How to Draw Up Design Plans With Cut Sheet

   K.3.2 Plan and Profile Sheets

Clarification

This module instructs users how to create programme and profile sheets from an Alignment.  Users will learn:

• How to create Named Boundaries that will be used to generate plan and profile sheets.
• The difference betwixt drawing models and canvas models that are used during the canvass creation process.
• How to create plan and profile sheets – gear up for printing.

Objectives

• Create plan sheets
• Create profile sheets
• Review named boundaries
• Suit canvas layout
• Annotate

Quick Steps

Create Plan Sheet

Create Profile Sheet

Review Programme and Profile Sheets

Review Named Boundaries

Conform Sheet Layout

Deleting Sheets

Create Blown Upwards Detail

Place Labels (Annotation)

Characterization - Horizontal Alignment

Label – Profile (Vertical Alignment)

CTDOT Notation Tools

Label the Kickoff of Project, End of Project, and Limit of Structure

Label – Place Phone call Outs

Notes

Create Plan Sheet

All files for contract plans, profiles and cross sections will reside in the Contract_Plans binder under the disciplines folder; example: projection binder/Highways/Contract_Plans.

i. Create a pattern model that will exist used to create the plan and profile sheets for the project. Browse to the Contract_Plans binder to create a new 2nd design file using the file naming convention equally described in the CTDOT-CONNECT-DDE Volume-016 Appendix/Department File-Naming (example: HW_CP_5678_5678_PlanPro_SR_14.dgn) and using the right seed file: …\CT_Configuration\Workspaces-Civil\CT Civil English language WorkSpace\Standards\Seed\Seed2D - CT RoadDesign.dgn

2. Reference in the Master Model file, information technology resides in the Highways/Base_Models folder inside the project folder, example:HW_CB_5678_5678_Master_Model.dgn.   See the CTDOT CONNECT DDE Volume three - ORD Roadway Modeling - Module 1 - Creating Base of operations Model Files

3. The Primary Model is referenced using Live Nesting and a Nesting Depth of 1 and volition adhere all other files: alignments, roadway pattern models, surveys, and terrains as well.

4. Fix up the display views to prove Default view and profile view. Gear up the terrain to agile and relieve settings.

five. Select Drawing Production > Named Boundaries > Named Boundary > Place Named Boundary . A named boundary is a closed chemical element that has a proper noun associated with information technology. Previously y'all could create named fences from fences, prune volumes and clipped masks.

6. Select the Civil Plan mode. Prepare Cartoon Seed to 40 Scale Contract Plan Sheet . Set the Detail Scale to 1"=40'. The Set Name will exist set up to Plan 1.

TIP: Including the number one at the finish of the name keeps the names of the named boundaries and sheets more compatible because the number is included in the starting time name. Otherwise the incremented numbering begins with the second name, example: Plan, Programme 1, Plan ii.

7. Set the Group to (New) . Set the Group Name to lucifer alignment name, usually the Road Number or Street name (This is the lower name field which defines the name of the named purlieus grouping.) Instance: SR xiv (for State Road 14). Length (length of alignment on 1 sheet), Left Offset and Right Starting time (offset from the alignment), Overlap should exist set to 0 (a sheet overlaps the other), and Boundary Chords have preset values.

8. Enable the Create Drawing selection so that the sheets are created as shortly as the named boundaries are created. Enable the Evidence Dialog selection. This dialog is used to override settings divers by the Drawing Seed if needed.

9. In the 2D view (default plan view), select the alignment along which the plan named boundaries will exist created. The control line (lower left corner) will read: Place Named Purlieus Civil Plan > Identify Path Element . With the cursor select the alignment.

ten. Select the desired Beginning Location. Follow the prompts. Command Line: Place Named Boundary Civil Plan > Accept/Turn down. Identify Path outset point to place boundary . Follow the prompts.

TIP: Add together extra to the left of the first of your Stationing, example: First Station is 100+00, at Get-go Location type in 99+00, this will motility the named boundary to the left of the showtime of alignment. Bring your cursor back into the dialog box, enter the Start Station, click the Tab button, back in the view left click to Accept.

11. Next select the Stop Location . Command Line: Place Named Purlieus Civil Plan > Identify Path cease indicate to place boundary . The named boundaries are displayed interactively equally the cursor moves. Have the endpoint location for the named boundary. Command Line: Identify Named Boundary Civil Plan > Accept/Reject. Datapoint bespeak in Program View to place boundary.  Identify Path end point to place purlieus.

12. The Create Drawing dialog box volition appear. Ensure the Style: is prepare to Plan, Proper noun: should be populated with the Plan 1 from Identify Named Boundary Civil Programme tool. In the Cartoon Model portion of the dialog ready the annotation scale to 1"=40' . In Sheet Model portion of the dialog, set the Particular Calibration to 1"=twoscore' .

13. Enable the Add to Sheet Alphabetize pick. This option volition be discussed subsequently in this module. Enable the Open up Model option.

xiv. Click O K to create the sheets. Follow the prompts in the lower left corner left click to define the named boundaries. Multiple left clicks may be required.

In the view group dialog, yous can now see the newly created drawing models and canvas models.

Create Profile Sheet

1. Open the Plan and Profile Design Model and brandish the profile view. If non already open.

TIP: If you saved settings later setting up your views (step 2 from create plan sheet section) change the agile view group to Multi-Model Views.

2. Select Drawing Production > Named Boundaries > Named Boundary > Place Named Boundary .

3. Select the Ceremonious Profile manner. Prepare the dialog fields as follows:

• Cartoon Seed > 40 Scale Contract Contour Sheet
• Detail Scale > 1"=40'
• Proper noun > Profile 1 (This is the top name field which defines the proper noun of the named purlieus)
• Method > From Plan Group

The From Program Group method matches the profile named boundaries to the plan named boundaries. The Station Limits method is used to defined profile named boundaries that are non matched to programme boundaries such every bit for profile but sheets, example: profile sheet for a local road.

• Programme Group > Choose the desired Program Group if at that place are multiples in this file.  This is the name of the plan group that contains the plan named boundaries that will also define the profile named boundary locations, example: as named Plan sheets: SR 14 or State Route 14.
• Group > (New)
• Proper name > Route Number or Street proper name, example: SR xiv or State Route 14

This is the lower name field which defines the proper noun of the named purlieus group for profiles. This is the same group proper noun we used for the plan portion, only they are two different groups, one associated with Program, the other associated with Profile. More on this later in this module.

• Vertical Exaggeration > 10
• Bachelor Contour Height, Acme Clearance (toggled on), Lesser Clearance (toggled on) , Elevation Datum Spacing, Station Datum Spacing and Contour Shifts are set past the drawing seed.

4. Make sure all are toggled on.

• Use Terrains
• Use Active Vertical
• Create Cartoon
• Evidence Dialog Box

five. Follow the prompts in the lower left corner left, Command Line: Identify Named Boundary Civil Profile > Identify Contour View click in the Profile View to ascertain the named boundaries. More than one click is required.

6. The Create Drawing dialog box volition appear. Change the Mode to Profile and the Proper name to Profile 1 (or short Pro ane). Everything else is preset for y'all.

7. Toggle on: Add together To Sheet Alphabetize and Open up Model .

8. Click O K to create the sheets. Follow the prompts in the lower left corner left click to define the named boundaries. Multiple left clicks may be required.

Review Plan and Contour Sheets

In that location are several ways to review individual sheets. Click on the View Tab > Within the View Groups tools set yous can select whatsoever of the sheets. The same tool is also available in the Manage View Groups toolbox if docked on the bottom (it usually is).

1. Select the View Group tool to view the sheets.  Each canvas has a Drawing Model and a Sail Model.

The Drawing Model is e'er 2D, is a subset of a 2D or 3D design model and is a direct reference of the named purlieus area, information technology is geospatially right.  The Drawing Model is used to use annotations, dimensions and callouts to a pattern, examples: call outs for items such as slope limits and catch basins or dimensions for guiderail offsets.  The Drawing Model is and so referenced into the Sheet Model.  To learn more than come across MicroStation CONNECT Edition Help.

The Canvass Model is ever 2d, serves as an electronic drawing canvass (printed sheet), typically has drawing and design model references that are scaled and positioned to create a printable cartoon.   To learn more see MicroStation CONNECT Edition Help.

2. Open up and review the Sheet Model for Plan ane by selecting Plan 1 [Canvas] Views and and then select Apply .

TIP: You lot can also double-click on whatever model in the list to open up information technology as well.

The Sheet Model for Programme 1 will open.  Notice the border prison cell is placed at 0,0 axis, the named boundary shape and all pattern models are referenced.  The projection number, description and boondocks name(s) will be automatically populated from the Connected Project, the Drawing Title volition exist populated with the text entered in the Model Clarification Field.  For more detailed information run across Section 1 – Introduction - THE CONTRACT Edge TITLE BLOCK INTERGRATION

3. Open and review the Cartoon Model for Program 1 by selecting Plan 1 Views from the list and and so selecting Apply .

The Drawing Model for Plan 1 volition open. Find the Named Purlieus shape is referenced, the Match Mark line and call out has been added to the Cartoon Model as well and the model is geospatially correct.  Programme view notation should exist done in the cartoon model.

iv. Review the remaining Sheet Models by using the same steps described above. Become familiar how to navigate between the various drawing and canvas models.

Review Named Boundaries

one. Select the Multi-Model view again.

2. Open up the Cartoon Product > Named Boundaries > Named Boundaries dialog.

iii. In the Named Boundaries box, expand Program Groups . There is a plan group for the Plan Sheets named during cosmos, example: SR 14. The name of the group and the individual named boundaries come from the values divers on the Identify Named Boundary dialog. Expanding the Linked Profile Groups , shows a linkage to the profile group: instance SR 14, that is also named as the plan group.

iv. By clicking on the individual plan the named purlieus is highlighted in view 1.

five. Aggrandize Contour Groups . There is a profile group to see the private profile named boundaries for the Contour Sheets named during creation, example: SR fourteen.

Adjust Sheet Layout

Concluding adjustments to sheet layouts tin can exist made in the reference attachments.

i. Utilise the View Group tool to select a Plan [Canvas] Views model, example: Plan 2 [Sheet] Views.

2. Select Dwelling house > Primary > Attach Tools > References . In the References dialog, select the outset zipper, this is the Program Cartoon Model, case: (Logical) Plan two-ane, HW_CP_5678_5678_PlanPro_SR_14

3. Click on the ' Motion Reference ' command to activate, then click on the Named Boundary, this will activate the named purlieus with all references (should be highlighted) and are "fastened" to the cursor, motion all for a improve fit within the canvas outline.

iv. Left click to take the new reference location.

Remember, sheets are references of the corresponding plan, profile, or cross section space. Any elements that are visible in the source drawing will automatically appear on the sheets.

Adjusting Profile Named Boundaries

If necessary, the vertical position of a contour named purlieus can be adjusted. Open the Multi-Model Views.

1. Select Drawing Production > Named Boundaries > Named Boundary > Adjust Profile Named Purlieus.

two. Left click in the contour view (example: View 2).

three. Left click on one of the profile named boundaries . The name purlieus moves vertically with the cursor allowing yous to adjust the verbal position of the boundary. Find that the boundary moves in increments defined by the Elevation; Datum Spacing, in this example 10'. The Elevation Datum Spacing was one of the parameters that could be gear up when the named boundaries were created.

Deleting Sheets

Sometimes it is necessary to delete sheets. There are multiple parts to a sail.

• The named boundary that defines the boundaries of what is shown in the plan or profile.
• The Drawing Models for annotation and dimensioning.
• The Sheet Models with the electronic cartoon sheets.

To completely delete the canvas these all need to be deleted.

TIP: When it becomes necessary to delete sheets depending on the number of sheets for your projection, it may be easier to create a new pattern model and start over and only delete from the sail index. This is because usually the program named boundary is linked to the profile named purlieus and profiles volition demand to be deleted also.

3. Select Habitation > Primary > Models . Select all of the Drawing and Sail models for the programme and profile views; example Plan ane and two [Sheet] views and Plan i and 2, Contour 1 and 2 [Sheet] views and Contour 1 and 2. Click Delete Model(s) . NOTICE: The canvas models are likewise deleted from the sheet index if necessary. Shut the Models dialog.

4. Delete the Named Boundaries for the Plan Sheets and Profile Sheets. Open the Drawing Product > Named Boundaries Named Boundaries dialog.

5. Expand the Program and Profile Groups sections. Select the Plan Group, instance SR fourteen.

6. An Alert appears confirming the Named Boundaries and their associated saved views will be deleted. Click on Yes. Every purlieus is deleted.

Create Blown Upward Detail

This video demonstrates how to place a 20 Scale Detail on an existing 40 Scale Canvass.

Identify Labels (Note)

The OpenRoads Designer includes the MicroStation Place Characterization tool which can read ceremonious object data such as bend data for arcs, alignment names, bearings, stations, northing and easting, and offsets. Labels are associated with elements and tin can update and move every bit the reference chemical element changes. Reference elements can be located in the active file or in a reference. The Identify Label tool is likewise used for call outs of roadway items.

There are 4 terms you should become familiar with when placing and editing labels.

• Text Style = format of text such as font, font size, spacing, justification etc.
• Dimension Style = format of dimensions such as terminator arrow, leader lines, text orientation, symbology (color, line style and weight of dimension & extension lines and terminators)
• Text Favorite = Intelligent reusable label that can be made up of text and fields.
• Field = A link or pointer to object information. This could be civil object information such equally the delta of a curve, coordinates of a curve PI, name of an alignment, station values or general MicroStation data such every bit level proper noun, color, weight.

Labels can be placed for program, profile, and cross sections objects.

• Plan view labels tin can be placed in Design or Drawing models, but non Sheet models.
• Labels that need to be rotated to the canvas, should be created in the Drawing model.
• General labels that are not canvass specific and whose rotation does non affair can be placed in a Pattern model and referenced to all sheets, example: horizontal alignment stationing and curve data.
• Contour and cross section labels must be placed in Cartoon models.

There are iii icons along the lesser of the Place Note or Place Label tool box that define how the characterization behaves when the drawing calibration is changed or when the referenced element changes.

• Annotation Lock - Labels created with this choice enabled will scale when the Annotation Scale is adjusted.
• Association to Element - Labels created with this selection enabled only the Relative Association to Chemical element option disabled volition remain at their placement location when the reference element changes, only the leader line moves.
• Relative Association to Chemical element - Labels created with this selection also enabled will remain at their relative location to the reference element when that reference chemical element changes.

Labels created in OpenRoads have three parts (Leader, Text, and Anchor Bespeak). Labels created in MicroStation but have the first ii parts.

• Leader - Optional line and pointer connecting between the Text and the Anchor Point.
• Text - The label content which is made up of text, text fields, and graphics.
• Ballast Indicate - The point that is used to compute values in the fields.

This module will cover some of the labeling tools, only not all.  For more detailed descriptions and instructions get to the Bentley ORD Help Menu

Label - Horizontal Alignment

The horizontal Alignment should have stationing, PC's, PI's, PT's, curve information and bearings.  This has been automated, the labeling/notation will be in the design file (alignment dgn-file) and is normally done afterwards the alignment is created.  Please encounter the CTDOT CONNECT DDE  Volume 3 - ORD Roadway Modeling - Module 2 - Creating Alignments.

Characterization – Profile (Vertical Alignment)

The Profile (vertical alignment) notation has been automatic to testify:

• Stationing and Elevations at the grid marks
• Stations and Elevations for PVC'due south, PVI's and PVT's
• Length of vertical curves with K-factor and Stopping Sight Altitude
• Slope of tangent sections

The annotation volition be in the profile drawing models (example: Profile 1 views and Profile 2 views for the plan and profile design file HW_CP_5678_5678_PlanPro_SR_14.dgn).

CTDOT Annotation Tools

The CT_CONNECT_DDE workspace has been set-up to ease the note for program sheets, adjustments and additions are added periodically.

Select the CTDOT workflow and click the CTDOT Tab. Hither are tools ready-upwardly for each discipline and for diverse subject field matters, here we volition discuss the annotation tools.

These annotation tools have been ready-upward with appropriate attributes (level, color, line manner, text style, dimension style) these should not be changed by the user.

Label the Start of Project, End of Project, and Limit of Construction

1. Select the Plan Views (instance Plan 1 Views) – Drawing Model. Select the CTDOT workflow and the CTDOT tab .

2. Click on the Brainstorm Project Limits tool. The Place Notation toolbox opens, and the Text Editor box should open. In the editor type in the projection number, F.A.P. number, centerline station, Northing and easting coordinates.

Example: BEGIN PROJECT NO. 5678-5678

F.A.P. NO. NH78(123)

CL STA. 100+40.00

N 671 403.048

E 993 511.112

3. Follow the prompts. Place Notation > Define starting time point > snap to the commencement, associate indicate > snap to the adjacent point, > Ascertain nextpoint, or <Reset> to consummate . Place the leader and text to fit inside the canvas.

4. Select Profile Views (instance: Profile 1 Views) and echo the previous steps to label the beginning and end of the project.

Case: BEGIN PROJECT NO. 5678-5678

F.A.P. NO. NH78(123)

CL STA. 100+xl.00

N 671 403.048

E 993 511.112

Label – Place Call Outs

1. Select the Plan Views (example Plan i Views) – Cartoon Model . Select the CTDOT workflow and the CTDOT tab . Click on the Call Out tool.

2. Click on the Label (Weight 2) tool or anyone of the other Label tools: Label Pocket-size (Weight two) Label (Weight 0) or Label Small (Weight 0) . The Identify Note toolbox opens, and the Text Editor box should open. In the editor type in the characterization for the item.

Example: " APPROX. Gradient LIMITS ".  The difference of the Weight 2 or 0 is the line weight of the leader line.  The weight is chosen appropriate to the complexity of the call outs.

3. Follow the prompts. Place Note > Define start point > snap to the get-go, associate point > snap to the next indicate, > Ascertain nextpoint, or <Reset> to complete . Place the leader and text to fit within the sheet.

Notes

Notes should more often than not exist placed in the canvas model . Notes are used to convey information such as correct of way, general construction notes, drainage notes and structure sequencing. At that place are several Notation tools available.

Championship used for the championship of a item blow upward or as the label for construction sequences on i canvas.

General Notes , Full general Notes Minor and General Notes Bold are used for notes pertaining to the project, instance: All highway markers to exist protected during construction.

Existing Text is for an existing particular to be labeled, such as a mailbox to remain.

Match Mark Line and Match Mark are used to marking and annotate the friction match mark between 2 sheets,  this is automated when using the Plan and Contour Production tool.

Detail Blow Up sets the attributes for the blow-up circumvolve or box.

Place Table tool – is used to identify a tabular array for the General Notes.  It is formatted and can be filled in;  for a more detailed description using tables come across Bentley Help - Place Table

1. Select the Place Table command. In the Place Table toolbox select the first icon.

ii. Click on Seed: find the tabular array for General Notes , select how many rows and columns are needed (this tin can be edited afterwards if needed), now the table will be visible on the cursor. Place the table on the sheet as needed.

3. To add/make full in the table select the Annotate tab and choose the Edit Text tool. Note: Avoid using the Element Pick tool to edit the tabular array every bit this will lock up the file.

TIP: To meliorate view the Text Editor, the User Preferences accept been changed in the View Options the Black Background -> Westhite.

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