IS/ISO 13567-2 : 1998

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Indian Standard
TECHNICAL PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION
ORGANIZATION AND NAMING OF LAYERS FOR CAD
PART 2 CONCEPTS, FORMAT AND CODES USED
IN CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION

ICS 01.110; 35.240.10

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B U R E A U O F I N D I A N S TA N D A R D S
MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110002
March 2012

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Drawings Sectional Committee, PGD 24

NATIONAL FOREWORD
This Indian Standard (Part 2) which is identical with ISO 13567-2 : 1998 Technical product documentation
Organization and naming of layers for CAD Part 2: Concepts, format and codes used in construction
documentation issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau
of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Drawings Sectional Committee and approval of the
Production and General Engineering Division Council.
This standard is published in two parts. The other part is:
Part 1 Overview and principles
The text of ISO Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without
deviations. Certain terminology and conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards.
Attention is particularly drawn to the following:
a) Wherever the words International Standard appear referring to this standard, they should be read as
Indian Standard.
b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to
use a point (.) as the decimal marker.
In this adopted standard, reference appears to certain International Standards for which Indian Standards
also exist. The corresponding Indian Standards which are to be substituted in their respective places are
listed below along with their degree of equivalence for the editions indicated:
International Standard

Corresponding Indian Standard

Degree of Equivalence

ISO 5455 : 1979 Technical drawing

Scales

IS 10713 : 1983 Scales for use on

technical drawings

Identical

ISO 13567-1 : 1998 Technical product

documentation Organization and
naming of layers for CAD Part 1:
Overview and principles

IS/ISO 13567-1 : 1998 Technical

product documentation Organization
and naming of layers for CAD: Part 1
Overview and principles

do

The technical committee has reviewed the provisions of the following International Standards referred in this
adopted standard and has decided that they are acceptable for use in conjunction with this standard:
International Standard

Title

ISO 4157-1 : 1998

Construction drawings Designation systems Part 1: Buildings and parts

of buildings

ISO 4157-2 : 1998

Construction drawings Designation systems Part 2: Room names and

numbers

ISO 4157-3 : 1998

Construction drawings Designation systems Part 3: Room identifiers

Annex A of this Indian Standard is for information only.

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Indian Standard
TECHNICAL PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION
ORGANIZATION AND NAMING OF LAYERS FOR CAD
PART 2 CONCEPTS, FORMAT AND CODES USED
IN CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION

1 Scope
This part of ISO 13567 covers the organization and allocation of layers for CAD on construction projects for the
purposes of communication and management.

2 Normative references
The following standards contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this part of
ISO 13567. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and
parties to agreement based on this part of ISO 13567 are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the
most recent editions of the standards indicated below. Members of IEC and ISO maintain registers of currently valid
International Standards.
1)

ISO 4157-1: , Construction drawings Designation systems Part 1: Buildings and parts of buildings.
2)

ISO 4157-2: , Construction drawings Designation systems Part 2: Room numbers.

3)

ISO 4157-3: , Construction drawings Designation systems Part 3: Room identifiers.

ISO 5455:1979, Technical drawings Scales
ISO 13567-1:1998, Technical product documentation Organization and naming of layers for CAD Part 1:
Overview and principles.

3 Definitions
For the purposes of this part of ISO 13567, the definitions given in ISO 13567-1 apply.

4 Layer name subclassification

The following concepts are used in the layer name. An independent classification can be applied to each concept.
1)

To be published. (Revision of ISO 4157-1:1980)

To be published. (Revision of ISO 4157-2:1982)
3)
To be published.
2)

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4.1

Agent responsible

The agent responsible is the construction specialist responsible for the data.
NOTE The Agent Responsible subclassification is considered to be unique to each project, and is thus not defined in this
part of ISO 13567.

4.2

Element

An element consists of the physical parts of construction works to be allocated by national or international
construction classification systems.
NOTE Elements should also be used to represent areas and spaces when appropriate.

4.3

Presentation

Presentation is information which may relate to particular elements or to the model or drawing, and which may need
to be switched on or off.
NOTE Presentation information is related primarily to the graphic appearance on screen and paper, as opposed to element
information which is related to the physical structure.

4.4

Status

Status defines whether physical parts in construction work are new, for retention or demolition etc.
NOTE This concept allows the modelling of the situation before and after rebuilding of existing facilities in the same model.

4.5

Sector

A sector is a subdivision of a project into physical locations, for example building, block, storey, zone.

4.6

Phase

A phase is a subdivision of a project in time according to the product life cycle, for example project, contract,
construction, decommissioning/demolition.

4.7

Projection

Projection is additional or alternative data which are used to produce different views from the same CAD model.
NOTE Projection may be especially important for component libraries, which are produced outside the project, and therefore
cannot be agreed for the project.

4.8

Scale

Scale is additional or alternative data which are used to produce drawings at different scales with different levels of
detail.
NOTE Scale may be especially important for component libraries, which are produced outside the project, and therefore
cannot be agreed for the project.

4.9

Work package

A work package is a subdivision used for indication of materials and work sections.

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4.10 User defined

User defined is additional information which the user may wish to attach to a separate layer for subdivision or
description not covered by the concepts above.

5 Layer name format and codes

5.1

Principles

The following concepts, categories, formats and codes should be used to allocate layers on construction projects for
the purposes of communication and management. Those involved on any project should agree on the selection of
the layers and codes to be used and how the data will be transferred between their CAD systems.
Codes used in the layer names to define layers should be both human- and machine-readable wherever possible. A
format with fixed number of characters is used to allow selection of layers by wildcarding. Where reserved codes
are given, they should be used only for the purpose specified. Other codes may be used for project-specific values.
Layer names are divided into fields. Each field holds one concept. Fields are either mandatory or optional.
Mandatory fields should always be included in the layer names. Optional fields can be used as required in each
project. The order of fields in a layer name and the number of characters for each field should be maintained as
defined in this part of ISO 13567 unless an alternative is specifically agreed by the project partners and this
alternative is documented in a way that assures future retrieval of the layer-structured information.

5.2

Coding conventions

5.2.1 Where a decision has not been made regarding the use of a field or the field is not being used the underscore
character "_" should be used. The first three fields should always be used, and may not be replaced by the
underscore character, except in the situation where a manufacturer is creating a catalogue of components which
will be used in various projects. In this case the Agent Responsible field is unknown and the underscore characters
should be used for this field.
5.2.2 If a layer is to be interpreted as relating to all possible values of a specific character position the hyphen "-"
character should be used. For indication of no further subdivision of the information, hyphens filling out to the end of
the field should be used.
5.2.3 Alphanumeric characters allowed are the letters A - Z and the digits 0 - 9 in addition to the hyphen and
underscore characters.
5.2.4 All fields are left-justified.
5.2.5 Unused trailing characters in a field should be represented by the underscore character.
5.2.6 Unused trailing fields in the optional part of the layer name can be omitted.

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6 Mandatory fields

6.1

Concept

Format and codes

Agent Responsible

Two alphanumeric characters

Values to be used should be decided on in each project. Manufacturers creating
catalogues may use two underscore characters in this field.

6.2

Element

Six alphanumeric characters.

National element tables should be used whenever available.
Unused characters to the right of the national table codes should be coded with the
underscore character "_". The level of detail (number of specific characters) can be
decided in each project. Non-specific characters should be coded as hyphens "-".
Hyphens followed by underscore(s) in this field indicate graphic not related to
elements but to the entire model or drawing page.

6.3

Presentation

Two alphanumeric characters.

A hierarchical subdivision with reserved codes is used for the first character
position. At the simplest level of coding a coarse division of information into model
related (M) or page/paper related (P) information may be used. On finer levels
these categories can be split into several others as required for each project. The
second character may be used as a project-specific extension, and has no
reserved codes. This character can be used, for example, to separate annotation in
alternative languages.
Reserved codes for the first character are:
Whole model and drawing page
Model

M
Element graphics

Annotation

Text

Hatching

Dimension

Section/detail marks

Revision marks

Grid

G
Graphic

Dimension

User

U
Red lines

Construction lines

Page/paper
Border

-- (two hyphens)

P
B

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Border lines (Frame)

Other graphics

Text

V
Title

Notes

Tabular information

Legends

Schedules

Tables (Query)

Examples of levels of subdivision according to Presentation:

EXAMPLE 1

No subdivision:

EXAMPLE 2

Simple subdivision: Model and page/paper layers are separated using the codes

EXAMPLE 3

Two hyphens for all layers

--

Model

M-

Page/paper

P-

Subdivision within model and page information:

Second level codes used for model:
Element graphics

E-

Annotation

A-

Grid

G-

User

U-

and for Page/paper:

EXAMPLE 4

Border

B-

Text (page)

V-

Tabular information

I-

Further subdivision of categories:

Any of the categories can be further subdivided individually, for example the
Annotation information can use layer codes for
Text

T-

Hatching

H-

Dimensions

D-

Section/detail marks

J-

Revision marks

K-

while the remaining model information is subdivided only according to example 3 and
the page/paper information not subdivided but using code "P-".

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EXAMPLE 5

Use of the second character of the Presentation code:

By agreement on an international project text for different languages are separated
using numbers:
English

T1

German

T2

Russian

T3

This way documents can be presented alternatively in any of the three languages.

7 Optional fields

7.1

Concept

Format and codes

Status

Single alphabetic character recommended. Reserved codes:

Whole project

- (hyphen)

New work

Existing to remain

Existing to be removed

Existing to be moved:

7.2

Sector

original position

final position

Temporary work

Four alphanumeric characters.

The first character may be a hyphen in order to indicate negative values. Values to be
used should be decided on in each project. There are no reserved codes. ISO 4157-1,
ISO 4157-2 and ISO 4157-3 are recommended whenever applicable.
The following is an example for illustration use.

7.3

Phase

Whole extent of project

---- (four hyphens)

EXAMPLE Storey 01, zone A

01A-

Single numeric character recommended.

Values to be used should be decided on in each project.
No codes are reserved.
The following is an example for illustration use.
Whole duration of project

- (hyphen)

Phase

1
2
3, etc.

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7.4

Projection

Single numeric character. Reserved codes:

Appears in all projections

- (hyphen)

Plan

Elevation

Different elevations

Project specific

Section

2
Different sections

Project specific

3D model

7.5

Scale

Single alphanumeric character. Reserved codes for information to appear at one specific
scale or at a range of scales as described in table 1. ISO 5455 is recommended whenever
applicable.
Table 1 Reserved codes for scales
Scale
Code

1:1

1:5

1:10

1:20

1:50

1:100

1:200

1:500

1:1000

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I

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EXAMPLE 1

Base graphics that will appear at scales 1:50, 1:100 and 1:200 should use code 5.
Additional details, text and hatching to appear at scale 1:50 should use code E.

EXAMPLE 2

7.6

Components intended for use at several scales should be divided in layers using scale
codes for intervals or discrete scales. Thus a component to be used at scales 1:1 through
1:200 could use three levels of detail; code A for scale 1:1, code 2 for scales 1:5, 1:10 and
1:20 and finally code 5 for scales 1:50, 1:100 and 1:200.

Work package Two alphanumeric characters.

Materials or work sections may be coded by national systems or project specific
agreements.

7.7

User defined

Alphanumeric string, project specific.

Any number of characters allowed.

8 Examples of application of this part of ISO 13567

The following two examples show a project in a country where the national element codes are specified using four
characters. The fifth and sixth character of element field, which is not used, is replaced by an underscore.
The headings of the columns in the examples are abbreviated. The full headings can be found by the subclause
numbers in clauses 6 and 7 in this part of ISO 13567.

EXAMPLE 1

Short coding (only mandatory fields are used)

6.1

6.2

Agent

Element

6.3

7.1

7.2

Pres.

St.

Sector

Architects
Stairs

Dimensions

7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6

Ph Pr Sc Wrk p

7.7
User def.

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EXAMPLE 2
Long coding (No subdivision for projection, scale, work package or user information. These trailing
fields are not used.)
6.1

6.2

Agent

Element

Architect

6.3

7.1

7.2

Pres.

St

Sector

7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6

Ph Pr Sc Wrk p

7.7
User def.

New Work
Spiral stairs
Dimensions
First floor Block A Zone B

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Annex A
(informative)
Bibliography

[1] ISO/TR 10127:1990, Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Technique Use of computers for the preparation of
construction drawings.
[2] ISO/TR 14177:1994, Classification of information in the construction industry.
[3] ISO 10303-201:1994, Industrial automation systems and integration Product data representation and
exchange Part 201: Application protocol: Explicit draughting.

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