UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE – FACILITIES DESIGN STANDARDS

SECTION I – FACILITIES PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION

CADD SUBMITTAL GUIDELINES

UNIVERSITY CONTACT: Facilities Planning & Construction

(302) 831-1744

1. OBJECTIVE

1. To have copies of record drawings submitted in CAD format to reduce the

increasing percentage of inventory in the plans records room and the risk of
destruction and deterioration of vital records.

2. For AutoCAD drawing standards and formatting refer to attached appendix

1.1.D.a.1.

2. RECOMMENDED CHANGES

The following are recommended revisions/additions to the standard form of agreement

between owner and architect (AIA Document B141, 1987 Edition).

Add the text highlighted in bold to paragraph 6.1.1:

6.1.1 Except as provided below, the Drawings, Specifications, and other two-
dimensional documents prepared by the architect for this Project are instruments
of the Architect’s service for use solely with respect to this project and, unless
otherwise provided, the architect shall be deemed the author of these documents
and shall retain all common law, statutory and other reserved rights, including the
copyright. The Owner shall be permitted to retain copies, including reproducible
copies, of the Architect’s Drawings, Specification, and other two-dimensional
documents, and CAD drawings for information and reference in connection with
the Owner’s use and occupancy for the Project. The Owner’s use of the Project
shall include, but not be limited to, comprehensive campus-wide mapping
endeavors. Such two-dimensio nal documents shall not be used by the Owner on
other projects or extensions to the Project except by agreement in writing and
with appropriate compensation to the Architect.

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Add the following two sections to Paragraph 12.1.11:

9. Either 3.5 high density diskettes or compact disk, properly labeled and formatted,
containing CAD drawing files of the record drawings. These files shall include
all record drawings for which the architect possesses corresponding CAD
drawings and shall at least include the following architectural record drawings:
floor plans, exterior elevations, building sections, site plans, mechanical,
plumbing, electrical drawings, etc., and are to include any fonts used outside of
standard AutoCAD fonts, and XREFS are to be bound to original drawing file if
used. Files must be in either AutoCAD Release 2000 or higher. Compression
software such as WinZIP may be used, and all executables of said software will
be provided to the Owner. The AIA Cad Layer Guidelines as detailed in the
University of Delaware Facilities Planning & Construction Guidelines and
Definitions for CAD Projects shall dictate the layer naming conventions unless
otherwise stated in individual project specifications. It shall be understood that
the CAD drawings themselves are not record drawings. If the Architect is unable
to comply with this provision, arrangements need to be made for generating
vector-based computer drawings prior to executing this agreement. The Architect
should contact the Project Coordinator designated for the project to make such
arrangements.

10. One set of CAD drawings plotted on Mylar or bond shall be submitted with the
diskettes. These plots shall be regarded as record drawings.

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AUTOCAD DRAWING STANDARDS

Appendix I.1.D.a.1

1. LAYER ASSIGNMENT

Layer Name Use Color

ARWALL Walls, Match Lines White

ARWALLTEX Wall Cross Hatch, Insulation Hatch Cyan
ARGRID Column Grid Lines Cyan
ARTAG Section & Detail Tags Cyan
ARNOTE Notes, Room Name, Leaders, & Schedules White
ARDOOR Doors White
ARHEADER Door Headers (Layers Turned Off) Yellow
ARWINDOW Windows Yellow
ARPARITION Bath Room Partitions Green
ARSTAIR Stairs White
ARHANDRAIL Stair Handrails White
ARDIM Dimension Lines & Text White
MPFIXTURE Shower, Toilets, Urinals, Sinks, etc. Green
STHCONCRETE Concrete Columns Magenta
GRID 5' x 5' Grid Overlay Lt. Blue (#13)
O Title Block, Border & Key Plan White
HVAC Heating & A/C White
ELEC Electrical White
PLUMB Plumbing White
STRUCT Structural White
CIVIL Civil White

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II. BLOCKS

File Name Description

U of D BLK. DWG 30” X 42” Border & title block (1/8” scale)

GRID1-8.DWG 5’ x 5’ grid overlay (1/8” scale) insert, 0, 0

CONCCOL.DWG 18” x 18” concrete column (1/8” scale) layer Sthconcrete

RNAME.DWG Room name, number and room area. To be inserted in model

space.

DOORLBL.DWG Bubble with door number, layer “Arnote”

SCHHEAD.DWG Room finish schedule header (insert first) (1/8” scale)

SCHLINE.DWG Room finish schedule line entries (1/8” scale) (insert

“schhead” block first, then insert “schline” block woth)

NORTH.DWG North direction arrow (1/8” scale) layer 0

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3. “DIMVAR” SETTINGS (DIMENSION LINE VARIABLES)

DIMSE1 (OFF) Toggle “ON” to disable 1 st Ext. Line

DIMSE2 (OFF) Toggle “ON” to disable 2nd Ext. Line
DIMTIH (OFF)
DIMTOH (ON)
DIMTAD (ON)
DIMTOL (OFF)
DIMLIM (OFF)
DIMZIN (1)
DIMALT (OFF)
DIMASZ (3/32”)
DIMTSZ (1/32”)
DIMTXT (3/32”)
DIMCEN (.09)
DIMEXO (.0625)
DIMEXE (3/32”)
DIMDLE (3/32”)
DIMDLI (.38)
DIMTP (0)
DIMTH (0)
DIMRND (1/8”)
DIMSCALE (96) @ 1/8” SCALE
DIMLFAC (1)

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III. MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS

1. “Units” smallest denominator fraction to display set to (64).

2. “Fill” turned on.

3. LTSCALE set to (96) for 1/8” scale or at the discretion of the consultant.

4. Text Sizes: - Notes: 3/324

- Titles: ¼”
- Dimension Text: 3/32”

5. Drawing origin at 0, 0, 0.

6. Model Space Scale to be 1:1, full size.

7. Title blocks to be in paper space. All other information may be inserted in either
model space or paper space at the discretion of the consultant.

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