Step Detail
- Florida Department of Transportation Workflows
- 1. Florida Department of Transportation Tools
- 1.0 - Create Project
- 2.0 - Create Files
- 3.0 - Entity Manager
- 3.1 - Create Pay Item Database for New Project
- 3.2 - Open the Project's Pay Item Database
- 3.3 - Draw Entity with Pay Item
- 3.4 - Append a Pay Item to an Entity
- 3.5 - Append Multiple Pay Items to an Entity
- 3.6 - View Pay Item(s) on an Entity
- 3.7 - Edit Pay Items on an Entity
- 3.8 - Validate Entities with Pay Items
- 4.0 - Quality Control Inspector Suite
- 5.0 - Sheet Set Organizer
- 2. Importing Survey Data
- 3. Existing Features Workflow
- 4. Right of Way Workflow
- 5. Urban and Rural Highway Design Workflow
- 1.0 - Data Sharing
- 2.0 - Alignment Layout
- 3.0 - Superelevation
- 4.0 - Profile Design
- 5.0 - Typical Sections
- 6.0 - Roadway Model - Corridors
- 7.0 - Cross Sections
- 6. Intersection Design - Structures Workflow
- 7. Plans Production Workflow
- 1.0 - Overview of Plans Production Workflow
- 1.1 - Introduction to Plans Production in Civil 3D
- 1.2 - Prepare Plotters
- 1.2.1 - Open the FDOTMaster.DWT
- 1.2.2 - Identify Which Offset You Wish to Modify
- 1.2.3 - Set the Origin of the Bottom Left Corner to be the Bottom Left Corner of the Paper
- 1.2.4 - Setup or Locate the Printable Area Margins
- 1.2.5 - Modify the Paper Sizes and Margins
- 1.2.6 - Modify the Plot Offset Origin
- 1.2.7 - Notes
- 1.1 - Introduction to Plans Production in Civil 3D
- 2.0 - Create Plan Sheets Manually
- 3.0 - Create Plan Sheets using Alignments
- 3.1 - Create the View Frames for Plan and Dual Plan Sheets
- 3.1.1 - Create the CLIPRD##.DWG
- 3.1.2 - Data Reference the Alignment in the New Drawing
- 3.1.3 - Confirm the Alignment Style is Not Set to _No Display
- 3.1.4 - Zoom to Extents
- 3.1.5 - Run the View Frame Wizard
- 3.1.6 - Keep the Defaults for the Alignment
- 3.1.7 - Select the Template You Will Use for Your Plan Sheet
- 3.1.8 - Change the Name of the View Frame Group
- 3.1.9 - Setup the Match Lines for the Sheet
- 3.1.10 - Clean Up the Drawing Before Saving It
- 3.1.11 - Share the View Frame Group(s)
- 3.2 - Create the Plan or Dual Plan Sheets (PLANRD##.DWG)
- 3.2.1 - Create the CLIPRD##.DWG
- 3.2.2 - Data Reference the Alignment
- 3.2.3 - Confirm the Alignment Styles is Not Set to _No Display
- 3.2.4 - Zoom to Extents
- 3.2.5 - Data Reference the View Frame Group
- 3.2.6 - Confirm the Referenced View Frame Group Settings
- 3.2.7 - XREF and Data Reference Any Additional Information
- 3.2.8 - Start the Create Sheets Wizard
- 3.2.9 - Adjust the View Frame Group and Layout Settings
- 3.2.10 - Set the Correct Settings in the Sheet Set Options
- 3.2.11 - Confirm the Drawings are Correct
- 3.2.12 - Delete Extra Layout Tabs
- 3.2.13 - Manually Create the Dual Plan Sheets
- 3.2.14 - Paste the Data from the Second Sheet into the First
- 3.2.15 - Proceed to the Next Two Tabs
- 3.2.16 - Clean Out the DST
- 3.1 - Create the View Frames for Plan and Dual Plan Sheets
- 4.0 - Create Cross-Section Sheets
- 4.1 - Create Section Views - RDXSRD##.DWG
- 4.2 - Create Section Views within the DSGNRD##.DWG
- 4.3 - Create Section Views to an External File
- 4.3.1 - Create the RDXSRD##.DWG File
- 4.3.2 - Set the Scale for Your Sheets
- 4.3.3 - Data Reference the Alignment
- 4.3.4 - Zoom to Extents
- 4.3.5 - Attach the DSGNRD##.DWG File as an External Reference
- 4.3.6 - For Ease of Viewing, Send the XREF to the Back
- 4.3.7 - Open the Sample Line Toolbar
- 4.3.8 - Create Sample Lines
- 4.3.9 - Create Multiple Section Views
- 4.4 - Create the Section Sheets for Plotting
- 4.1 - Create Section Views - RDXSRD##.DWG
- 5.0 - Create Profile Sheets
- 5.1 - Create the View Frames for CLIPRD##.DWG
- 5.1.1 - Create the CLIPRD##.DWG
- 5.1.2 - Data Reference the Alignment in the New Drawing
- 5.1.3 - Confirm the Alignment Style is Not Set to _No Display
- 5.1.4 - Zoom to Extents
- 5.1.5 - Data Reference All the Profiles
- 5.1.6 - Setup the Appropriate Styles
- 5.1.7 - Data Reference Additional Objects
- 5.1.8 - Start the View Frame Wizard
- 5.1.9 - Select the Alignment
- 5.1.10 - Set the Sheet Settings
- 5.1.11 - Set the View Frame Group Name
- 5.1.12 - Set the Positioning of the Match Lines
- 5.1.13 - Set the Correct Profile View Values
- 5.2 - Create the Profile Sheets (PROFRD##.DWG)
- 5.1 - Create the View Frames for CLIPRD##.DWG
- 1.0 - Overview of Plans Production Workflow
- 8. Drainage and Utilities
- 9. Quantity TakeOff with FDOT Enhancements Workflow
- 1. Florida Department of Transportation Tools
1.2.6 - Modify the Plot Offset Origin
Step Description:
Modify the plot offset origin to have the insertion point of the boundary be placed on the bottom left corner of the paper.
Prepare Plotters Video (wmv)
- If you had set the margins to zero then the X and Y offsets can be set to zero as well.
- If you had kept the values in the margins then you will need to put in values that will force the sum to be 0 for X and Y. Be sure that you take into consideration that the sheet is in landscape and that X might be the top or bottom margin. It can get confusing at this point which is why it is best to set them to zero.
- Another issue that may cause problems is that the margins get rounded to the nearest 0.01 when displayed but are tracked with much more accuracy then that.
- Be sure that you take into consideration that the sheet is in landscape and that X might be the top or bottom margin.