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CITY OF EVERETT
PUBLIC WORKS
SURVEY & CAD
STANDARDS
City of Everett
Engineering & Public Services Department
Revised: September 30, 2004
Table of Contents
Survey Standards.......................................................................................1
General Information ................................................................................................................2
Survey Control ........................................................................................................................3
Field Books .............................................................................................................................5
Digital Survey Data .................................................................................................................6
Requirements For Submission Of GPS Data..........................................................................8
Project Coordinates Conversion To State Plane (City GIS) Coordinates .............................10
Survey Recovery Form .........................................................................................................11
City of Everett Vertical Datum ...............................................................................................12
CAD Standards.........................................................................................13
General Information ..............................................................................................................14
Working With Vertical Applications .......................................................................................14
Autodesk Land Desktop ..................................................................................................15
Description Keys .......................................................................................................15
Symbols.....................................................................................................................15
Points ........................................................................................................................16
Contours....................................................................................................................16
Overview of Standard Digital Files ........................................................................................17
Digital File Preparation..........................................................................................................19
Layer Names.........................................................................................................................20
Layer Name Syntax.........................................................................................................20
Layer Name Field Definitions ..........................................................................................21
Feature Field .............................................................................................................21
Feature Field Table ...................................................................................................21
Phase Field ...............................................................................................................27
Phase Field Table .....................................................................................................27
Entity Field.................................................................................................................29
Entity Field Table.......................................................................................................29
Optional User Field....................................................................................................30
Optional User Field Table..........................................................................................30
Color Standard ......................................................................................................................32
Plot Style Standard ...............................................................................................................32
EVERETT.STB................................................................................................................33
AutoCAD Linetypes...............................................................................................................35
Second Field Abbreviations Table ..................................................................................36
Standard Symbols.................................................................................................................37
Block/Symbol Name Table..............................................................................................37
Abbreviation List....................................................................................................................38
Appendix...................................................................................................43
Introduction
The purpose of this document is to provide the surveying and engineering consultants with the
appropriate guidelines for completing surveys and CAD drawings created for the City of Everett.
Compliance with agreed upon project control and data management conventions is important to
the City and public in terms of quality control and return on investment. The success of this
compliance/cooperation will influence the continuation of the present program of contracting
with private surveying firms for City projects.
Survey Standards
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General Information
Prior to the start of any survey work, the following steps will be required:
• A job-specific scope of work must be coordinated with and approved by the City’s project
manager and the City survey representative prior to beginning surveying work for the
City. This scope of work shall include, at a minimum, compliance with this document and
specify the vertical datum to be used for the survey.
• A meeting will be scheduled to review the project scope of work and compliance with
these standards. At minimum, representatives from the survey firm shall include the
project manager (PE or PLS) and the CAD manager or operator who will be preparing
the digital base maps and associated files. The City will be represented by the Project
Engineer, a representative for Surveying and a representative from the City CAD
department.
• The Survey firm will be provided a current copy of this document along with a disk
including this document, current blocks and templates, and other CAD support files
necessary to meet the City’s CAD standards.
• The Survey firm will be provided with City of Everett field books, appropriate monument
locations, elevations and coordinates for both horizontal and vertical control points, and
additional monument archival information previously coordinated with the City Surveyor,
and IDS prints for project area showing existing city utilities.
All consultant survey work done for the City shall be coordinated and completed under the direct
supervision of a State of Washington professional land surveyor in accordance with their
professional services contract with the City of Everett.
Surveys done under contract to the City by private surveyors can provide important information
to update the City of Everett’s Geographic Information System (GIS) database as well as meet
the surveying and CAD needs for specific projects. The City of Everett is interested in
maintaining and expanding its GIS and Survey base drawing files with information provided
through this consulting surveying process.
Since most of the surveying work done by private surveyors will have to be archived and used
by City staff and the public for many years, it is essential for surveying work to comply with City
of Everett Survey and CAD Standards.
All survey data will be submitted to the City in a digital format that is compatible with the version
of AutoCAD currently being used by the City of Everett. Any departure from the requirements
set forth in this document must be approved by the City before any work is started by the
consulting survey firm. Surveys not complying with this convention will not be accepted.
Basic horizontal and vertical survey control information on all City projects must be
recorded in City supplied field books. This requirement is particularly important as it pertains
to control monuments, right-of-way and property corner locations. For surveys done with data
collectors, the work recorded in the field books, although limited, should include sketches and
diagrams of the survey control base lines, horizontal and vertical control monument
descriptions, the basis for horizontal and vertical control on a project such as the state plane
coordinates for control monuments and the benchmark elevations. This information will be
included in the digital drawing files on the appropriate control, monument and GIS layers.
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The following stationing conventions will be followed and provided in the base drawing on a
stationing layer with ties to existing City monumentation. Deviations from these conventions
may be necessary on certain utility projects as determined by the City’s project manager.
• Stationing shall read left (10+00) to right (?+??). The minimum stationing start point will
be 10+00. Negative stationing will not be allowed.
• Stationing shall run from south to north or west to east.
• North shall be to the top or right of the printed page. On the data file, north shall be up
(World Coordinate System).
• Centerline stationing shall have tick marks (SV-STA-T) every 50 or 20 feet with
annotation at 100 foot intervals
Departures from data collection and presentation conventions will be approved by the City
survey manager and the project manager prior to beginning surveying work. In all cases, the
Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) shall take
precedence over policy and convention.
Survey Control
The appropriate vertical and horizontal control for a project will be discussed and agreed upon
at a coordination meeting with the City’s project manager, City surveyor and the private
surveyor before work begins on a project. Local monumentation should be researched,
reviewed and shared by the City and the private surveyor for the specific project. The selection
of control should be based upon the appropriate instrumentation, methodology and required
control closures for the project. The project budget, scope and quality control should be
considered as well as GIS database enhancement. Field surveying instruments and measuring
techniques to be used on the project should also be discussed and agreed upon. In general, a
1:20,000 minimum closure will be regarded as an appropriate closure for project control surveys
although a 1:10,000 minimum closure may be accepted under some circumstances.
In order for projects to be incorporated into the City’s GIS mapping, projects must be referenced
or tied to the Washington State Plane Coordinate System which is used for the City’s GIS
mapping system. This will be incorporated in the digital base drawing file using the GIS layer
and TB-SURVY block. In most cases, due to the proximity of the City’s GIS control monuments,
this work will have to be done by Global Positioning System (GPS) techniques. GPS work for a
City project must be coordinated with the City surveyor prior to beginning work. All GPS data
developed as part of a Survey project must be submitted for review and approval to the City
along with the other survey data. Data submitted for each monument shall include but shall not
be limited to the information requested on the attached “Survey Recovery Form.” (see attached)
GPS data shall conform to the section titled “Requirements for Submission of GPS Data”.
Horizontal coordinate datum for the GIS control network is presently based on the North
American Datum of 1983, with the 1991 re-adjustment, (NAD 83/91). Locations, elevations
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and coordinates of both horizontal and vertical control points for use on a project shall be
provided by or approved for use by the City surveyor prior to beginning the survey.
All elevations and state plane coordinates submitted to the City as shown on the Survey
Recovery Form shall be in both meters and U.S. Survey Feet.
New or existing monuments, if un-named/numbered, shall be named/numbered by City surveyor
prior to recording or monument data for the project. If the City has already established
names/numbers for project monuments, the surveyor shall use the City’s designations.
Monument references submitted to the City as part of a City project shall not be assigned
names/numbers without prior approval of the monument names/numbers by City surveyor.
Names/numbers for monuments shall be assigned to monuments according to function, i.e.
Right-of-Way Monuments, Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Monuments or GIS Monuments
as follows:
Right-of-way monument: (4 spaces) (2 spaces) (2 spaces)
Field Book # Page # Point #
Example: Point No. 3 on Page 13 of field book No. 614 should be written as
614 13 03
Sections/Quarter Corners: (2 spaces) (2 spaces) (3 spaces)
Township # Range # Section # *
*Section number used DNR alpha/numeric convention
Example: The northwest corner of Sec. 17, T. 28 N., R 5 E. should be written as
28 05 J05
GIS Control Monument: (4 spaces)
Number/Name
Example: A typical City GIS monument will be a 3-digit number preceded by
an “E” such as: EO88
In addition to survey control, other survey data, which shall be coordinated with the City project
manager, shall include the data sheet orientation, cross section intervals, stationing
requirements and other project specific data collection requirements.
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Field Books
All work must be recorded in City field books and shall provide the following information:
• The name or title of the project as assigned by the City project manager.
• The date the work was done on each page of the field book.
• The pages of the field book shall be numbered.
• The names of members of the field party doing the work.
All work shall be indexed in the front of the field book.
References and/or descriptions of all PLSS land record monuments, City of Everett GIS
monuments, NGS monuments, an other governmental land record or mapping monuments
utilized during the course of the work shall be indexed independently in a monument index at
the front of the field book.
Field notes shall be clear, concise, and legible and shall contain sufficient information for ease
of use by unfamiliar parties.
All City supplied field books shall be returned to the City’s project manager at the completion of
the survey tasks.
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Digital Survey Data
The following instructions must be followed on all survey projects, unless prior approval is
obtained from the City:
1. Survey data provided to the City in a digital format shall be compatible with the version
of AutoCAD presently being used by the City. Third party fonts, hatch patterns, and
linetypes shall not be used in drawing files submitted to the City. Custom objects
generated by other software, such as Land Desktop, shall be converted to a format
readable by standard AutoCAD without the use of plug-ins such as Autodesk’s Object
Enablers. Files must be complete and usable without having to download any files not
included in the standard AutoCAD release. Digital survey data shall be provided to the
City on CD-ROM.
2. Survey point data files submitted to the City in a digital format shall include the following:
• Point numbers will numerically designate survey points. Points will be
sequentially numbered.
• Nodes will denote the exact location of a point.
• Elevations shall be shown to the nearest hundredth of a foot.
• Descriptions will be abbreviated descriptions from the City’s Abbreviation List
found in this manual.
All survey point data shall be represented with an AutoCAD block with attributes for the
point number, elevation, and description. Each attribute within the block definition will be
on its own layer. Blocks such as the City of Everett’s SV-POINT or Land Desktop’s
POINT are acceptable.
Point blocks shall be grouped on layers by topographic feature per the following layer
name syntax:
AAAAA-SURVY-POINT-FIRM
AAAAA = Item Description (5 char.) see “Layer Names” in the section
“CAD Standards” of this document.
SURVY = Always use this five character code for survey work.
POINT = Always use this five character code for surveyed points.
FIRM = Survey Control Identifier – Survey firm name or abbreviation.
3. All linework, symbols and text will follow current City of Everett layering standards.
4. Use the following guidelines for text:
• Only standard text fonts supplied with AutoCAD will be used. Text Style names will be
the same and the Text Font used to create the Style. Text height will not be defined in
the Text style definitions. Roman, Standard and Complex are the City default text
styles/fonts.
• All text will be placed on separate layers per the drafting standards.
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• All text describing existing entities will be placed in Model Space. Text height will be
such that when viewed through a 1=20 scaled viewport, it will no smaller than 0.08
inches and no greater than 0.10 inches high.
• Street names placed in Model Space will be on layer “STNAM-EXIST-TEXT”. Text
height will be such that when viewed through a 1=20 scaled viewport it will be 0.17
inches high. Street names in Model Space are normally frozen during printing. Street
names placed in Paper Space will be on “SHEET-MISC” layer. Text height shall be 0.17
inches high.
• An attempt shall be made to orient existing feature text annotation (asphalt, grass, fence
etc.) so it is in the general direction of the project centerline stationing.
• Utility line text annotation is included in the line via use of Everett linetypes.
5. All survey base drawing files shall be tied to the City’s GIS mapping control monument
system. This will be accomplished by inserting the Everett standard block “TB-SURVY”
on layer GIS---SURVY-SYMBL. The block will be scaled such that it is readily visible
when the base drawing is opened. A leader/line will be provided from the inserted block
to the control monument(s).
6. The surveyor shall provide a complete print-out of the coordinate file that lists or
describes all points surveyed in project datum as specified by the City’s project
manager, and in station and offset left or right format whenever possible.
7. Separate AutoCAD files will be provided for:
• Surveyed base map consisting of linework, blocks and text representing existing
topography and utilities.
• Point data per item 2 above.
• Contours on appropriate layers
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Requirements For Submission Of GPS Data
All hard copy and digital data files, as indicated in Typical Files Table, shall be bound/included
in a binder for easy review and analysis by City Personnel.
Information provided shall include:
1. The make and model of all equipment used in data collection.
2. The serial number of each instrument
3. The type of method or procedure used for the project, i.e., Static, Fast Static or other
used
4. Single or dual frequency
For all GPS stations used as a starting point for a project. The City requires at least two vectors
from stations approved by the City surveyor, Additional GPS positions required for any other
reasons, including temporary points, must be approved by the City surveyor.
Data sheets will be filled out as outlined:
a. State Plane Coordinates in US survey feet “WA NORTH ZONE,” three decimal places
b. State Plane Coordinates in meters ‘WA NORTH ZONE,” four decimal places
c. Final Coordinates in latitude and longitude, five decimal places
d. Final orthometic heights, if leveling was used to derive:
In US survey feet to three decimal palaces
In meters to four decimal places
e. Final orthometric heights, if GPS was used to derive:
In US survey feet to two decimal places
In meters to two decimal places
f. Convergence angle in degrees, minutes and tenths of seconds
g. Scale factor to at least eight decimal places
h. Fill out text with pertinent information, description of monument and how to get to the
point
Static or rapid static will be used for all GPS control surveys. Kinematic GPS will not be
acceptable for control surveys.
Minimal satellite conditions:
a. Check satellite almanac prior to GPS session to determine optimum time/day for GPS
sessions.
b. PDOP for all observations shall be five or less.
City supplied field book shall be used to record pertinent information describing the GPS
session such as:
a. Project description including names of constrained (stationary) position
b. Monument description
c. Receiver (start time)
d. Receiver (stop time)
e. Height of instrument
f. Offset distance
g. At least three reference azimuths at each monument
h. Diagram of monument location
Any other information of interest about the monuments or the GPS session
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Different types of equipment will produce their own formats, please send similar files.
Typical Files Digital Hard Copy
Diagram of points and vectors X
Raw data files X
Corrected vector files X
Session log files X X
Minimally Constrained Adjustment X X
a. Analysis data X X
b. Adjustment parameters X X
c. Statistical summaries X X
Fully Constrained Adjustment X X
a. Analysis data X X
b. Final adjustment iterations X X
c. Final adjustment parameters X X
d. Final weighting parameters X X
e. Final adjustment closures and statistical X X
data
f. Final state plane coordinates in US survey
feet
g. Final orthometric heights:
In US survey feet (two decimal places) X X
In meters (three decimal places) X X
h. Convergence angle in degrees, minutes & X X
tenths of seconds
i. Final ellipsoid heights X X
j. Final X X
Vertical adjustment files, if vertical adjustment is X X
done separately, submit the same files as in
Number 6
Conversion files from State plane coordinates,
Washington North Zone, to latitude & longitude & X X
metric coordinates.
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Project Coordinates Conversion To State Plane (City GIS) Coordinates
Prior to final submittal to the City, the surveyor shall provide the following information on each
base drawing in a size that is clearly legible when viewing the entire base drawing:
Set the current layer to: “GIS - - - SURVY-SYMBL”
For horizontal control point(s), insert the block: “TB-SURVY” or “TB-SURVY-2”. (Insertion point
and scale as required to be visible and not interfere with existing TOPO)
For separate project vertical control point (benchmark), insert the block “TB-VERT CNTR”.
(Insertion point and scale as required to be visible and not interfere with existing TOPO)
Answer the attribute questions and the information will be inserted on the drawings in the format
shown in the Survey Control Data Tables included in the Appendix. Note: the block should not
be exploded when inserted into base map. Leader lines will point to the control points
referenced in the table. This layer would normally not be printed.
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Survey Recovery Form
City of Everett State: Washington
Department of Public Works County: Snohomish
Station Name:________
Horizontal Datum: NAD 83/91
Vertical Datum: NAVD 88 Established by:
Control Point ID: Book: Page: Pt#: Date:
Section: Township: Range:
LATITUDE: (5 decimal places)____________________
LONGITUDE: (5 decimal places) __________________
ORTHOMETRIC HEIGHT: _______________________ Feet
_______________________ Meters
Washington State Plane Coordinates – North Zone
Northing Easting Point Scale Factor Convergence
(4 decimal places) (4 decimal places) (to 9 decimal places) Deg Min Sec
Feet
Meters
HORIZONTAL DATA:
Horizontal position established by:
_____ resection survey, comments: _________________________
_____ GPS survey, GPS adjustment software used: _____________
_____ other, explain: _____________________________________
surveyor’s estimated relative positional accuracy: _____ft @ _____% confidence
surveyor’s estimated absolute positional accuracy: _____ft @ _____% confidence
VERTICAL DATA:
vertical position established by:
_____ differential leveling to: _____ order accuracy
_____ GPS survey, accuracy within _____ft. _____meters
surveyor’s estimated relative positional accuracy: _____ft. @ _____% confidence
surveyor’s estimated absolute positional accuracy: _____ft. @ _____ % confidence
MONUMENT DESCRIPTION
TO REACH
REFERENCES:
Az from North Distance Reference Description
________________________________________________________________________
Month & Year Recovered: Condition Mark: Recovered By:
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City of Everett Vertical Datum
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CAD Standards
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General Information
The City of Everett, Department of Engineering and Public Services has prepared a detailed set
of standards for preparing CAD drawings. Drawing files provided to the City in a digital format
shall be compatible with the version of AutoCAD presently being used by the City. Third party
fonts, hatch patterns, or linetypes shall not be used in CAD files submitted to the City. All final
data files shall be provided to the City on CD-ROM. Preliminary files can be electronically
transmitted to the City project manager via email.
These standards are flexible enough to handle all types of AutoCAD drawing needs, but specific
enough to provide uniformity between drawings. They provide the ability to create entity or layer
selection sets during drawing production.. These standards were designed to allow data to be
exchanged with the Utility Mapping’s ArcInfo based GIS. The City GIS system is based on the
Washington State Plane Coordinate System. Therefore, it is imperative that all survey and
design data files be convertible to this coordinate system. This requirement allows information
from either system to be combined for comparison or planning.
These standards include layer definition and assignment, symbol or block naming and
placement, along with customized linetypes and abbreviation conventions. Information on the
use of layouts and model space in plan preparation is also presented.
The layering convention includes default settings for: layer names, color assignments, linetypes,
and plot styles. Plot styles are directly related to the default line weight and screening in the
plotted drawings for surveyed TOPO and proposed designed TOPO. Layer settings shall be
retained for each unique layout printing. To save these Layer State settings, use either
AutoCAD’s Layer Properties Manager (LA) or Express Tools Layer Manager (LMAN). A Layer
State shall be named according to the layout(s) it applies to.
The default model space settings are contained in “Evt-acad.dwt” as “Evt-Default”.
The symbol naming convention allows symbols to be separated by discipline. The Symbol
Table shows what each block looks like and provides examples of layers the symbols might be
typically placed on. This standard allows new symbols to be defined provided they are created
on layer 0 and their color, line type and plot style are defined as BYBLOCK and line weight is
“default”.
Everett customized Line types are defined in the standard AutoCAD format using plotted
dimensions to be constant with default AutoCAD settings. The abbreviations have been
provided to improve consistency. It is anticipated that all of these standards will be reviewed
and revised over time as the variety and complexity of drawings produced increases.
Therefore, periodic updates to these standards are anticipated and the latest version should be
requested before starting a new project.
Working With Vertical Applications
Many programs that run “on top” of AutoCAD are available to help consultants prepare CAD
projects. Some of these programs create new entity types in order to make their program more
powerful. However, the City requires that all drawing objects be standard AutoCAD entities that
can be viewed with “plain vanilla” AutoCAD. In order for this to occur, you should set the
AutoCAD system variable PROXYGRAPHICS to 1.
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Autodesk Land Desktop
There are a few issues to deal with when using the Land Desktop version of AutoCAD
on City of Everett projects. Even though Autodesk has free object enablers that allow
standard AutoCAD to see custom objects such as points and contours, the City is still
somewhat limited when controlling the display of some of these objects. Also, when
handing off the CAD file to the city’s GIS system, only standard AutoCAD entities are
processed.
Following are some suggestions when using Land Desktop:
Description Keys
Description keys are used when you insert points into the drawing from the point
database file or when you import points into the drawing from an external file or user
database. When the point is inserted into the drawing, the point layer and symbol
associations of the description key file are applied to the points.
A sample description key file (EVERETT SAMPLE.mdb) is being supplied as a starting
point to create your own file. This sample file is not intended to be complete, nor is it
intended to define your company’s description codes. It is merely a portion of a file that
was used on an actual project. Note that the last field of the Point Layer field in this
sample file contains “CO_ABBREV“ as a reference to the consultant’s company name.
This should be changed to fit your abbreviated company name. Tip – you can use
Microsoft Access to do a search and replace operation on this description key field. Just
make sure the description key file isn’t being used in AutoCAD while you are making
your edits in Access.
Symbols
The City of Everett symbols have been created with the intention of inserting them at a
one-to-one scale factor. You should temporarily set your drawing scale in Land Desktop
to 1 before performing an operation that automatically inserts symbols.
Land Desktop limits you to one path for specifying where the blocks are found when
inserting points with symbols. This path is found under the Land Desktop Points menu,
Point Settings…, the Insert tab, in the Search Path for Symbol Block Drawing Files field.
All Everett blocks should be copied from the individual folders found on the city-supplied
CD into a single folder of your choice.
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Points
Do not submit drawings that contain Land Desktop’s custom point object
(AECC_POINT). Before submitting work to the City, re-insert the points using Land’s
point label style “softdesk point block only”. Following are the recommended settings for
this point label style:
Contours
Drawings that contain Land Desktop’s custom contour object (AECC_CONTOUR) will
NOT be allowed. Tip - Before submitting work to the City, explode AECC_CONTOURS
so they become POLYLINEs with MTEXT elevation labels.
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Overview of Standard Digital Files
The following is intended to highlight the major items covered by these standards.
1. All files will be delivered in a DWG format compatible with the version of AutoCAD
currently being used by the City.
2. All base maps will be developed in a local coordinate system such that all points have
positive values and are tied to the Washington State Plane Coordinate System using an
existing monument designated by and/or approved by the city survey representative.
Refer to section “Project Coordinates Conversion To State Plane (City GIS)
Coordinates” in Survey Standards.
3. All drawing files will:
a. Use “EVERETT.stb” named plot styles.
b. Have an “LTSCALE=1” and all Layouts will have a “PSLTSCALE=1”
c. Have a world coordinate system with an origin such that all points will have a min
“X,Y” value of “10,000,10,000”. All files will be 2D with “Z” coordinate values
equal to 0.
d. Use only Layer, Block, Linetype naming conventions defined in this standard or
approved in advance by City CAD department.
Tip – Use AutoCAD’s DesignCenter and open the file EVT-ACAD.dwg. Drag and
drop desired objects (layers, blocks, etc) into your current drawing. Dragging the
desired items into your drawing assigns the default properties per the City of
Everett CAD Standard.
e. Use only standard AutoCAD fonts “.shx”, and Hatch Patterns files.
f. Entity properties will be assigned “BYLAYER” accept as specifically noted in this
standard.
g. The “Standard” Text Style, will be defined using AutoCAD Font “ROMANS.shx”
with height=0 and width factor=1.
h. Normally all text, notes and dimensions pertaining to existing features will appear
in model space. All text, notes and dimensions pertaining to new features should
only appear in Layout/Paper Space.
i. Only linetypes defined in AutoCAD “ACAD.LIN” and “EVERETT.LIN” will be
used.
j. City Standard templates will be used whenever possible.
4. Subject to project manager requirements, the typical Civil project should consist of the
following base files:
a. COVER.dwg developed from Everett template “EVT-GEN-SHTS.dwt” containing
Legend, Vicinity Map and Engineers stamp sheet for project specification.
b. DESIGN.dwg consisting of construction drawing file with a layout for each sheet.
c. BASE.dwg consisting of all existing TOPO
d. POINT.dwg with all surveyed point data
e. CONTR.dwg containing contours.
f. PRF##.dwg based on a specific line (CL, RT, LT etc) and a 1 to 1 scale ratio. A
second profile with traditional scale factors for horizontal and vertical may be
used. However, the 1 to 1 will be provided for future use.
g. CRSEX.dwg (when required ) consists of cross sections along the various
profiles. As with profiles one set of all cross sections will be provided with a scale
ratio of 1 to 1 for current or future use. A second file may be used in the project.
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5. The typical project construction drawing file is constructed by:
a. Creating a new drawing file using the appropriate Everett template file:
1) EVT-Gen-Shts.dwt=Used for Cover, Index, Legend, Vicinity Map and
Signature sheet for Specifications.
2) EVT-TB D PlnPrf.dwt = Used when Plan and Profile view required.
Viewports preset at 1=20
3) EVT-TB D Plan.dwt = Used when only Plan view required.
4) EVT-TB D Xsects.dwt = Used to show Cross sections on title block.
5) EVT-TB D DETAIL.dwt = Used when Standard and/or Project details
are shown in Plan set and not at back of project specification.
b. In the model space tab Xreference the needed drawing files using overlay on the
appropriate layer set to “XR-##-(BASE, PROFL, XSECT, POINT, CONTR ETC)”.
The use of overlay allows others to xref the original files and/or your drawing file
without creating overlapping nested files.
c. Place new design entities on appropriate layers in model space.
d. Use paper space containing the standard title block, viewports for plan and
profiles, to place non-topo entities such as notes, scale bars, north arrows etc.
Layout name will be the same as the drawing number.
e. Once first sheet is set up with appropriate viewports, etc., lock viewports. Edit
title block attributes which apply to overall project. Then copy the layout to
second layout and rename appropriately.
Tip – Layouts can be imported from drawing files or template files. Right-click on any
layout tab and select “From template…”, select the desired City standard drawing or
template file, then select the desired layout.
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Digital File Preparation
The following standards are designed to utilize a single continuous base map for each project
drawn in real world coordinates where one drawing unit equals one foot and the local coordinate
system origin is tied to the state plane coordinate system by the information provided in the “TB-
SURVY” attributes for the project control monument. This allows different survey base maps to
be combined by inserting each into a drawing using the information provided by the “TB-
SURVY” block of the respective project control points
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Layer Names
The City of Everett’s layering standard is necessary to provide a baseline for coordination
between the City’s GIS and other agencies and departments. It is important to adhere to this
standard to facilitate use of this information. The basis of this standard is the layer naming
convention, which readily identifies groups of similar entities within the drawing.
Layer Name Syntax
Layer Name Example: AAAAA-BBBBB-CCCCC-DDD
AAAAA = Feature (5 character) See “Default Layering Table.”
BBBBB = Phase (5 character) describes Features location in time. See
Phase Below.
CCCCC = Entity Type (5 character) describes AutoCAD entities on Feature
layer
DDD = Optional User Defined (Variable character length) to provide more
specific detailed information about the entities on the layer when
user feels such delineation is justified in manipulation of layers
within the file.
The layering standard is based on a minimum of three fields and an optional user field
separated by hyphens: AAAAA – BBBBB – CCCCC – DDD. The first three fields have a fixed
length of five characters. Codes less than five characters in length shall be completed with
hyphens on the right-hand side.
For default layer settings, refer to the field definition tables on the following pages.
For a consolidated list of field definitions, refer to Layer Name Field Definitions in the Appendix.
Tip – Use AutoCAD’s DesignCenter and open the file EVT-ACAD.dwg. Drag and drop desired
objects (layers, blocks, etc) into your current drawing. Dragging layers into your drawing sets
the layer properties per the City of Everett CAD Standard.
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Layer Name Field Definitions
Feature Field
AAAAA – BBBBB – CCCCC - DDD
The first 5-character field indicates the item description, major characteristic or discipline of the
items contained on that layer. For example, drawing entities related to a 12” water line would be
on the WTR12-BBBBB-CCCCC-DDD layer, and those related to Storm Drain would be on layer
SD----BBBBB-CCCCC-DDD.
Feature Field Table
Feature Field Designations
EVT-
Feature Standard Modifiers DEFAULT.LAS
Relating to
(AAAAA) (## Definitions) Default Color
#
ACCID accident diagrams 10
ASPHL generic asphalt pavement 21/25
BASIN drainage basin boundary/limits
and data
BENCH benchmark data 61/65
municipal boundaries (city, 192/197
BNDRY
county etc)
BRIDG bridge structures 21/25
building structures (footprints,
BUILD 141/145
addresses, etc)
10 year census data and
CENSU 61
boundaries
channelization features other
CHANL 102/105
than striping
boundaries of properties owned
CITY- cyan
by a city agency
CITYL incorporated city limit boundary 3
-C-=construction,
-R-=right-of-way,
centerline data (ROW, const,
CL### AAA=street name 61
survey, etc)
abbreviation
-PR=profile
CMUWL concrete modular wall
contour lines with major and 05=5’ contours, 10=10’
major=41/45,
CNT## minor divisions (5’ with 1’, 10’ contours, 02=2’ contours
minor=11/15
with 2’ or 1’, etc 01=1’ contours
CNTRL control survey data 61
generic concrete pavement or
CONC- 21/25
slab
linework used by drafter to
CONST magenta
construct entities
coordinate system data &
COORD 1
information (state plane, local)
CRB## curb structures formed or CO=concrete, 21/25102/105
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Feature Field Designations
EVT-
Feature Standard Modifiers DEFAULT.LAS
Relating to
(AAAAA) (## Definitions) Default Color
#
extruded AS= asphalt
CREEK data pertaining to a creek 102/105
---=when non-specific
-EQ=equipment,
combined sanitary and storm
CS### ###=pipe dia. in inches, 32/35
sewer systems
-FM=force main
-PR=profile
CUTS- cut limits 21/25
survey datum symbol in model
DATUM
space
detour plans, routes &
DETUR
temporary signs
line and text for all detail
DETAL per plot style
drawings
DIKE- dike limits and associated data
DITCH drainage ditch and/or swale line 161/165
CO=concrete,
DW-## driveway limits 102/105
AS= asphalt, GR=gravel
easement boundary (utility,
EASMT 111/115
access road, etc)
--=when non-specific
generic conduit & junction JB=junction box
ELE##
boxes EQ=equip. & structures
PL=poles
EROSN erosion control data 162/165
G=generic
FNC-# fence line M=metal 141/145
W=wood
FILL- fill limits 152
FLOW- flow direction arrows
FUEL- fuel features 211
-- when non-specific
EQ=structures other than
pipe
GAS## natural gas features 211/215
##=line size/diameter in
inches
PR=profile
data or information pertaining to
GIS-- 2
city GIS system
GRAIL guardrail line 171/175
gravel limits other than drive
GRAVL ways (road shoulders, open 21/25
areas, parking lots, etc)
GRID- grid lines in model space
---=general
GS### ground shot (survey points) 61
BRK=break
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Feature Field Designations
EVT-
Feature Standard Modifiers DEFAULT.LAS
Relating to
(AAAAA) (## Definitions) Default Color
#
SLP=on slope
TOE=toe of slope
TOP=top of slope
IMAGE referenced raster images
drawing information for other
INFO- 2
drafting techs
IRRIG irrigation systems and facilities 71/75
landscape data (trees, shrubs,
LDSCP 91/95
etc)
LFG-- landfill gas collection 211/215
private lighting system other
LIGHT 51/55
than street lighting
MALBX mailbox data and symbols 212/215
mean high water data &
MHWA
symbols
--=when non-specific
monumentation data and RW=right-of-way
MON## 61/65
symbols PR=property
CL=centerline
OVLIM asphalt overlay limits 21
plat data - use optional field for
PLAT- plat name/number if needed for 245
clarity
profile (model space) lines &
PROFL 0, 4 & white
text
PROPL private property limits and data 241/245
--=when non-specific
EQ=equipment
PWR## power OH=overhead 211/215
UG=underground
PR=profile
rockeries and rock retaining
RCKRY 141/145
walls
ROCKS rock outcropping limits 141/145
ROW-- right-of-way limits 132/136
ROWRR railroad right-of-way boundary
RR--- railroad facilities and track 31/35
SAWCT sawcut line (any material)
--=when non-specific
EQ=equipment/structure
SD-## storm drainage features -##=pipe dia. in inches 161/165
COL=collector system
-PR=profile
SEC-- survey section data and limits 222
survey sixteenth (1/16) section
SEC16 221
data.
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Feature Field Designations
EVT-
Feature Standard Modifiers DEFAULT.LAS
Relating to
(AAAAA) (## Definitions) Default Color
#
survey quarter (1/4) section
SECQT 221
data.
SECT- section lines and text per plot style
SECTR township and range data 223
setback limits for buildings,
SETBK per plot style
wetlands, slopes, etc.
items which only appear in
SHEET per plot style
paper space or layout
shorelines (lakes, rivers, bays
SHORE 121/125
etc.)
--=when non-specific
HD=heads
CD=conduits
SIG## traffic control features 32/35
LP=loops
EQ=cabinets poles, JB’s
PR=profile
SIGNS traffic signs 122/125
soils data (borings, test pits,
SOILS 181/185
etc)
--=when non-specific
EQ=equipment
##=pipe dia. in inches
SS-## sanitary sewer systems 32/35
SID=side sewer
FM=force main
-PR=profile
centerline stationing text and
STA-- 61
tick marks
--=when non-specific
DB=direct burial cable
EQ =vaults, poles, JB’s
STL## street lighting (public) 52/55
OH=overhead cable
CD=generic size conduit
##=conduit dia in inches
STNAM street names 223
pavement striping painted,
STRIP raised pavement markers and 232/235
plastic
AS=asphalt,
sidewalks and pathways
CO=concrete,
SW-## including driveway and 102/105
GR=gravel,
pedestrian ramps
BR=brick
SWALE swale limits
SWAMP swamp land limits
TABLE lines and text for all tables per plot style
--=when non-specific
TEL## telephone facilities 211/215
EQ=equipment, JB’s,
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Feature Field Designations
EVT-
Feature Standard Modifiers DEFAULT.LAS
Relating to
(AAAAA) (## Definitions) Default Color
#
vaults poles,etc,
UG=underground
cable/conduit,
OH=overhead
cable/conduit
PR=profile
FO=fiber optic
triangulated irregular network #=iteration (1-9)
TIN-#
surface
--=when non-specific
EQ=equipment, JB’s,
vaults poles, etc
UG=underground
telemetry data facilities (city
TLM## cable/conduit 51/55
owned and maintained)
OH=overhead
cable/conduit
PR=profile
FO=fiber optic
UG=underground
TNK## storage tank footprint SF=on surface
AR=aerial
TRANS transit facilities 201/205
vehicle turning data (not
TURN- 231/235
including striping)
--=when non-specific
EQ=equipment, JB’s,
vaults poles, etc
TV-## cable television UG=underground 211/215
cable/conduit,
OH=overhead
cable/conduit
UTIL- non city-owned facilities 211/215
VEG-- vegetation
VOLS- traffic volume data 10/15
VP-## viewports ##=the vp number same as ##
B=block
WALL# retaining walls C=concrete 122/125
W=wood
M=monitoring
WELL# wells T=test (temp) 131/135
W=water
WETLD wetland limits and symbols 121/125
--=when non-specific
EQ=equipment
WTR## water system facilities 122/125
##=pipe diameter in
inches
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Feature Field Designations
EVT-
Feature Standard Modifiers DEFAULT.LAS
Relating to
(AAAAA) (## Definitions) Default Color
#
SR=service lines
PR=profile
City of Everett water #=City of Everett
WTRN# 122/125
transmission lines designated line no.
##=XREF No (Phase
XR-## X-referenced files field used to describe optional
what is Xref’d
XRCLP x-referenced files clip boundary optional
lines and text for all cross
XSECT optional
sections
ZIPCD ZIP Code boundary data 61
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Phase Field
AAAAA – BBBBB – CCCCC – DDD
The second 5-character field indicates the project phase of the item associated with that layer.
For example, entities which were existing at the time of construction could be on the AAAAA-
(EXIST, SURVY, GIS—, or RECRD ETC)-CCCCC-DDD layers. Entities that are to be
constructed by this project could be on layers AAAAA-(NEW--, REMOV, ALT-1 or ABAND,
ETC)-CCCCC-DDD. Therefore, layer WTR12-NEW---CCCCC-DDD would contain drawing
entities relating to the 12” water line to be constructed by this project.
Phase Field Table
Phase Field Designations
Properties
Phase Different Than the Associated
Relating to
(BBBBB) Feature Layer
in Default Layer Table
model space entities
items abandoned in place as a result of
ABAND
current project construction
item locations digitized from City of color or line type can be changed
AERIL
Everett aerial photos data for clarity
color or line type can be changed
ALT## alternative design phasing (##=01-99)
for clarity
ASBLT changes made during construction color red and plot style normal
user’s option since layer not
CONST construction lines (for drafting)
plotted
items to be demolished during current color or line type can be changed
DEMOL
design for clarity
DETUR
Temporary construction detour route. For color or line type can be changed
or
phased detour routing, use (##=01-99) for clarity
DTR##
EXIST item locations prior to project construction see default layer table
items to be constructed in the future which color or line type can be changed
FUTUR
relate to or dictate current design for clarity
items derived directly from City of Everett color or line type can be changed
GIS--
GIS data for clarity
color or line type can be changed
GRID- model space profile grid lines only
for clarity
items to be relocated and/or removed and color or line type can be changed
MOVE-
reinstalled during current project for clarity
NEW— new construction under current project see default layer table
color or line type can be changed
PHAS# phased construction #=1-9
for clarity
item location determined from utility place id (abbreviation) of record
RECOR record dwgs not survey, GIS or aerial source (pse, pud, verizon etc) in
photo user field “ddd”
permanently removed under current
REMOV
project color or line type can be changed
or
for clarity
REM##
(##=01-99 for phased removal )
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Phase Field Designations
Properties
Phase Different Than the Associated
Relating to
(BBBBB) Feature Layer
in Default Layer Table
used for all point data and can be used in
place of EXIST when portions of base place surveyor id (company
SURVY
map are derived from sources other than name abbreviation) in user field
project survey data
TEMP items required temporally during
color or line type can be changed
or construction
for clarity
TMP## (##=1-99 for phased temp items)
VACAT vacated right-of-way line type = dashed or dashed2
layout or paper space (feature=sheet)
all title blocks (City of Everett standard
TLBLK
title blocks must be used)
profile grid lines, related elevation and
GRID-
stationing text
miscellaneous items and symbols/blocks
not included in other phases (datum,
MISC- scale bars, fed aid, % review, north arrow,
plan/profile/section/detail titles, match
lines, etc)
notes, symbols, dimensions and text used
NOTES to describe construction work in plan or
profile views
HALF- half size stamp
REVIS revision clouds, flag symbols, notes, etc.
stamps for professional engineer, land
STAMP
server, etc
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Entity Field
AAAAA – BBBBB – CCCCC – DDD
The third 5-character field is used to identify the AutoCAD entity type and is used to separate
entities for the purpose of drawing presentation. For all Feature, Phase field combinations there
will normally be an Entity Field of LINES, SYMBL or TEXT-. The two main reasons for this are
that each layer can be turned off or on and/or assigned different pen weights via the named plot
styles. For example, by placing water mains on layer WTR12-BBBBB-LINES-DDD and water
valves on layer WTR12-BBBBB-SYMBL-DDD, you are able to turn the lines off or on in different
viewports with in the same layout using the freeze command. The plotted line weight can be
controlled from layout to layout by changing the plot style associated with the layer in the
appropriate layout. The different settings will be retained by using Layer Manager “.las” files
named according to the layout it controls. Note that it is also possible to maintain different “lay”
files for same Layout under different names.
Entity Field Table
Entity Field Designations
Properties
Entity
Different Than the Associated
Type Relating to
Feature Layer in Default Layer
(CCCCC)
Table
LINES all linework
depending on phase, plot style will
SYMBL all symbols/blocks.
be pen101 for visibility
TEXT- all text
DIMEN feature specific dimensions color and plot style user optional
depending on phase, plot style will
HATCH all hatching
be pen100 for visibility
user’s option since layer normally
HATBD hatching border/boundary when required
not plotted
Survey Data Points Only
the point representing the surveyed only with the survy feature color 1
POINT
coordinates point pen100
only with the survy feature color 3,
DESC- point description
plot style pen100
only with the survy feature color 2,
NUMBR point number
plot style pen100
only with the survy feature color 4,
ELEVA point elevation per the appropriate datum
plot style pen100
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Optional User Field
AAAAA – BBBBB – CCCCC – DDD
The fourth field, when required, can have any number of characters. This field is intended for a
user-defined description when it is necessary to further separate entities. This optional field can
show things like ownership (PUD, PARKS, SNOCTY), material (APS, PVC, WOOD), entity
name (MH, INLET, GATE V, JBOX, EMPTY) or plotted pen weight (PEN101, PEN105) For
example, entities on WTR12-EXIST-LINES-DI would be existing 12” ductile iron water line,
where as WTR12-EXIST-LINES-ASC would contain existing 12” asbestos concrete water.
Optional User Field Table
Suggested Optional (User) Field Designations
Properties
Optional Different Than The
(User) Relating to Associated Feature Layer As
(DDD) Shown In Default Layer
Table
Sanitary Sewer And Storm Drainage Features
CB## catch basin type
CLOUT clean out
IL or INLET inlet
MH## manhole type and/or diameter
V#X#X# vault with or without size (lxwxd)
Water And Force Main Systems Features
FH fire hydrants
GV gate valves
MH or MH## manhole with or without size and type
TB thrust blocks
TEE piping tee
Striping Features
BUSLN lane line for bus stops
DROP drop lane stripe
DY double yellow
FOG fog line
GORE 12” white gore stripe
SKIP lane line stripe
TURNS guide strip for intersection turn lanes
line width and color ##=4Y(4”yellow),
##
8W(8”white) etc
Signal Telemetry, Street Lighting, etc. Features
traffic controller cabinet ##=30, 336,
C##
m, p)
conductor ##=ug, oh sig, sl, tlm, 2pvc,
CD##
etc
JB## electrical junction box ##=1, 2, 3, etc
MH## manhole type and/or diameter
traffic signal pole ##=type @@=mast
P##-@@
arm length
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Suggested Optional (User) Field Designations
Properties
Optional Different Than The
(User) Relating to Associated Feature Layer As
(DDD) Shown In Default Layer
Table
SERV electrical service cab
V#X#X# vault with or without size (#=LxWxD)
Survey Point Data Points
FIRM=engineer, consultant or
FIRM
surveyor name or abbreviation
PLS##### WA PLS license number
Miscellaneous
wheel chair or driveway ramps in
RAMPS sidewalks
name of item owner (city, co, individual
(OWNER)
etc)
(MATERIAL) material item made of (DI, AC, PL, etc)
Profl/Sheet-Grid- Phase
FINE fine grid lines (0.1” spacing)
HEAVY heavy grid lines (1” spacing)
Tables, Sections & Detail Features
P100 0.005" solid plotted pen width
P101 0.012" solid plotted pen width
P102 0.020" solid plotted pen width
P103 0.031" solid plotted pen width
Corresponding Plot Style
P104 0.047" solid plotted pen width
With User Defined
P105 0.012" screened plotted pen width
Line Type & Color
P106 0.020" screened plotted pen width
P107 0.031" screened plotted pen width
P108 optional solid plotted pen width
P109 optional screened plotted pen width
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Color Standard
The suggested/default colors provide two functions. The first and probably the most important
is to separate different types of entities by color so they can be differentiated on the monitor
during drawing production. The second is merely the need for a starting point from which to start
and to return to. This concept applies to base maps in model space more than anywhere. The
model space base drawing is what other users and systems will use. Therefore, the standard
provides a base to start from for these users and systems. This layer property is retained, as are
the other default properties, in the Evt-Default.las file. The user can save this file under another
name and then modify it to their specific usage. The Evt-Default.las file is not to be modified.
Plot Style Standard
With the advent of Named Plot Styles (stb’s) the plotted line weight no longer needs to be
controlled by the layer or entity color. As always, the intent of a drawing is normally clarified with
the use of different line weights. Different drawings and layouts may have different objectives
(intents) and therefore the same entity may need to appear different in each of the drawings.
For example, new curb and gutter and electrical conduit may appear differently in the electrical
drawing than they would in the drawing used to construct the curb and gutter. However, it is
required that they both be shown in each drawing. Thus the Everett CAD Standard is based on
this same idea. As has always been the industry standard to show this distinction by the use of
3 or 4 line weights and the use of screened (normally representing existing entities) and solid
line intensity. This relationship of line weight and intensity is shown in the EVERETT.STB plot
style table shown in this section.
Tip – Print the attached sheet “Everett Plot Styles (EVERETT.STB) & 255 Color Palette” on your
in-house printer/plotter used for draft and/or final production. This will give you an accurate
preview of the colors and shades of gray that you have to print with.
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EVERETT.STB
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AutoCAD Linetypes
All custom line types created for the City of Everett CAD Standards are contained in the EVT-
Support\EVERETT.LIN file. These line type definitions are now consistent with those in
AutoCAD’s ACAD.LIN file and thus no longer require LTSCALE and PSLTSCALE settings
different than the default AutoCAD settings (LTSCALE=1, PSLTSCALE=1). With this system,
the line types will appear the same in all scaled viewports.
The line types were developed using the following standards:
• The overall appearance of the plotted line was determined by its appearance and clarity
within a 20 scale viewport using the default plot style of the layer which would normally
contain the line type. This scale being the standard for all non-architectural dwgs with in
the Everett System. Note - all other scales must be approved by the City project
manager.
• The standard line type name consists of three fields separated by a hyphen. The first
field consists of “-EV-“,.The second field is a short abbreviation/description of the line’s
intended use or discipline (see table below). The third field indicates the annotation used
in annotated line types. In non-annotated line types this field is used as a short, more
definitive description. The optional forth field can be used for further clarification. For
example, REV would indicate the line appears the opposite of a line type with the same
name (only on directional lines). The use of HF is intended to indicate a line type which
repeats in approximately half the distance as the line with the same name.
• Romans text style and Romans text font were use in all annotated line types. Therefore,
a text style called ROMANS using a text font of ROMANS must be defined in the
drawing before loading the Everett line types.
• Text in annotated line types is intended to have a height of 0.1” in all viewports. The
same line type is used for existing and new lines.
By setting the LTSCALE=20 in the model space base map the lines will appear as they will
within the standard 20 scale viewport and make the line type text easy to read. However, since
the LTSCALE variable is a drawing standard variable and not controlled by the layout the
LTSCALE=20 requires one to change the LTSCALE factor after entering the layout or model
space. Therefore, it is suggested that the base map be xrefed into the construction drawing file
where the layout LTSCALE=1. This will eliminate the need to change the LTSCALE before
plotting.
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Second Field Abbreviations Table
Second
Field Description
Abbreviation
CD Conduit (unknown Owner or Contents)
CNT Contour Lines
CS Combined Sanitary Storm Line
CUT Cut Limit
DITCH Ditch Line
EL Electrical (Generic Electrical)
EP Edge of Pavement
FILL Fill Limit
FN Fence Line
FO Fiber Optic Lines
G Gas Line
GRID Profile Grid Lines
GUARD Guard Rail
IR Irrigation Line
LFG Landfill Gas Collection Line
PWR Power Lines (Commercial Power Service ie PUD etc)
RR Railroad Track
RW Right-of-Way
SD Storm Drainage Main
SIG Signal Cable
SL Street Light
SS Sanitary Sewer Main
STRIP Striping Lines
TEL Telephone
TLM Telemetry Cable
TV Cable Television
UT Generic Utility Line
WTR Water Main
WTRSV Water Service
Refer to the Appendix for a complete listing of Everett linetypes.
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Standard Symbols
Block names are the same as the file name that they are stored in. They start with a two-
character prefix followed by a hyphen. This allows all of the blocks to be sorted by discipline
and improves readability. The System allows for new symbols to be defined provided that they
are created on layer zero and their color, plot style and linetype are defined BYBLOCK. The
attached City of Everett Standard Symbols Blocks lists all of the currently defined blocks. The
table shows a not-to-scale icon of the symbol, its file name, a description of what the symbol is
intended to represent, whether the symbol is typically found in model or paper space and
examples of the layers the symbol might be found on. The symbols library has been sorted by
function and then stored in the EVT-Symbols Directory.
Block/Symbol Name Table
2-Character
Block Prefix Block Prefix Description
AC- Accidents Diagrams
CH- Non-Striped Channelization
EE- Electrical Diagram Symbols
LD- Landscaping and Vegetation
LT- Light, Street Light or Other Light
ME- Mechanical Diagram Symbols
NT- Note Or Call Out Symbol
PV- Pavement Or Curb And Gutter
RR- Railroads
SF- Surface Features Not Otherwise Specified
SG- Signals
SH- Sheet, Legends, North Arrow, Title Blocks, Etc
SN- Signs
SP- Striping
SV- Survey, Section Lines
TB- Data Table
TR- Transit
UT- Utilities
WD- Wiring Diagram Component
WL- Wall, Rockeries, Guardrails
Refer to the Appendix for a complete listing of Everett symbols.
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Abbreviation List
The following City of Everett Abbreviations List includes the common abbreviations used in our
AutoCAD drawings. These abbreviations should be used only if necessary to conserve space
on the drawing.
Abbreviation Description Abbreviation Description
A CB1 Catch Basin Type 1
AB Anchor Bolt CB2 Catch Basin Type 2
ABAND Abandoned CC Center to Center, Closing Corner,
ABBR Abbreviation Concrete Curb
ABUT Abutment CCb Coaxial Cable
ACT Actual CCd Control Conduit
ADD Addendum, Addition CCG Concrete Curb & Gutter
ADJ Adjust CCGS Concrete Curb, Gutter & S/W
AFF Above Finished Floor CCL Creek Center Line
AH Ahead CD Conduit
ALT Alternate CG Curb and Gutter
ALY ALLEY CHG Change
AMEND Amendment CHK Check
AP Angle Point CI Cast Iron
APPROX Approximately CICL Cast Iron Concrete Lined
APWA American Public Works Association CIP Cast in Place
ARCH Architecture CIR Circuit, Circle
ARV Air Relief Valve CJ Construction Joint
ASPH Asphalt CL Centerline
AUX Auxiliary CLASS Classification
AVE Avenue CLF Chain Link Fence
AVG Average CLR Clearance, Clear
AWG American Wire Gauge CLY Clay
CMP Corrugated Metal Pipe
B
CMU Concrete Masonry Unit
B Black, Beam
CND Conduit
BC Block Corner
CNTY County
BITUM Bituminous
CO Clean Out
BK Back
COE City of Everett
BL Baseline, Blue
COL Column
BLDG Building
COM Common
BLK Block
COMM Communicate
BLVD Boulevard
CONC Concrete
BM Bench Mark
CONN Connection
BOC Back of Curb
CONST Construct, Construction
BOL Bollard
CONT Continued, Continuous, Control
BOT Bottom
COOR Coordinate
BOW Back of Walk
COP Copper
BRDG Bridge
COR Corner
BRG Bearing
CORR Corrugated
BRK Break
CRK Creek
BTWN Between
CRN Crown of Road
C CS Combined SS & SD System
C Conductor, Channel, Column CT Court, Community Transit
C/L Centerline CTR Center
CAP Capacity CTRE Tree (conifer)
CB Catch Basin, Cable CU Cubic
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Abbreviation Description Abbreviation Description
CULV Culvert FAB Fabricate
CYL Cylinder FDN Foundation
D FF Far Face, Finished Floor
D Depth, Dipole FG Finish Grade
DB Direct Burial Cable FH Fire Hydrant
D/L Daylight FIG Figure
D/W Driveway FIN Finish, Finished
DBL Double FL Fog Line, Flow Line, Flash, Flashing,
DCL Ditch CL Floor
DE DE-Energize FLD Field
DEG Degree FLEX Flexible
DET Detail or Detector FLG Flange
DI Ductile Iron FLT Filter
DIA Diameter FLX Flexible
DIAPH Diaphragm FM From, Force Main
DIR Direction FNC Fence
DN Down FOC Face of Curb
DR Drain FOG Fog Line
DWG Drawing FOW Face of Wall
DWY Driveway FP Full Penetration, Flag Pole
FT Feet/Foot
E
FTG Footing
E East, Electrical
FWD Forward
EA Each
FWPS Finished Water Pump Station
ECb Buried Electrical Cable
FWY Freeway
ECC Eccentric
EF Each Face G
EJB Electric Junction Box G Gas Line, Green, Girder
EL Easement Line, Elevation GA Gauge
ELB Elbow GALV Galvanized
ELEC Electrical GAR Garage
ELEV Elevation GB Green W/Black Tracer, Grade Break
EMB Embankment GDWY Gravel Driveway
EMH Electrical Manhole GE Grate Elevation
ENCL Enclose GEN Generator
ENG Engine GI Galvanized Iron
ENGR Engineer GL Glass, Gutter Line
EO Edge of GLU Globe Value
EOA Edge of Asphalt GM Gas Meter
EOC Edge of Concrete GND Ground
EOD Edge of Dirt GOVT Government
EOG Edge of Gravel GR Guard Rail
EP Edge of Pavement GRD Ground, Grade
EQ Equal GV Gate Valve
EQUIP Equipment GVL Gravel
ET Everett Transit GVT Gas Vault
EV Electrical Vault H
EVC End Vertical Curve H Height, High
EVP Emergency Vehicle Pre-Emption H-T Hub & Tack
EVT Everett, City of Everett HD Head
EW Each Way HDCP Handicap Parking Symbol
EX Existing, Example HDG Hot Dipped Galvanized
EXC Excavation HI Height of Instrument
EXIST Existing HORIZ Horizontal
EXP Expansion HPS High Pressure Sodium, High
EXP JT Expansion Joint Pressure Steam
EXT Exterior, Extension, Extruded HSB High Strength Bolt
F HSE House
F Flanged HT Height of Target
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Abbreviation Description Abbreviation Description
HTS Heights MAINT Maintenance
HW Hot Water MATL Material
HWY Highway MAX Maximum
HYDR Hydraulic MB Mailbox
I MC Meander Corner
I Iron MECH Mechanical
ID Inside Diameter MED Medium
IDENT Identification MER Meridian
IE Invert Elevation MFR Manufacture
IF Inside Face MH Manhole
IL Inlet MHHW Mean Higher High Water
ILLUM Illuminate MHT Mean High Tide
IMSA International Municipal Signal Assoc. MHW Mean High Water
IN Inch/Inches MIC Monument In Case
INCL Include MID Middle
INCR Increase MIL Military
IND Indicator MIN Minimum, Minute, Minor
INDUCT Inductance MISC Miscellaneous
INST Install, Instrument MJ Mechanical Joint
INSUL Insulation MK Mark
INT Intersection, Internal ML Match Line
INV Invert, Inverse MLLW Mean Lower Low Water
IP Iron Pipe MLCSP Mortar lined & Coated Steel Pipe
IS Island MLTCS Mortar Lined Tape Coated Steel Pipe
ITE Institute of Transportation MLECSP Mortar Lined Epoxy Coated Steel
Engineering Pipe
J MLT Mean Low Tide
MLW Mean Low Water
JB Junction Box, Jersey Barrier
MOD Modification
JCT Junction
MON Monument
JNX Junction
MPOC Midpoint On Curve
JT Joint
MSNRY Masonry
K MT Mean Tide
KG Kilogram MUTCD Manual On Uniform Traffic Control
KHZ Kilohertz Devices
KM Kilometer
N
KV Kilovolt
N North
KW Kilowatt
NA Not Applicable
KWH Kilowatt Hour
NAUT Nautical
L NEG Negative
L Length of Arc, Traffic Detection Loop NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers
LAB Laboratory Association
LAT Lateral, Latitude NEUT Neutral
LBS Pounds NF Near Face
LEN Length NIC Not in Contract
LF Linear Foot/Feet NO Number
LIM Limit NOM Nominal
LK Lake NTS Not To Scale
LOC Locate
O
LONG Longitudinal, Longitude
O Orange
LP Lamp, Light Pole
O-XING Overhead Crossing
LT Left, Light
OB Orange with Black Tracer
LUMIN Luminaire
OC On Center
LWR Lower
OD Outside Diameter
M OF Outside Face
M Meter, Mile OH Overhead
M/L Monument Line OL Overlap Phase
MA Traffic Detection Magnetometer OHP Overhead Power
MACH Machine
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Abbreviation Description Abbreviation Description
OHW Ordinary High Water R/W Right-of-Way
OPNG Opening RA Raised
OPP Opposite RB Red with Black Tracer
OPR Operate RC Reinforced Concrete
OPT Optic RCKY Rockery
ORIG Original RCP Reinforced Concrete Pipe
OT Overhead Telephone RD Road, Round
OZ Ounce RECD Received
P RECT Rectangle
P Pole, Power REF Reference
P/C Pre-cast REG Regular
P/L Property Line REINF Reinforced
P/S Pre-stressed REM Remove, Removed
P/T Post Tensioned REPL Replace, Replaced
PAR Parallel, Parcel REQ Required
PC Point of Curve RET Retaining
PCC Point of Compound Curve RETW Retaining Wall
PD Perforated Drain Line RIV River
PE Plain End RLD Rolled
PED Pedestrian, Pedestal RMC Rigid Metal Conduit
PERM Permanent RPT Report
PERP Perpendicular RR Railroad
PH Phase RRC Railroad Crossing
PI Point of Intersection RRCS Railroad Crossing Signal
PKWY Parkway RRG Railroad Crossing Gate
PL Place, Plastic, Plain Bar, Plate, Plug RT Right
PLSS Public Land Survey System S
POA Pole Orientation Angle S South, Slab, Slope
POC Point On Curve, Point of Vertical S/L Survey Line
Curve S/W Sidewalk
POS Positive, Position SAN Sanitary
PPB Pedestrian Push Button SB Soil Boring
PPBP Pedestrian Push Button Post SC Section Corner
PR Pair SCb Shielded Cable
PRC Point of Reverse Curve SCC Closing Corner
PROJ Project SCEN Section Center
PROP Property SCHED Schedule
PRV Pressure Reducing Valve SD Storm Drain
PSI Pounds per Square Inch SDMH Storm Drain Manhole
PT Point of Tangency, Point SE Spot Elevation, Southeast
PUD Public Utility District #1 of Sno Cnty SEC Second
PV Power Vault SECT Section
PVC Polyvinyl Chloride SEG Segment
PVMT Pavement SEP Separate
PVRC Point of Vertical Reverse Curve SERV Service
PVT Point of Vertical Tangency SEW Sewage
PWR Power SHLD Shielded
Q SHLDR Shoulder
Q Quadruple SHT Sheet
QC Quarter Corner SIG Signal
QT Quart SIM Similar
QTR Quarter SL Sea Level, Span Length, Section
QTY Quantity Line
QUAD Quadrant, Quadrangle SLJB Street Lighting Junction Box
QUAL Quality SLP Slope
R SLS Stainless Steel
SLV Sleeve
R Radius
SM Small
R-C Rebar & Cap
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Abbreviation Description Abbreviation Description
SN Sign TSD Traffic Sign Double Post
SOV Shut-off Valve TSS Traffic Sign Single Post
SP 1 Shielded Pair, Single Cable, Span TUN Tunnel
Wire, Spiral Space, Specific TV Television, TV Vault
SPA Space/Spaces TWST Twisted
SPC Shielded Individual Single Cable TYP Typical
SPCb Shielded, Twisted pairs in a Single U
Cable UDS Utility Duct System
SPEC Specifications UG Underground
SQ Square UGPC Underground Power Cable
SS Sanitary Sewer UGTS Underground Telephone Cable
SSCO Sanitary Sewer Cleanout UNGD Underground
SSMH Sanitary Sewer Manhole UNO Unless Noted Otherwise
SSXC Sixteenth Corner UP Utility Pole
ST Straight, Street, Straight Bar UPA Utility Pole Anchor
STA Station UTIL Utility
STAG Staggered
STD Standards
V
V Valve, Voltage
STIR Stirrup
VAR Varies, Variable
STL Steel
VB Valve Box, Vapor Barrier
STLT Street Light
VEH Vehicle
STP Lane Stripes
VERT Vertical
STPS Steps
VLT Vault
STR Stream
VP Vent Pipe
SUB Substitute
VPC Vertical Curve PC
SUR Surface
VPCC Vertical Curve PCC
SURV Survey
VPI Vertical Curve PI
SVL Survey Line
VPRC Vertical Curve PRC
SW Switch
VPT Vertical Curve PT
SYM Symmetrical, Symbol
SYS System W
W West, Width, Water Line, White
T
W/ With
T Top, Tangent
WB White with Black Tracer
T&B Top & Bottom
WC Witness Corner
TAB Tabulate
WCR Wheel Chair Ramp
TAN Tangent
WGV Water Gate Valve
TB Thrust Block
WHSE Warehouse
TBM Temporary Benchmark
WK Walk
TCB Buried Telephone Cable
WL Water Line
TEBO Telephone Booth
WM Water Meter, Water Main
TESC Temp Erosion & Sedimentation
Control W/O Without
TK Thick WO Work Order
TEL Telephone WP Work Point
TEMP Temporary WSDOT Wash St Dept of Transportation
TJB Telephone Junction Box WT Watts, Weight
TMH Telephone Manhole WV Water Valve
TOC Top of Curve, Top of Curb WW Wing Wall
TOE Concave Slope Break X
TOP Convex Slope Break X-BM Cross Beam
TOPO Topography X-RD Cross Road
TOS Top Of Slab XFOC Extruded Face of Curb
TOW Top of Wall Y
TP Twisted Pairs, Test Pit Y Yellow
TPOL Traffic signal Pole YD Yard
TR Traffic, Telephone Riser
TRAN Transition
TRJB Traffic Control Junction Box
TS Test Station
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Appendix
Table of Contents
Survey Control Data Tables .............................................................. A
Typical Construction Project Sheet Creation ................................... B
Everett Templates (contained in folder EVT-TEMPLATES) ............. C
Layer Name Field Definitions ............................................................ D
Everett Plot Styles (contained in file EVERETT.STB)....................... E
Custom Linetypes (contained in file EVERETT.LIN)......................... F
Symbols (contained in folder EVT-SYMBOLS) ................................. G
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