Recommended Procedural Steps

The procedure outlined below applies to drawings produced using MicroStation software.

Before beginning drafting, determine the scale to be used for the plotted drawings and the plan orientation for the design drawings. The scale used depends on the footage of pipeline, the width of the roadway, and whether or not a profile is required. The horizontal scales for all sheet drawings are either 1"=20' or 1"=40'. The horizontal scale for cover sheets and RFS drawings varies. Where profiles are required, the horizontal scale of the profile matches the scale of the plan drawings and the vertical scale is exaggerated ten times. The plan orientation should be determined during the kick-off meeting, and is dependent on the existing water source.
Create the Master File

The Master File contains all of the plan information for the design drawings. The Master File does not contain any text, with the exception of the roadway stationing.
All elements in the master file shall be placed at their true State Plane Coordinate location, using the NAD 1983 coordinate system. The north direction is always "up" in the master file.
Place sheet boundaries on level 143 (G-NPLT-04) of the master file, to indicate the sheet layout and orientation. Each boundary should be labeled with the sheet number.

Create the Base/ Design Drawings

Create a sheet file for each design drawing.
Attach the master file as a reference file attachment to the sheet file.
Place the border cell on top of the master file, at the correct location and angle for one of the sheet boundaries.
Clip the reference file boundary, then rotate the view of the sheet file so that the border is square with the window.
Add all required text, dimensions, notes, etc. The general notes should be imported from the text file, genotes.txt (located in the "data" folder) and edited as is appropriate.

Create the Cover Sheet and RFS Drawing

The cover sheet and RFS drawing is created similarly to the design drawings, but with fewer reference file levels displayed. The pipeline appurtenances should be copied from the reference file into the cover sheet or RFS drawing, and scaled up to match the drawing scale.