Computer Aided Drafting (CAD)

Computer Aided Drafting

(CAD)
1. Purpose ..........................................................................................................3
2. Scope..............................................................................................................3
3. General Requirements...................................................................................3
4. Drawing Template Files .................................................................................4
5. EDMS ..............................................................................................................4
6. Drawing Numbers ..........................................................................................4
6.1 Numbering System ...................................................................................................... 4
6.2 Allocation of drawing numbers .................................................................................. 5
6.3 Drawing File Name ....................................................................................................... 5

7. Drawing File Specification ............................................................................5

7.1 Drawing Environment .................................................................................................. 5
7.2 Sydney Water standard CAD templates .................................................................... 5
7.3 Text Styles .................................................................................................................... 6
7.4 Dimensioning Style ...................................................................................................... 6
7.5 Line Types..................................................................................................................... 7
7.6 Entity colour and line weights .................................................................................... 8
7.7 Layering Structure ....................................................................................................... 8
7.8 Title Block Information ................................................................................................ 9
7.9 Revision ...................................................................................................................... 10
7.10 Amendments .............................................................................................................. 10
7.11 Use of external reference files .................................................................................. 10
7.12 Use of multiple sheet layouts ................................................................................... 10

8. Modifications To Drawings ......................................................................... 11

9. Clen-Up of Completed Drawings ................................................................ 11
10. Supply Of Design Drawings ........................................................................11
11. Supply Of Work As Constructed Drawings................................................ 12
12. Support Documentation .............................................................................. 12
13. Appendices .................................................................................................. 12
14. Definitions .................................................................................................... 13
15. Context ......................................................................................................... 13
15.1 Accountabilities ......................................................................................................... 13
15.2 Training and competencies....................................................................................... 13
15.3 References .................................................................................................................. 13
15.4 Attachments ............................................................................................................... 14

16. Ownership ....................................................................................................15

16.1 Change history ........................................................................................................... 15

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Appendix 1 Layering Convention for CAD Drawings (excluding electrical) .. 16
Appendix 2 Layering Convention for CAD Drawings (Electrical) ................... 19
Appendix 3 Layering Convention for CAD Drawings (Electrical) ................... 20

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1. Purpose
The purpose of this Specification is to achieve consistency in the drafting content
presented on the drawings and standardise the drawing submission process

2. Scope
This document details the Computer Aided Design (CAD) specifications and minimum
requirements for all drawings prepared for Sydney Water ensuring adequacy and consistency
creating and maintaining projects in the 2D.
Where there is ambiguity, discrepancy or inconsistency between this document and the drafting
requirements set out in relevant Sydney Water editions of the WSAA codes, this document must
be followed.
This document and attachments are available on the Sydney Water website.

3. General Requirements
All drawings prepared for Sydney Water shall be in AutoCAD drawing file format. Prior to
submission of any DWG files to Sydney Water, the designer shall ensure that all drawings are
prepared in the latest CAD release (unless requested otherwise). AutoCAD methodology and
practice shall conform to this document.
All drawings shall be prepared as Al size drawings using the relevant AutoCAD drawing
template files (Electronic Attachments 1 and 2) available on the Sydney Water website. The
"readme" document stored with the template files shall be read and acted upon prior to using
the templates. Refer to "Notes on electronic attachments" in Clause 14.
Drawings containing external references shall be considered as working drawings only and will
not be accepted as final drawings. Prior to submission of final drawings to Sydney Water, all
external references, imported images etc. must be bound to individual drawings. Drawings
containing unbound external references, imported images etc. will not be accepted. (See
Clause 7.10).
All abbreviations and units shall be in accordance with AS 1000. Dimensions shall be in metric
units. All levels shall be in metres to Australian Height Datum. The title block information shall
be entered in accordance with Clause 7.7.
Subject to the approval of Sydney Water, equipment manufacturer's drawings and other similar
type third party drawings may be considered exempt from Clause 7 of this document. However,
the Sydney Water Contract name, Sydney Water Contract number and a drawing number as per
Clause 6 must be added to the drawings in a prominent position near the bottom right-hand
corner of the drawing sheet.
Any electronic drawing files provided to the designer by Sydney Water for use in preparation of
the design and/or Work As Constructed (WAC) drawings shall remain the copyrighted property
of Sydney Water and shall not be used for any purpose other than to assist in the preparation of
the design and/or WAC drawings for the project(s) under contract.
Where the plotted drawing uses coloured line work, the colours selected shall be such that the
line work depicted is clearly legible when the drawing is printed or copied on a monochrome
(black and white) printer or copier in A3 size.

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Unless varied by the contract documents, all drawings prepared for Sydney Water shall conform
to the requirements of this document. The designer shall modify noncompliant drawings at his
own cost.

4. Drawing Template Files

The following standard drawing template files shall be used for the preparation of
drawings prepared by designers:
 Gen_A1_drg_template.dwt (Electronic Attachment 1)
 Elec Al_drg_template.dwt (Electronic Attachment 2)
The standard drawing template files contain layer definitions, text and dimension style
definitions and the standard drawing sheet frame and title block.
The drawing frame shall not be renamed or "Exploded". The title block contains
variable fields, defined using AutoCAD "Attributes" for information input. The fields shall
be completed as per Clause 7.7 of this document.
The designer's full company name, address, ABN number, telephone number, fax
number, e-mail address and Sydney Water consultant contract number shall be added
to the title block in the area designated in Appendix 3, "Sample Title Block Layout". The
designer may add additional data boxes to their section of the title block if so desired.

5. EDMS
The Engineering Drawings Management System (EDMS) is used to manage and store
WAC and provides easy management of all Sydney Water WAC drawings in one
central application that is always accessible.
EDMS has four different interfaces.
 EDMS Power Web – require to be on Sydney Water Network
 EDMS Explorer Web– require to be on Sydney Water Network
 EDMS Internal Contractor Portal, commonly known as iOCP– require to be on
Sydney Water Network
EDMS External Contractor Portal, commonly known as eOCP – does NOT require to
be on Sydney Water Network Contractors will use the eOCP in order to:
 Request new drawing numbers
 Access to the drawings in their Project
 Download drawings assigned to their project
 Upload drawings to their allocated projects

6. Drawing Numbers
6.1 Numbering System
The drawing number consists of two parts. Both lines are either an alpha/numeric or
numeric text string.
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The designer shall obtain the drawing numbers via accessing the EDMS Contractor
Portal.
The CAD file name and drawing numbers issued by EDMS shall not be changed under
any circumstances

6.2 Allocation of drawing numbers

Drawing numbers shall be obtained by accessing EDMS as indicated in Clause
6.1 above.

The designer must obtain drawing numbers prior to commencing drafting

work in order to avoid back drafting and the resultant possibility of cross-
referencing errors.

The drawing numbers issued by Sydney Water EDMS shall be strictly adhered
to. No variation shall be accepted.

6.3 Drawing File Name

The format of naming drawing files shall conform to that as specified by Sydney
Water's EDMS.

The drawing file naming convention shall be strictly adhered to. No variation
shall be accepted.

7. Drawing File Specification

7.1 Drawing Environment
All drawings shall utilise the "paper space/model space" feature of AutoCAD. Under
this environment, all structures and details must be created in "model space" at a scale
of one to one (ie. in millimetres) and displayed in "paper space" using suitably scaled
AutoCAD "Viewports".
Where the "paper space/model space" feature of AutoCAD is utilised, the dimensions,
labels and annotation text associated with the details drawn, shall be scaled to suit and
inserted in model space. However, the drawing frame, general notes, reference
drawing list, material list, pipework schedule and other general notation shall be
inserted as "paper space" entities (created in Mtext format) at a scale of one to one on
the drawing layout.
In order to ensure AutoCAD references metric line types, pattern hatches, etc. the
AutoCAD system variable "Measurement" shall be set to "1 ".
All linear reticulation infrastructure plans shall be projected in MGA.

7.2 Sydney Water standard CAD templates

The standard drawing template file issued by EDMS must be used for the preparation
of new drawings prepared by designers:
Template files can also be downloaded from EDMS after the new drawing number has
been issues:
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The standard drawing template files contain layer definitions, text and dimension style
definitions and the standard drawing sheet frame and title block.
The drawing frame must not be renamed or “Exploded”. The title block contains
variable fields, defined using AutoCAD “Attributes” for information input. The fields
must be completed as per Clause 11 of this document.
The designer’s full company name, address, ABN number, telephone number, e-mail
address and Sydney Water consultant contract number must be added to the title block
in the area designated in Appendix 3, “Sample Title Block Layout”. The designer may
add additional data boxes to their section of the title block if so desired.

7.3 Text Styles

Excluding measurement unit designations, all text shall be in uppercase. For general
usage, the text style shall be AutoCAD ISOCP. The text style shall be defined as
follows:

Style name ISOCP

Font name ISOCP.shx
Height 0
Width Factor 1.0
Obliquing Angle 0
Backwards N
Upside - down N
Vertical N

It is recognised that occasions may arise where it is necessary to use other

fonts. The practice will only be accepted when the desired result cannot be
achieved using the ISOCP font. Where a substitute text font is used, the font
shall be a standard AutoCAD text font and the associated text style name shall
match the font name.

Text height, line weight and typical usage for drawing annotation shall be as
follows:

Text Height Line Weight Typical Usage

3mm 0.35mm General notes, labels, materials list, dimensions,
etc
5mm 0.5mm Minor view and section titles, minor headings etc
7mm 0.7mm Major view and section titles, Major headings etc

7.4 Dimensioning Style

Dimensioning style shall be in accordance with Australian Standard AS 1100
and HB7: Engineering Drawing Handbook issued by Standards Australia.

The AutoCAD dimension style used shall be "Swstd" as defined in the standard
drawing template files (Electronic Attachments 1 and 2).

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Each dimension shall be a single AutoCAD entity. "Exploded" dimensions are
not acceptable.

7.5 Line Types

The layering convention for line types shall be as per Appendices 1, 2 and shall
be set using the AutoCAD "Linetype" property to "Bylayer".

Drawings supplied utilising the AutoCAD "paper space/model space" feature

shall have the AutoCAD system variables "Ltscale" and "Psltscale" set to "1 ".
Electrical schematics, process and instrumentation drawings and other similar
unscaled drawings which are supplied not using this feature shall have the
AutoCAD system variable "Ltscale" set to match the scale of the drawing form.

For general drafting work, the following line types as defined in the supplied
supplementary line type definition file "Line_types.lin" (Electronic Attachment 3)
shall be used:

AS1100 Line Type Typical Usage

Designating
Letter
E Dash_1 Hidden outlines and edges
G Chain_1 Centre-lines and axes of solids, path lines for indicating
movement, features in front of cutting plane, etc
K Chdbdash Outlines of adjacent parts, Alternative and extreme
position of movable parts, etc
- Inst_line Instrument lines in process and instrumentation
diagrams
- Reodash Steel reinforcing mesh in section

Any customized line types, developed by the designer and used in the preparation of
Sydney Water drawings, must be defined for use in metric drawings. (i.e. Line types
designed for imperial drawings shall not be scaled to suit metric drawings)

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7.6 Entity colour and line weights

The method of setting a drawing entity's colour and line weight, and hence the entity's
plotted pen thickness, shall be to set the AutoCAD entity "Color" and "Lineweight"
properties to "Bylayer" and AutoCAD entity "Plot style" property to "Bycolor".
For all drawings (except electrical), the following colours shall be used to represent the
various line weights or pen thicknesses for full size prints:

AutoCAD Colour No. Colour Line Weight

1 Red 0.5mm
2 Yellow 0.35mm
3 Cyan 1.4mm
4 Green 2.0mm
5 Blue 0.7mm
6 Magenta 1.0mm
7 White 0.25mm
8 Light Grey 0.18mm

The colours cyan, green and magenta shall only be used where extra line thickness is
required for emphasis.
For electrical drawings the following colours shall be used to represent the various pen
weights or thicknesses for full size prints:

AutoCAD Colour No. Colour Line Weight

1 Red 0.5mm
2 Yellow 0.35mm
3 Cyan 0.25mm
4 Green 0.25mm
5 Blue 0.7mm
6 Magenta 0.25mm
7 White 0.25mm
8 Light Grey 0.18mm

The AutoCAD plot style tables provided in Electronic Attachments 4 to 7 shall be used
to ensure compliance with the above.

7.7 Layering Structure

The standard layering convention shown in Appendix 1 shall be used for the
preparation of all drawings (except electrical). The standard layering convention shown
in Appendix 2 shall be used for electrical drawings.
It is recognised that the use of numeric fixed layer names, as required by the standard
layering conventions, may not be feasible when drawings are generated by some third
party design packages. When this is the case, the appropriate standard layer number
should prefix the layer name generated by the design package. For example, a layer

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generated by the design package named "pipe-dn450-123", which contains entities to
be shown in 0.35 pen and dashed line, would be renamed to "51-pipe-dn450-123".

7.8 Title Block Information

The following should be read in conjunction with Appendix 3, "Sample Title Block
Layout".
The designer shall complete the standard title block for all design drawings as follows:
a) The drawing title shall include the work package or product/facility name and
designation numbers and shall accurately describe the content of the drawing.
AutoCAD attributes have been defined for four-line drawing title.
b) Title 1 is the level 30 in Maximo location hierarchy for relevant product – This is
valid for both linear and facility.

Title 2 for linear Assets – Water & Recycle water Name of trunk,
Wastewater Name of branch or trunk
Retic: Reticulation Water Main

Title 2 for Facility Assets - Facility Number and the address

c) The first initial, full surname and company name shall be inserted into the
appropriate fields in the "Designed" and "Drawn" signature boxes. The dates
the drawing was designed and drawn shall be inserted in the appropriate fields.
d) The first initial, full surname, company name of the designer's engineer or
representative who has verified the drawing and who takes professional
responsibility for the drawing content shall be inserted into the appropriate fields
in the "Verified" signature box. The date the drawing was verified shall be
inserted in the appropriate field.
e) The first initial, full surname, company name of the designer's representative
who approved the drawing for release to Sydney Water shall be inserted into
the appropriate fields in the "Approved" signature box. The date the drawing
was approved shall be inserted in the appropriate field.
f) The first initial, full surname, position title of the Sydney Water representative
who has recommended the acceptance of the drawing content shall be inserted
into the appropriate fields in the "Recommended" signature box (where
applicable). The date the drawing was recommended shall be inserted in the
appropriate field. These fields shall not be filled in until instructed to do so
by Sydney Water.
g) The first initial, full surname, position title of the Sydney Water representative
who has accepted the drawing content shall be inserted into the appropriate
fields in the "Accepted" signature box. The date the drawing was accepted shall
be inserted in the appropriate field. These fields shall not be filled in until
instructed to do so by Sydney Water.
h) If the drawing to be produced supersedes another, a box has been provided
above the "Recommended" box for the purpose of inserting the superseded
drawing number. If the drawing does not supersede another, a dashed line shall
be placed in the box provided.
i) Where known, the Sydney Water Project Number for the works depicted in the
drawing shall be added in the appropriate box.
j) The drawing index and plan numbers as defined in Clause 6 above shall be
inserted in the appropriate fields.
k) Where required, a sheet number for the works depicted shall be inserted in the
appropriate field. If this box is not used, a dashed line shall be placed in the box
provided.
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7.9 Revision
a) The title block "Revision Type" field shall be set to either "Draft" or "Issue". Prior
to acceptance of the drawing by Sydney Water, the field shall be set to "Draft"
and after acceptance "Issue" (unless directed otherwise).
b) The title block "Revision" field shall be set as follows:
 Prior to acceptance by Sydney Water, a drawing shall have a Draft
number starting at 1. Subsequent draft revisions of drawing shall use the
next consecutive number.
 For the first issue of the accepted drawing the field shall be set to "A"
(unless directed otherwise). Subsequent amendments to the drawing shall
use the next consecutive alphabetical character.
c) A field is provided to describe the current status of the drawing. The "Status
Descriptor' field should reflect the current design phase of the drawing (eg.
"Concept", "Draft", "Final", "Work As Constructed" etc.).

7.10 Amendments
Any amendments shall be completed as follows:
a) The "details of amendments" list shall be left blank for the first draft and first
issue.
b) For each draft submitted after the first draft the draft number, description of
modifications to the drawing, initials of the designer's engineer or representative
who has approved the modifications to the drawing and who takes professional
responsibility for the modifications, and the date are to be inserted.
c) After Sydney Water has accepted the drawing any draft references are to be
erased and the amendment list shall be left blank.
d) For each amendment submitted after the first issue, the issue letter, a
description of modifications to the drawing, initials of the designer's engineer or
representative who has approved the modifications to the drawing and who
takes professional responsibility for the modifications, and the date are to be
inserted.

7.11 Use of external reference files

Externally referenced files promote coordination among different disciplines by making
drawing information available simultaneously to different users. To assist in drawing
preparation, where a major element within a project appears on more than one
drawing, it may be drawn in a file that is attached to each drawing using the AutoCAD
"Xref' command.
Drawings containing external references shall be considered as working drawings only
and will not be accepted as final drawings. Prior to submission of final drawings to
Sydney Water, all external references must be bound to individual drawings. Drawings
containing unbound external references, images etc. will not be accepted.

7.12 Use of multiple sheet layouts

The "paper space / model space" feature of AutoCAD enables the user to define
multiple page "layouts" referencing the one "model". Each "layout" represents a
separate drawing. This feature is often used when preparing drawings of similar
discipline of facility (eg. steelwork, pipework, etc.).

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Drawing files containing multiple "layouts" shall be considered as working drawings
only and will not be accepted as final drawings.
Prior to submission of final drawings to Sydney Water for archiving, all drawing files
containing multiple "layouts" shall be divided into separate AutoCAD drawing files.
Each AutoCAD drawing file shall contain only one AutoCAD drawing sheet "Layout".

8. Modifications To Drawings
When draft or final drawings are modified the title block "Revision" field and
amendment list are to be updated as per Clauses 7.9 a) b) and c). Amendment
triangle/s or diamond/s, containing the draft number or issue letter, shall be placed
adjacent to the modified section/s of the drawing. For additional clarity, revision cloud/s
may also be used to highlight the modifications. Any revision clouds, amendment
triangle/s or diamond/s used to highlight previous modifications shall be removed.
Preparation of 'Work-as-Constructed" drawings are detailed in Clause 11.

9. Clean-Up of Completed Drawings

Prior to submission of final drawings to Sydney Water for archiving, all drawing files
shall be edited to remove all entities which are not part of the final design. Details used
in the development of the drawing, but which are not part of the final design shall be
removed. All drawings shall also be purged to remove all irrelevant blocks, layers, text
styles, etc through use of the AutoCAD "Purge" command.

The final drawings shall also be checked for database errors using the AutoCAD
"Audit" command and any encryption or passwords removed

10. Supply Of Design Drawings

Drawings shall not be issued by the designer without a unique Drawing Number as per
Clause 6.1, and either a Draft number or Issue letter.
Unless stipulated otherwise in the contract documents, all draft design drawings
submitted to Sydney Water for review shall be supplied in Adobe PDF electronic
format. The AutoCAD files of the drawings may also be requested to confirm that the
drawings have been prepared in compliance with this document.
Unless stipulated otherwise in the contract documents, all final design drawings and
any subsequent amendments of the drawings, submitted to Sydney Water shall be
supplied electronically in both AutoCAD DWG (to the latest CAD release, unless
requested otherwise) and Adobe PDF formats. Refer to contract documents for number
of hard copy prints (if any) required.

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11. Supply Of Work As Constructed

Drawings
All Work-As-Constructed (WAC) drawings shall accurately reflect the works as
constructed and installed.
Preparation of WAC drawings shall conform to the following:
a) The AutoCAD files used, as the basis for preparation of all WAC drawings, shall
be the final issue of the design drawings.
b) A dated electronic certificate in the form of an AutoCAD "Block" shall be added
to each drawing. As a minimum, the certificate shall be headed "Work-As
Constructed", give the date the work was completed, the constructor's /
installer's company name, the name of the constructor's / installer's
representative, the name of the Sydney Water representative and the Sydney
Water Contract number (if applicable)
c) In the drawing title block, the drawing "Issue" letter of each drawing shall be
changed to the next available letter
d) In the drawing title block, the "Drawing Status" field shall be set to "Work As
Constructed".
e) An entry with the "Description" stating "Work As Constructed" shall be added to
the drawing amendment list of each drawing. Where major deviations from the
final design drawings have been made, the description shall also briefly
describe or list the modifications made.
f) Each drawing shall be modified wherever changes to the final detail design
have been made. Amendment triangle/s or diamond/s, containing the issue
letter, shall be placed adjacent to the modified section/s of the drawing. For
additional clarity, revision cloud/s may also be used to highlight the
modifications. Any revision clouds, amendment triangle/s or diamond/s used to
highlight previous modifications shall be removed.
g) Any additional drawings or sketches prepared by the constructor / installer to
detail WAC information shall conform to this document. The new sketch or
drawing will require a drawing number issued by the Sydney Water's EDMS in
accordance with Clause 6.1 and shall be referenced as necessary to the
relevant parent drawings.

12. Support Documentation

Documentation & supporting files to be submitted for equipment manufacturer's
drawings and other similar type third party drawings, which Sydney Water has
approved for exemption from Clause 7 of this document, shall include, but is not limited
to, non-Sydney Water AutoCAD plot style table files (if used) and a comprehensive list
of layers displayed for plotting purposes.
No material shall be submitted that may infringe copyright. Such files and any
associated software shall not be used in the preparation of the drawing.

13. Appendices

 Appendix 1: Layering convention for CAD drawings (excluding electrical)

 Appendix 2: Layering convention for CAD drawings (electrical)
 Appendix 3: Sample title block layout
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14. Definitions
Term Definition Source
EDMS Engineering Drawing Management System
eOCP External EDMS Contractor Portal
iOCP Internal EDMS Contractor Portal

15. Context
15.1 Accountabilities
Position Accountabilities
Manager Asset Data  Ownership and authorisation of document
Governance
Information Specialist  Review, implement and monitor compliance

15.2 Training and competencies

[Enter text]

Position Training or competency

[Enter text] [Enter text]
[Enter text] [Enter text (and further rows as needed)]

15.3 References
Unless specified otherwise by this document, drawing practice shall conform to the
current relevant Australian Standards including those as listed below:

Document type Title

Compliance AS 1000 - The International System of Units (SI) and its
obligations application
AS 1100 - Technical Drawing
AS 1101 - Graphic Symbols for General Engineering
AS 1102 - Graphic Symbols for Electrotechnical
Documentation
AS 3702 - Item Designation in Electrotechnology
AS 4383 - Preparation of Documentation used in
Electrotechnology
AS 60417 - Graphical Symbols for use on Equipment
HB7 - Engineering Drawing Handbook issued by Standards
Australia
Policies and [Enter text or hyperlink (if possible)]
procedures
Other documents [Enter text or hyperlink (if possible)]

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15.4 Attachments
Notes on electronic attachments:
• The drawing template ".dwt" files should be placed into your AutoCAD
"Template" directory to be accessible when opening a new drawing.
• The line types ".lin" file should be placed into your AutoCAD "Support" directory.
• The pen table ".ctb" files must be placed into your AutoCAD "Plot Styles"
directory to be accessible when plotting

Attachment Title
1 Gen A1_drg_template.dwt , Standard AutoCAD drawing template for all other
drawings prepared in "paper" space
2 Elec Al_drg_template.dwt , Standard AutoCAD drawing template for electrical
drawings prepared in "paper" space
3 Line_types.lin , Supplementary AutoCAD line type definition file
4 Elec A1 size_print_pen table.ctb , Standard AutoCAD plot style pen table for
A1 size prints of electrical drawings
5 Elec A3 size_print_pen table.ctb , Standard AutoCAD plot style pen table for
A3 size prints of electrical drawings
6 Elec A3 size print_pen table.ctb , Standard AutoCAD plot style pen table for
A1 size prints of all other drawings
7 Gen A1 size_print_pen table.ctb , Standard AutoCAD drawing template for
all other drawings prepared in "paper" space

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16. Ownership
Role Title
Group Asset Lifecycle
Owner Manager Asset Data Governance
Author Romel Khaziran, Information Specialist

16.1 Change history

Versi Issue Date Approved by Brief description of change and
on consultation
6 28/02/2022 Les Smith New Template
Clause 3 Update Reference
Clause 4 Update Reference
Clause 5 EDMS added
Clause 6.1 Numbering System EDMS
Reference added
Clause 6.2 New drawings number process
EDMS Reference added
Clause 6.3 New File Naming process
EDMS Reference added
Clause 7.8 (a) Title update
Clause 7.8 (b) Added examples for Title 1
and Title 2
5 2/07/2015 Ken Wiggins Clause 4 Template names Altered
Clause 6.7(g) Signature box altered to
allow supersede box
Clause 13 Template names altered
Appendix 3 Sample sheet altered to
include superseded box
4 13/11/2014 Peter Gillman General Document Revision
3 No Data No Data [Enter description]
2 No Data No Data [Enter description]
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Appendix 1 Layering Convention for CAD Drawings

(excluding electrical)
Layer No. Pen Entity Colour Usage
Thickness
DEFPOINTS N/A WHITE VIEWPORT FRAMES
10 0.7 BLUE SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC.
11 0.7 BLUE DASHED LINES, ARCS, ETC.
12 0.7 BLUE CENTRE LINES, ARCS, ETC.
13 0.7 BLUE OTHER LINES, ARCS, ETC.
14 0.7 BLUE DIMENSIONS
15 0.7 BLUE BLOCK INSERTIONS
16 0.7 BLUE INSTRUMENT LINES
17 0.7 BLUE TEXT
18-27 0.7 BLUE ANY OTHER 0.7mm LINE WORK
30 0.5 RED SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC.
31 0.5 RED DASHED LINES, ARCS, ETC.
32 0.5 RED CENTRE LINES, ARCS, ETC.
33 0.5 RED OTHER LINES, ARCS, ETC.
34 0.5 RED DIMENSIONS
35 0.5 RED BLOCK INSERTIONS
36 0.5 RED INSTRUMENT LINES
37 0.5 RED TEXT
38 - 49 0.5 RED ANY OTHER 0.5mm LINE WORK
50 0.35 YELLOW SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC.
51 0.35 YELLOW DASHED LINES, ARCS, ETC.
52 0.35 YELLOW CENTRE LINES, ARCS, ETC.
53 0.35 YELLOW OTHER LINES, ARCS, ETC
54 0.35 YELLOW DIMENSIONS
55 0.35 YELLOW BLOCK INSERTIONS
56 0.35 YELLOW INSTRUMENT LINES
57 0.35 YELLOW TEXT
58 - 69 0.35 YELLOW ANY OTHER 0.35mm LINE WORK
70 0.25 WHITE SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC
71 0.25 WHITE DASHED LINES, ARCS, ETC
72 0.25 WHITE CENTRE LINES, ARCS, ETC
73 0.25 WHITE OTHER LINES, ARCS, ETC
74 0.25 WHITE DIMENSIONS
75 0.25 WHITE BLOCK INSERTIONS
76 0.25 WHITE INSTRUMENT LINES
77 0.25 WHITE TEXT
78 - 89 0.25 WHITE ANY OTHER 0.25mm LINE WORK

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Thickness
90 0.18 GREY COLOUR SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC.
8
91 0.18 GREY COLOUR DASHED LINES, ARCS, ETC.
8
92 0.18 GREY COLOUR CENTRE LINES, ARCS, ETC.
8
93 0.18 GREY COLOUR OTHER LINES, ARCS, ETC
8
94 0.18 GREY COLOUR DIMENSIONS
8
95 0.18 GREY COLOUR BLOCK INSERTIONS
8
96 0.18 GREY COLOUR INSTRUMENT LINES
8
97 0.18 GREY COLOUR TEXT
8
98 - 109 0.18 GREY COLOUR ANY OTHER 0.18mm LINE WORK
8
110 1.0 MAGENTA SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC.
111 1.0 MAGENTA DASHED LINES, ARCS, ETC.
112 1.0 MAGENTA CENTRE LINES, ARCS, ETC.
113 1.0 MAGENTA OTHER LINES, ARCS, ETC.
1 14 1.0 MAGENTA DIMENSIONS
1 15 1.0 MAGENTA BLOCK INSERTIONS
1 16 1.0 MAGENTA INSTRUMENT LINES
1 17 1.0 MAGENTA TEXT
1 18-129 1.0 MAGENTA ANY OTHER 1.0mm LINE WORK
130 1.4 GREEN SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC.
131 1.4 GREEN DASHED LINES, ARCS, ETC.
132 1.4 GREEN CENTRE LINES, ARCS, ETC.
133 1.4 GREEN OTHER LINES, ARCS, ETC.
134 1.4 GREEN DIMENSIONS
135 1.4 GREEN BLOCK INSERTIONS
136 1.4 GREEN INSTRUMENT LINES
137 1.4 GREEN TEXT
138-149 1.4 GREEN ANY OTHER 1.4mm LINE WORK
150 2.0 CYAN SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC.
151 2.0 CYAN DASHED LINES, ARCS, ETC.
152 2.0 CYAN CENTRE LINES, ARCS, ETC.
153 2.0 CYAN OTHER LINES, ARCS, ETC.
154 2.0 CYAN DIMENSIONS
155 2.0 CYAN BLOCK INSERTIONS
156 2.0 CYAN INSTRUMENT LINES

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Thickness
157 2.0 CYAN TEXT
157-169 2.0 CYAN ANY OTHER 2.0mm LINE WORK

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Appendix 2 Layering Convention for CAD Drawings

(Electrical)
Layer No. Pen Entity Colour Usage
Thickness
DEFPOINTS N/A WHITE VIEWPORT FRAMES
0.25 MAGENTA SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC
2 0.25 CYAN SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC
3 0.25 GREEN SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC
5 0.25 MAGENTA SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC
6 0.25 MAGENTA SOLID LINES, , ETC
10 0.7 BLUE SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC
11 0.7 BLUE DASHED LINES, ARCS, ETC.
12 0.7 BLUE CENTRE LINES, ARCS, ETC.
14 0.7 BLUE OTHER LINES, ARCS, ETC.
15 0.7 BLUE SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC.
28 0.7 BLUE TEXT
31 0.5 RED DASHED LINES, ARCS, ETC.
32 0.5 RED CENTRE LINES, ARCS, ETC.
34 0.5 RED OTHER LINES, ARCS, ETC.
35 0.5 RED SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC.
48 0.5 RED TEXT
51 0.35 YELLOW DASHED LINES, ARCS, ETC.
52 0.35 YELLOW CENTRE LINES, ARCS, ETC.
54 0.35 YELLOW OTHER LINES, ARCS, ETC.
55 0.35 YELLOW SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC.
68 0.35 YELLOW TEXT
71 0.25 WHITE DASHED LINES, ARCS, ETC.
72 0.25 WHITE CENTRE LINES, ARCS, ETC.
74 0.25 WHITE OTHER LINES, ARCS, ETC.
75 0.25 WHITE SOLID LINES, ARCS, ETC.
88 0.25 WHITE TEXT

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Appendix 3 Sample title Block Layout

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