Plan X-ref

[Anonymous]

I have a question about what is the preferred / best way to use x-refing with architectural floor plans.

Currently we are drawing all our floor plans in one file with floors stacked on top of each other. In this file we are ONLY drawing walls, windows, doors, ect. We then x-ref that file into our sheets (1st floor plan sheet, 2nd floor plan sheet, and so on) on top of that x-ref we do all of our dimensioning and notes.

I was just wondering if this is what most people are doing and would like to hear any suggestions on improving them method.

Thank you

[Anonymous]

When you say stacked on top of each other? Are they all at Elevation 0, and controled with layers? Or are the plans at the elevation they would be beuilt? Are you using ADT? How many users are working on these drawings?

As you can see there a lot of variables to consider.

The way I usually manage a multi level project (using vanilla AutoCAD, ADT is a whole other story) is separate all the floors into separate files, but (and here is the key) with the same insrtion point (ie: 0,0). Then xref all the floors into one master file, only so I can see that they everything is lined up, and inserted with the same coordinates.

I use this method because in the past I have had usually a team of drafters all working on the same project, so this way, more then one person can be working on the floor plans at once.

I guess if you were the only working on these drawings, and you had a good layering system you could put everything in one file.

[Anonymous]

cadbydx wrote:


> As you can see there a lot of variables to consider.
>
> The way I usually manage a multi level project (using vanilla
> AutoCAD, ADT is a whole other story) is separate all the floors into
> separate files, but (and here is the key) with the same insrtion
> point (ie: 0,0). Then xref all the floors into one master file, only
> so I can see that they everything is lined up, and inserted with the
> same coordinates.
>

We are on the receiving end. Almost all jobs we get from the Arch have
individual files for each floor, like you describe.

[Anonymous]

As we are in construction, we usually draw all plans and annotations in one
dwg, depending on the size of the project.
If the project is very large, all plans are drawn seperatly but annotations
are still in the same drawing.
This depends on the experience of the drafter.

We use layouts for the different plans and (since 2006) the sheetset manager
for plotting.
Was hard to understand but we think we've got it now.

The two fases we have (design and work) differ so much on many small parts
that it is cheaper to recreate the plans than try to fix all these small
things.(and forget one or two).
Xrefs are only used for pile and foundation plans.

Regards,
Jan

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I have a question about what is the preferred / best way to use x-refing
with architectural floor plans.

Currently we are drawing all our floor plans in one file with floors stacked
on top of each other. In this file we are ONLY drawing walls, windows,
doors, ect. We then x-ref that file into our sheets (1st floor plan sheet,
2nd floor plan sheet, and so on) on top of that x-ref we do all of our
dimensioning and notes.

I was just wondering if this is what most people are doing and would like to
hear any suggestions on improving them method.

Thank you

[Anonymous]

Have been mucking about with diagrammatic system to show attached xref's.
Attached two diagrams showing xref attachments for a typical floor plan architectural job.
One at the beginning of a job and one at the end of the job.
Looking for feed back on diagram to see if there is any way I
can improve on it, either simplify or make more sophisticated?

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David A C

[Anonymous]

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David A C