BASIC TRAINING EXERCISE 14

CAD CLEANUP

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CAD CLEANUP

1. CLICK File/ New Drawing

2. SELECT Benchmark will highlight

BENCHMARK

3. TYPE A0 in the Input Line

4. PRESS [ENTER]

Benchmark is now at 0,0,0

5. OPEN The Layers tab and pin down

6. CLICK Create Layer

7. TYPE FLOOR PLAN

8. CLICK OK

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9. CLICK Create Layer

10. TYPE RCP

11. CLICK OK

12. CLICK Create Layer

13. TYPE STRUCTURE

14. CLICK OK

Note: You have just created 3 Main Layers for each of the dwg files that need to
be Imported in AutoSPRINK

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15. CLICK File/Import/Autocad DWG
from the pulldown menu

16. SELECT AFRS277A__FPF1XX REV.dwg

From Exercise 14 folder

17. CLICK Import to existing layer:(Pull Down Tab)

18. FIND the FLOOR PLAN layer

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19. CLICK Open

Wait for drawing to import

20. CLICK OK

Note: All of the dwg layers from that file that was imported is under one
AutoSPRINK layer called FLOOR PLAN

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21. CLICK File/Import/Autocad DWG
from the pulldown menu

22. SELECT AFRS277A__RCP1XX REV.dwg

From Exercise 14 folder

23. CLICK Import to existing layer:(Pull Down Tab)

24. FIND the RCP layer

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25. CLICK Open

Wait for drawing to import

26. CLICK OK

Note: All of the dwg layers from that file that was imported is under one
AutoSPRINK layer called RCP

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27. CLICK File/Import/Autocad DWG
from the pulldown menu

28. SELECT AFRS277A__STR1XX REV.dwg

From Exercise 14 folder

29. CLICK Import to existing layer: (Pull Down Tab)

30. FIND the STRUCTURE layer

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31. CLICK Open

Wait for drawing to import

32. CLICK OK

Note: All of the dwg layers from that file that was imported is under one
AutoSPRINK layer called STRUCTURE

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LAYER MANAGEMENT

33. SELECT Ctrl +A

EVERYTHING

34. MOUSE to open the properties dialog…

GESTURE

35. CLICK The General Tab

36. CLICK Use layer color

37. CLICK Layer Width

38. CLICK OK

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Hide Unwanted Layers

39. RIGHT CLICK on a Element you want to turn off

Note: If there is a layer that you don’t want to see on your drawing if you RIGHT
CLICK on that element in your drawing and click Hide Layers it will turn off the
visibility of that Layer.

TURN OFF ALL THE LAYERS YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE IN THIS DRAWING BY
RIGHT CLICKING ON THEM (HIDE LAYERS)

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Change Background colors

40. SELECT Select Wall layers

Hold down Ctrl key to select

multiple layers

41. CLICK Color option in layer tree while

layers are highlighted

42. CLICK Blue

43. CLICK OK

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Change Widths

44. RIGHT CLICK While layers are still selected

On top of selected layers in

layer tree

45. CLICK Select Elements

All elements on selected layers

are added to selection set

46. MOUSE to open the properties dialog…

GESTURE

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47. CLICK The General Tab

48. CLICK Use layer color

49. CLICK Layer Width

50. TYPE .65 in Line Properties Width

51. CLICK OK

Note: Repeat steps 40-43 to change the colors to desierd look for Ceiling
Elements, Doors , Steel, Room Names & Heights and HVAC.

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Note: Once the drawing is cleaned up, all of the layers you want off are not visible
and you have changed the color of each layer to match your desire look, you now
want to save this setting management system.

SAVING SETTINGS

52. CLICK Save Setting

53. SAVE The settings file in the

Exercise 14 folder

54. NAME The saved file (LAYER

SETTINGS)

55. CLICK Save

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DEALING WITH REVISIONS

Note: When you get a revision for the RCP, you would delete the old sub layers
under the RCP and reload the new revised RCP plan into the RCP Main Layer .

56. SELECT All the Layers under the

RCP layer

57. RIGHT CLICK On one of the highlighted

layers

58. CLICK Delete Layers…

59. SELECT Benchmark will highlight

BENCHMARK

60. TYPE A0 in the Input Line

61. PRESS [ENTER]

Benchmark is now at 0,0,0

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62. CLICK File/Import/Autocad DWG
from the pulldown menu

63. SELECT AFRS277A__RCP1XX REV.dwg

From Exercise 14 folder

64. CLICK Import to existing layer:(Pull Down Tab)

65. FIND the RCP layer

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66. CLICK Open

Wait for drawing to import

67. CLICK OK

Note: All of the Revised dwg layers from that file that was imported in to the RCP
layer

You will notice that all the new revised RCP layers will now revert back to it’s
AutoCad layer colors .

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At this point, you just need to load the Setting File you just saved and then it will
clean up your drawing and put all of the layers to the right color and turn off any
layer you had hidden.

LOAD AND CREATE SETTINGS

68. CLICK Load and Create

69. SELECT The LAYER SETTINGS file in

Exercise 14 folder

70. CLICK Open

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BEFORE LOADING THE SETTING

AFTER LOADING THE SETTING

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