Pinellas County

CADD Standards Manual For

Survey and Civil Engineering

May, 2015
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Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 5
Purpose ..................................................................................................................................................... 5
Scope ......................................................................................................................................................... 5
General ...................................................................................................................................................... 5
Pinellas County Kit ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Release Notes ................................................................................................................................................ 6
AutoCAD Standards ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Pinellas County Standard Template Files .................................................................................................. 7
Layers ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
AutoCAD Styles.......................................................................................................................................... 8
Text Styles ............................................................................................................................................. 8
Dimension Styles ......................................................................................................................................... 8
Fonts.......................................................................................................................................................... 8
Linetypes ................................................................................................................................................... 9
Line Weight ............................................................................................................................................... 9
Plotting with AutoCAD Civil 3D ................................................................................................................ 11
Plots..................................................................................................................................................... 11
Plotter Configuration Files ................................................................................................................... 11
Plot Borders......................................................................................................................................... 11
Plot Style Tables (*.ctb) ....................................................................................................................... 11
CAD Standards Checker ........................................................................................................................... 12
Civil 3D Standards........................................................................................................................................ 14
Civil 3D Objects........................................................................................................................................ 14
Starting Civil 3D ....................................................................................................................................... 14
Civil 3D Projects ....................................................................................................................................... 14
Civil 3D Drawing Creation ........................................................................................................................ 18
Standard File Names ............................................................................................................................... 19
Survey Drawing File Naming Conventions ............................................................................................... 20
Engineering Drawing File Naming Conventions....................................................................................... 25

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Civil 3D Workflows and Drawing Combinations ...................................................................................... 27
Survey Topography........................................................................................................................... 28
Survey Existing Utilities..................................................................................................................... 29
Survey Pipes to Engineering Pipes Drawing Setup .............................................................................. 30
Layout.................................................................................................................................................. 32
Drainage Map ...................................................................................................................................... 33
Corridor ............................................................................................................................................... 34
Cross Sections...................................................................................................................................... 35
Storm Drainage ................................................................................................................................... 36
Grading ................................................................................................................................................ 37
Utilities ................................................................................................................................................ 38
Drainage Structure .............................................................................................................................. 39
Plan / Profiles ...................................................................................................................................... 40
Demolition Plan ................................................................................................................................... 41
Sheet Set Manager .................................................................................................................................. 42
Data Shortcuts ......................................................................................................................................... 43
Pinellas County Ribbon Tab ..................................................................................................................... 44
General Pane ....................................................................................................................................... 44
Title Blocks Pane.................................................................................................................................. 45
Survey Tools Pane ............................................................................................................................... 45
Aerials Pane ......................................................................................................................................... 46
FDOT Tools Pane ................................................................................................................................. 46
Help Pane ............................................................................................................................................ 47
Survey & Mapping ....................................................................................................................................... 48
Points ...................................................................................................................................................... 48
Point Format ........................................................................................................................................... 48
Point Groups ........................................................................................................................................... 48
Point Label Styles .................................................................................................................................... 49
Symbology and Description Keys............................................................................................................. 49
Figure Prefix Database ............................................................................................................................ 56
Linework Codesets .................................................................................................................................. 59

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Graphic Symbols ...................................................................................................................................... 60
Importing ASCII Files................................................................................................................................ 60
Alignments .............................................................................................................................................. 61
Digital Terrain Models (Surfaces) ............................................................................................................ 62
Survey Title Blocks ................................................................................................................................... 65
Additional Survey Process Information ................................................................................................... 66
Civil Engineering .......................................................................................................................................... 67
Points ...................................................................................................................................................... 67
Point Format ........................................................................................................................................... 67
Point Label Styles .................................................................................................................................... 68
Alignments .............................................................................................................................................. 68
Digital Terrain Models (Surfaces) ............................................................................................................ 70
Profiles .................................................................................................................................................... 72
Corridors.................................................................................................................................................. 74
Pipes ........................................................................................................................................................ 75
Plans Production ..................................................................................................................................... 78
Quantity Take-Off .................................................................................................................................... 78
Symbology ............................................................................................................................................... 80
Project Journal File .................................................................................................................................. 82
Standard CADD Layers ................................................................................................................................. 85
Layer Prefix and Suffix Descriptions ........................................................................................................ 85
Standard Layers ....................................................................................................................................... 85

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Introduction
Purpose
The electronic files created during the process of developing a Computer Aided Design and Drafting
(CADD) project for Pinellas County (from here on referred to as PC) are to be shared and referenced
by many different individuals and must satisfy various needs. The electronic files must be shareable in a
format that most, if not all, parties can utilize. Therefore, CADD processes must be established for
disciplines that share in the CADD development workflow. This CADD Standards Manual outlines the
required standards, conventions and formats necessary to ensure the most usable CADD data set to the
foreseeable customers of the CADD data, while providing the producer / developer of the CADD data
information necessary to accomplish the task.

Scope
This CADD Standards Manual sets forth supplemental guidelines to the Pinellas County CADD Project
Administration Manual. The material presented within this guideline will be monitored as a critical
requirement under the CADD Quality Assurance plan. This document is written for CADD users
producing plans and maps for PC. It provides the guidelines to produce electronic CADD files according
to PC CADD standards in conjunction with PC CADD software.

General
Chapter 334 of the Florida Statues, known as the Florida Transportation Code, establishes the
responsibilities of the State, Counties, and Municipalities for the planning and development of the
transportation systems serving the people of Florida, with the objective of assuring development of an
integrated, balanced statewide system. The Code's purpose is to protect the safety and general welfare
of the people of the State and to preserve and improve all transportation facilities in Florida. Under
Section 334.044(2), the Code sets forth the powers and duties of PC in conjunction with the Department
of Transportation to develop and adopt uniform minimum standards and criteria for the design,
construction, maintenance, and operation of public roads.
The guidelines in this PC CADD Standards Manual and the FDOT Production Criteria represent minimum
requirements that must be met for the development PC CADD projects. While the guidelines contained
in this writing provide a basis for uniform CADD practice for PC projects, precise rules that would apply
to all possible situations that may arise are impossible to give. Situations will exist where these
standards will not apply. If variances from the PC CADD Project Administration Manual or PC CADD
Standards Manual are necessary for a project, they must be approved in writing by the Project Manager
and documented in the Project Journal file as defined herein.

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Pinellas County Kit

PC utilizes Autodesk software as a standard for all civil engineering and land surveying projects. PC
currently uses the following CADD software products:

AutoCAD Civil 3D
AutoCAD Raster Design

To help increase, enforce and maintain consistency of the drawings created for PC, the Pinellas County
Kit for Civil 3D 2015 has been created and is required for all projects. Leveraging components of the
FDOT State Kit, the PC Kit includes Civil 3D content necessary to complete projects for PC. The
following custom content is included in the PC Kit for Civil 3D:

Drawing templates containing Civil 3D styles

Plans production templates
Project templates
Sheet Set Manager template
Title blocks
Pipes catalog
Quantity take-off pay items
PC ribbon tab and workspace
Design Center content
Autodesk Batch Standards Checker files

All new projects must use the latest version of the PC Kit. The kit is available on the Pinellas County
website. Please make sure you are using the latest version of the kit prior to starting any PC project.

Release Notes
The Pinellas County Kit for Civil 3D 2015 is designed to be centralized on a network share and has
several dependencies to function properly. For detailed release and installation information, please
view the release notes.

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AutoCAD Standards
Pinellas County Standard Template Files
Included with the PC Kit for Civil 3D are 3 drawing template files that have been configured with PC
standards. These templates should be used when working on PC projects:
Template File Name
PC2015.dwt
PCPlanProduction.dwt
PCTitleBlocks.dwt

Description
This is the main template file that should be used
when starting any new Engineering or Surveying
drawing.
This template file should only be used when using
the plans production tools contained within Civil
3D.
This file contains all of the PC standard title blocks.
This file should not be used directly! Instead, use
the insert title block routine built into the Pinellas
County ribbon tab.

Layers
All PC standard layers are included in the PC2015.dwt drawing template. To help navigate
through the layer list, several layer filters have been created depending on the situation:
Layer Filter
All Used Layers
PC C3D Object
PC Engineering
PC Survey
PC Production-non-util

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Description
All layers that contain entities in the drawing
Civil 3D object layers
Layer filter to isolate proposed layers
Layer filter to isolate existing layers
Layer filter used in conjunction with the invert
filter option to isolate non-utility layers

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AutoCAD Styles
Text Styles
All text in an AutoCAD drawing has a text style associated with it. When you enter text, AutoCAD uses
the current text style, which sets the font, size, angle, orientation, and other text characteristics.
PC has standardized on using annotative text styles for placing text inside of drawings. Annotative text
allows the ability to automatically size the model space text height based on the plotted height of the
text and the current annotation scale.
Text Style
PC-Sv
PC-Sv 0.15
PC-Sv 0.20
PC-Eng
PC-Eng 0.15
PC-Eng 0.20
PC-Eng 0.25

Font
Simplex
romand
romand
Simplex
Simplex
romand
romand

Plotted Height
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.12
0.15
0.20
0.25

Description
Existing Text 0.10 plotted
Existing Text 0.15 plotted
Existing Text 0.20 plotted
Proposed Text 0.12 plotted
Proposed Text 0.15 plotted
Proposed Text 0.20 plotted
Proposed Text 0.25 plotted

Dimension Styles
In the PC standard template file(s), you will be able to select the dimension style based on the final
output scale of your drawing. PC assigns the default PC-Proposed style to dimensions until you set
another style as current. Dimension styles are set to be annotative and will size in model space to
reflect the current annotation scale.
Unless you create a separate style for leaders, or change leader properties using the Properties window,
leader lines have the same properties as dimension lines.
Dimension Style
PC-Sv-Existing
PC-Eng-ByLayer

Description
Used for dimensioning of existing objects Plotted
text height is 0.10
Used for dimensioning of proposed objects
Plotted text height is 0.15

Fonts
Fonts define the shapes of the text characters that make up each character set. In AutoCAD, you can use
TrueType fonts in addition to the AutoCAD compiled shape (SHX) fonts.

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The PC Standard for all Labels is Simplex.shx with a height set by the output scale of the drawing.

Linetypes
Linetype definition files define AutoCAD linetypes. These files have the extension .lin. AutoCAD
linetypes are composed of a series of dots and dashes separated by spaces, and can contain embedded
shape and text objects. The default linetype file is acad.lin. You can print this file to better understand
how to construct linetypes.
Linetypes that are composed of only dots, dashes, and spaces are considered simple linetypes.
Linetypes that contain embedded shape and text objects along with dots, dashes, and spaces are
complex linetypes. Although AutoCAD handles these two types of linetypes similarly, their definitions
are considerably different. Users are strongly discouraged from creating their own custom line styles;
instead using the PC supplied standard line style files listed below:
L:\2015\Support\Linetypes\PinCo.lin

PC Custom Linetype Files

To use a linetype you must first load it into your drawing. A linetype definition must exist in an LIN
library file before a linetype can be loaded into a drawing. If a new (non-standard) custom linestyle is
developed by a user, those resource files must be delivered with the project. Users shall not modify the
PC delivered standard custom line style files. You can assign a linetype to a layer, set the current
linetype control for the new layer to be (BYLAYER). All newly created objects are drawn using the
current linetype (except for text and inserted blocks).

Line Weight
Standard lineweights are defined in the PC standard layer tables as referenced from the standard layers
section mentioned above. An AutoCAD standard lineweight table is listed below for reference purposes.
Currently PC does not use lineweights as defined by the objects layer, but instead references lineweight
by color in the CTB (Color Table) file.

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PC uses the standard color table within AutoCAD in the following fashion:
Colors 1-9,250-254 - Standard colors shared for both existing and proposed data representation
Colors 11-249 - (ODD numbered colors) Existing layers (Survey)
Colors 10-248 (EVEN numbered colors) Proposed layers (Engineering)

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Plotting with AutoCAD Civil 3D

Plots
Regarding the production of plots, all plots shall be to scale on the standard PC standard Layout tab
sheet setup files applicable to the specific discipline and their applicable standards. In addition, the
plots (hardcopy paper) shall contain a plot stamp with the following items:
Network drive path, file name, and date at the lower left hand corner of the sheet.

Plotter Configuration Files

The trend from Autodesk is to utilize the Microsoft plotter drivers as much as possible and therefore
minimal PC3 files are being shipped with the PC Kit. Two PC3 files included with the kit are:
1. DWF6 ePlot.pc3
2. DWG to PDF.pc3
These files should be used to create DWFs and PDFs respectively.

Plot Borders
The following PC standard sheets have three plot borders, they are:
Actual Paper Size
22 x 36
11 x 17
8.5 x 11

Plot Size
22 x 34
11 x 17
8.5 x 11

Plotting Limits
33.94 x 21.94
16.94 x 10.94
10.50 x 8.00

Paper Size
Custom
ANSI B
Letter

Plot Style Tables (*.ctb)

For color-dependent plot style tables, an object's color determines how it is plotted. These plot style
table files have .ctb extensions. You cannot assign color-dependent plot styles directly to objects.
Instead, to control how an object is plotted, you change its color. For example, all objects assigned the
color red in a drawing plot the same way.
PC has assigned color-dependent plot style tables (CTBs) to layouts. Two CTB files are provided as part
of the kit depending on the department:
1. DEI Engineering.ctb
2. DEI Survey.ctb

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CAD Standards Checker

To help ensure adherence to the established standards, PC utilizes the CAD Standards Checker
that is built into Civil 3D 2015 and has provided 3 DWS files that are to be used:

Survey.dws
SurveyToEngineering.dws
Utilities.dws

These DWS files correlate to one of the 3 layer states included in the PC2014.dwt file.

The DWS files are found in the L:\2015\Data\LayerStandards folder

The first time the standards checker is run, a DWS file will need to be associated with the file. Choose
the appropriate DWS file as noted above. Once associated, the utility will run and display a dialog box
that shows the total number of errors in the drawing:

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Production drawings should not contain any standards errors. Should the drawing contain standards
errors, a dialog box will be displayed giving the user a chance to address each problem individually.

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Civil 3D Standards
Civil 3D Objects
To ensure the integrity and continuity of an efficient workflow and design process throughout the
survey, design, construction, and Building Information Modeling (BIM) processes, all PC projects shall
require the use of Civil 3D objects.
The following design items must be created as Civil 3D objects and must be assigned PC object styles
using the provided Civil 3D drawing template that is included with the PC Kit for Civil 3D:

Points

Parcels

Surfaces

Pipe Networks

Alignments

Corridors

Profiles

Survey Figures

Sections

Starting Civil 3D
To ensure the PC environment is enabled when starting Civil 3D, it is important to launch the software
using the supplied icon:

Civil 3D Projects
AutoCAD Civil 3D uses projects to manage and organize all the data for a job that you are working on.
This data includes the drawing files, data shortcuts, and survey database. Each project will have its own
unique directory path. Survey projects will continue to be named based on the SFN (Survey File Number
F####) numbering convention. Engineering projects will be named based on the PC Project
Identification Number (PID ****) as provided by OPUS.

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To create a project in Civil 3D, right click on Data Shortcuts from the prospector tab and select Set
Working Folder. Make sure to use the designated division drive letter.

Next, right click on Data Shortcuts from the prospector tab and select New Data Shortcuts Project
Folder.

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In the resulting dialog box, make sure that the working folder is set to the designated division drive
letter. Give the project a name based on the SFN (F####) or the PID (****) number assigned to the
project. Make sure that Use project template is selected and the appropriate project template is
selected according to the project discipline.

Once complete, the new project will be listed in prospector and the directory system will be created
based on the applicable project template:

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Civil 3D Drawing Creation

After launching Civil 3D using the included PC icon, the product is configured to automatically use the
PC2015.dwt template file. There are buttons on the quick access bar as well as the PC ribbon tab
that can be used to create additional drawings and will ensure the appropriate template containing
the PC styles is used:

Or

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Standard File Names

The following file naming convention shall be used for all design files. The file naming convention as
defined for each discipline shall be used in combination with the previously defined PC standard project
directory structure. In the event a particular file type that is needed for the project is not addressed in
this document, use the file naming convention as a template, or consult with the project manager to
determine the proper file name and its parameters.
NOTE: Some overlap in project drawing creation is expected to occur depending upon the design
groups need for a multiple document environment. Whether or not this is the case, the original
drawing and the sheets contained therein must reflect the tab (layout) series number naming
convention proposed in the accompanying file naming tables.

Standard File name extensions

AutoCAD drawing file - .dwg

AutoCAD template file - .dwt
AutoCAD drawing exchange format - .dxf
AutoCAD drawing web format - .dwf
AutoCAD drawing standards format - .dws

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Survey Drawing File Naming Conventions

The name for a standard survey or worksheet:

f<SFN number>-c3d-<version number>.dwg

Example: A standard survey for SFN 1800 that is created with Civil 3D version 2015 will have
the name f1800-c3d-2015.dwg.
The layout tabs for a standard survey or worksheet:

When a survey contains pipe networks, a second drawing should be created using the following naming
convention.

f<SFN number>-pipes-c3d-<version number>.dwg

This drawing will contain no layout tabs. All work should be done in model space.
The name for a REVISED standard survey or worksheet:

f<SFN number>-c3d-<version number>-r#.dwg

r# represents the revision number.
Example: The first complete set of revisions to a standard survey for SFN 1800 that is created with
Civil3D version 2015 will have the name f1800-c3d-2015-r1.dwg. This name will continue to be
used throughout the mapping process until the survey is signed and sealed. Once signed and
sealed, if a second revision is needed, the survey will have the extension r2.

The layout tabs for a REVISED standard survey or worksheet:

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The name for a REVISED pipe network drawing:

f<SFN number>-pipes-c3d-<version number>-r#.dwg

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The name for a standard sketch and description:

p<parcel number>-c3d-<version number>.dwg

Example: A standard sketch and description for parcel P100 that is created with Civil3D
version 2015 will have the name p100-c3d-2015.dwg.
The layout tabs for a standard sketch and description:

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The name for a REVISED standard sketch and description:

p<parcel number>-c3d-<version number>-r#.dwg

r# represents the revision number.
Example: The first complete set of revisions to a standard sketch and description for parcel P100
created with Civil3D version 2015 will have the name p100-c3d-2015-r1.dwg. This name will continue
to be used throughout the mapping process until the sketch and description is signed and sealed.
Once signed and sealed, if a second revision is needed, the sketch and description will have the
extension r2.

The layout tabs for a REVISED standard sketch and description:

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The name for a standard 8 x 11 exhibit that accompanies a sketch and description:
A standard .dwg naming convention is not needed. The exhibit should be included as a layout tab in the
sketch and description (see above).

The name for an 11 x 17 exhibit.

exhibit-<subject >-c3d-<version number>.dwg

Exhibits are created for various purposes and are not standard. The user should replace the <subject>
field with a short abbreviation for the type of exhibit. The abbreviation is left to the users discretion.
Example: An exhibit prepared to accompany a title commitment would have the subject
abbreviation tc, such as exhibit-tc-c3d-2015.dwg.
Example: An exhibit prepared to depict limits of multiple plats would have the subject
abbreviation plats, such as exhibit-plats-c3d0-2015.

The layout tabs for an 11 x 17 exhibit.

The layout tabs for an 11 x 17 exhibit are also not standard. Try to hold one of the naming conventions
for the layout tabs shown above if possible.

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Engineering Drawing File Naming Conventions

Sheet Description
Key Sheet/Vicinity Map
Quantities/ Summary of Pay Items
General Notes/Legend
Symbology/Linetypes
Coordinate Geometry
Layout
Drainage Map
Typical Section
Existing Structures/Demolition Plan
Plan / Profiles
Grading
Drainage Structure Sheets
Cross Sections
Details, 01, 02, 03
Environmental
Mitigation
SWPPP
Erosion Control Plan/Notes
Geotechnical
Temporary Traffic Control Plans
Signing & Marking Plan
Signalization Plan
ATMS
Landscaping Plan
User Defined
Survey Drawing
Survey Pipes Drawing
Engineering Survey Base Map
PC - Utilities (WM, SS, FM, & RCWM)

Other - Utilities
Utility Relocation

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File Name
****-KEY.dwg
****-QTY.dwg
****-GEN.dwg
****-SLL.dwg
****-CG.dwg
****-LAY.dwg
****-DRM.dwg
****-TYP.dwg
****-DEMO.dwg
****-PLPR.dwg
****-GRAD.dwg
****-DRST.DWG
****-XS.dwg
****-DTL01.dwg
****-ENV.dwg
****-MIT.dwg
****-SWPP.dwg
****-EROS.dwg
****-GEO.dwg
****-TTCP.dwg
****-SPM.dwg
****-SIG.dwg
****-ATMS.dwg
****-LS.dwg
****-USER.dwg
F####-C3D-2015.dwg
F####-PIPES-C3D-2015.dwg
F####-BASE.dwg
****-WM.dwg
****-SS.dwg
****-FM.dwg
****-RCWM.dwg
****-UTL.dwg
****-UT-(owner).dwg
****-URL.dwg

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Corridor Model
Storm Drainage

****-CORR.dwg
****-STM.dwg

3D Presentation
Sheet Index

****-3DP.dwg
****-IND.dwg

Plan and Elevation

Bridge Hydraulic Recommendations

****-PE.dwg
****-BHR.dwg

Construction Sequence
Foundation Layout

****-CS.dwg
****-FDL.dwg

Superstructure Plan
Superstructure Details

****-SUPL.dwg
****-SUPDT.dwg

Finished Grade Elevations

Endbent Plan
Endbent Details
Pier Plan / Elevation
Pier Details
Slope Protection Details
Finish Grade Elevations
AASHTO Type (?) Beam - Standard Details - Index No. (?)
AASHTO Type (?) Beam - Table of Beam Variables
Buildup Deflection Data Table for I-Beams Index No. S-900
Composite Elastomeric Bearing Pads - Index No. 501
Approach Slabs - Geometric Layout
Approach Slabs (Flexible Pavement Approaches) Index No. S-900
Retaining Wall General Notes
Retaining Wall Plan
Retaining Wall Elevation
Retaining Wall Details
Reinforcement Bar List

****-FGE.dwg
****-EBPL.dwg
****-EBDT.dwg
****-PPEPL.dwg
****-PPEDT.dwg
****-SPDT.dwg
****-FGE.dwg
****-BDT.dwg
****-BV.dwg
****-BDD.dwg
****-CEBP.dwg
****-ASGEO.dwg
****-ASPVT.dwg
****-RWGN.dwg
****-RWP.dwg
****-RWE.dwg
****-RWDT.dwg
****-RBL.dwg

NOTE:
**** = PID number
#### = SFN

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Civil 3D Workflows and Drawing Combinations

While it is virtually impossible to describe every potential sheet necessary in a plan set, the following
workflows describe common engineering and surveying tasks.

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Survey Topography

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Survey Existing Utilities

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Survey Pipes to Engineering Pipes Drawing Setup

Set up project (see Civil 3D Standards Section)

Set up Sheet Set Manager (see Sheet Set Manager Section)
Save survey file F####-C3D-2015.DWG to the project Source directory
Save survey file F####-PIPES-C3D-2015.DWG to the project Source directory
Save copy of F####-PIPES-C3D-2015.DWG as F####-PIPES-BASE.DWG

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Survey to Engineering Drawing Setup

Save copy of survey file F####-C3D-2015.DWG as F####-BASE.DWG

XREF F####-PIPES-BASE.DWG into this drawing

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Layout

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Drainage Map

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Corridor

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Cross Sections

Change the scale of the drawing equal to the desired scale of the cross sections prior to creating
the cross sections.

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Storm Drainage

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Grading

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Utilities

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Drainage Structure

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Plan / Profiles

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Demolition Plan

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Sheet Set Manager

To help organize and plot drawings, sheet set manager has been implemented. A PC sample sheet set is
included with the kit and should be used to create project sheet sets. Project based sheet sets only
need to be created once per project and should be stored within the project directory structure.
The existing sheet set template can be found at: L:\2015\Support\SSM\Pinellas Sample.dst
Several PC title blocks have fields created that link with this sample sheet set. From the PC ribbon tab,
any title blocks listed in the insert title block routine that have (SSM) at the end of the name are sheet
set manager integrated.
Layout tabs created in the various design drawings can be added to the sheet set by dragging and
dropping the layout tab in the applicable location on the sheet set.
A short video demonstrating how to create a new sheet set and add sheets can be found here.
The screen shots below show the customized fields in the sheets as well as the overall sheetset:

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An example of each title block demonstrating the location of the SSM fields can be found here.

Data Shortcuts
Data shortcuts will be used to share Civil 3D object data from one drawing within the project to another.
Drawings should be kept small and combined as necessary based on the defined workflows to maintain
performance within the application.
Once data shortcuts have been created, the source drawing should never be moved or renamed. Doing
so will cause the shortcut to become broken.
A short video demonstrating how to fix a broken reference can be found here

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Pinellas County Ribbon Tab

General Pane

The new drawing icon should be used when creating new drawings from scratch
to ensure the appropriate PC Kit template is being used.

Icon toggles tool palettes on and off.

Routine to more quickly perform DVIEW Twist operations.

Routine to undo DVIEW Twist operations.

Opens Design Center so that you can insert items such as typical sections,
standard symbology and other PC standard items.

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Title Blocks Pane

The left two icons of this pane are used to insert PC standard title
blocks into the current drawings. These title blocks do not include
any sheet set manager integrated fields.
The right two icons of this pane are used to insert PC standard title
blocks into the current drawings. These title blocks do include sheet
set manager integrated fields. These title blocks should be used
most of the time.

Survey Tools Pane

This icon launches a custom application that creates a point report that includes
alignment station and offset information.

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Aerials Pane

These icons are used to create a WMS data connection to PC

aerial photos. The WMS connection information is saved
within the DWG file and is accessible outside the county. No
additional software is required to use this functionality.

FDOT Tools Pane

This icon launches the FDOT pavement marking tool within the PC kit.
NOTE: This tool needs to be run from the FDOT kit first to setup the necessary files
prior to using it from the Pinellas configuration.

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Help Pane

Launches PC CAD standards manual.

This icon launches the IMAGINiT Technologies client portal website. PC employees
have full access to all white papers, video tech tips, blogs and discussion forums
contained on this site. Additionally, this is the gateway into the ProductivityNOW
Solo site.
Displays release notes about the version of the PC Kit currently installed.
Displays the kit change log.

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Survey & Mapping

Points
Project data points contain both horizontal and vertical data relative to the chosen coordinate zone
HARN/FL Florida State Plane, West Zone, US Foot. Vertical datum is NAVD 1988.

Point Format
Project data will be represented and contained within a comma-delimited file stored with the project.
The desired data point format for the Survey and Mapping Section as follows:

FIELD ONE --- Point Identifier Number

FIELD TWO --- Northing Coordinate Value
FIELD THREE --- Easting Coordinate Value
FIELD FOUR --- Point Elevation
FIELD FIVE --- Point Code Identifier(s)

Point Groups
Project data points will be organized into groups within Civil 3D to facilitate more efficient point data
management and utilization. The standard point groups used by the Survey and Mapping Section are
listed below:

No Point No Label Select points pre-determined not to display a point marker or label
Monumentation Found and set monumentation and control points
Storm Storm sewer points
Sanitary Sanitary sewer points
Calc Calculated points
GP Ground points points taken at arbitrary locations along the existing terrain
VVH Verified vertical and horizontal underground utilities
No display Turns off all points in the drawing
_All Points All points in the drawing (this point group is controlled by Civil 3D)
Review - Turns on all points, all point styles and all label styles

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Point Label Styles

Point Label Styles are used by the Survey and Mapping Division to graphically depict data points within
Civil 3D. Point Label Styles are defined within the Label Styles collection under Points within the Settings
tab of Toolspace. Variations in point label styles exist for visual display purposes. The following
represents label styles defined in the Civil 3D template:

<none>
Description Only
Elevation and Description
Elevation Only
Existing Spot Elevation
Point Number and Description
Point Number and Elevation
Point Number Elevation and Description
Point Number Only
Proposed Northing & Easting
Proposed Spot Elevation
Standard

Symbology and Description Keys

Contained inside of the PC2015.dwt template file, are point styles and a description key set that should
be used when importing survey data to ensure the appropriate symbols are utilized and inserted on the
appropriate layer.
Description Key Set: Pinellas County
Code
ADS*
ARBOR*
ASPHPAT*
AUPIN*
AVOCADO*
BARRICA*
BC*
BDWLK*
BENCH*
BENT*
BERM*
BFLPR*

Style
ADS
ARBOR
ASPHPAT
AUPIN
AVOCADO
BARRICA
BC
BDWLK
BENCH
BRIDGE
BERM
BFLPR

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Point Label Style

<default>
Description Only
<default>
Description Only
Description Only
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<none>

Format
$1" ADS INV
ARBORVITAE
$*
$1" AUS PINE
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*

Layer
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-RD-EP-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-TRAFCTL-PT
E-RD-BC-PT
E-BDWLK-PT
E-MISC-PT
E-RD-BRIDGE
E-DR-PT
E-WM-PT
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BKL*
BKL
BLDG*
BLDG
BOXCUL*
BOXCUL
BRIDGE*
BRIDGE
BRUSH*
BRUSH
BSHOT*
BSHOT
BUMPER*
BUMPER
BUSH*
BUSH
C17X13
C##X##
C21X15
C##X##
C24X18
C##X##
C28X20
C##X##
C35X24
C##X##
C42X29
C##X##
C49X33
C##X##
C53X41
C##X##
C57X38
C##X##
C60X46
C##X##
C64X43
C##X##
CACTUS*
CACTUS
CALC
CALC
CAMPH*
CAMPH
CBOX*
CBOX
CEDAR*
CEDAR
CITR*
CITR
CL*
CL
CMH*
CMH
CMP*
CMP
CONC*
CONC
CPORT*
CPORT
CYPR*
CYPR
DAM*
DAM
DECK*
DECK
DIPD*
DIPD
DIPS*
DIPS
DIPW*
DIPW
DOCK*
DOCK
DP*
DP
DWA*
DWA
DWB*
DWB
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<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<none>
<default>
<default>
Description Only
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
Description Only
Point Number Only
Description Only
<none>
Description Only
Description Only
<default>
<none>
<default>
<default>
<default>
Description Only
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>

$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
17"x13" ECMP
21"x15" ECMP
24"x18" ECMP
28"x20" ECMP
35"x24" ECMP
42"x29" ECMP
49"x33" ECMP
53"x41" ECMP
57"x38" ECMP
60"x46" ECMP
64"x43" ECMP
$*
$*
$1" CAMPHOR
$*
$1" CEDAR
$1" CITRUS
$*
$*
$1" CMP Inv.
$*
$*
$1" CYPRESS
$*
$*
$1" DIPD
$1" DIPS
$1" DIPW
$*
$*
$*
$*

E-BKL-PT
E-BLDG-PT
E-DR-PT
E-RD-BRIDGE-PT
E-TREE-VEG-PT
E-BSHOT-PT
E-MISC-PT
E-TREE-VEG-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-TREE-VEG-PT
E-CALC-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-UT-COMM-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-CL-PT
E-UT-COMM-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-SLAB-PT
E-BLDG-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-DAM-PT
E-DECK-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-SAN-DIP-PT
E-WM-DIP-PT
E-DOCK-PT
E-DR-DPVMT-PT
E-DRW-PT
E-DRW-PT
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DWC*
DWC
DWD*
DWD
DWG*
DWG
DWM*
DWM
DWS*
DWS
EEQ
EEQ
EO*
EO
EPA*
EPA
EPB*
EPB
EPC*
EPC
ERD*
ERD
ERG*
ERG
ERM*
ERM
ERSH*
ERSH
F60D*
F60D
FBD*
FND
FCM*
FCM
FEN*
FEN
FF
FLEL
FH
FH
FIP*
FIP
FIR*
FIR
FL*
FL
FNC*
FNC
FND*
FND
FOC*
FOC
FPCED*
FPCED
FPCSD*
FPCSD
FPK*
FPK
FPOLE
FPOLE
FPPIPE*
FPPIPE
FRC*
FRC
FRRS*
FRRS
FRVT*
FRVT
FTBAR*
FTBAR
FXCUT*
FXCUT
FXDL*
FXDL
FYC*
FYC
GATE*
GATE
GM
GM
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<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<none>
<none>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
<default>
Elevation and
<none>
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
<default>
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
Description Only
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
<default>
Point Number Only
<default>
<none>

$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
FNDK
$*
$*
$*
$*
FLAG POLE
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*

E-DRW-PT
E-DRW-PT
E-DRW-PT
E-DRW-PT
E-DRW-PT
E-UT-ELEC-PT
E-UT-ELEC-PT
E-RD-EP-PT
E-RD-EP-PT
E-RD-EP-PT
E-RD-EP-PT
E-RD-EP-PT
E-RD-EP-PT
E-RD-EP-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-FENCE-PT
E-FLEL-PT
E-WM-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-DR-FLOW-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-MISC-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-TRAFCTL-PT
E-MON-FND-PT
E-FENCE-PT
E-UT-GAS-PT
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GP
GP
GRAIL*
GRAIL
GRATE*
GRATE
GRAVE*
GRAVE
GTANK
GTANK
GTEST
GV
GUYWIRE
GUYWIRE
GV
GV
GWALL*
GWALL
GYM
GYM
HDWALL*
HDWALL
HEDGE*
HEDGE
HOSEBIB
HOSEBIB
HRAIL
HRAIL
HRAIL*
HRAIL
HWM
HWM
INLET
INLET
INLET*
INLET
JACAR*
JACAR
LIFTSTA*
LIFTSTA
LIGHT
LIGHT
LL*
LL
LPOLE
LPOLE
MAGNO*
MAGNO
MAPLE*
MAPLE
MAPLEC
MAPLEC
MBOX
MBOX
MES*
MES
MH
MH
MHW
MHW
MLW
MLW
MROW*
ROW
MWELL
MWELL
OAK*
OAK
OAKC
OAKC
OHW
OHW
OLW*
OLW
PALM*
PALM
PALMC
PALMC
PEDPOLE
PEDPOLE
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<default>
<default>
<none>
<default>
<default>
<none>
<none>
<none>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<none>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
Description Only
<default>
<none>
<default>
<none>
Description Only
Description Only
Description Only
<none>
<default>
<none>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<none>
Description Only
Description Only
<default>
<default>
Description Only
Description Only
<none>

$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$1" JACARANDA
$*
$*
$*
$*
$1" MAGNOLIA
$1" MAPLE
MAPLE CLUSTER
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$1"
OAK C
$*
$*
$1"
PALM C
$*

E-GP-PT
E-GRAIL-PT
E-DR-PT
E-GRAVE-PT
E-UT-TANK-PT
E-UT-GAS-PT
E-UT-ELEC-PT
E-UT-GAS-PT
E-GWALL-PT
E-MISC-PT
E-DR-PT
E-TREE-VEG-PT
E-WM-PT
E-HRAIL-PT
E-HRAIL-PT
E-HWM-PT
E-DR-PT
E-DR-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-SAN-LIFT-PT
E-LTD-PT
E-STRIPE-PT
E-UT-LP-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-MISC-PT
E-DR-PT
E-DR-PT
E-MHW-PT
E-MLW-PT
E-ROW-PT
E-MWELL-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-OHW-PT
E-OLW-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-UT-PSP-PT
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PILE
BRIDGE
PINE*
PINE
PINEC
PINEC
PIPE*
PIPE
PLNTR*
PLNTR
POOL*
POOL
POOLEQ
POOLEQ
POST
POST
PUMP
PUMP
PUNK*
PUNK
PUNKC
PUNKC
PVC*
PVC
PWRBX
PWRBX
R18X12
R##X##
R23X14
R##X##
R30X19
R##X##
R34X22
R##X##
R38X24
R##X##
R42X27
R##X##
R45X29
R##X##
R53X34
R##X##
R60X38
R##X##
R68X43
R##X##
R76X48
R##X##
R83X53
R##X##
R91X58
R##X##
RCM
RCM
RCMH
RCMH
RCP*
RCP
RCV
RCV
RIPRAP*
RIPRAP
ROCK
ROCK
ROW*
ROW
RR*
RR
RRGATE
RRGATE
S60D
S60D
SBORE
SBORE
SCM*
SCM
SEPTIC
SEPTIC
SGP
SGP
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<default>
Description Only
Description Only
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<none>
<default>
Description Only
Description Only
<default>
<none>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<none>
<none>
<default>
<none>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
Point Number Only
<default>
<default>

$*
$1"
PINE C
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$1" PUNK
PUNK CLUSTER
$1" PVC Inv
$*
18"x12" ERCP
23"x14" ERCP
30"x19" ERCP
34"x22" ERCP
38"x24" ERCP
42"x27" ERCP
45"x29" ERCP
53"x34" ERCP
60"x38" ERCP
68"x43" ERCP
76"x48" ERCP
83"x53" ERCP
91"x58" ERCP
$*
$*
$1" RCP Inv
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*

E-RD-BRIDGE-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-DR-PT
E-PLNTR-PT
E-MISC-PT
E-MISC-PT
E-POST-PT
E-PUMP-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-UT-ELEC-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-RCWM-PT
E-RCWM-PT
E-DR-PIPE-PT
E-RCWM-PT
E-RIPRAP-PT
E-ROCK-PT
E-ROW-PT
E-RR-PT
E-RR-PT
E-MON-SET-PT
E-MISC-PT
E-MON-SET-PT
E-SAN-PT
E-SGP-PT
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SH
SH
SHV
SHV
SHW
SHW
SIGN*
SIGN
SIP*
SIP
SIR*
SIR
SKIMMER* SKIMMER
SLAB*
SLAB
SLOT
SLOT
SLW
SLW
SNC*
SNC
SND*
SND
SOC*
SOC
SPCED*
SPCED
SPCSD*
SPCSD
SPIL*
SPIL
SPK*
SPK
SPRUCE*
SPRUCE
SRC*
SRC
SSCO
SSCO
SSMH
SSMH
SSVT
SSVT
STAKE
STAKE
STATUE
STATUE
STEP*
STEP
STPBAR*
STPBAR
STRUC*
STRUC
SV
SEWERV
SW
SW
SW#
SW
SW##
SW
SW###
SW
SWALE*
SWALE
SWALL*
SWALL
SWB*
SWB
SWF*
SWF
SXCUT*
SXCUT
SYC*
SYC
TB*
TB
TGT*
TGT
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<none>
<none>
<default>
<none>
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
<default>
Point Number Only
Description Only
Point Number Only
<none>
<none>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<none>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
Point Number Only
Point Number Only
<default>
<none>

$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$1" SPRUCE
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*

E-SPKL-PT
E-SPKL-PT
E-SHW-PT
E-SIGN-PT
E-MON-SET-PT
E-MON-SET-PT
E-DR-PT
E-SLAB-PT
E-DR-PT
E-SLW-PT
E-MON-SET-PT
E-MON-SET-PT
E-MON-SET-PT
E-MON-SET-PT
E-MON-SET-PT
E-DR-SPIL-PT
E-MON-SET-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-MON-SET-PT
E-SAN-PT
E-SAN-GR-PT
E-SAN-GR-PT
E-MON-SET-PT
E-MISC-PT
E-SW-PT
E-STRIPE-PT
E-DR-PT
E-SAN-PT
E-SW-PT
E-SW-PT
E-SW-PT
E-SW-PT
E-SWALE-PT
E-SWALL-PT
E-SW-PT
E-SW-PT
E-MON-SET-PT
E-MON-SET-PT
E-TB-PT
E-CTRL-PT
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THROAT
THROAT
TRBX*
TRBX
TREE*
TREE
TREEC
TREEC
TREEL*
TREEL
TRP
TRP
TRPBX
TRPBX
TS*
TS
UC*
UC
UDBOX
UDBOX
UE*
UE
UF*
UF
UG*
UG
UO*
UO
UP
PPOLE
UQ*
UQ
UR*
UR
US*
US
UW*
UW
UX*
UX
VCP*
VCP
WALL*
WALL
WATER
WATER
WEIR*
WEIR
WETLN*
WETLN
WM
WM
WSFTNR
WSFTNR
WV
WV
XWALK*
XWALK
XXX*
XXX

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<default>
<none>
Description Only
Description Only
<default>
<none>
<none>
<default>
<default>
<none>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<none>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<default>
<none>
<default>
<none>
<default>
<default>

$*
$*
$1" TREE
TREE CLUSTER
TREE LINE
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$1" VCP Inv
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*
$*

E-DR-PT
E-TRAFCTL-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-TREE-PT
E-TRAF-PL-PT
E-TRAFCTL-PT
E-TS-PT
E-UT-COMM-PT
E-DR-PT
E-UT-ELEC-PT
E-SAN-FM-PT
E-UT-GAS-PT
E-UT-HOTOIL-PT
E-UT-UP-PT
E-UT-UNK-PT
E-RCWM-PT
E-SAN-GR-PT
E-WM-PT
E-UT-TRAFCTL-PT
E-SAN-GR-PT
E-WALL-PT
E-DR-PT
E-WEIR-PT
E-WETLAND-PT
E-WM-PT
E-WM-PT
E-WM-PT
E-TRAFCTL-PT
E-CTRLCHK-PT

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Figure Prefix Database

Included with the PC Kit is a figure prefix database that should be used when importing data to ensure
the linework is inserted on the appropriate layer as well as tagged as a breakline.

Figure Prefix Database: Pinellas County

Name

Breakline

Layer

Style

ASPHPAT
BARRICA
BC
BDWLK
BERM
BLDG
BRIDGE
BRUSH
BUMPER
CL
CPORT
DAM
DECK
DOCK
DP

Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes

E-RD-EP
E-TRAFCTL
E-RD-BC
E-BDWLK
E-DR
E-BLDG
E-RD-BRIDGE
E-TREE-VEG
E-MISC
E-CL
E-BLDG
E-DAM
E-DECK
E-DOCK
E-DR-DPVMT

DWA

Yes

E-DRW

DWB

Yes

E-DRW

DWC

Yes

E-DRW

DWD

Yes

E-DRW

DWG

Yes

E-DRW

DWM

Yes

E-DRW

DWS

Yes

E-DRW

EPA

Yes

E-RD-EP

EPB

Yes

E-RD-EP

ASPHPAT
BARRICA
BC
BDWLK
BERM
BLDG
BRIDGE
BRUSH
BUMPER
CL
CPORT
DAM
DECK
DOCK
DP
EDGE OF
DRIVE
EDGE OF
DRIVE
EDGE OF
DRIVE
EDGE OF
DRIVE
EDGE OF
DRIVE
EDGE OF
DRIVE
EDGE OF
DRIVE
EDGE OF
PAVE
EDGE OF
PAVE

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EPC

Yes

E-RD-EP

ERD

Yes

E-RD-EP

ERG

Yes

E-RD-EP

ERM

No

E-RD-EP

ERSH
FL
GRAIL
GRAVE
HDWALL
HEDGE
HWM
LL
LIFTSTA
MES
MHW
MLW
OHW
OLW
PLNTR
POOL
RIPRAP
ROCK
RR
SHW
SLAB
SLW
SPIL
SW
SWALE
SWALL
SWB
SWF
TB
TS

No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

E-RD-EP
E-DR-FLOW
E-GRAIL
E-GRAVE
E-DR
E-TREE-VEG
E-HWM
E-STRIPE
E-SAN-LIFT
E-DR
E-MHW
E-MLW
E-OHW
E-OLW
E-PLNTR
E-MISC
E-RIPRAP
E-ROCK
E-RR
E-SHW
E-SLAB
E-SLW
E-DR-SPIL
E-SW
E-SWALE
E-SWALL
E-SW
E-SW
E-TB
E-TS

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EDGE OF
PAVE
EDGE OF
PAVE
EDGE OF
PAVE
EDGE OF
PAVE
EDGE OF
PAVE
FL
GRAIL
GRAVE
HDWALL
HEDGE
HWM
LANE
LIFTSTA
MES
MHW
MLW
OHW
OLW
PLANTER
POOL
RIPRAP
ROCK
RR
SHW
SLAB
SLW
SPIL
SW
SWALE
SWALL
SWB
SWF
TB
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WEIR
No
HRAIL
No
UC
No
UE
No
UF
No
UG
No
UO
No
UQ
No
UR
No
US
No
UW
No
UX
WETLN
FEN
STRUC
GATE
SIGN
INLET
WALL
BENCH
BENT
CLRR
CONC
STPBR
TREEL
SKIMMER
XWALK
STEP
GWALL
BKL

No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes

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E-WEIR
E-HRAIL
E-UT-COMM
E-UT-ELEC
E-SAN-FM
E-UT-GAS
E-UT-HOTOIL
E-UT-UNK
E-RCWM
E-SAN-GR
E-WM
E-UTTRAFCTL
E-WETLAND
E-FENCE
E-DR
E-FENCE
E-SIGN
E-DR
E-WALL
E-MISC
E-RD-BRIDGE
E-CL
E-SLAB
E-STRIPE
E-TREE-VEG
E-DR
E-TRAFCTL
E-SW
E-GWALL
E-BKL

WEIR
HRAIL
UC
UE
UF
UG
UO
UQ
UR
US
UW
UX
WETLAND
FENCE
STRUCTURE
GATE
SIGN
INLET
WALL
BENCH
BRIDGE
CL
SLAB
LANE
BRUSH
SKIMMER
XWALK
STEP
GWALL
BKL

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Linework Codesets

PC has developed and included a custom linework codeset that should be utilized when collecting field
data and importing it into Civil 3D. This codeset will ensure linework is drawn between the applicable
field codes.

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Graphic Symbols

Importing ASCII Files

The ASCII point file is imported directly into Civil 3D to create the point data, figures, and symbology on
their designated layer as defined within the PC CADD Standard.
A short video demonstrating how to import ASCII files can be found here

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Alignments
Alignments are used as a graphical reference for locating and identifying existing features horizontally
along a linear path through the surveyed site.

Standard Alignments
Standard alignments will be drawn from the West to the East and from the South to the North along the
survey site. All standard survey alignments will be given the acronym SRL for survey reference line and
an explicit description given in the description dialog box of the alignment represented. Additional
standard alignments will be numbered accordingly. PC design settings are displayed below:
Example: SRL1, 2, 3, etc.

Alignment Stationing and Labeling

To control how stations appear in Civil 3D, alignment label sets have been created and included with
the main PC2015.dwt drawing template. These styles have been created to control the aesthetics of
the labels including layer, font, increment, text height, and precision.

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Digital Terrain Models (Surfaces)

The existing DTM, or surface, will be created using one of the included surface object styles. This will
ensure adherence to the PC CADD standard.

Naming standardization will be based upon the following conventions:

a. Survey
Surface Name: EG1, EG2, EG3, etc
Surface Description Surface description, technicians initials, original creation date, and
modification descriptions to follow the above information.
b. AS-BUILT
Surface Name: AB1, AB2, AB3, etc
Surface Description Surface description, technicians initials, original creation date, and
modification descriptions to follow the above information.

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Click here to see a short video on surface creation. Once a surface has been created, it can be easily
modified to more accurately reflect real life conditions. Click here to see a short video on surface
editing.
Once a surface has been created, any surface labels should use existing styles provided in the
PC2015.dwt drawing template. Label styles for contours, slopes, and spot elevations have
been provided:

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Survey Title Blocks

Survey Cover Sheet This is the first sheet of the survey. It includes the Title of Project, Vicinity
Map, Pinellas County Map, Graphic Symbols, and Sheet Index.

Survey Sheet 2 This sheet includes the Land Surveyor Report, Abbreviations, Alignments,
Monumentation/Control Point Table, and Existing Structure Tables.

Survey Border Only This Title Block is used for the Plan View Sheets.

Survey Exhibit (8.5X11) This Title Block is used for the Exhibits that are created with Sketch and
Descriptions.

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Survey Exhibits (11X17) - This Title Block is used for the Exhibits that are created other than
Exhibits for Sketch and Descriptions.

Survey Sketch This Title Block to be used for Sketch and Descriptions.

The title blocks with (SSM) as suffixes are Sheet Set Manager integrated. Use these Title Blocks
as described above.

Additional Survey Process Information

LDT 2006 to Civil 3D 2014 Project Conversion

A step by step process for converting existing LDT 2006

projects to Civil 3D 2014 projects can be found here.

Alignment Creation

A step by step process for alignment creation can be

found here.

Surface Creation

A step by step process for surface creation can be found

here.

Pipe Network Creation

A step by step process for pipe network creation can be

found here.

Checker Program

A step by step process for the checker program can be

found here.

Mapping QC Checklist

The QC checklist can be found here.

Mapping & Transmittal Process

A step by step mapping & transmittal process can be

found here.

Note: Some of the processes outlined above are directed towards PC staff and not consultants

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Civil Engineering
Points
Project data points consist of existing engineering data gathered from the project location as determined
by the projects PM to assist in the engineering development process. Project data points contain both
horizontal and vertical data relative to the chosen coordinate zone HARN/FL Florida State Plane, West
Zone, US Foot. Vertical datum is NAVD 1988.
Points by Range
The point range for PC is specified below:

Project Point data data representative of the project limits as defined by the projects PM. All
PC Proposed project point data shall occupy the point range of 100,000 to Infinity.

NOTE: If additional project data points are required prior to survey acquisition, it will be necessary for
the PM to specify a NAP, or Next Available Point number.

Point Format
Project data will be represented and contained within a comma-delimited file stored with the project.
The desired data point format for the PC standards is as follows:
FIELD ONE --- Point Identifier Number
FIELD TWO --- North Coordinate Value
FIELD THREE --- East Coordinate Value
FIELD FOUR --- Point Elevation
FIELD FIVE --- Point Code Identifier

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Point Label Styles

Point Label Styles are used by Engineering to graphically depict data points within Civil 3D. Point Label
Styles are defined within the Label Styles collection under Points within the Settings tab of Toolspace.
Variations in point label style exist for visual display purposes. The following represents label styles
defined in the Civil 3D template:

<none>
Description Only
Elevation and Description
Elevation Only
Existing Spot Elevation
Point Number and Description
Point Number and Elevation
Point Number Elevation and Description
Point Number Only
Proposed Northing & Easting
Proposed Spot Elevation
Standard

Alignments
Alignments are used as a graphical reference for locating and identifying existing plan features
horizontally along a linear path through the surveyed site. Station location and elevation along an
alignment provide the basis for geometric creation.
Standard Construction Alignments
Standard construction alignments will be drawn from the West to the East and from the South to the
North along the survey site. All standard construction alignments will be given the acronym CRL for
Construction Reference Line and an explicit description given in the description dialog box of the
roadway represented. Additional standard construction alignments will be numbered accordingly. PC
design settings are displayed below:
Example: CRL1, 2, 3, etc.
Standard Offset Alignments
Alignments can also be used as to stretch templates horizontally and/or vertically in order to
accommodate areas where the roadway offsets or elevations are irregular, such as when a road widens
for a passing lane. By using transition regions on a cross section template, you do not need to have
multiple templates to accommodate these varying conditions.

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Alignment Stationing and Labeling

To control how stations appear in Civil 3D, alignment label sets have been created and included with
the main PC2015.dwt drawing template. These styles have been created to control the aesthetics of
the labels including layer, font, increment, text height, and precision.

Alignments can be created from a variety of methods including the traditional alignment creation tools
as well as from polylines or points.

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Digital Terrain Models (Surfaces)

The proposed DTM, or surface, will be created using one of the included surface object styles. This will
ensure adherence to the PC CADD standard.

Naming standardization will be based upon the following conventions:

a. Design
Surface Name: FG 1, FG2, FG3, etc
Surface Description Surface description, technicians initials, original creation date, and
modification descriptions to follow the above information.

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Click here to see a short video on surface creation. Once a surface has been created, it can be easily
modified to more accurately reflect real life conditions. Click here to see a short video on surface
editing.
Once a surface has been created, any surface labels should use existing styles provided in the
PC2015.dwt drawing template. Label styles for contours, slopes, and spot elevations have
been provided:

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Profiles
Use the profiles commands to create existing ground or finished ground profiles. You can sample a
surface to obtain surface data along an alignment from which to generate the existing ground profile.
Once sampled, the profile can be displayed according to a variety of styles included in the kit templates.

A short video on existing ground profile creation can be seen by clicking here.

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Once the existing ground surface profile has been created, proposed profiles can be created in a similar
manor as creating alignments. Several profile styles have been included in the kit templates depending
on the type of profile represented.

A short video on existing ground profile creation can be seen by clicking here.

Design profiles can be edited easily and in a similar manor as horizontal alignments. A short video on
existing ground profile creation can be seen by clicking here.
Profile label styles have been included in the kit templates and should be used when creating profiles.
Two profile label sets have been created that will automatically set the correct styles for major station,
minor station, grade break, tangent, and vertical curve annotation according to the PC standard.

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Corridors
Once an alignment and profile exist, the last item to create is an assembly. An assembly is Civil 3D
terminology for a cross sectional template. Subassemblies are the building blocks of assemblies.
Subassemblies represent lanes, curb, gutter, sidewalks, medians, etc. On top of the several hundred
subassemblies that ship with Civil 3D, the PC Kit leverages the custom subassemblies created by the
FDOT. To use the FDOT subassemblies, make sure to select the tool palette group named FDOT
Corridors.

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One benefit to creating accurate corridor models is that they can be used to calculate earthwork
quantities as well as be displayed in cross sections. To calculate accurate earthwork quantities, accurate
surfaces need to be created based on the corridor that represent the top surface and likely a datum
(bottom) surface.
To watch a short video on corridor surface creation, click here.

Pipes
Pipe networks in Civil 3D are made up of structure objects and pipe objects. The PC Kit utilizes the
significant investment the FDOT made in the pipe catalogs and links to a copy of the FDOT catalog.
Although the PC Kit templates should automatically point to the PC part catalog, it is good practice to
double check prior to creating pipe networks in a drawing.

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Since Civil 3D only allows for one part catalog to be associated to a drawing at a time, the out of the box
parts are not available.

Sample part lists with some of the most common values have been included in the PC Kit template. Part
lists for drainage, sanitary, and other utilities have been created to use as a base.

It is important to note that parts in the part

catalog can be added to these lists at any point in
time depending on the design situation. If making
edits to the part lists, make sure to completely fill
out all the columns including pay item so that
quantity take-offs can be run as the design
progresses.

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Several videos have been created demonstrating pipes design tasks:

To watch a short video on creating pipe networks, click here

To watch a short video on adding pipe networks to profiles, click here
To watch a short video on adding pipes and structures to existing networks, click here

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Plans Production
The plans production tools included in Civil 3D help in the creation of plan only, profile only,
plan/profile, and cross section sheets. Included in the PC Kit is a template file that includes predefined
layouts for plan/profile and section sheets. The layouts defined in this template include PC title blocks
that are sheet set manager integrated.
This template is found at: L:\2015\Support\Templates\PCPlanProduction.dwt
Utilizing the plans production tools in Civil 3D is a fairly straight forward, two-step process:
1. View frames must be created along an alignment that either exists directly in the drawing or is
data shortcut into the drawing. For a short video of this process, click here.
2. Once view frames have been created, the plans production routines can be run. For a short
video of this process, click here.

Quantity Take-Off
The Quantity Take-Off tools included in Civil 3D help with performing take offs of a given design.
Included in the PC Kit is a CSV file that contains the approved pay item codes and descriptions. Although
this file has already been associated with the PC template files, it can be found at:
L:\2015\Data\PayItemData\PCStandardPayItems.csv
Also included is a categorization file that will help parse the supplied pay items into manageable
categories. This file can be found at:
L:\2015\Data\PayItemData\PCCategories.xml

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The main QTO interface is preconfigured to point to PC standard pay items:

This interface is used for assigning pay item information to existing geometry in a drawing. Part lists for
pipes have also been pre-configured with pay item information.

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Symbology
The PC Kit includes several drawings containing symbols and typical sections. These files are located in
the following location:
L:\2015\Data\Libraries

Design Center is intended to be used to access these files and import the appropriate blocks or sections.

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Project Journal File

A Project Journal (with a file Index included) will be produced and delivered with each Civil Engineering
project. The purpose for this journal is to aid downstream customers of the CADD data so they may
utilize existing CADD work in their processes. The format of the journal will be an electronic file that is
created with the project and will be included with the project data on the prescribed media. The journal
will contain the following information:

A listing (Index) of the files delivered, including brief descriptions of each file in the directory
structure and where the file is located.
Documentation about the data (metadata) including major processes used, special CADD
decisions made, exceptions to standards that were made, problems encountered and work
around, or other important issues that arose during the course of the CADD work. For example,
if a custom line style needed to be created, the format, coding, layer association and files where
that line style was used would be documented in the Journal.
Other documentation such as the design software used, particular software settings, and other
information that would help a downstream user of the data understand where and how the
data was created should be documented.
All information necessary for the regeneration or use of those files by subsequent customers of
the CADD data
Document the geometry database, controlling alignment and profile names and geometry
input/output files, relevant survey information, cross sections and the methodology used to
obtain the final geometric controls in the CADD product.
The project journal must be kept up to date as the CADD design work progresses and delivered
with the project on the CD for archival purposes.

An example of the project journal is shown below:

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Project ID Number (PID): 123456A
Project Name: <Type Project Name Here>
Project Manager: <Name>
Engineering of Record (PE): <Name, PE>
Project Designer: <Name>
Project Directory: P:\CAD Projects
Survey File Number (SFN): SFN1234

SCOPE OF WORK:
<The scope of work for project 123456A goes here. Include as much detail as
necessary to define the work done for the project.>

This file is located at the root of the individual project directory.

PINELLAS COUNTY NETWORK PATH:
P:\CAD Projects\123456A

FULL PATH TO THE PROJECT JOURNAL DOCUMENT:

<Network Drive letter>:\\CAD Projects\<Project Number>\Project Journal_123456A.docx
EXAMPLE: P:\CAD Projects\123456A\ Project Journal_123456A.docx

PROJECT TYPE: <WATER, SANITARY SEWER, DRAINAGE, ROADWAY, ETC>

ORIGINAL PROJECT DATE: <00/00/20XX
SECTION 00, TOWNSHIP 00 SOUTH, RANGE 00 EAST

ENGINEERING DESIGN - OBJECTIVE / SCOPE:

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ENGINEERING DESIGN STANDARDS/CRITERIA:

PRELIMINIARY DESIGN:
o APPROVED BY: <NAME>
o DATE: 00/00/20XX
o LINK TO STANDARDS CHECKER: <Hyperlink>
30% DESIGN
o APPROVED BY: <NAME>
o DATE: 00/00/20XX
60% DESIGN
o APPROVED BY: <NAME>
o DATE: 00/00/20XX
90% DESIGN
o APPROVED BY: <NAME>
o DATE: 00/00/20XX
100% FINAL (AS-BID)
o APPROVED BY: <NAME>
o DATE: 00/00/20XX

ENGINEERING DESIGN EXCEPTIONS:

START DAILY AND/OR EVENT LOG FORMAT:

LOG ENTRY:
DATE: 00/00/20XX <CADD USER NAME>: <Brief description of the daily work or changes to
the design or non-compliance to the CADD Standards.

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Standard CADD Layers

Layer Prefix and Suffix Descriptions
PREFIX
EPFPSX-

DESCRIPTION
Existing
Proposed
Future
PaperSpace / Layout Tabs
External Reference Layers (Xref's)

SUFFIX
-PT
-TX
-HT
(none)

DESCRIPTION
Point - Land Desktop Point Objects
Text Data
Hatch Patterns
Linework & Symbology

Standard Layers
NAME
0
0BORD
CONSTLN
Defpoints
E-AERIAL
E-BDWLK
E-BLDG
E-BSHOT
E-CALC
E-CL
E-CONSULT
E-CTRL
E-DAM
E-DECK
E-DIM
E-DOCK
E-DR

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DESCRIPTION
Title block layer for insertion
Conceptual construction lines
Xref data aerial image
Boardwalk material
Building footprint, carports, decks
Bottom shot (water, sounding lakes, ponds, etc)
Calculated field point
Centerline
Consultant xref civil and/or detail services data
Survey lines
Earth dam or drainage dams
Decks freestanding or attached to building structures
Dimensions
All structures over water or beach areas boat dock, boat ramps, etc.
Miscellaneous drainage items

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E-DR-DPVMT
E-DR-FLOW

Ditch pavement
Drainage flow line such as ditches, swales, etc.

E-DR-PIPE
E-DR-SKMR

Drainage pipes
Drainage skimmer (Body-2)

E-DR-SLOT
E-DR-SPIL

Drainage structure slot

Drainage spillway (Body-2)

E-DR-UD
E-DR-WEIR

Underdrain
Weirs

E-DRW
E-ESMT

Driveway line placement

Roadway or conservation easement

E-FENCE
E-GRAIL
E-GRAVE
E-HWM
E-LOTORIG
E-LTD
E-MHW
E-MISC
E-MLW
E-MON-FND

E-MWELL
E-OHW
E-OLW
E-OWNER
E-PEGC

Fence and fence lines

Guard rail
Grave or grave sites
High water mark
Original lot line
Lighting devices spot light, yard lights, etc.
Mean high water mark
Flag poles, mailbox, testing holes, gym
Mean low water mark
Monuments found concrete, iron rods, iron pipes, yellow/red caps, pk
nail and disk, etc.
Monuments set concrete, iron rods, iron pipes, yellow/red caps, pk nail
and disk, etc.
Monitoring well
Ordinary high water line
Ordinary low water line
Feature owner informaion
Existing profile centerline

E-PL
E-PLNTR

Property line or plat line

Planter concrete or wood structure, etc.

E-POLE
E-PUMP

Pole
Small sewer or water pumps

E-RCWM
E-RD

Reclaimed water main information pipes, fittings, features, etc.

Roadway

E-RD-ASPH
E-RD-BC

Asphalt roadway material

Roadway back of curb

E-RD-BRIDGE
E-RD-BRK

Bridge portion of roadway

Brick roadway material

E-RD-CNTR

Roadway centerline

E-MON-SET

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E-RD-CONC
E-RD-CURB
E-RD-DIRT

Concrete roadway material

Curb in roadway system
Dirt roadway material

E-RD-EP
E-RD-GRVL

Edge of roadway pavement

Gravel roadway material

E-RD-MRL
E-RD-SHELL

Marl roadway material

Shell roadway material

E-RIPRAP
E-ROCK

Rip rap drainage control device

Rock clusters designed for erosion control, etc.

E-ROW
E-RR
E-SAN
E-SAN-DIP
E-SAN-FM
E-SAN-GR
E-SAN-LIFT
E-SECT
E-SGP
E-SHW
E-SIGN
E-SLAB
E-SLW
E-SPKL
E-STRIPE
E-SURV_GIBSON
E-SURV_LEONARD
E-SURV_NEAL
E-SURV_NOTE
E-SURV_NOTE_AERIAL

Right of way line

Railroad
Sanitary sewer
Sanitary sewer ductile iron pipe
Sanitary sewer force main
Sanitary sewer gravity line
Sanitary sewer lift station
Section lines
Submerged ground point
Seasonal high water mark
Signs of all types number if large billboards with notes
Concrete slab
Seasonal low water mark
Sprinkler system
Pavement stripes and markings, stop bars, cross walks, lane lines

E-SURV_SCHOLPP
E-SURV_STANDRIDGE
E-SURV_ZELLER
E-SURVEY-MRKR
E-SURVEY-PT-TBL
E-SW

Sidewalks

E-SWALE
E-SWALL

CL of drainage swales
Seawall structure

E-SWAMP

Swamp line

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E-TB
E-TOPO-BDRY
E-TOPO-CONT-MAJ

Top of bank retention/detention areas, lakes, ditches, creeks, etc.

Surface boundary
Major contours

E-TOPO-CONT-MIN
E-TOPO-PNTS

Minor contours
Surface points

E-TOPO-SPOT
E-TOPO-TIN

Spot elevation labels

TIN lines

E-TRAF
E-TRAF-PL

Traffic devices
Traffic signal pole, mast arm, mono tube, etc.

E-TRAFCTL
E-TREE
E-TREE-VEG
E-TS
E-UT-COMM
E-UT-ELEC
E-UT-GAS
E-UT-HOTOIL
E-UT-LP
E-UT-OH
E-UT-POLE
E-UT-PSP
E-UT-TANK
E-UT-TRAFCTL
E-UT-UNK
E-UT-UP
E-UTS-GAS
E-WALL
E-WEIR
E-WETLAND

Traffic control devices, flexible delineators, etc.

General trees, tree lines
Shrub, brush, etc.
Toe of slope
Utilities Communication
Electrical surface features guy wires, lights, electrical poles, etc.
Gas system private utility
Hot oil line
Light pole
Overhead utility lines
Power pole (Body-2)
Pedestrian signal pole
Gasoline, diesel tanks (Body-2)
Traffic control
Unknown utility

E-WM
E-WM-DIP

Water main information pipes, fittings, features, hosebib, etc.

Water main ductile iron pipe material

E-XEG
HATCH

Hatch

NARROW
OB-ALIGNMENT

North Arrow
Civil 3D object layer: alignments

OB-ASSEMBLY
OB-BUILDING

Civil 3D object layer: assemblies

Civil 3D object layer: buildings

OB-CATCHMENT

Civil 3D object layer: catchments

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Wall lines
Weir data and a drainage structure
Wetlands

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OB-CORRIDOR
OB-FEATURE
OB-GENERAL

Civil 3D object layer: corridors

Civil 3D object layer: feature lines
Civil 3D object layer: general notes

OB-GRADING
OB-INTERFERENCE

Civil 3D object layer: gradings

Civil 3D object layer: pipe interferences

OB-INTERSECTION
OB-MASSHAUL

Civil 3D object layer: intersections

Civil 3D object layer: mass haul diagrams

OB-MATCHLINE
OB-MATERIAL

Civil 3D object layer: match lines

Civil 3D object layer: materials

OB-PARCEL
OB-PIPE
OB-POINT
OB-PROFILE
OB-SAMPLE
OB-SECTION
OB-SHEET
OB-STRUCTURE
OB-SUBASSEMBLY
OB-SUPER
OB-SURFACE
OB-SURVEY
OB-VIEWFRAME
P-ARCH
P-BLDG
P-BOTT
P-CAP
P-CL
P-CNTR
P-CONC

Civil 3D object layer: parcels

Civil 3D object layer: pipes
Civil 3D object layer: points
Civil 3D object layer: profiles
Civil 3D object layer: sample lines
Civil 3D object layer: sections
Civil 3D object layer: sheets
Civil 3D object layer: structures
Civil 3D object layer: subassemblies
Civil 3D object layer: superelevation
Civil 3D object layer: surfaces
Civil 3D object layer: survey
Civil 3D object layer: viewframes
Architectural drawing data
Building footprint, carports, decks, finished floor elev
Bottom of ditch or pond, water body, etc

P-CONT-MJR
P-CONT-MNR

Major contours
Minor contours

P-DAM
P-DECK

Earth dam or drainage dam

Decks freestanding or attached to building structures

P-DIM
P-DOCK

Dimensions
All structures over water or beach areas - boat dock, boat ramps, etc.

P-DR

Drainage feature information

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Centerline
Concrete

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P-DR-DIP

Ductile iron pipe

P-DR-RCP
P-DR-ST
P-DR-UD

Reinforced concrete pipe

P-DRW
P-DRW-DIRT

Driveway into parking lots and residences

Dirt driveway into parking lots and residences

P-FENCE
P-FG

Fence and fence line

Finish ground

P-GRAIL
P-HANDRAIL

Guard rail
Hand rail

P-HOTOIL
P-LTD
P-MISC
P-MWELL
P-PEGL
P-PEGR
P-PFGC
P-PFGCT
P-PIER
P-PILE
P-PL
P-PLNTR
P-POLE
P-PUMP
P-PUMPSTA
P-PVGRID
P-PVGRIDT
P-RCWM
P-RD-ASPH
P-RD-BC
P-RD-BRK
P-RD-CONC
P-RD-CURB
P-RD-EP
P-RD-GRVL
P-RD-SHELL
P-REBAR
P-RIPRAP
P-ROCK

Hot oil line

Lighting devices spot light, yard lights, etc.
Flag poles, mailbox, testing holes, gym, etc.
Monitoring well
Left ground
Right ground
Proposed finished ground
Proposed finished ground text
Support structures piers, pier post, etc.
Pilings
Property line
Planter concrete or wood structure, etc.
Pole
Small sewer or water pumps
Sanitary sewer pump station
Profile grid
Profile grid text
Reclaimed water main information pipes, fittings, features, etc.
Asphalt roadway material
Roadway back of curb
Brick roadway material
Concrete roadway material
Curb in roadway system
Roadway edge of pavement
Gravel roadway material
Shell roadway material
Rebar
Rip rap drainage control device
Rock clusters designed for erosion control, etc.

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P-ROW

Right of way line

P-RR
P-SAN-FM

Railroad
Sanitary sewer force main

P-SAN-GR
P-SGP

Sanitary sewer gravity line

Submerged ground point

P-SHOULDER
P-SIGN

Roadway shoulder
Signs of all types - number if large billboard with notes

P-SILTFENCE
P-SLAB

Silt fence
Concrete slab, etc.

P-SPKL
P-STRIPE
P-STRIPE 10-30
P-STRIPE 2-4
P-STRIPE 5-15
P-STRIPE 6-10
P-SW
P-SWALE
P-SWALL
P-SWAMP
P-TB
P-TOS
P-TRAF
P-TRAF-PL
P-TRAFCTL
P-TREE
P-TREE-VEG
P-TRENCH
P-TRENCHW
P-TS
P-TURB
P-UT
P-UT-ATLAS
P-UT-ATLAS-OH
P-UT-CATV
P-UT-CATV_B
P-UT-CATV_OH
P-UT-ELEC
P-UT-ELEC-OH
P-UT-ELEC_B
P-UT-GAS

Sprinkler system, etc

Pavement stripes
Pavement stripes 10 / 30 skip
Pavement stripes 2 / 4 skip
Pavement stripes 5 / 15 skip
Pavement stripes 6 / 10 skip
Sidewalks
CL of drainage swale
Seawall structure
Swamp line
Top of bank retention/detention areas, lakes, ditches, creeks, etc.
Toe of slope
Traffic devices
Traffic signal pole, mast arm, mono tube, etc.
Traffic control devices, flexible delineators, etc.
General trees
Shrurb, bush, etc.
Trench

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Utilities private utility

Utilities from atlas data
Utilities overhead lines from atlas data
Cable TV private utility

Electrical surface features guy wires, lights, electrical poles, etc.

Overhead electric features
Gas system private utility
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P-UT-GAS_B
P-UT-LP
P-UT-OH

Light pole
Overhead utility lines

P-UT-PP
P-UT-PSP

Power pole (Body-2)

Pedestrian signal pole

P-UT-TANK
P-UT-TEL

Gasoline, diesel tanks (Body-2)

Telephone system private utility

P-UT-TEL_B
P-UT-TEL_OH
P-UT-UNK
P-WALL
P-WEIR
P-WM-DIP
P-WM-PVC
P-XFG
P-XGRID
P-XGRIDT
P-XSSAM
PS-BSCALE
PS-CNOTES
PS-GNOTES
PS-NARROW
PS-SHEET
PS-TX-L
PS-TX-M
PS-TX-S
PS-VIEWPORT
X-AERIAL
X-ARCH
X-CONSULT
X-DESIGN
X-GIS
X-OBJECTS
X-SURVEY
X-UT-ATLAS

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Overhead telephone lines

Unknown utility
Wall lines
Weir data and a drainage structure
Water main ductile iron pipe material
Water main poly vinyl chloride material
Profile grid
Profile grid text
Sample lines
Paper space bar scale
Paper space construction notes
Paper space general notes
Paper space north arrow
Paper space sheet manager
Standard sheet large text size
Standard sheet medium text size
Standard sheet small text size
Paper space viewport
External reference aerial image
External reference architectural data
External reference consultant civil and/or detail services data
External reference civil data
External reference GIS data
External reference Miscellaneous object data (MS Word, Excel, OLE)
External reference survey data
External reference utilities from atlas data

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