Automating La DOTD CAD Submissions Digital Submissions Within

Automating La. DOTD CAD Submissions Digital Submissions Within Project. Wise CAD Standards Perspective International HEEP 2012 Presented by Hollis Ward Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and Marie Franklin - Altiva Software

Presentation Topics v CAD Standards Compliance Standards / Tools v Control. CAD Reports in Project. Wise v Evolution of La. DOTD Digital Plan Delivery

CAD Standards Compliance Tools (La. DOTD and Consultants)

Software and Deliverable Standards v Standards also cover Electronic Survey, Hydraulics Drafting, Digital Signatures, PDF Plan Reader, Collaboration Platform

Software and Deliverable Standards v ‘Comments’ column provides additional critical information about software and deliverable standards

La. DOTD CAD Standards Resources Workspace Overview Borders Level Libraries v Provides all of resources and standards needed

“Project” Workspace Selection List v Select ‘Project’ Workspace in Micro. Station Manager

Example Project Config File (. PCF) v ‘Project’ Workspaces have customized settings. v Project Config. + Master Config. = Environment

Altiva CADconform Toolkit v Connect to Database v Manage Users v Manage Feature Tables v Conform v Generate Reports and Certify v CADconform Draft

CADconform Feature Table Branding v “Brands” (red symbol) set default feature tables for seed files v Brands must be “Allowable” (Sprcified in ‘Project’ config file)

CADconform Drafting Menu ‘Long Menu’ Option – Road Design and Traffic (Example)

CADconform Drafting Menu ‘Short Menu’ > ‘Menus Across’ Option Bridge Design

Example CADconform Feature Definition Example Road Design Annotation Feature Definition v Tabs expand choices of attributes and commands v Feature settings enable macro creation on the fly

‘Conform’ Interactive Checker v ‘Conform’ tool works somewhat like a spellchecker

Batch Processor - Certify v Batch Processor ‘Certify’ command places certification stamp v Also used to generate Error Summary, Feature Summary, etc.

Standards Certification - Secure Watermark v. Intelligence encoded stamp documents important details v. Control. CAD checks for CAD Certification Stamp

Standards Certification. Invalidation with Secure Watermark v ‘Red slash or ‘x’ indicates watermark invalidation v File changes update status from “OK” to “File Modified”

Altiva Control. CAD Reports in Project. Wise

Control. CAD Reports Options” v Check Attributes v Check CAD Standards v Help About Reports v Email Reports

‘Control. CAD Reports’ Folder” v Reports folder is created when the first report is ordered v Reports are run for each discipline at each submittal milestone

Generate Control. CAD Reports” v Select plan sheets or Plans folder and right-click v Select ‘Control. CAD’ v Select ‘Check Attributes’ or ‘Check CAD Standards’

Control. CAD ‘Check CAD Standards’ Report” Red fields indicate issues that need to be fixed v Provides overview of CAD standards and settings v Provides format for general review and comments v Required at each submittal benchmark

Control. CAD ‘Check CAD Standards’ Compliance Report for CAD Drawings in Project. Wise (Replaces Control. CAD Submittal) v Compliance Checks ü CAD Certification Stamps present ü Appropriate Feature Tables used ü CAD Reference Files found ü CAD File Header information valid (Working Units, etc. ) ü Borders, scales, fonts, styles required for PDF Publishing ü E vidence of cheating, unexpected results, etc. Ø Provide timely feedback for Designers & Managers

Project. Wise Attributes Page v How do we ensure that attribution is complete?

Control. CAD ‘Check Attributes’ Report” Red text indicates issues that need to be fixed v Checks for attribute indexing completeness v Provides format for general review and comment v Required at each submittal benchmark

Advantages of Control. CAD Reports ü Provide feedback throughout the plan development process ü Bring order to the chaotic world of plan development ü After first project, reports generally speak for themselves ü Particularly important for Consultant plans ü Particularly important for “Slackers” ü Prevent unpleasant surprises at Final Plans ! ü Prevent late plan delivery and late lettings ü Complete, compliant, high-quality final product is likely Ø Leverages the Project. Wise collaboration environment !

Evolution of Digital Plan Delivery

Control. CAD Indexer v Old: Creates XML index files for plan submittal upload into Project. Wise v New: Alternate indexing tool in Project. Wise (also a good training tool) ( Not available for Consultants in Project. Wise )

Control. CAD Submittal Creation Tool v Old: Creates plans archive for Consultant submittal to DOTD v Old: Checks Submittal Package against Compliance Settings v New: DOTD checks using Altiva Control. CAD Reports in Project. Wise v New: ‘Submittal’ is plan delivery tool for offline or special projects only

Project. Wise Attributes Page v New: Consultants must use Project. Wise Attribute Page

Integrated Project. Wise QA/QC Features ü Altiva CADconform ü Altiva Control. CAD Check CAD Standards’ Reports ü Altiva Control. CAD ‘Check Attributes’ Reports ü Altiva Control. CAD E Mail Reports ü Altiva Control. CAD Indexer (DOTD users only) v Win-Win for DOTD and Consultant Partners

DOTD Internal Plan Delivery Workflow CAD Plans Folder Draft, Conform & Certify with CADconform. Index in Project. Wise. CAD Plans Folder Project. Wise Plan Development System PDF Drawing XML Attributes PDF Submittal Folder (“Final Plans”) PDF Drawings XML Attributes “Watched Folder” Falcon Electronic Plans Distribution Center Sign Final Plan Drawings with Approve. It PDF - Adobe file format used for published documents XML - File format used to store attribute values (indexing) Project. Wise - Bentley Plan Development System Falcon - tsa. ADVET Electronic Plans Distribution System Watched Folder - Monitored by Falcon for

DOTD Consultant Plan Delivery Workflow CAD Plans Folder Project. Wise Plan Development System (Abandoned Design) DOTD Transmits PDF Drawings & XML Attributes -Watched Folder- DGN Drawings PDF Drawings XML Attributes PDF Submittal Folder Consultant Plans Repository Falcon Electronic Plans Distribution Center Too much happening outside of Project. Wise. Compliance remains a mystery until Finals PDF - Adobe file format used for published documents XML - File format used to store attribute values (indexing) Project. Wise - Bentley Plan Development System Control. CAD Submittal Archive Falcon - tsa. ADVET Electronic Plans Distribution System Watched Folder - Monitored by Falcon for incoming plans Index PDF & DGN (Control. CAD Indexer) Create PDF Drawing with Interplot Sign Final Plans with Approve. It Draft, Conform & Certify Final CAD DGN with CADconform

DOTD Consultant Plan Delivery Workflow (Adopted Design) Project. Wise Plan Development System DOTD Transmits PDF Drawings & XML Attributes -Watched Folder- (Managed Export / Import ) Micro. Station DGNs CAD Plans Folder Consultant Plans Repository Falcon Electronic Plans Distribution Center PDF - Adobe file format used for published documents Consultants employ DOTD internal workflow to index, publish and sign. XML - File format used to store attribute values (indexing) Altiva Control. CAD Reports replace Control. CAD Submittal Archive Falcon - tsa. ADVET Electronic Plans Distribution System Project. Wise - Bentley Plan Development System Watched Folder - Monitored by Falcon for incoming plans Draft, Conform & Certify DGN with CADconform External plan delivery tools; Control. CAD Indexer and Control. CAD Submittal are no longer used

Changes to Consultant Plan Delivery v Plan delivery workflow becomes very similar to DOTD’s v Project. Wise Managed Export/Import for DGNs - each submittal v Verify CAD standards with “Check CAD Standards” report v Index in Project. Wise. Verify with “Check Attributes” report v Control. CAD Submittal package replaced by Control. CAD Reports v Task Managers can use the Control. CAD ‘Email Reports’ function to send selected reports to a predefined list of recipients. v Reports start with first submittal. High level of compliance is expected in early submittals under normal circumstances. v PDFs published and Digital Signatures applied using Bentley customized PDF Creation Service tools and workflows.

La. DOTD Digital CAD Submissions Within Project. Wise Plan Delivery Tools and Workflow (Comprehensive Overview) International HEEP 2012 Presented by Hollis Ward DOTD Design Automation Manager