
project. No custom menus, special fonts, or part catalogs required. City drawing templates are provided.

Naming convention: Where #### = the four digit work order number unique to each project
XREF base files X-####-DESCRIPTION.dwg (e.g. X-3424-SURVEY.dwg … the 2D survey base)
Data Ref Source D-####-DESCRIPTION.dwg (e.g. D-3424-STRM.dwg … the stormwater pipe network)
Layout sheet files ####-DrawingName.dwg (e.g. 3424-C1.dwg … sheet C1,no dash in drawing name)
Sheet Set file ####-SHORT PROJECT NAME.dst (e.g. 3424-PARK AVE RAIN GARDEN.dst)

Datum: Horizontal: NAD83 with 1991 update, Vertical: NAVD88

Coordinate system: Washington State Plane – North Zone, Foot (Civil3D coordinate system code: WA83-NF)

Templates: SheetSet : Everett-sheetset.dst 11x17 Titleblock : Everett11x17TB.dwt

Civil3D base : Everett-C3D-Design-2018.dwt 22x34 Titleblock (to modify) :Everett22x34TB.dwg
Survey base : Everett-C3D-Survey-2018.dwt 22x34 Titleblock fields : Everett22x34layout.dwt
Plan Production: Everett-22x34-PlanProf.dwt Cover Titleblock : Everett-Cover-2018.dwt

Create a Project Title block: Copy the Everett-11x17TB.dwg or Everett-22x34TB.dwg to your project folder.
Rename and customize the copy. XREF it into each paperspace layout tab, scaled 1:1 and inserted at 0,0.

Annotation: Must be consistent for all sheets.

• Preferred settings for existing survey text are Romans/0.10”high/40%screen/rotated to project view.
• Preferred settings for proposed design annotation are Calibri/0.12”high/black.
• There is flexibility for projects with extremely dense annotation. Be consistent for all sheets in the set.
o Existing text height can be 0.08” with design text 0.10”.
o For Survey bases, Romans.shx may be used if using an Everett.lin custom linetype.
o Surveyor and Design team coordination required for determination of font, rotation and height.
• Use the “Everett-“ Dimension and Multileader styles set up for 0.08, .010, and 0.12 in the templates.
• “NOTE” and “VIEW” Titles are 0.15” with underline selected, not a separate line object.

Layers names: Follow National CAD Standards as closely as reasonable. (e.g. C-TOPO-MAJR-N)

Plotting: Named plot styles are used and defined in the Everett-2016.stb. Set plot style (Black, Object Color, 40%
screen, or 60% screen) and lineweight (0.13, 0.30, 0.50, 0.80, 1.20) per layer. Set your Page Setup to Everett-
2016.stb and check the “display plot styles” box. It is helpful to have a white background in paperspace and
turn on “Display lineweights” (LWDISPLAY). Toggle LWDISPLAY off when in model space.

Sheet Set Manager: Copy and modify Everett-Sheetset.dst in combination with the Everett22X34layout.dwt

Electronic File Delivery: PDFs are to be created full size using the DWG TO PDF.PC3 with a paper size of 22”x34”
or 11”x17” as appropriate. To print a 22x34.pdf half size hardcopy, scale it at 50% (don’t simply print to fit).

Abbreviations: Follow the standard abbreviations defined on the G2 sheet but spell words out when there is
room to do so. Don’t use periods at the end of abbreviations or short callout notes. Use periods at the end
of complete sentences. When abbreviating the word typical use “(TYP)”.

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Chapter 1 Setup, File Formats & Naming

1.1 Requesting Files

Request for copies of CAD files can be made to the CAD manager. Such data is provided for the
convenience of the recipient only. This data is often gathered from a variety of sources and therefore may
not conform to current CAD standards, may be incomplete or may not accurately reflect current
conditions. The City of Everett makes no representation as to the completeness or accuracy of the data.

1.2 Drawing & File Formats for Submittals

The City uses the following software for CAD and BIM. The version adopted for use is the most
prevalent current release. Due to lack of backwards compatibility with certain versions (2018 files are
not compatible with 2016 software), coordination with all CAD team members is essential. As
standard practice, check with City CAD Manager before starting your project.

• Autodesk AutoCAD based platforms: AutoCAD®, Civil 3D®, Map 3D®, Vehicle Tracking® (.dwg)
• Autodesk InfraWorks 360®(.sqlite)
• Autodesk Revit®: Structural and MEP (.rvt)
• Autodesk Navisworks® (.nws)
• Industry standard Landxml 2.0 (.xml) for Civil3D® surfaces

When consultants submit CAD files to the City they must conform to the current CAD Standards. It is the
consultant’s responsibility to correct existing data provided, to the best of their ability, which could be
obsolete, inaccurate or does not conform to the current City of Everett CAD standards.

Formats required for submittal of files to the City:

1.2.a Table – Submittal Formats By Phase

Survey 30% 60% 90% Construction Record

Format Base Review Review Review Bid Set Set, addenda Set
.dwg, .rvt X X X X X X X
Scan after Scan after Scan after
.pdf X X X X
signing signing signing

Full size paper

plot (22”x34”) X X X X

Half size paper

plot (11”x17”) X X X X X

• As requested by the City of Everett project manager (PM)

The City shall validate all CAD data and other materials that the consultant submits. If submittals do not
conform to the CAD standards the City can reject the submittals from the consultant. The consultant is
responsible for modifying the materials to conform to this document.

Include all electronic production files (e.g. External References, Images, Spreadsheets, Sheetset file,
custom pipe catalogs, Data Shortcut source files and Data shortcuts folder tree) when submitting a project.

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1.3 Media Types
Full size hard copy sets of plans are typically produced for the purpose of signing PE stamps and are
plotted on 20# bond paper. These will be scanned to .pdf format. Electronic files may be sent on a DVD or
a secure link may be requested to upload them to the City’s ftp site.

1.4 Plan Archiving

The City keeps .dwg files for the Bid and Record Sets for all projects. If there are significant changes to
the bid set then a copy of the Construction/Conformed documents would also be kept.

1.5 File Naming Convention

The City uses a 4 digit City Work Order Number to track records for all projects. An additional prefix such as
PW or UP with the number is not included in CAD file or folder naming. In CAD files it appears in the
filename prefix. For example 3384-C1.dwg (layout sheet) or D-3384-STRM.dwg (data reference source file).

The City uses the typical modular approach to building a drawing set. There are reference files that hold
the design content and layout SHEETs that organize scaled views for plotting. These CAD files are sorted
into a minimal number of folders, at least two, SHEET and REFERENCE (see next section).

The \SHEET folder contains the layout sheets. The filenames include the city Work Order number and the
drawing sequence number.

Examples:
3384-C101.dwg single sheet (one layout tab)
3384-C102-C108.dwg multiple sheets (multiple layout tabs)

The \REFERENCE folder contains the 2D external reference files, 3D data reference source files, Revit
central file, Infraworks model export, Excel spreadsheet source data, and image files such as .PDF or .JPG.
These have a prefix of D (Data Reference source file) or X (External Reference) and are demonstrated in the
examples below.

Common Examples:
D-3384-ROAD.dwg Civil3D Road surfaces, corridors, profiles for design use
D-3384-STRM.dwg Civil3D Storm Pipe Network design source file
D-3384-SSWR.dwg Civil3D Sanitary Sewer Pipe Network design source file
D-3384-EG-SURFACE.dwg Civil3D Existing Grade surface derived from survey data
X-3384-SURVEY.dwg 2D survey planimetric linework and annotation
X-3384-GIS 2D background generated from GIS data
X-3384-ROAD.dwg Composite file setup for layout sheets, Profile views for plotting
X-3384-STRM.dwg Composite file setup for layout sheets, Profile views for plotting
X-3384-POND.dwg 2D CAD file of a pond design

Do not use “BASE” as a filename (i.e., X-3384-BASE) since it is not descriptive enough.
Similarly X-3384-STRM-BASE.dwg is redundant. Simply using X-3384-STRM is sufficient.

Avoid using dates in filenames. At some point it will likely become obsolete or misleading and thus require a
name change. Once the name of a reference file has changed it consumes time to fix the broken links. This
process may also introduce errors or missing content when correcting the broken links.

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1.6 Project Folder Structure
City internal design projects use the following folder structure. A template is in "S:\1Common\Engineering
Projects\#Project Folder Template (WO# - Proj Name)”

Set this as the Civil3D® Data Shortcut Working folder. Also

` the .zip (CAD files) of project design review levels here.
store

The Civil3D® Data Shortcuts Project Folder is automatically

placed here when a NEW Project Folder is created.

All references used on the project, all file formats, go in here.

Unused references are moved to the Archive folder.

All layout sheet files and the .dst file go here. Unused files are
moved to the Archive folder.

PLEASE NOTE:

The folder structure listed above is intended for use on the City’s network and it is understood that the
organization of project folders on another network will not be identical. Therefore, at a minimum, it is
important to sort properly named CAD files into the appropriate \SHEET and \REFERENCE folders. Any
filetype of reference used (.dwg, .jpg, .png, .pdf, .xls, etc.) for the project must be included in the
\REFERENCE folder.

When a project is compressed (zipped) into an archive and submitted to the City the entire \300 CAD-BIM
folder tree is included.

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 Chapter 2 Project Setup

2.1 Sheet Size

• Full size = “22x34” (ANSI D)
• Half size = “11x17” (Tabloid)

2.2 Sheet and Drawing designation

Sheet Number : The sequential placement in a document set (e.g. 1 of 12, 2 of 12, etc.)
Drawing Name : The unique discipline and identifier of a document (e.g. V1, C1, CD1, etc.)

2.3 Drawing Discipline Designation Table

Sheet Designation Discipline Description
A, AD Architectural, Architectural Details
B Geotechnical
C, CX, CD Civil (Road, Stormwater, Sanitary Sewer), Civil Demolition, Civil Details
D, DI Process, Process Instrumentation
E, EC, EL, EP, ED Electrical, Elec. Communication, Elec. Lighting, Elec. Power, Elec. Details
G General (Notes, Cover, Vicinity Maps, Key Maps & Legend)
H Hazardous Materials
I, IF, ID Interior, Interior Furnishings, Interior Details
L, LI, LD Landscaping, Landscape Irrigation, Landscape Details
M, MD Mechanical, Mechanical Details
P, PD Plumbing, Plumbing Details
Q, QD Equipment, Equipment Details
R, RD Rail, Rail Details
S, SX, SD Structural, Structural Demolition, Structural Details
T, TC, TD Traffic, Traffic Control, Traffic Details
U, UD Utilities (Cable, Gas, Fiber Optic), Utility Details
V Survey
Y Instrumentation & Control
W, WD Water Main, Water Main Details
Z Contractor / Shop Drawings (only if being included in the set)

For example the first drawing name of the Civil series would be “C1” though it may also be sheet number 9 of 34
sheets.

Viewports of the same project location should have logical naming. For example the same intersection may have
Water, Stormwater and Sewer plans labeled W12, C12, and C22 respectively.

Minor Designators for drawing names:

• For large sets additional minor designators are optional. For example; CX (Civil Demolition), TD (Traffic
Details), SD (Structural Details), etc. Others may be helpful TC (Traffic Control), EL (Electrical Lighting), etc.
• Do not use decimal drawing names (C1.01, C1.02, etc.) or letter suffixes (C1a,C1b, etc.)

When assembling a contract document set the preferred discipline order is:
G V B H D C W Q U T R L A S Q M E P Y Z (see chart above for letter designations)

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2.4 Required Project Drawings
Configurable
Cover G1: area

Drawing Name

Consultant PE Stamps
Sheet Number
logo area
Legend G2:

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2.5 Starting a New Project

The following is a step by step the workflow for setting up a new project.

1. Obtain a City of Everett Public Works 4 digit work order number. Shown as #### below
2. Create your project folders. See Section 1.6 Project Folder Structure
3. Copy four files (Everett-C3D-Design-2018.dwt, Everett-22X34TB.dwg, Everett-22x34TB-PlanProf.dwt
and Everett-22x34Layout.dwt) from the “Everett CAD 2018 Templates” folder to your project
\REFERENCE folder.
a. Rename the three template files with your project’s prefix (i.e. ####-C3D-Design-2018.dwt, ####-
22x34TB-PlanProf.dwt and ####-22x34Layout.dwt)
b. Rename the titleblock XREF file with your Project’s XREF prefix (i.e. X-####-22X34TB.dwg)
c. Open the templates ####-22x34TB-PlanProf.dwt and X-####-22x34Layout.dwt and change the
titleblock XREF to your project’s X-####-22x34TB.dwg
4. Customize your X-####-22X34TB.dwg with your Project name, consultant logo and P.E. Stamp as needed.
This Titleblocks will be XREFed into Layout sheets.
5. Open a blank drawing (Drawing1.dwg is fine)and start a new SheetSet
a. Select the example .dst and choose Everett-sheetset.dst
b. Save your sheetset in your project \REFERENCE folder in the format ####-ShortProjectName
6. Open your new SheetSet
a. set your template path to your project’s X-####-22x34Layout.dwt
b. set your Page Setup Overrides to your project’s X-####-22x34Layout.dwt. You will experience very
slow response times if you skip this step and Sheet Set Manager cannot find a template it is looking
for.
c. Modify the names of your Subsets as needed. They
can be used to organize your sheets as you need.
Often these are Street Names and are used in the
titleblock’s third line of the sheet title.
d. When you add new sheets under these subset, they
would normally have a title “STA _+00 TO STA _+00”
of that street.
e. Rename & Renumber sheets and their
corresponding .dwg filenames. See section 1.5 File Naming Convention
f. Create new a Cover sheet (G1) and Legend sheet (G2) from the templates Everett-Cover-2018.dwt
and Everett-Legend-2018.dwt located in the “Everett CAD 2018 Templates” folder.
i. The Cover sheet is designed to have the middle area modified as needed for your project.
Titles and approval blocks around the edge stay where they are though.
ii. The Legend sheet will need to have title block referenced link updated to your project (X-
####-22X34TB.dwg).

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Chapter 3 Reference Files

3.1 Where to place content

All relevant reference files for a single project are kept in that project’s \300 CAD-BIM\REFERENCE folder.
Filetypes include: Autodesk .dwg and .dwt; jpg or .png images; .pdf and .doc documents; .xls spreadsheet, and
.csv and .txt files.

3.1a Model Space

• Model content. Always drawn at full scale (Civil: 1 unit = 1’, Architectural: 1 unit = 1”).
• Civil3D objects (Pipe networks, Surfaces, Alignment, etc.)
• Civil profile or section views. Vertical can be exaggerated, horizontal remains at full scale.
• Annotation, Sheet Set Data fields, and schedules. Scale appropriately to plot correctly.
• Model space content is scaled into a Paper space viewport for plotting at 1:1.
• Assigning object attributes (color, lineweight, linetype, or plot style) by entity is highly
discouraged. This is because of the difficulty required to locate these items when needing to
change how they display.

3.1b Paper Space

• Not used on reference files for the purpose of creating published documents.

In order to organize the CAD files some helpful conventions are used.

3.2 External References (the X- prefix)

In order to facilitate coordination of base files ensure that:

• External reference (XREF) 2D files are kept in the \REFERENCE folder and have a filename prefix of “X-“
• Name the XREF per City standards. See Chapter 1
• DVIEW twist is set to 0.00°
• UCS is set to “World”
• INSBASE is set to (0,0,0)
• Insert at (0,0,0) with scale factor of 1.
• Civil bases follow the City of Everett coordinate system as defined in the Survey section of this manual.
“NAD83 Washington State Planes, North Zone, US Foot”. (WA83-NF)
• XREFs are only loaded as necessary. Upon final delivery, detach unused XREFs and images.
• The unaltered original survey is archived in project’s \200 Support Files\210 Survey. Survey updates
are organized in subfolders having the date reference as part of the name.
• The current working survey base file (copied from the original) is kept in the project’s “310
WORKING\REFERENCE” folder.
• XREF files are attached as OVERLAYS to prevent circular references and slow drawing load times.
• Keep the XREF drawings original file name in the External Reference manager dialog box, no aliases. This
is important when trying to locate a missing file.

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 • Referenced files should be inserted on
a layer such as “X-XREF” or separate
layers such as “C-XREF- (BASE, STRM,
SSWR, WATR)”. Overall visibility can be
controlled by “Reload or Unload”
Status and selectively by the
referenced drawing’s layer.
• Files that are not copied to the
REFERENCE folder but XREFed from
outside the project file structure must
be bound (using bind type “Insert”).

3.3 Civil3D Data Reference source files (the D- prefix)

In the current version of Civil3D the file path link between a file using a data reference and its source file are
absolute. Therefore when project files are relocated the data links are broken. This is a common occurrence
when files are submitted to the City or a folder is renamed. It is vital to properly name the source files (so
the links can be found and repaired more easily) and include them with the submittal. Typically the tools
provided by Autodesk to repair links are effective. These are _AeccManageDataShortcuts (from the
command line) and the Data Shortcuts Editor program.

• Data reference source files are kept in your project \REFERENCE folder and have a filename prefix of “D-
“. These files contain Civil3D data objects (pipe networks, surfaces, alignments, etc.) which are Data
Referenced into other Civil3D drawings instead of being XREFed.
• Use care in choosing filenames and object names since repairing a broken link is error prone and time
consuming. If you are creating an object that could be used for the duration of your project then the
name should be appropriate at the various milestones.
• The Data shortcut folder tree should be compressed (zipped) and included with the file submittal.
• The “Working Folder” is set to the
project’s \300 CAD-BIM folder (circled
in red)
• The “Data Shortcuts Project Folder”
under that. (circled in Blue) See section
1.6 Project Folder Structure.
• All files within a project should have
their “project associated” to them.
(circled in green)

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 Chapter 4 Layout files and the Sheetset

4.1 Where to place content

All relevant layout (sheet) files for a single project are organized in that project’s \300 CAD-BIM\SHEET folder.
Filetypes include Autodesk .dwg and .dst

4.1a Model Space

• Model content. Always drawn at full scale (Civil: 1 unit = 1’, Architectural: 1 unit = 1”).
• Civil3D Data Referenced objects (Pipe networks, Surfaces, Alignment, etc.)
• Civil profile or section views. Vertical can be exaggerated, horizontal remains at full scale.
• Annotation, Sheet Set Data fields, and schedules. Scale appropriately to plot correctly.
• Model space content is scaled into a Paper space viewport for plotting at 1:1.
• Assigning object attributes (color, lineweight, linetype, or plot style) by entity is highly discouraged. This is
because of the difficulty required to locate these items when needing to change how they display.

4.1b Paper Space

• Not used on reference files for the purpose of creating published documents.
• Contains viewports for displaying scaled views of objects in model space.
• Contains titleblocks, matchlines and their labels, view titles, Sheet Set data fields
• May contain legends, common notes, status block, and P.E. stamps.

4.1 Titleblocks
Drawing files created by or submitted to the City use the standard City title blocks. There are
different formats designed for specific purposes. The 22x34 format is used for construction
documents while 8½x11 and 11x17 formats are intended for simple exhibits.

Template files for design documents:

• “Everett-Cover-2018.dwt” (Cover sheet, see section 2.4 Required Project Drawings)

• “Everett-Legend-2018.dwt” (Legend and abbreviations sheet, see section 2.4 Required Project
Drawings)
• “Everett-22x34Layout.dwt” (layout sheet). This .dwt XREFs your project’s customized titleblock
border X-####-22X34TB.dwg which should be located in the \REFERENCE folder.

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 Layout Sheet:

Fields filled out Non-plotting

automatically on each sheet. Viewport
Replaces plot stamp.
Info set in the
project’s
(modified and
unique) Drawing Name
Consultant 22x34TB.dwg, to
PE Stamp logo area be XREFed
Subset Sheet Number

All linework on project’s Sheet Title

modified and unique Total sheet count set
22x34TB.dwg, to be in the project’s
XREFed in at 0,0, modified and unique
22x34TB.dwg, to be
XREFed

NOTE: The Drawing Name, Sheet Number, Subset, and Sheet Title shown in the Titleblock above (indicated by
the orange callout) are Sheetset controlled fields.

Templates for Exhibits:

Simplified borderless titleblocks in landscape format. They include standard text styles, layers, Multileaders,
Dimensions. These are not used with Sheet set Manager and use Mtext for the drawing title.

• “Everett-8.5x11TB-Landscape.dwt”
• “Everett-11x17TB-Landscape.dwt”

11x17 exhibit titleblock shown (8½x11 is similar):

Fields filled out Non-plotting drawing

automatically on each sheet. border. This can be moved
Replaces plot stamp to the G-ANNO-TTLB layer
(so it will plot) if it enhances
clarity of exhibit

Mtext,
center justify

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For City Standard drawings (only used by the City’s CAD department):

These standalone sheets have a specific purpose of portraying City of Everett standard drawings in the “Design
and Construction Standards and Specifications for Development” document, Volume II.

• “Everett-11x17-DCSS.dwt”

It is in 11x17 landscape format and Xrefs the “COE STD DWG TB Tabloid Lower Rt.dwg” into paper space.

Non-plotting viewport. All

Fields filled out content and annotation of
automatically on each sheet. this file reside in model
Replaces plot stamp space.

Only the titleblock

Mtext,
xref and the title
center justify
annotation reside
in paperspace.

Freeze layer
for final plot

4.2 Sheet Set Manager (DST)

The Sheet Set Manager is used to create, organize,
annotate and publish projects. It is defined in a .dst file
that is stored in the project’s \300 CAD-BIM\SHEET
folder. The SSM is set up and used by all projects
prepared by City however on small projects (containing
6 sheets or less) a consultant may simply use text in
place of the fields built in to the titleblock .dwt.

All of the DWT files have been designed to handle

Sheet Set Manager fields.

The Sheet Set template is named Everett-sheetset.dst

Sheetset customization

The subsets shown in the template (G-General, C-Civil,

etc.) are intended to be modified and/or deleted to
match the needs of each project.

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4.3 Template Plan Production Tools
Due to the linear nature of many City projects a standard titleblock template “EVT-22x34TB-PlanProf.dwt”
for use with Civil3D’s Plan Production Tools has been developed.

PLAN Viewport for Plan view

set to 1”=20’ scale. It is
25” wide and spans 500’
in model space

Viewport for Profile

set to 1”=20’ scale. It
is 25” wide and spans
500’ in model space
PROFILE
Modify to
Modify to match your
match your title needs
project

Order of workflow:
1. Set up your standard project folder structure.
2. Set up your project SheetSet. (see Section 4.2 Sheet Set Manager (DST)
)
3. Copy the Everett-22x34TB-PlanProf.dwt template to your project \REFERENCE folder and rename
the copy to match your project.
a. Scale is set for 1”=20’ which will display 500’ at a time. Modify scale and resize as you need.
The viewports have already been configured to display the Plan view above the Profile.
b. Modify the project name in the title block to match your other sheets.
c. The plan production styles and labeling have already been set up in this template too.
4. Create your project view frames drawing (D-####-Viewframes.dwg)
a. Data Reference in your alignment or create a new alignment if you don’t have one.
b. Data Reference in or create your Existing and Finished grade surfaces.
5. Run the Output|CreateView Frames wizard.
a. Name the View Frame Group to your street name
b. Choose the “SH-North” North Arrow Block
6. Adjust your view frames and matchlines.
7. Run the Output|Createsheets
a. Set your paths correctly in order to keep all of your sheets together.
b. Choose the Sheet Set you set up for your project to organize the new files
8. Use your project’s Sheet Set to rename/renumber your drawings.

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4.4 Title Block (dst field names)
Project Control (All sheets affected, built in to the sheet set manager)
• Project Number – #### (4 digit work order number, may have a prefix like PW or UP)
• Project Name – Project title in all caps
• Project Phase – project design review level (30%, 60%, 90%, DRAFT, etc.)
• Project Milestone – not used

Sheet custom Properties (Individual sheets affected)

• CHECKED BY – First initial and last name of person who reviewed and approved this drawing
• DESIGNED BY– First initial and last name of person who designed the content shown on the drawing
• DRAWING – the drawing name (see 0 2.3 Drawing Discipline Designation Table)
• DRAWN BY– First initial and last name of person that produced the drawing

Sheet Set Custom Properties (All sheets affected)

• BID-APRVD – initials of person approving project for Bid
• BID-DATE – date project approved for bidding
• COE CONTROL MON# – City of Everett approved survey control monument
• COE FIELD BOOK# – City of Everett survey book used by surveyor during project surveys
• CONST-APRVD – initials of person approving construction to proceed
• CONST-DATE – date Bid Date and all Addendum are approved for construction (Bid Awarded)
• SHEET TOTAL – total number of sheets with in the complete project
• SURV-DATES – dates that field survey was conducted
• SURVEYED-BY – name of surveying company or individual & PLS #)

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 Set path to correct
location for your network

Not used

May be typed into project

titleblock instead.

Modified per project.

Set to correct location

May be typed into project

titleblock instead.

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4.5 Layouts
It is often convenient to have multiple layout tabs in a single layout drawing. However, a large number of
tabs can increase file size and increase initial load time. A file of average complexity and typical
computer might reasonably contain 6 tabs. A titleblock is to be placed in each paperspace tab.
A layout tab can have multiple viewports. Viewports are created on layer “C-ANNO-VFRM”, which is a
non-plotting layer. Do not put a viewport on layer “0” or “Defpoints”.

4.6 Drawing Rotation for Plotting

Survey site information must not be rotated from survey North or translated from the Washington State
Plane – North Zone coordinate system. However, paperspace views of an area are routinely rotated to make
efficient use of the drawing sheet. In this case the viewport is rotated and “VPCLIPped” as needed.
Custom modelspace views can be created to ease daily design work but it is highly preferable to set the
current view back to World UCS before submitting it to City.

4.7 Civil3D Object information display and labeling

Civil3D’s dynamic engineering model maintains object data which is used to create labels. It makes sense to
agree on where certain information is placed. While most objects have defined choices, there are places where
it is left up to the user to input what is desired. In order to use the City of Everett label styles as they are
designed the following instructions apply.

1. Surface naming
• Include the “short project name” or “work order number” as a prefix or
suffix with EG to designate the surface as the existing grade. For example,
EG 3629 or EG_PineStreet. This creates a unique identification of this
important surface while allowing it to remain consistent for the duration of
the project.
• Don’t use a date as part of the Surface name. If the surface is data
referenced throughout the project and name changes it can be difficult to
correct. Use the description box to provide this sort of information.
• If you create volume surfaces then
prefix the names of those with
“Volume“ then “(Base surface -
Comparison surface)”. For example,
Volume (EG-Pond). With this method
you will be able to maintain order even
if you have many surfaces or if
someone else has to work on your
model.

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 2. Gravity Pipe Networks

Plan View
Pipes:
o For proposed pipes
displayed in the
foreground use the
pipe style “EVT-Solid
(plan) Double
(Profile)” to depict
pipes. The pipe is
drawn as a solid line in
the actual width.
o For 2D existing pipes
displayed as
background, such as survey, the linetypes would apply.
o When an existing pipe is recreated in Civil3D it should be assigned the “EVT-Nodisplay (plan)
Double (profile)” style and set to the appropriate layer for existing pipe. The purpose is to
display just one instance of the pipe (from the 2D Survey) on the plan view yet see the location
(shown as a hidden line) on the profile when desired.
o When labeling pipes in plan view, the most common plan view label style is “EVT- PLAN”,
which displays the inside diameter and the type (e.g. 12” SD), and the pipes are shown solid
with actual width. This label should be moved on the pipe or dragged to a location when
necessary for readability.
o In the situation where a pipe is not shown on a Profile yet that amount of information is
desired then the “EVT-PROF” label style should also be used in plan view.
o The City of Everett does not typically callout pipe materials
since this information is contained in the specifications.
Therefore the label simply shows the pipe diameter and
type (SD, CS, SS, W, etc. which is kept in the description
box). If a pipe material is to be shown then this box is the
correct place. The material field in the Pipe Properties box
it is not used to populate the labels due to the lack of
options in the “out of the box” catalog and its infrequent
use.

Structures:
o There are four Civil3D styles for gravity structures to use. One
for all MHs and 3 for CBs. The cylindrical structures are scaled
to actual size based on the diameter set in the structure
properties. The rectangular Type 1 and 1L are set to actual
size.
o When labeling structures in plan view, the preferred structure
label is “EVT- PLAN” which contains the Name, Description,
Station and offset, and Rim elevation. Connected pipes are
typically shown on the Profile.
o Enter the Name of a structure into the Structure Properties
using Structure type then numerical sequence. At a minimum,
enter the type of structure and size into the Description.

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Profile View
Pipes:
o The preferred label style for a pipe in a profile
view is “EVT- PROFILE” and displays the
computed inside diameter, type, 2D length in
lineal feet and slope. (e.g. 12” 24LF SD S=.0200).
Drag the label off of the pipe if needed.

Structures:
o The preferred label style for structures is “EVT-
PROFILE”. It contains the Structure name, Rim
elevation, and pipe inverts. Location information
is shown on the plan view.
o When you need to identify structures that are
not on the alignment or are not the purpose of
your layout, the structure label style “EVT-PLAN
& PROF [name only]” should be used.

3. Pressure Pipe Networks

Similar to gravity pipe standards with a few exceptions.

o There is just one pipe label style “EVT-PLAN & PROF”.
o The diameter and material are included in the description. The label style uses only the pipe
description to build the label.
o The callouts, dragged labels, and Mleaders are all splined. This is peculiar to pressure system
plans and profiles since the information tends to be grouped in tight clusters and straight
leaders would be more difficult to see. Straight leaders are consistently used elsewhere.

4. Profile grade lines

Profile styles are named according to how they display (Red-dashed, Green-solid, etc.) rather than their
purpose (Existing Road Centerline, Proposed Pond, etc.) The purpose is to minimize the number of profile
styles while giving you the choice you need.

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Chapter 5 Layers

5.1 Industry CAD Layering Systems

The City of Everett uses the National CAD (NCS) and BIM standards as the basis for all design and land
surveying work. Projects not conforming to this standard may cause rejection of the plans. Design projects
for buildings using Building information Modeling (BIM) will utilize Revit and follow the BIM standards
manual.
For more information about NCS, visit ‘www.nationalcadstandard.org’

5.2 Layer Name Format

There are four field types organized as a hierarchy – Discipline Designator, Major Group, Minor Groups, and
an optional Status Field – each separated by a dash. The layer name format allows the user to include field
codes to the desired level of detail. The following is a description of the fields used.

5.3a Discipline Designator

The first character of the Discipline Designator denotes the category of subject matter contained
on the specified layer. The second character is a modifier to the first character, sometimes
describing the source of the information on the layer.

AA - BBBB - CCCC - DDDD - E

5.3b Major Group

The Major Group denotes the main group of the subject matter.

AA - BBBB - CCCC - DDDD - E

5.3c Minor Groups

The optional Minor Groups denote a more detailed breakdown of the major group. This is usually
one or two fields.

AA - BBBB - CCCC - DDDD - E

5.3d Status (Phase)

The optional Status (Phase) field denotes the status of the work or a construction phase.

AA - BBBB - CCCC - DDDD - E

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5.3 Layer Organization
The level of detail required within a project is coordinated with the City of Everett project manager and the
CAD Manager. Objects can be organized by the number of groups used.

Example:
C-WATR-LINE
This forces all proposed water lines, regardless of size or material, to be combined on one layer.
This allows the visibility to be controlled with a single layer selection.

C-WATR-12DI-LINE
Proposed water lines are placed on separate layers according to size and material. They can then
be selectively controlled within a viewport.

5.4 Complete List of Codes to Populate Layer Name Fields

The following tables show the codes used in the City standard within each of the four fields of the layer
name format. The codes shown here represent a subset of the complete NCS Layer Guidelines. In addition
to these codes, new codes (shown bold & italics) were created by the City to help define categories unique
to the City’s needs – a practice allowed by the NCS. The definitions of selected codes that were already
defined in NCS were not changed.

The template files ”Everett-C3D-Design-2018.dwt” and Everett-C3D-Survey-2018.dwt” are supplied to be

used with the “DesignCenter” (ADCENTER) that contains the majority of the City layer names with the
appropriate properties. All layers have a Discipline Designator “##” this saved duplicating layer names for
all possible disciplines. By dragging the appropriate layer name into a drawing and assigning the desired
Discipline Designator all of the appropriate properties will be set. Most importantly the syntax, linetype,
and layer description have been preset. The other properties such as Color are solely dependent on
operator preference on their monitor; Plot Style is dependent on how the finished plot is to appear.

5.4a Common Discipline Designators:

Additional Discipline Designators can be added with approval of the City CAD manager. The
Discipline Designator is intended to denote both discipline and responsibility for the work.

A Architectural S Structural
B Geotechnical
C Civil T Traffic
D Demolition TC Traffic - Control
E Electrical (power)
F Fire
G General V Survey / Mapping
H Hazardous Material VA Survey – Aerial
I Irrigation VF Survey – Field
L Landscape VG Survey – GIS
M Mechanical VR Survey - Record Information
O Operations
P Plumbing X External Reference
Q Equipment Y Instrument & Control
R Rail Z Contractor / Shop Drawings
RW Right of Way

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 5.4b Major Groups

ALGN Alignment NODE Node

ANNO Annotation (also PAPR/MODL) MODL Model Space (no specific Major)
BASN Stilling and settling basin PIPE Pipe Network
BLDG Buildings and primary structures PAPR Paper Space (no specific Major)
BNDY Political boundaries POWR Power
BRDG Bridge PRCL Parcel
CATV Cable television system PROF Civil 3D Profile View
CHAN Navigable channels RAIL Railroad
COMM Telephone communications REFR Reference, external files
CORR Civil 3D Corridor Object RIVR River
CREK Creek ROAD Roadways
CSWR Combined sanitary sewer RTWL Retaining wall
CTRL Control points RWAY Right-of-way
CURB Curb SECT Section
DETL Detail SGNL Signals (Traffic)
DIKE Dike SOIL Soils
DRIV Driveways SSWR Sanitary sewer
DTCH Ditches or washes
STRM Storm sewer
DTUR Detour plan SURF Civil 3D Surface Object
EROS Erosion and sediment control SWAL Swale
ESMT Easements SWLK Sidewalks
FENC Fences SWMP Swamp
FUEL Fuel systems TABL Tables
GNDW Ground water TOPO Topographic feature
GRAD Grading TRAF Traffic
GRND Ground TRAL Trails or paths
IMAG Image TRNS Transit
IRRG Irrigation VPRT Viewport
LAKE Lake WATR Water supply
LITE Lighting WETL Wetlands
LTNG Lightening protection system XREF External Reference
MBOX Mailbox
NGAS Natural gas

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 5.4c Minor Groups

ACCI Accident diagram PATT Texture or hatch patterns

ASPH Asphalt PLNT Plants
BACK Back PNTS Points
BMRK Benchmarks POLE Poles
BRKL Break lines POND Retention pond
BUSW Busways PRIV Private
CABL Cable PROP Property boundary
CITY City QTRS Quarter section
CMUW Concrete masonry unit REVC Revision clouds
CNDT Conduit REVS Revisions (Symbols or Text)
CNTR Center ROCK Large rocks and outcroppings
CNTY County RWAY Right-of-way
Communications SAWC Sawcut line
COMM
SBCK Setback lines
CONC Concrete
SERV Service
DATA Data
SHLD Shoulder
DBRY Direct bury
SIGN Signage
DESL Diesel Fuel
SILT Silt fence
DIMS Dimensions Skip
SKIP
DTCH Ditches or washes SLID Solid
EQPM Equipment SLOP Slope
FIBR Fiber optics cable STAN Stationing
FLOW Flowline STAT State
FORC Force main STMP Professional stamp
GASO Gasoline Fuel STRC Structures
GCVR Ground cover STRP Striping
GRAL Guard rail SXTS Sixteenth section
GRID Grid SYMB Reference symbols
GRND Ground TABL Data tables
GRVL Gravel TANK Storage tanks
Half-size TEMP Temporary
HALF
TEXT Text
HEAD Door and window headers
TOE~ Toe
HORZ Horizontal
TOP~ Top
JBOX Junction box
TRAC Tract lines
LABL Labels
TRAN Transmission system
LEGN Legend, symbol keys
TRAV Transverse
LINE Lines Trees
TREE
LINK Chain link TSHP Town or township
LOOP Traffic control loop TURN Turn
MAJR Major UGND Underground
METL Metal UTIL Utility lines
MINR Minor VEGE Trees, shrubs, other vegetation
MONI Monitoring VERT Vertical
MONU Monument WATR Water supply
NGAS Natural gas line WELL Well
NODE Nodes WOOD Wood
NOTE Notes ZONE Zoning
NPLT Non-plotting graphic information
OVHD Overhead
OVLY Overlay limits

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 5.4d Status Fields

A Abandoned
D Existing to demolish / remove
E Existing to remain
F Future work
M Items to be moved
N New work (used infrequently)
T Temporary work
X Not in contract
1-9 Phase number

5.4e Pipe Codes Table

Pipe Material Codes

##@@ Special Codes for pipe size & mat’l
## Pipe diameter (inches)
AC Asbestos Cement
AL Aluminum
BR Brick
CI Cast Iron
CL Clay Pipe
CM Corrugated Metal Pipe
CO Concrete Pipe (non-reinforced)
CP Concrete Cylinder Pipe
CU Copper
DI Ductile Iron Pipe
DL Ductile Iron Pipe CL 52
GI Galvanized Iron
HD HDPE High Density Polyethylene
HI HDPE DIPS Ductile Iron Pipe Size
HP High Pressure Gas Pipe
HR HDPE IPS Iron Pipe Size
HW High Pressure Wrapped Gas Pipe
PE Polyethylene
PR Perforated Drain Pipe
PV Polyvinyl Chloride
RC Reinforced Concrete
SP Steel Pipe
SW Steel Wrapped
WD Wood

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5.5 Logical groupings of Major and Minor field codes.
5.5a Water Features

Water Features
BASN Basin
CREK Creek
DIKE Dike
DTCH Ditches or washes
LAKE Lake
RIVR River
SWMP Swamp
WETL Wetlands

5.5b Surface Features

5.5c Land Delineation
Surface Features
BLDG Building Land Delineation
EROS Erosion Control BNDY Boundary
DTCH Ditch City city
POND Pond CNTY county
SILT silt fence PROP property
FENC Fence STAT state
LINK chain link TRAC tract lines
METL Metal ZONE zoning
WOOD Wood ESMT Easements
GRND Ground CATV cable television
SLOP Slope COMM communications
TOE~ toe NGAS natural gas
TOP~ Top POWR power
LSCP Landscaping SBCK setback lines
GCVR ground cover SSWR sanitary sewer
PLNT Plants STRM storm sewer
TREE Trees UTIL utility lines
VEGE vegetation WATR water supply
MBOX Mailbox RWAY Right-of-way
RTWL Retaining Wall CNTR center
CMUW Concrete masonry unit SECT Sections
ROCK rock QTRS quarter section
TOP~ top SXTS sixteenth section
SWAL Swale TSHP town or township
TOPO Topographic feature

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 5.5d Transportation:

Transportation ASPH asphalt

BRDG Bridge OVLY overlay limits
CHAN Channelization CNTR center
STRP striping CONC concrete
BUSW busway GRAL guard rail
SKIP skip lane stripe GRVL gravel
SLID solid lane stripe SAWC sawcut line
TURN turn arrows SHLD shoulder
CURB Curb SGNL Signals (Traffic)
ASPH asphalt CNDT conduit
BACK back HEAD head
CONC concrete JBOX junction box
FLOW flow line LOOP loop detector
DRIV Driveways POLE pole
ASPH asphalt SWLK Sidewalks
CONC concrete ASPH asphalt
GRVL gravel CONC concrete
DTUR Detour plan TRAF Traffic
SIGN signs ACCI Accident diagram
STRP striping DATA volume data
RAIL Railroad SIGN traffic signs
ROAD Roadways
TURN vehicle turning data
TRAL Trails or paths
GRVL gravel
ASPH asphalt
TRNS Transit
CONC concrete
BUSW busways

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 5.5e Utilities:

Utilities NGAS Natural gas

CATV Cable television system ##@@ ##=size; @@=pipe material
EQPM equipment EQPM equipment
SERV service POWR Power
UGND underground EQPM equipment
CNDT conduit OVHD overhead
DBRY direct bury SERV service
COMM Telecommunications UGND underground
EQPM equipment CNDT conduit
FIBR fiber optics cable DBRY direct bury
OVHD overhead UGND underground
SERV service SSWR Sanitary sewer
UGND underground ##@@ ##=size; @@=pipe material
CNDT conduit DATA data table
DBRY direct bury FORC force main
CSWR Combined sanitary sewer SERV service
##@@ ##=size; @@=pipe material STRC structures
STRC Structure
FUEL Fuel systems
##@@ ##=size; @@=pipe material STRM Storm sewer
##@@ ##=size; @@=pipe material
IRRG Irrigation
DATA data table
##@@ ##=size; @@=pipe material
SERV service
LITE Lighting
STRC structures
EQPM equipment
WATR Water Supply
OVHD overhead
##@@ ##=size; @@=pipe material
PRIV private
DATA data table
UGND underground SERV service
CNDT conduit STRC structures
DBRY direct bury TRAN transmission

5.5f Geotechnical: 5.5g Minor Entity Codes:

Geotechnical AutoCAD Entity Type

GNDW Groundwater DIMS Dimensions
MONI Monitoring LINE Lines
SOIL Soils
NODE Node
BORE Boring
PATT Texture or hatch patterns
SYMB Reference Symbols
TEXT Text

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 5.5h 3D Major Field Codes: 5.5i Specialized Major Codes:

Civil 3D Objects Model Space/Layouts Tabs

Alignment PAPR
Annotations in Layout Tabs (PS)
LABL labels (LTAB)
CORR Corridor HALF half-size
LABL labels LEGN legend
GRAD Grading NOTE notes
LABL labels NPLT non-plotting info
PIPE Pipe Network REVS revision clouds
LABL labels REVS revisions
PRCL Parcel STMP Professional stamp
TTLB Border and title block
LABL Labels VPRT Viewport
PROF Profile View MODL
Annotations in Model Space (MS)
GRID Grid (LTAB)
LABL Labels NOTE notes
SECT Section DETL HALF half-size
LABL Labels PROF LEGN legend
SURF Surface XSEC NOTE notes
LABL Labels XREF NPLT non-plotting info
REVC revision clouds
REVS revisions
STMP Professional stamp
TTLB Border and title block
VPRT Viewport

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Chapter 6 Blocks (Symbols)

6.1 Block Creation

The standard blocks provided in the CAD standard file distribution were adapted from APWA and generally
accepted civil engineering practices. All Topography, Utility, Surface Features, and Mapping
blocks/symbols are only developed by the City under the approval and direction of the CAD manager. All
approved blocks/symbols are contained in “EVT-Symbols” directory. The City develops one block for all
conditions (Existing, New, Demolished, Future, Temporary, etc). The visibility/appearance is controlled by
the block layer properties. This facilitates translation of the entity from exist to demolished/removed or
new to existing after installation.

6.2 Block Rules for Creation, Storing and Use

• Define blocks on layer “0”.
• Set Plot Style, Color and Lineweight to bylayer (layer and .stb controls)
• Draw blocks full scale, when possible, to show conflict problems. City CAD manager may
permit exceptions based on visibility at 1”=20’ scale.
• Create blocks with an insertion point related to normal field construction installation (e.g.
water valves on pipe centerline)
• Attribute text styles follow the text style standards in this manual.
• Blocks are filed in the “EVT-Symbols” overall directory. There are sub-directories for Model
Space and Paper Space blocks.
• Block naming syntax consists of a 2 letter discipline prefix, a single dash, and an intuitive
name.

The file “EVT-Templates\BASIC\ EVT-BLOCKS ONLY.dwg” is supplied to be used with ADCENTER

(Autodesk DesignCenter) that contains a majority of the City’s blocks. This allows individual blocks to be
dragged into an open drawing file. Use of non-standard or unapproved blocks in a drawing file may result
in the file not being accepted.

The following blocks, used with Civil3D styles, are more

useful with explanation. These are used by structure styles
and are scaled to actual size for precise placement in the
design file. This provides an accurate center of structure
location when you are using Stations and Offsets or Site
Coordinates in your labels.
UT-CB-TYPE1 and UT-CB-TYPE1L blocks:
• Non-plotting guidelines (shown in cyan) are
provided.
• A small circle that should be used as to locate the
structure at the gutter flow line.
UT-MH and UT-CB-TYPE2 blocks:
• Non-plotting guidelines (shown in cyan) are provided.
• Rotate tick mark to indicate the rotation angle of the eccentric cone.

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6.3 Block Discipline Prefix
6.3a Block/Symbol Name Table

2-Character
Block Prefix Block Prefix Description
AC- Accidents Diagrams
CH- Non-Striped Channelization
EE- Electrical Diagram Symbols
LD- Landscaping and Vegetation
LT- Light, Street Light or Other Light
ME- Mechanical Diagram Symbols
NT- Note Or Call Out Symbol
PV- Pavement Or Curb and Gutter
RR- Railroads
SF- Surface Features Not Otherwise Specified
SG- Signals
SH- Sheet, Legends, North Arrow, Title Blocks, Etc
SN- Signs
SP- Striping
SV- Survey, Section Lines
TB- Data Table
TR- Transit
UT- Utilities
WD- Wiring Diagram Component
WL- Wall, Rockeries, Guardrails

Refer to “EVT-Symbols” for a complete listing of City of Everett symbols.

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Chapter 7 Displaying Lines, Screens and Transparency

7.1 General
Lineweight

It is important for the CAD operator to skillfully use lineweight on their drawings to differentiate the
important subject from the background. The full range of more than 20 lineweights may be used but
0.13mm, 0.30mm, 0.50mm, and 0.80mm are preferred. These lineweights are set per layer. On rare
occasions a lineweight might be set to an entity but this is highly discouraged.

• 0.13mm (fine)
o Dimension leaders
o Low priority information
o Fine object details
o Hidden linetype
o Table data cell divider
• 0.30mm (medium)
o Common object lines
o Medium priority information
• 0.50mm (bold)
o Prominent object lines
o High priority information
o Proposed construction items
o Title text
• 0.80mm (extra bold)
o Table outlines and other borders
o Rebar

Screening and transparency

Screening and transparency may be used in combination with any lineweight.

The Everett-2016.stb Plot Style table provides 40% and 60% screen. Note that a
screened object may plot on top of a solid black object if the draw order is
incorrect. However an object with transparency still shows objects underneath.
Both options may be employed. If you choose to use transparency then the “Plot
options - Plot transparency” must be selected.

The Civil3D styles for profile view gridlines are set up to use transparency.

Transparency is also frequently used instead of a concrete or dot hatch patterns

where the area to be pattern can make readability difficult.

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Linetypes

The City of Everett uses two methods to denote object lines in a CAD file. In 2D AutoCAD custom linetypes
are used to differentiate pipe information. The Everett.lin file still provides hundreds of linetypes for this
purpose. With Civil3D styles, pipes and labels are used together to display pipes.

Selected typical linework settings (also see Section 8)

Description Lineweight Plotstyle
Existing survey linework (curbs, landscape, annotation, etc.) .13 40%screen
Existing survey Utility pipes and structures .13 60%screen
Callouts and Dimensions (Calibri truetype font and does not use lineweight) .13 Black
Titles (with underline) .50 Black
Proposed topography contours (major / minor ) .30 / .13 Black
Proposed utility structure outlines (pipes are actual width) .50 Black
Viewframes (set to not plot) .09 normal
Profile gridlines (transparency set to 70, plot with transparency checked yes) .35 Black
Boundary around enlarged detail area (Dashed linetype) .80 Black

7.2 Custom Annotative Linetypes

AutoCAD standard line types should be used when possible but custom linetypes are also used to make a
drawing set more readable. Complex Linetype definitions have been developed where the descriptive text
is imbedded in the definition showing the function of the line or pipe represented. These definitions utilize
the AutoCAD default text style “Standard” (which is set to “romans.shx”).

All of the lines included in “Everett.lin” file have been developed based on a plotted scale of 1”=20’. The
drawing variables “ltscale & psltscale” should be left at the default of 1. Lines will appear the same in the
typical layout. In model space set your viewing scale to 1”=20’.

All custom line types created for the City CAD Standards are contained in the Everett.lin file. There is one
custom .shx (EVT-Shapes.shx) used to create the squiggle for the ditch linetype.

7.2a Naming Syntax

In order to sort and find what you need among the hundreds of linetypes that are used a standardized
naming convention has been developed.

• Linetype syntax

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 -EV - BBBB - CC…C - DD…D - HF

o BBBB=Major category
o CCCC=Secondary category
o DDDD= Descriptors as needed
o HF=Alternate linetype use with scales less than 1”=20’

7.2b Creation Criteria

• The overall appearance of the plotted line was determined by its appearance and clarity
within a 1”=20’ scale viewport (the most commonly used).
Note: All other scales must be approved by the City of Everett Project Manager.
• The standard line type name consists of three fields separated by a hyphen.
o The first field consists of “-EV-“.
o The second field is a short abbreviation/description of the line’s intended use
or discipline (see table below).
o The third field indicates the annotation used in annotated line types. In non- annotated
line types this field is used as a short, more definitive description.
o An optional forth field can be used for further clarification. For example, REV would
indicate the line appears the opposite of a line type with the same name (only used on
directional lines). The use of HF is intended to indicate a line type which repeats in
approximately half the distance as the line with the same name.
• Standard AutoCAD default text style is used in all annotated line types.
• Text in annotated line types is intended to have a height of 0.12” in all standard 1”=20’
viewports.
• The same line type is used to represent existing, new, to be removed, etc. The properties of
the layer containing the line will determine the appearance of the line.

When working in model space it may be desirable to set the LTSCALE from 1 to 20. This will display the line
spacing and text as it would in a standard 1”=20’ scale viewport. However, since the LTSCALE variable is a
drawing standard variable and not controlled by the layout the LTSCALE=20 must be returned back to
LTSCALE=1 before printing the layout sheets.

7.2c Second Field Abbreviations Table

Second Field
Abbreviation Description
CD Conduit (Unknown Owner or Contents)
CNT Contour Lines
CS Combined Sanitary Storm Line
CUT Cut Limit
DITCH Ditch Line
EL Electrical (Generic Electrical)
EP Edge of Pavement
FILL Fill Limit
FN Fence Line
FO Fiber Optic Lines
G Gas Line
GRID Profile Grid Lines

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 GUARD Guard Rail
IR Irrigation Line
LFG Landfill Gas Collection Line
PWR Power Lines (Commercial Power Service ie PUD etc)
RR Railroad Track
RW Right-of-Way
SD Storm Drainage Main
SIG Signal Cable
SL Street Light
SS Sanitary Sewer Main
STRIP Striping Lines
TEL Telephone
TLM Telemetry Cable
TV Cable Television
UT Generic Utility Line
WTR Water Main
WTRSV Water Service

Refer to the Appendix for a complete listing of City of Everett linetypes.

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Chapter 8 Annotation

8.1 Text Styles

The City uses the Calibri Truetype font for annotation and titles. The Autodesk Romans.shx font is used for
the custom linetypes and remains in the definition of the “Standard” style.
As the “Text Style” dialog box shows below, there are several other Everett styles preset in the template.

The styles “Everett” and “Legend” are Calibri with a text height of 0.0 and not annotative. The Everett
styles that are annotative are named according to their Paperspace height.

Must be consistent for all sheets.

• Preferred settings for existing survey text are Calibri/0.10”high/40%screen/rotated to typical project
view.
• Preferred settings for proposed design annotation are Calibri/0.12”high/black.
• There is flexibility for projects with extremely dense annotation. Be consistent for all sheets in the set.
o Existing text height can be 0.08” with design text 0.10”.
o For Survey bases, Romans.shx may be used if using an Everett.lin custom linetype.
o Surveyor and Design team coordination required for determination of font, rotation and
height.
• Use the “Everett-___“ Dimension and Multileader styles set up for 0.08, .010, and 0.12 in the templates.
• “NOTE” and “VIEW” Titles are 0.15” with underline selected, not a separate line object.

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8.2 Dimension Styles
• The appearance of dimensions should appear the same through all projects. Dimensions
may be put on a general layer such as “C-ANNO-DIMN or C-ANNO-DIMN-E” or specific layers
such as “C-WATR-DIMN).

• Three annotative dimension styles “EVT-0.12, EVT-0.10 and EVT-0.08” are provided
to match the chosen text height of the project.

• Dimensions, like other annotation, are usually located in model space.

• The first line of dimension text is placed above the line with the second line below. Text is
parallel to the line.

• Dimension variables such as color, linetype, and visibility are controlled by layer.

• Dimension text locations and orientations may be adjusted for drawing clarity.

• Do not EXPLODE dimensions.

Dimension and view

title examples:

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8.3 Callouts for section, elevation and detail
On a plan view drawing:

There are two blocks to remember. EVT-Section_Cut and EVT-Detail_Callout. For easy recognition they are
the same size on plan and detail sheets. View titles are simply formatted text. The title is 0.24” and
underlined. The scale is part of the same MTEXT and is 0.12” high. If there is more than one line for the title
then only the bottom line underlined. Callouts and titles are placed on appropriate annotation layers which
have a lineweight of 0.30mm.

Callouts:

Leaders, Notes and Bubbles:

For clarity, leaders from text, multileaders and bubbles are typically straight and
aligned when possible. One exception being Water drawings where splines are
preferred. Text is left justified and notes are aligned vertically when possible. The
left attachment for leaders is the middle of the top line while the right attachment
is the middle of the bottom line.

View Titles:

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On a detail drawing:

There are two blocks that are used together. EVT-Detail_Callout and EVT-DETAIL_SECTION_TITLE. In the
example below you can see one is selected and the grips are showing. EVT-DETAIL_SECTION_TITLE is a
dynamic (stretchable) block that snaps on to the right side quadrant of the EVT-Detail_Callout circle. Stretch
the title line out so that it is the approximate width of the detail it denotes. When laying out a detail sheet
line up the titles vertically and horizontally whenever possible.
Use a letter designation for Sections and Elevations and a number designation for Details.

Detail titles are placed on appropriate annotation layers which have a lineweight of 0.30mm.

Within a detail:

Since space is tight within a detail and a section is usually shown right next to where it is cut a smaller
symbol is used. For this purpose there is the EVT-Section_Cut-mini block. It is dynamic (rotate, flip, stretch,
and keep the letters upright). It is placed on appropriate annotation layers which have a lineweight of
0.30mm.
Titles are a MTEXT, 0.15” high, underlined, and are placed on appropriate annotation layers which have a
lineweight of 0.30mm.

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 8.4 Other Callouts
Matchlines and Continuation

In many cases it is preferable to simply direct the viewer to another sheet for
continuation and a matchline is not needed or beneficial. In such a case use MTEXT,
0.15” high, underlined (%%U) or overlined (%%O) as appropriate, on the layer C-ANNO-
MTCH-TEXT (0.30mm), and aligned with the edge of the view. The viewport should have
some overlap to see the stationing. Placement of the text should be approximately 0.1”
away from the edge of the viewport and in an area where it is clearly visible. The text is
located on edges of both the plan and profile and reads “SEE DRAWING ____”. When
using Sheetset Manager the drawing name should be used as a field. There are no other
blocks to use.

et

When a matchline is required then it reads as follows:

“MATCHLINE STA __+__ SEE DRAWING ____”. It is used in conjunction with a line on the
C-ANNO-MTCH layer (0.30mm, dashed, black). The line is precisely on the station and
perpendicular to the alignment.

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Chapter 9 Plotting
The City of Everett uses the style based plotting method of creating plots. This provides multiple advantages.
• Lineweights and transparency stay with the drawing and are thus what the designer intended. They
are embedded into the .dwg instead of being interpreted through a table at plot time (when using the
Everett-2016.stb).
• No complex tables to learn.
• Freedom to directly choose any combination of lineweight, color, screen or transparency without
complexity.
• WYSIWYG viewing in paper space (with Display Plot Styles selected and using a white background)
• Allows objects to be organized by color for lineweight or function, yet plot with the correct weight.
• Compatibility with backgrounds exported from other Autodesk products such as Revit®, Infraworks®
and Inventor® already have the lineweight set.
• Easier conversions between other CAD standards.

The Everett-2016.stb is designed to work with documents plotted at 1:1 scale. For example, a full size sheet
(22”X34”) is plotted at 1:1. When plotting that same sheet half size (11”x17” at 1:2) the scale lineweight box
must be selected.
When printing a .dwg file exported from a Revit model using the AIA standards, the “NCS 4.0.stb” should be
used since it is also based on the object lineweight setting designated in the Layer.
If you are converting from the previous City of Everett CAD standard a helpful conversion table has been
provided in Appendix C, Helpful References that compares the EVERETT.stb to the EVERETT-2016.stb.

9.1 Colors
Under the City system the color of an entity does not necessarily signify line weight. The colors assigned in the
templates were based on designer’s choices for ease of viewing. Some individuals may prefer to assign colors
to layers based on line weight. This a matter of personal preference.

9.2 Styles based Plotting

The City uses a named based plot style Everett-2016.stb. The color table (.ctb) method is not used. Even if you
are missing this .stb file for some reason it is easy to recreate.

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9.3 Plotted Lineweight, Colors & Screening Density
The Lineweight (common use is 0.13, 0.30, 0.50 and 0.80) and Plot Style (Black, Object Color, or Screened)
is assigned to each layer.
An important benefit to this method is that you can check “Display Plot Styles” from the page setup for
WYSIWYG viewing in your Paper Space layout. This is best viewed when using a white background. Toggle
LWDISPLAY off in model space because scale varies depending in zoom.

9.4 Plotter Settings

• Everett-2016.stb is selected.
• For creating pdfs the “DWG To PDF.pc3” driver is preferred.
• Plot with transparency is typically selected.
• The “Plot stamp on” box is not selected. The plot information fields are already in the binding edge of
the paper space layout.

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Chapter 10 Abbreviations

10.1 Abbreviation List

Words should be spelled out when possible. If you need to abbreviate a word the following list includes
those most commonly used at the City. Use a period after an abbreviation if it is at the end of a sentence.
Description Description
A CB1 Catch Basin Type 1
AB Anchor Bolt CB2 Catch Basin Type 2
ABAND Abandoned CC Center to Center, Closing Corner,
ABBR Abbreviation Concrete Curb
ABUT Abutment CCb Coaxial Cable
ACT Actual CCd Control Conduit
ADD Addendum, Addition CCG Concrete Curb & Gutter
CCGS Concrete Curb, Gutter & S/W
ADJ Adjust
CCL Creek Center Line
AFF Above Finished Floor
CD Conduit
AH Ahead
CG Curb and Gutter
ALT Alternate CHG Change
ALY ALLEY CHK Check
AMEND Amendment CI Cast Iron
AP Angle Point CICL Cast Iron Concrete Lined
APPROX Approximately CIP Cast in Place
APWA American Public Works Association CIR Circuit, Circle
ARCH Architecture CJ Construction Joint
ARV Air Relief Valve CL Centerline
ASPH Asphalt CLASS Classification
AUX Auxiliary CLF Chain Link Fence
CLR Clearance, Clear
AVE Avenue
CLY Clay
AVG Average
CMP Corrugated Metal Pipe
AWG American Wire Gauge
CMU Concrete Masonry Unit
B CND Conduit
B Black, Beam CNTY County
BC Block Corner CO Clean Out
BITUM Bituminous COE City of Everett
BK Back COL Column
BL Baseline, Blue COM Common
BLDG Building COMM Communicate
BLK Block CONC Concrete
BLVD Boulevard CONN Connection
CONST Construct, Construction
BM Bench Mark
CONT Continued, Continuous, Control
BOC Back of Curb
COOR Coordinate
BOL Bollard
COP Copper
BOT Bottom COR Corner
BOW Back of Walk CORR Corrugated
BRDG Bridge CRK Creek
BRG Bearing CRN Crown of Road
BRK Break CS Combined SS & SD System
BTWN Between CT Court, Community Transit
C CTR Center
C Conductor, Channel, Column CTRE Tree (conifer)
C/L Centerline CU Cubic
CAP Capacity CULV Culvert
CB Catch Basin, Cable

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 Description Description
CYL Cylinder FDN Foundation
D FF Far Face, Finished Floor
D Depth, Dipole FG Finish Grade
DB Direct Burial Cable FH Fire Hydrant
D/L Daylight FIG Figure
D/W Driveway FIN Finish, Finished
DBL Double FL Fog Line, Flow Line, Flash,
Flashing, Floor
DCL Ditch CL
FLD Field
DE DE-Energize
FLEX Flexible
DEG Degree
FLG Flange
DET Detail or Detector
FLT Filter
DI Ductile Iron FLX Flexible
DIA Diameter FM From, Force Main
DIAPH Diaphragm FNC Fence
DIR Direction FOC Face of Curb
DN Down FOG Fog Line
DR Drain FOW Face of Wall
DWG Drawing FP Full Penetration, Flag Pole
DW Y Driveway FT Feet/Foot
E FTG Footing
E East, Electrical FWD Forward
EA Each FWPS Finished Water Pump Station
ECb Buried Electrical Cable FW Y Freeway
ECC Eccentric G
EF Each Face G Gas Line, Green, Girder
EJB Electric Junction Box GA Gauge
EL Easement Line, Elevation GALV Galvanized
ELB Elbow GAR Garage
ELEC Electrical GB Green W/Black Tracer, Grade Break
ELEV Elevation GDW Y Gravel Driveway
EMB Embankment GE Grate Elevation
EMH Electrical Manhole GEN Generator
ENCL Enclose GI Galvanized Iron
GL Glass, Gutter Line
ENG Engine
GLU Globe Value
ENGR Engineer
GM Gas Meter
EO Edge of
GND Ground
EOA Edge of Asphalt
GOVT Government
EOC Edge of Concrete
GR Guard Rail
EOD Edge of Dirt
GRD Ground, Grade
EOG Edge of Gravel GV Gate Valve
EP Edge of Pavement GVL Gravel
EQ Equal GVT Gas Vault
EQUIP Equipment
H
ET Everett Transit
H Height, High
EV Electrical Vault H-T Hub & Tack
EVC End Vertical Curve HD Head
EVP Emergency Vehicle Pre-Emption HDCP Handicap Parking Symbol
EVT Everett, City of Everett HDG Hot Dipped Galvanized
EW Each Way HI Height of Instrument
EX Existing, Example HORIZ Horizontal
EXC Excavation HPS High Pressure Sodium, High
EXIST Existing Pressure Steam
EXP Expansion HSB High Strength Bolt
EXP JT Expansion Joint HSE House
EXT Exterior, Extension, Extruded HT Height of Target
F HTS Heights
F Flanged
FAB Fabricate

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 Description Description
HW Hot Water MACH Machine
HW Y Highway MAINT Maintenance
HYDR Hydraulic MATL Material
I MAX Maximum
I Iron MB Mailbox
ID Inside Diameter MC Meander Corner
IDENT Identification MECH Mechanical
IE Invert Elevation MED Medium
IF Inside Face MER Meridian
IL Inlet MFR Manufacture
ILLUM Illuminate MH Manhole
IMSA International Municipal Signal MHHW Mean Higher High Water
Assoc. MHT Mean High Tide
IN Inch/Inches MHW Mean High Water
INCL Include MIC Monument In Case
INCR Increase MID Middle
IND Indicator MIL Military
INDUCT Inductance MIN Minimum, Minute, Minor
INST Install, Instrument MISC Miscellaneous
INSUL Insulation MJ Mechanical Joint
INT Intersection, Internal MK Mark
INV Invert, Inverse ML Match Line
IP Iron Pipe MLLW Mean Lower Low Water
IS Island MLCSP Mortar lined & Coated Steel Pipe
ITE Institute of Transportation MLTCS Mortar Lined Tape Coated Steel
Engineering Pipe
J MLECSP Mortar Lined Epoxy Coated Steel
Pipe
JB Junction Box, Jersey Barrier
MLT Mean Low Tide
JCT Junction
MLW Mean Low Water
JNX Junction
MOD Modification
JT Joint
MON Monument
K MPOC Midpoint On Curve
KG Kilogram MSNRY Masonry
KHZ Kilohertz MT Mean Tide
KM Kilometer MUTCD Manual On Uniform Traffic Control
KV Kilovolt Devices
KW Kilowatt N
KWH Kilowatt Hour N North
L NA Not Applicable
L Length of Arc, Traffic Detection NAUT Nautical
Loop NEG Negative
LAB Laboratory NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers
LAT Lateral, Latitude Association
LBS Pounds NEUT Neutral
LEN Length NF Near Face
LF Linear Foot/Feet NIC Not in Contract
LIM Limit NO Number
LK Lake NOM Nominal
LOC Locate NTS Not To Scale
LONG Longitudinal, Longitude O
LP Lamp, Light Pole O Orange
LT Left, Light O-XING Overhead Crossing
LUMIN Luminaire OB Orange with Black Tracer
LWR Lower OC On Center
M OD Outside Diameter
M Meter, Mile OF Outside Face
M/L Monument Line OH Overhead
MA Traffic Detection Magnetometer

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 Description
Description
OL Overlap Phase
OHP Overhead Power R
OHW Ordinary High Water R Radius
OPNG Opening R-C Rebar & Cap
OPP Opposite R/W Right-of-Way
OPR Operate RA Raised
RB Red with Black Tracer
OPT Optic
RC Reinforced Concrete
ORIG Original
RCKY Rockery
OT Overhead Telephone
RCP Reinforced Concrete Pipe
OZ Ounce
RD Road, Round
P RECD Received
P Pole, Power RECT Rectangle
P/C Pre-cast REF Reference
P/L Property Line REG Regular
P/S Pre-stressed REINF Reinforced
P/T Post Tensioned REM Remove, Removed
PAR Parallel, Parcel REPL Replace, Replaced
PC Point of Curve REQ Required
PCC Point of Compound Curve RET Retaining
PD Perforated Drain Line RETW Retaining Wall
PE Plain End RIV River
PED Pedestrian, Pedestal RLD Rolled
PERM Permanent RMC Rigid Metal Conduit
PERP Perpendicular RPT Report
PH Phase RR Railroad
PI Point of Intersection RRC Railroad Crossing
PKW Y Parkway RRCS Railroad Crossing Signal
PL Place, Plastic, Plain Bar, Plate, Plug RRG Railroad Crossing Gate
PLSS Public Land Survey System RT Right
POA Pole Orientation Angle S
POC Point On Curve, Point of Vertical S South, Slab, Slope
Curve S/L Survey Line
POS Positive, Position S/W Sidewalk
PPB Pedestrian Push Button SAN Sanitary
PPBP Pedestrian Push Button Post SB Soil Boring
PR Pair SC Section Corner
PRC Point of Reverse Curve SCb Shielded Cable
PROJ Project SCC Closing Corner
PROP Property SCEN Section Center
PRV Pressure Reducing Valve SCHED Schedule
PSI Pounds per Square Inch SD Storm Drain
PT Point of Tangency, Point SDMH Storm Drain Manhole
PUD Public Utility District #1 of Sno Cnty SE Spot Elevation, Southeast
PV Power Vault SEC Second
PVC Polyvinyl Chloride SECT Section
PVMT Pavement SEG Segment
SEP Separate
PVRC Point of Vertical Reverse Curve
SERV Service
PVT Point of Vertical Tangency
SEW Sewage
PWR Power
SHLD Shielded
Q SHLDR Shoulder
Q Quadruple SHT Sheet
QC Quarter Corner SIG Signal
QT Quart SIM Similar
QTR Quarter SL Sea Level, Span Length, Section
QTY Quantity Line
QUAD Quadrant, Quadrangle SLJB Street Lighting Junction Box
QUAL Quality SLP Slope

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 Description Description
SLS Stainless Steel TRAN Transition
SLV Sleeve TRJB Traffic Control Junction Box
SM Small TS Test Station
SN Sign TSD Traffic Sign Double Post
SOV Shut-off Valve TSS Traffic Sign Single Post
SP 1 Shielded Pair, Single Cable, Span TUN Tunnel
Wire, Spiral Space, Specific TV Television, TV Vault
SPA Space/Spaces TWST Twisted
SPC Shielded Individual Single Cable TYP Typical
SPCb Shielded, Twisted pairs in a Single U
Cable UDS Utility Duct System
SPEC Specifications UG Underground
SQ Square UGPC Underground Power Cable
SS Sanitary Sewer UGTS Underground Telephone Cable
SSCO Sanitary Sewer Cleanout UNGD Underground
SSMH Sanitary Sewer Manhole UNO Unless Noted Otherwise
SSXC Sixteenth Corner UP Utility Pole
ST Straight, Street, Straight Bar UPA Utility Pole Anchor
STA Station UTIL Utility
STAG Staggered
V
STD Standards
V Valve, Voltage
STIR Stirrup
VAR Varies, Variable
STL Steel
VB Valve Box, Vapor Barrier
STLT Street Light
VEH Vehicle
STP Lane Stripes
VERT Vertical
STPS Steps
VLT Vault
STR Stream
VP Vent Pipe
SUB Substitute
VPC Vertical Curve PC
SUR Surface
VPCC Vertical Curve PCC
SURV Survey
VPI Vertical Curve PI
SVL Survey Line
VPRC Vertical Curve PRC
SW Switch
SYM Symmetrical, Symbol VPT Vertical Curve PT
SYS System W
T W West, Width, Water Line, White
T Top, Tangent W/ With
T&B Top & Bottom WB White with Black Tracer
TAB Tabulate WC Witness Corner
TAN Tangent WCR Wheel Chair Ramp
TB Thrust Block WGV Water Gate Valve
TBM Temporary Benchmark WHSE Warehouse
TCB Buried Telephone Cable WK Walk
TEBO Telephone Booth WL Water Line
TESC Temp Erosion & Sedimentation WM Water Meter, Water Main
Control W/O Without
TK Thick WO Work Order
TEL Telephone WP Work Point
TEMP Temporary WSDOT Wash St Dept of Transportation
TJB Telephone Junction Box WT Watts, Weight
TMH Telephone Manhole WV Water Valve
TOC Top of Curve, Top of Curb WW Wing Wall
TOE Concave Slope Break X
TOP Convex Slope Break X-BM Cross Beam
TOPO Topography X-RD Cross Road
TOS Top Of Slab XFOC Extruded Face of Curb
TOW Top of Wall Y
TP Twisted Pairs, Test Pit
Y Yellow
TPOL Traffic signal Pole
YD Yard
TR Traffic, Telephone Riser

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 Chapter 11 Plan Phases

11.1 General
A “snapshot” of the CAD files are to be
taken at various times during the project:
• Design review levels (30%, 60%, 90%).
Required for review, can be deleted
after Bid (100%) Set
• Prior to major changes
(recommended), can be deleted after
Bid (100%) Set
• Milestones
o Bid (100%) This is often the basis
for the Record Drawings and is
comprised of the files that
produced the full size set that was
wet signed by the project
engineer. Required until Record
Drawings are created.
o Construction or conformed.
Supercedes the Bid set files.
o Record Drawing. Required for
archiving.

This “snapshot” is typically done using the

ETRANSMIT command which creates a .zip
file. The file name includes; Work Order#, project name, description of phase, and date created. Include all
referenced files needed to produce hardcopy (dwg, dwt, dst, jpg, jpw, png, pdf, xls).

11.2 Design Review Levels (30%, 60%, 90%)

PHASE DESCRIPTION Min Tasks Achieved
30% An estimated 30% of drawing content is • Sheet Set Manager and drawing list
complete, Design concept is established, • Survey complete
some profiles and details are shown • Initial sheets created/cut
• Horizontal control and alignments.
• Appropriate for design team review
60% An estimated 60% of drawing content is • 30% review comments included
complete. Design concept firmly • Plan and Profile Sheets substantially complete
established. Drawing list is stable. Majority • Details, and Sections substantially complete
of the final details are shown. • Appropriate for Interdepartmental Review
90% An estimated 90% of drawing content is complete. • 60% review comments included
Design concept is complete. Drawings require • Final design completed
only fine tuning. • Right-of-way and parcel dwgs complete.
• Only minor design changes,
• Appropriate for Agency reviews

Turn on the layer on the Cover drawing to display the stamp:

Set the
Set the Design Review Level in
Design Review Level in the “Project Phase” of
the “Project Phase” of the Sheetset
the Sheetset

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11.3 Bid Set
This is considered the 100% set and is wet signed by the Engineer of Record
and Public works Managers. A “snapshot” of the CAD files is created and
stored in the \600 BID DOCUMENTS\610 BIS PS&E folder.

Blank out
Design Review Level using
Alt+255 in the “Project
1. Preparation for Advertisement Phase” of the Sheetset

• Prior to printing the full size hardcopy Bid Document Set, the layer G-ANNO-TTLB-PHAS is to be frozen on
the cover sheet and Design Review Level blanked out (Sheetset Properties “Project Phase”) using
Alt+255.
• The Engineer of Record wet signs and dates their P.E. stamp on the full size hardcopy.
• The City Project Manager ensures that the Bid Set’s cover is signed and dated by the Public Works
managers listed in the “RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL” block.
• The City Project Manager dates and initials the appropriate “BID” boxes below the revision box in the
lower left corner of every plan sheet.
• These hardcopy originals are the “BID SET” and are sent to Builder’s Exchange for scanning and posting
to their website. They are also scanned at Bill’s Blueprint for bidders to purchase copies. They City
receives the originals.
• For additional copies of this set, the words, “BID SET” are rubber stamped in large Red bold letters in the
lower right corner of cover sheets for the Plans as well as the Technical Specifications. The Original
versions are not stamped but held for copying the “For Construction” sets.
• The wet signed originals and .zip “snapshot”of the CAD files will be preserved for future use by CAD
department staff.

2. During Bid Process (Addenda items)

• All addenda issued during the bidding period is signed by the Engineer of Record and the City project
manager only. Non-technical addenda may be signed by the City project manager only.
• The “REVISIONS” box in the lower left corner of all affected plans will have a revision number, brief
description (includes addendum number) of changes, date and City project manager initials

3. Final Bid Documents

The original Bid Document set (Plans and Specifications) in conjunction with the “Bid Addenda”
become the official legal bid documents or “Final Bid Documents”. Plotted and electronic copies will
be retained.

Note:
Any re-bidding of the work shall follow the same procedure as for the original bidding except that the
words “BID SET” are replaced with “REBID SET’.

11.4 For Construction Set

After Project Award

1. The Final Bid Documents, which have been kept current during the Bid process, are now considered
the “FOR CONSTRUCTION” set.
2. The City project manager determines the number of copies required of the “FOR CONSTRUCTION”
plan set and specifications then requests the CAD staff to order the reprographics.

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 3. When the hardcopy sets of Plans and Specifications are received the Cover Sheets are rubber
stamped with the words in large red bold letters in the
lower right corner.
4. The Engineer of Record also provides the
following disclaimer on the “FOR
CONSTRUCTION” cover
5. A “CONFORMED SET” may be assembled that
includes changes to the “BID SET” that
occurred during the bid process. This set is for
convenience only.

11.5 Record Drawing Set

When construction is complete

1. The City Construction Inspector contacts the City Project Manager and verifies that the “FOR
CONSTRUCTION” set is the most current documentation or assembles a new set that includes all
Addenda, Requests For Information and Change Orders.
2. The Construction Inspector consolidates red-line comments onto a single plan set showing all the
changes to the design that occurred during construction.
3. This red-lined set is given to the City PM who brings it to the Records department for them to log in for
tracking purposes.
4. The City PM will then delegate the creation of the record drawing set to the City CAD Manager or the
project design consulting firm.
5. If City CAD staff is preparing the Record Drawings, the CAD files are either:
a. Already on the City network, in the \300 CAD-BIM folder, and an eTransmit .zip file is created to
capture the Construction Set. That file is stored in the \700 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT\720
CONFORMED PLANS & SPECS folder. Changes are then made on the current files.
b. A .zip file of all project drawings is requested from the design consultant. When received and files
extracted, it is verified that each layout drawing can recreate the current hardcopy.
6. The following graphics protocol is used by City Staff and Consultants:
a. Modifications to the proposed design are carried out in the file as you would during the design
process. Do not draw lines through design callouts and put text in red next to it. Do not place
clouds or revision triangles on the drawing. Change the text or move the design object to its
correct location. If it was not constructed then delete it. Be thoughtful when Civil3D objects are
modified since changes will affect other sheets (e.g. Plans and Profiles). The desire at this point is
to clearly capture as constructed information based on the best available information. It is not the
goal to track what the design might have been.
b. The Project Engineer of Record, P.E. stamp is removed from the set. It is replaced by the signature
of the Construction Project Manager/Inspector.
c. Modifications to the existing site
regarding abandoned items. Place
sufficient annotation on the
drawing to denote pipes,
structures, foundations, etc. left in
the ground when the project was
completed. These abandoned
items will have a line drawn over them. This line is on the layer VF-RCRD-LINE (red, -EVT-ABAND-
NEW, 0.30, plotstyle is black).

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 d. Modification regarding removed items. If a segment of pipe or structure is removed then a callout
is placed in the drawing that describes what was removed. If there is a demolition plan that already
calls this out clearly there is no need to duplicate this
information. If a larger portion of site area is removed
then it may be more legible to that draw a bold line
around the area and add a callout describing the
removed items.
e. The following “RECORD DRAWING” disclaimer is placed
prominently on project cover sheet in paper space on
the VF-RCRD-ANNO to be plotted in red. Replace the
attribute “NAME-TITLE” with the person signing.
f. The remaining sheets in the set will have the
Design Review Level filled out with the
words “RECORD DRAWING” and the record
drawing disclaimer in place of the PE Stamp.
This is easily done by thawing the “G-ANNO-
REVS-TEXT” layer on the project’s titleblock
XREF file.
7. After confirming that the set adequately
communicates the collected information, the construction project manager/inspector shall sign and
date full-size plan sheets of the “RECORD DRAWING” set.
8. The Construction Project Manager/Inspector shall deliver the full size, signed “RECORD DRAWING”
set to the City Records Group.
9. At the discretion of the City Utility Mapping department, they will update the GIS database based on
the scanned (PDF) version of the signed copy of the “RECORD DRAWING” set or CAD files.
10. A snapshot .zip of the Record Drawing CAD files is then stored in the Map_Arc folder
U:\CAD\AsBuilts\#WO# Project Name folder

11.6 Project Closeout

This is the last task to be performed on a project and moves it from the active projects folder to the archive.
The City project manager must give the permission to do so since there could be other outstanding tasks they
need to complete.

To archive a Project it is moved out of the active projects “S:\1Common\ENGINEERING PROJECTS” or

“S:\1Common\UTILITY PROJECTS” folder to the S:\1Common\ENGINEERING PROJECTS\_Archive Projects
folder. The entire project and all of its subfolders are relocated. This is done to keep the active projects folders
clean and easier to navigate.

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 Appendices

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A. SURVEY STANDARDS

1. General Information

Prior to the start of any survey work, the following steps are required:

• A job-specific scope of work must be coordinated with and approved by the City project manager and
the City survey representative prior to beginning surveying work for the City. This scope of work shall
include, at a minimum, compliance with this document and specify the vertical datum to be used for the
survey.

• A meeting will be scheduled to review the project scope of work and compliance with these
standards. At minimum, representatives from the survey firm shall include the project manager
(PE or PLS) and the CAD manager or operator who will be preparing the digital base maps and
associated files. The City will be represented by the project engineer, a representative for
surveying and the City CAD manager.

• The survey firm will be provided a current copy of this document along with a disk including this
document, current blocks and templates, and other CAD support files necessary to meet the
City CAD standards.

• The survey firm will be provided with City of Everett field books, appropriate monument “Survey
Recovery Forms” for existing monuments within or adjacent to project area. Information derived
from these forms is to be used to establish project elevations, and horizontal coordinates for
project. “GO! Sync Mapbook” prints of the project area showing existing City utilities.

All consultant survey work done for the City shall be coordinated and completed under the direct supervision
of a State of Washington professional land surveyor in accordance with their professional services contract
with the City of Everett.

Surveys done under contract to the City by private surveyors can provide important information to update
the City of Everett’s Geographic Information System (GIS) database as well as meet the surveying and CAD
needs for specific projects. The City of Everett is interested in maintaining and expanding its GIS and Survey
base drawing files with information provided through this consulting surveying process.

Since most of the surveying work done by private surveyors will have to be archived and used by City staff
and the public for many years, it is essential that surveying work comply with this document.

All survey data will be submitted to the City in a digital format that is compatible with the version of
AutoCAD® or Civil3D ® currently being used by the City of Everett. Any departure from the requirements set
forth in this document must be approved by the City of Everett City Engineer before any work is started by
the consulting survey firm. Surveys not complying with this convention will not be accepted.

It is highly recommended that all survey base maps be started by using either the Everett-2D-Survey-2016.dwg
or the Everett-C3D-Survey-2016.dwt.

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 2. Horizontal & Vertical Control

Basic horizontal and vertical survey control information on all City projects must be recorded in City
supplied field books. This requirement is particularly important as it pertains to control monuments, right-
of-way and property corner locations. For surveys done with data collectors, the work recorded in the field
books, although limited, should include sketches and diagrams of the survey control base lines, and
horizontal and vertical control monument descriptions. This information will be included in the digital
drawing files on the appropriate control, monument and GIS layers.

3. Stationing Conventions

The following stationing conventions will be followed and provided in the base drawing on a stationing layer
with ties to existing City monument documentation. Deviations from these conventions may be necessary on
certain utility projects as determined by the City’s project manager.

• Stationing shall read left (10+00) to right (?+??). The minimum stationing start point will be 10+00.
Negative stationing will not be allowed.

• Stationing shall run from South to North or West to East.

• North shall be to the top or right of the printed page. On the data file, north shall be up (World
Coordinate System).

• Centerline stationing shall have Minor tick marks every 50 or 20 feet with Major annotation
at 100 foot intervals

Departures from data collection and presentation conventions will be approved by the City survey
representative, City project manager, and CAD manager prior to beginning surveying work. In all cases,
the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) shall take
precedence over policy and convention.

4. Survey Control

The appropriate vertical and horizontal control for a project will be discussed and agreed upon at a
coordination meeting with the consultant surveyor, City survey representative, and City of Everett project
manager. Local monumentation should be researched, reviewed and shared by the City survey
representative, and the consultant surveyor for the specific project. The selection of control should be
based upon the appropriate instrumentation, methodology and required control closures for the project.
The project budget, scope and quality control should be considered as well as GIS database enhancement.
Field surveying instruments and measuring techniques to be used on the project should also be discussed
and agreed upon. In general, a 1:20,000 minimum closure will be regarded as an appropriate closure for
project control surveys although a 1:10,000 minimum closure may be accepted under some circumstances.

In order for projects to be incorporated into the City’s GIS mapping use the City’s primary control
monuments as horizontal & vertical control (WA State Plane Coordinate). In most cases, due to the
proximity of the City’s GIS control monuments, this work will have to be done by Global Positioning System
(GPS) techniques. GPS work for a City project must be coordinated with the City survey representative prior
to beginning work. All GPS data developed as part of a survey project must be submitted for review and
approval to the City along with the other survey data. Data submitted for each monument shall include but
shall not be limited to the information requested on the “Survey Recovery Form”. GPS data shall conform to
the section titled “Requirements for Submission of GPS Data”.

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 Horizontal coordinate datum for the GIS control network is presently based on the North American Datum of
1983, with the 1991 re-adjustment, (NAD 83/91). Locations, elevations and coordinates of both horizontal
and vertical control points for use on a project shall be provided by or approved for use by the City survey
representative prior to beginning the survey.

All elevations and state plane coordinates submitted to the City as shown on the Survey Recovery Form shall
be in both meters and U.S. Survey Feet.

5. New and Existing Monument Recovery

All existing un-named/numbered monuments located by the survey, shall be named/numbered by the
consultant surveyor in accordance with this document. A Survey Recover Form must be prepared by the
consultant surveyor and submitted to the City survey representative.

If the monument has already been by the City the consultant surveyor shall use the City’s existing
designations. Monument references submitted to the City as part of a City project shall not be assigned
names/numbers without prior approval of the monument names/numbers by City survey representative.
Names/numbers for monuments shall be assigned to monuments according to function, i.e. Right-of-Way
Monuments, Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Monuments or GIS Monuments as follows:

Right-of-way monument: (4 spaces) (2 spaces) (2 spaces)

Field Book # Page # Point #

Example: Point No. 3 on Page 13 of field book No. 614 should be written as 614 13 03

Sections/Quarter Corners: (2 spaces) (2 spaces) (3 spaces)

Township # Range # Section # *

*Section number used DNR alpha/numeric convention

Example: The northwest corner of Sec. 17, T. 28 N., R 5 E. should be written as 28 05 J05

GIS Control Monument: (4 spaces)

Number/Name

Example: A typical City GIS monument will be a 3-digit number preceded by an “E” such
as: EO88

In addition to survey control, other survey data, which shall be coordinated with the City survey
representative and City project manager, shall include the data sheet orientation, cross section intervals,
stationing requirements and other project specific data collection requirements.

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 6. Field Books

All work must be recorded in City field books and shall provide the following information:

• The name or title of the project as assigned by the City project manager.

• The date the work was done on each page of the field book.

• The pages of the field book shall be numbered.

• The names of members of the field party doing the work. All work
shall be indexed in the front of the field book.

References and/or descriptions of all PLSS land record monuments, City of Everett GIS monuments, NGS
monuments, and any other governmental land record or mapping monuments utilized during the course of
the work shall be indexed independently in a monument index at the front of the field book.

Field notes shall be clear, concise, and legible and shall contain sufficient information for ease of use by
unfamiliar parties.

All City supplied field books shall be returned to the City’s project manager at the completion of the survey
tasks.

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 7. Deliverable Digital Survey Data

The following instructions must be followed on all survey projects, unless prior approval is obtained in righting
from City survey representative and the City Engineer:

• Survey data provided to the City in a digital format shall be compatible with the version of AutoCAD
presently being used by the City. Do not use custom fonts, hatch patterns, and linetypes. Files must
be complete and usable without having to download any files not included in the standard AutoCAD
release. Digital survey data shall be provided to the City on CD-ROM.

• All line work, symbols and text will follow current standards presented in this document.

• Use the following guidelines for text:

o Only standard text fonts supplied with AutoCAD will be used. Text style names will be the same
and the text font used to create the style. Text height will not be defined in the text style
definitions. Calibri.ttf and Romans.shx are the City default text styles/fonts.

o All text will be placed on separate layers per the drafting standards.

o All text describing existing entities will be placed in Model Space. Text height will be such that
when plotted, it will no smaller than 0.08” and no greater than 0.10”.

o Street names placed in Model Space will be on layer “V-ROAD-TEXT-E” and are normally frozen.
Street names placed in Paper Space will be on “V-ANNO-MISC” layer. Plotted text height is 0.17”.

o An attempt shall be made to orient existing feature text annotation (asphalt, grass, fence etc.)
so it is in the general direction of the project centerline stationing.

• All survey base drawing files shall be tied to the City’s GIS mapping control monument system. This
will be accomplished by inserting the Everett standard block “TB-SURVY” on layer GIS---SURVY-
SYMBL. The block will be scaled such that it is readily visible when the base drawing is opened. A
leader/line will be provided from the inserted block to the control monument(s).

• The surveyor shall provide a complete print-out of the coordinate file that lists or describes
all points surveyed in project datum as specified by the City’s project manager, and in
station and offset left or right format whenever possible.

• Separate files will be provided for:

o AutoCAD 2D Surveyed base map consisting of line work, blocks, text representing existing
topography, and utilities in accordance with CAD Standards and Procedures of this document.

o If Civil3D pipe networks were created, they would be in a separate source file.

o ASCII Point data per item 2 above. Preferably a Civil3D file and LANDXML file.

o Preferably a Civil3D surface file. At a minimum an AutoCAD 2D Surface Contours as elevated plines
accompanied by a LANDXML file.

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 8. Requirements for Submission of GPS Data

All hard copy and digital data files, as indicated in Typical Files Table, shall be bound/included in a binder for
easy review and analysis by City personnel.

Information provided shall include:

1. The make and model of all equipment used in data collection.

2. The serial number of each instrument
3. The type of method or procedure used for the project, i.e., static, fast static or other used
4. Single or dual frequency

For all GPS stations used as a starting point for a project. The City requires at least two vectors from stations
approved by the City surveyor. Additional GPS positions required for any other reasons, including temporary
points, must be approved by the City surveyor.

Data sheets will be filled out as outlined:

a. State plane coordinates in US survey feet “WA NORTH ZONE,” three decimal places
b. State plane coordinates in meters “WA NORTH ZONE,” four decimal places
c. Final coordinates in latitude and longitude, five decimal places
d. Final orthometic heights, if leveling was used to derive: In US
survey feet to three decimal palaces
In meters to four decimal places
e. Final orthometric heights, if GPS was used to derive: In US
survey feet to two decimal places
In meters to two decimal places
f. Convergence angle in degrees, minutes and tenths of seconds
g. Scale factor to at least eight decimal places
h. Fill out text with pertinent information, description of monument and how to get to the point

Static or rapid static will be used for all GPS control surveys. Kinematic GPS will not be acceptable for
control surveys.

Minimal satellite conditions:

a. Check satellite almanac prior to GPS session to determine optimum time/day for GPS sessions.
b. PDOP for all observations shall be five or less.

City supplied field book shall be used to record pertinent information describing the GPS session such as:
a. Project description including names of constrained (stationary) position
b. Monument description
c. Receiver (start time)
d. Receiver (stop time)
e. Height of instrument
f. Offset distance
g. At least three reference azimuths at each monument
h. Diagram of monument location
i. Any other information of interest about the monuments or the GPS session Different
types of equipment will produce their own formats; please send similar files.

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 9. Deliverables Table:

Typical Files Digital Hard Copy

Diagram of points and vectors X
Raw data files X
Corrected vector files X
Point files (point #, Northing, Easting, Elevation &
Description) [csv]
Session log files X X
Xml files
Minimally constrained adjustment X X
a. Analysis data X X
b. Adjustment parameters X X
c. Statistical summaries X X
Fully constrained adjustment X X
a. Analysis data X X
b. Final adjustment iterations X X
c. Final adjustment parameters X X
d. Final weighting parameters X X
e. Final adjustment closures and statistical X X
data
f. Final state plane coordinates in US survey
feet
g. Final orthometric heights:
In US survey feet (two decimal places) X X
In meters (three decimal places) X X
h. Convergence angle in degrees, minutes & X X
tenths of seconds
i. Final ellipsoid heights X X
j. Final X X
Vertical adjustment files; if vertical adjustment is X X
done separately, submit the same files as in
Number 6
Conversion files from state plane coordinates,
Washington North Zone, to latitude & longitude & X X
metric coordinates.

10. Description Keys

Description keys are used when you insert points into the drawing from the point database file
or when you import points into the drawing from an external file or user database. When the
point is inserted into the drawing, the point layer and symbol associations of the description
key file are applied to the points.

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 11. Monument Survey Recovery Form

Survey Recovery Form

City of Everett State: Washington

Department of Public Works County: Snohomish

Station Name:
Horizontal Datum: NAD 83/91
Vertical Datum: NAVD 88 Established by:
Control Point ID: Book: Page: Pt #: Date:

Section: Township: Range:

LATITUDE: (5 decimal places)

LONGITUDE: (5 decimal places)

ORTHOMETRIC HEIGHT: ______________________ Feet

______________________ Meters

Washington State Plane Coordinates – North Zone

Northing Easting Point Scale Factor Convergence
(4 decimal places) (4 decimal places) (to 9 decimal Deg Min
Feet
Meters

HORIZONTAL DATA:
Horizontal position established by:
resection survey, comments: _
GPS survey, GPS adjustment software used:
other, explain: _
surveyor’s estimated relative positional accuracy: ft @ % confidence
surveyor’s estimated absolute positional accuracy: ft @ _% confidence

VERTICAL DATA:
vertical position established by:
differential leveling to: order accuracy
GPS survey, accuracy within ft. meters
surveyor’s estimated relative positional accuracy: ft. @ _% confidence
surveyor’s estimated absolute positional accuracy: ft. @ _ % confidence

MONUMENT DESCRIPTION

TO REACH

REFERENCES:
Az from North Distance Reference Description

Month & Year Recovered: Condition Mark: Recovered By:

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 12. City of Everett Datum

Vertical: NAVD 88
Horizontal: NAD 83 with 1991 update
Coordinate System: Washington State Plane, North Zone, US Foot

Shown in Civil3D

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 City of Everett Vertical Datum Conversion Diagrams

Diagram 1

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 Diagram 2

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 13. City of Everett Drawing Units

Civil:

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B. EVERETT CAD STANDARDS DISTRIBUTION FILES
AutoCAD 2D Design
• Everett-2D-Survey-2018.dwg (Blocks and layers can be imported from this file)
• Everett-callout-symbols-civil.dwg (one unit = one foot, Section cuts, View titles)
• Everett-callout-symbols-arch.dwg (one unit = one inch, Section cuts, View titles)
• Everett-2D-Structural.dwg (one unit = one inch, architectural units and dimstyles, “S-“ layers)
• Everett-2D-Electrical Blocks.dwg (one unit = one inch, decimal units, electrical symbols and blocks)

AutoCAD 2D Layout
• Everett-sheetset-2018.dst (Template for Sheetset with Everett customization. Database file for SSM that
controls the titleblock info for the Cover, Legend, and titleblock “TB” layout sheet templates, Your
project specific .dst file resides in your project \References folder.)
• Everett-Cover-2018.dwt (Create a new sheet through SSM and use this template to create your
customized project cover sheet)
• Everett-Legend-2018.dwt (Create a new sheet through SSM and use this template to create your
standard project legend sheet)
• Everett-22x34TB.dwg (copy this to your “\References” subfolder and customize for your project)
• Everett-22x34Layout.dwt (Create a new sheet through SSM and use this template to create your layout
sheets, includes Civil3D styles and layer for setting up profile views and labeling pipe networks)
• Everett-8.5x11TB-Landscape.dwt (Create a new sheet through SSM and use this template to create a
detail or exhibit on an 8 ½”x11” sheet)
• Everett-Electrical-11x17TB.dwg (copy this to your “\References” subfolder and customize. Usually used
for electrical one line diagrams and schematics of pump stations and electrical cabinets)
• Everett-Electrical-22x34TB.dwg (copy this to your “\References” subfolder and customize. Usually used
for electrical one line diagrams and schematics of large facilities)
• JARPA.dwt (2D simplified 8 ½”x11” titleblock for JARPA submittals)

Civil3D Design
• Everett-C3D-Design-2018.dwt (Civil3D Template containing style and “C-“ layers for Civil design)
• Everett-C3D-Survey-2018.dwt (Civil3D Template containing styles and “V-“ layers for Surveying)

Civil3D Layout
• Everett-22x34TB-PlanProf.dwt (Similar to the regular Everett-22X34TB file but has two viewports
configured for a Plan on top and a Profile on the bottom. As a default the viewports have been scaled at
1”=20’ and span 500’. This can be modified based on project needs. For use with Plan Production Tools)

AutoCAD and Civil3D Support files

• Everett.lin (Everett custom line types)
• Everett-2016.stb (Named plot styles table)

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C. HELPFUL REFERENCES

C.1 Scale conversion charts

Civil Scales 1 unit = 1 foot

Scale Model Space foot Model Space foot Model Space foot
Plot Scale
factor (plotting 0.10" text) (plotting 0.12" text) (plotting 0.15" text)
1"=1" 0.083 0.0083 0.01 0.0125
1"=1'-0" 1.0 0.10 0.12 0.15
1"=10' 10.0 1.00 1.20 1.5
1"=20' 20.0 2.00 2.40 3.0
1"=30' 30.0 3.00 3.60 4.5
1"=40' 40.0 4.00 4.80 6.0
1"=50' 50.0 5.00 6.00 7.5
1"=100' 100.0 10.00 12.00 15.0

Architectural Scales 1 unit = 1 inch

Scale Model Space inch Model Space inch Model Space inch
Plot Scale
factor (plotting 3/32" text) (plotting 1/8" text) (plotting 5/32" text)
1"=1" 1 0.0938 0.125 0.1563
3"=1'-0" 4 0.375 0.5 0.625
1 1/2"=1'-0" 8 0.75 1.0 1.25
1"=1'-0" 12 1.125 1.5 1.875
3/4"=1'-0" 16 1.5 2.0 2.5
1/2"=1'-0" 24 2.3 3.0 3.8
3/8"=1'-0" 32 3.0 4.0 5.0
1/4"=1'-0" 48 4.5 6.0 7.5
1/8"=1'-0" 96 9.0 12.0 15.0
1/16"=1'-0" 192 18.0 24.0 30.0

C.2 Drawing Variable Settings for Civil3D

• USCICON <1> • INSBASE <0.00, 0.00, 0.00>

• VISRETAIN <1> • INSUNITS <0>
• BLIPMODE <0> • FIELDEVAL <31>
• PSLTSCALE <1> • LAYOUTREGENCTL <1>
• LTSCALE <1> • PROXYGRAPHICS <0>
• DIMASSOC <2> • WHIPTHREAD <3>

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C.3 Converting to the new Everett-2016 Plot style Standard

The previous City of Everett plot style table (Everett.stb) used 21 pen styles to display the variety of lineweights,
screens and colors. The new simplified plot style table (EVERETT-2016.stb) has 4 pens; Black, 60% screen, 40%
screen, and Object color. Lineweight is determined by the Lineweight set in the Layer instead of the style.
Therefore you can have more combinations with no tables to learn. The table below will help you convert from
the old Everett.stb standard to the new.

Everett.stb Everett-2016.stb
Lineweight Style Lineweight Style
Default PEN 100 0.13 Black
Default PEN 101 0.30 Black
Default PEN 102 0.50 Black
Default PEN 103 0.80 Black
Default PEN 104 1.20 Black
Default PEN 105 0.30 40% screen
Default PEN 106 0.50 40% screen
Default PEN 107 0.80 40% screen
Default PEN 108 Default Black
Default PEN 109 Default Black
Default PEN 0 Default Object color
Default PEN 100N 0.13 Object color
Default PEN 101N 0.30 Object color
Default PEN 102N 0.50 Object color
Default PEN 103N 0.80 Object color
Default PEN 104N 1.20 Object color
Default PEN 105N 0.30 Object color
Default PEN 106N 0.50 Object color
Default PEN 107N 0.80 Object color
Default PEN 108N Default Object color
Default PEN 109N Default Object color

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