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The National CAD Standard version 3.1 is a consensus standard compiled from three existing standards and guidelines by NIBS (The National Institute of Building Sciences). These consist of the AIA Layer Guidelines version 3.0, the CSI Uniform Drawing System (UDS) and the Tri-Services Plotting Guidelines. The National CAD Standard v. 3.1 is supported where possible in AutoCAD Architecture through the use of pre-configured Layer Standards, Layer Key Styles, plot style tables and annotation tools. While it is not required that custom content be compliant, when creating new content for use in the United States you should take this support into account.

Sep 20, 2012 Standard layers is one popular topic when we talk about CAD standards. There are several standard layers available like BS 1192, AIA, ISO 12567. If you asked me, I would suggest you to keep your standard layers in AutoCAD template and standards file. However, if you’ve never created standard the. Layer names are alphanumeric and use abbreviations that are easy to remember. This legibility is particularly important when CAD files are distributed among architects, consultants, and clients. Layer names consist of a Discipline Code-Major Group-Minor Group-Status Field. The format for the CAD Standard is as follows: Discipline Code. A Layer Standard is a way of defining a layer naming convention in which the layer name is composed of consistent 'Descriptive Fields,' or sub-sections. In an AutoCAD Architecture Layer Standard, you first define Component Fields, which are the smallest units that make up a layer name. Configuring AutoCAD - 03 - Template Layers Drafthouse. Unsubscribe from Drafthouse? The AIA CAD Layer Guidelines (including the Architectural layers I used in the script).

The Imperial templates provided with AutoCAD Architecture are pre-configured to load the AIA Version 3 Layer Key Style by default. This is based on the AIA Version 3 Layer Standard, which is in turn compliant with the AIA Layer Guidelines version 3.0.

The AIA v3 Layer Key Style includes line weights and linetypes that are in accordance with the Uniform Drawing System, and the colors that it specifies are compliant with the Tri-Services plotting guidelines. Additionally, the drawing default display representations for all objects in the template files have been configured to adhere to the Tri-Services Guidelines and Uniform Drawing System recommendations by assigning appropriate colors, linetypes, line weights and plot styles to all display components.

There are twelve templates that are provided with the AutoCAD Architecture sold in the United States, and each one is pre-configured to use a specific plot style table:

Template File Name	Description	Default Plot Style Table
AEC Model (Imperial Ctb).dwt	Used for model drawings with imperial (architectural) units and set up for color-based plotting.	AIA Standard.ctb
AEC Model (Imperial Stb).dwt	Used for model drawings with imperial (architectural) units and set up for named plot styles.	AEC Standard.stb
AEC Sheet (Imperial Ctb).dwt	Used for plot sheet drawings with imperial (architectural) units and set up for color-based plotting.	AIA Standard.ctb
AEC Sheet (Imperial Stb).dwt	Used for plot sheet drawings with imperial (architectural) units and set up for named plot styles.	AEC Standard.stb
AEC Model (Metric Ctb).dwt	Used for model drawings with metric (decimal) units and set up for color-based plotting.	AIA Standard.ctb
AEC Model (Metric Stb).dwt	Used for model drawings with metric (decimal) units and set up for named plot styles	AEC Standard.stb
AEC Sheet (Metric Ctb).dwt	Used for plot sheet drawings with metric (decimal) units and set up for color-based plotting.	AIA Standard.ctb
AEC Sheet (Metric Stb).dwt	Used for plot sheet drawings with metric (decimal) units and set up for named plot styles.	AEC Standard.stb
Structural (Imperial Ctb).dwt	Used for structural model drawings with imperial (architectural) units and set up for color-based plotting.	AIA Standard.ctb
Structural (Imperial Stb).dwt	Used for structural model drawings with imperial (architectural) units and set up for color-based plotting.	AEC Standard.stb
Structural (Metric Ctb).dwt	Used for structural model drawings with metric (decimal) units and set up for color-based plotting.	AIA Standard.ctb
Structural (Metric Stb).dwt	Used for structural model drawings with metric (decimal) units and set up for named plot styles.	AEC Standard.stb

Note: By default the software is configured to use the AEC Model (Imperial Stb).dwt for model drawings and the AEC Sheet (Imperial Stb).dwt for plot sheet drawings.

In addition to the default plot style tables assigned to the imperial and metric templates, there are several additional optional tables provided. Many of these are for use with older legacy templates and drawing files:

Plot Style Table	Description
AEC Standard.stb	Default plot style for templates using named plot styles. This table uses generic names for plot styles and passes line weight control to the layer and object properties. All objects plot black.
AIA Standard.ctb	Default plot style for templates set up for color-based plotting. This table maps each color to an explicit line weight according to the Tri-Services guidelines.
AIA Standard Color.ctb	Optional plot style for templates using color-based plotting. All colors are mapped to explicit line weights according to the Tri-Services guidelines. Colors are controlled by the objects and layers.
AEC Standard Color.stb	Optional plot style for templates using named plot styles. This table uses the same names for plot styles as the AEC Standard.stb plot style table, but objects will plot according to their AutoCAD color.
AIA Standard.stb	Legacy plot style for older templates usin

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