Drafting Standards Quality Assurance Checklist

Design Development

NPS Guidelines

Files meet requirements of:

• Director’s Order 10A – (Guideline for Preparation Of Design and Construction Drawings
• Director’s Order 10B – (Drawing and Map Numbers Reference Manual)
• CADD User’s Guide – Denver Service Center
• Standard cover sheet with vicinty map used. Includes appropriate approval block/revision block
• Project number/solicitation number on cover
• Index matches sheet titles
• Legend- reflects only symbols used in the specific drawing set
• Abbreviation List - reflects only abbreviations used in the specific drawing set
• Project “bid options” are clearly called out and distinguishable from base bid
• Standard second sht/plan & profile sht. Title block contains title of sheet and includes the park name
• Do not “explode” or “burst” title blocks
• All drawings include a drawing tag that includes date/time of last save, user name, the AutoCAD release version, drawing path & filename, and xref list.
• All drawings drawn at true scale and true coordinates in model space.
• Topo in model space in “real world”-do not move or rotate topo in model space (if rotation is necessary, rotate in paper space viewport)
• Drawing names used as xrefs begin with an “x” and are located in the “bases” folder
• Preference is to “overlay” xrefs (don’t “attach” files, creating unnecessary xrefs in other drawings)
• Coordinate format in decimal feet  to the hundredths
• No entities intended to be plotted are drawn with pen 8 or 9 (no plot pens)
• Scale bars- no “text scales” (text scale is not accurate when drawings are reduced)
• Dimension style is associative
• Hatch is associative (do not explode hatch)
• If “custom” hatch used – include hatch file
• Drawings reflecting existing conditions (screened pen) vs. new work (100% pens) is clearly distinguishable on plots
• Text- Drawing files use only romans.shx and arch.shx (all uppercase)
• Drawings (linework, text, symbols etc.) legible when printed half size.
• Drawings containing photos – When photos are inserted in drawings, the full-size reproducible must be capable of producing clear, legible half-size prints. In addition to the .jpg/.tif etc., submit a “hard copy” photo.
• When necessary, “mask” or clear behind text for clarity (within profile grid etc.)
• Existing conditions sheet- label survey control and a minimum of 3 labeled coordinate tics
• Demo items are not reflected on subsequent design subsheets (only shown on existing conditions sheet and demo sheet)
• Do not bind xrefs
• Use relative paths for xrefs
• Do not xref such items as scale bars/north arrows/std. details etc.
• Use only pens/color configuration as shown in figure 4-2 of cadd users guide. (Line widths are set at the plotter and not in the model)
• Drawings use color dependent plot styles, not named plot styles
• Create all objects “color by layer” only
• Project files comply with DSC folder structure, i.e. [park] \ [package or pmis] \ [phase] \ [discipline]
• Drawing filenames conform to the DSC drawing file naming conventions (CADD Users’s Guide)
• Each sub sheet is created as an individual .dwg file. (One single drawing file containing multiple subsheets is not acceptable)
• Printing/plotting set in paper space at 1:1 scale for full-size prints, 1:2 scale for half size prints.
• Rotate in paper space viewport- (do not rotate topo etc. in model space)
• Remove all extraneous graphics and drawing entities existing outside the drawing border in order that “extents” can be set for plotting

Completeness

• No drawing files accepted other than in AutoCADD format (.dwg). Other formats are not acceptable (.dxf/.dgn etc.)
• Deliverables– Files comply with no “old” or extraneous files included
• Required deliverables for each completed stage of a project are submitted for archiving (folder structure reflects specific stage of project)
• Deliverables meet Technical Information Center’s requirements for archiving

100% Draft Construction Documents or 100% Draft Design-Build Construction Documents

• All review comments from Design Development Review are satisfactorily
resolved
• Required deliverables submitted

Submit 100% Complete Construction Documents or 100% Complete Design-Build Construction Documents for Final Approval

• Required deliverables submitted
• All review comments from 100% Draft Review satisfactorily resolved

Construction Document Amendments

• Construction Drawing Amendments comply with “numbering” procedures contained in Director’s Order 10B (Reference Manual for Drawing and Map Numbers)
• Cover sheet revision block and drawing index reflect drawings changed
• Amendments to drawings are clearly defined by “clouding” or “keying”
• Required deliverables submitted

Construction Document Modifications

• Construction Drawing Modifications comply with “numbering” procedures contained in Director’s Order 10B (Reference Manual for Drawing and Map Numbers)
• Cover sheet revision block and drawing index reflect drawings modified
• Modifications to drawings are clearly defined by “clouding” or “keying”
• Required deliverables submitted

As-Constructed Drawings

• Required deliverables submitted