Here are some guidelines you could consider for your standard. Or create some of your own.
Model Files
Locate all Model files in the discipline specific MODEL folder.
Model information is typically divided up by file type. Creation of the model files (whether to combine or split the Model file information based on plan type) shall be decided in the beginning of the project by the originating office, based on design schedule or manpower loading. This would mean that the Reflected Ceiling Plan may be combined with the Floor Plan for small jobs. Typically the RCP and Floor plan would reside in different files.
No text entities will be created in Model Space or Paper Space of the Model files. (You could modify this as needed)
External Reference files will be Overlaid to the Model files in Model Space for coordination.
Note: External Reference files that are Attached create nested Xref’s. You may allow this under certain circumstances.
Xclip may be used on any drawing files as needed.
Users shall follow standard AutoCAD Image commands when attaching images.
No entities will exist in Paper Space of the Model Files.
Model files will be directly referenced to other files.
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July 9th, 2009 at 7:00 AM
Mark,
Are there any plans to compile all the blogs regarding CAD Standards into one document. If not, I think you should give it some thought.
BTW, Thanks for all the good information.
July 15th, 2009 at 6:06 AM
I’m in agreement with Ken. I’ve been using AutoCAD since release 11, but I’ve always been in very small offices and was either the only CAD person, or like I am now, the senior user. I work at a consulting engineering firm during the day (my full-time job) as a draftsman/CAD manager/network administrator and a few nights a week I work with a small architectural office with the same duties. At the engineering office there is 1 regular CAD user(me), and 4 others that use it(2 engineers, 2 project managers). At the architect’s office, there are 2 draftsman, the architect, and myself. I have setup everything in both of these of offices, and everything is pretty solid. However, there are no standards in either office! I was never officially trained for the CAD Manager position, and both places are very financially bound(thus part of the reason I’m working two jobs). I found your website through the AUGI newsletter just today, but I read somewhere else in the last few months about creating an office CAD standard. The light bulb came on, but then dimmed when I couldn’t figure where to start. This site has given me a lot of insight, and I will be spending a lot of time reading on it, and absorbing, then much more time trying create standards for both offices. It will be challenging since both offices work very different, one industrial engineering the other architecture, but I’m up to the task. Keep up the great blogs!
Thanks