We did discipline specific templates with the V- and C- designations. (i.e. One for design, one for survey.)
Rick Jackson
Survey CAD Technician VI
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Layer Filters.
I get the concern over layer number but to me managing layers is more efficient then managing 10 dwt files
Joe Bouza
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To me that makes sense. We only do design work.
Joe Bouza
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I've built templates since Civil 3D's inception back in 2006. One thing I've consistently done since then is build and manage 1 Design Template. I've played around with different Layer names and discipline designators throughout the years but pretty much I've settled with the NCS Layer Standards and utilize C- and V- along with 4 digit major and minor groups for layer names. Our template has 514 layers. To combat the number of layers, I simply use Layer filters, as shown in the pic. In my opinion, I think its much easier to manage 1 design template rather than multiple design templates, especially when it comes to migrating versions. My company is a multi-discipline firm with multiple offices. When I make a change to the template, I simply sync up the other offices with the latest template. I also build and maintain Plan Production Templates and Border Templates, but that's simply for sheeting purposes. Also, I have a pretty extensive Parts List with custom parts inside our template as well as hundreds of figure styles, point styles, point label styles, plus description key sets. The template file size is 1,648 kb.
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Joe Bouza
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Hi. I have been building C3D templates since 2006 and I never recommend have one master template for Civil and survey dept. I always keep those 2 files separate. Me personally, I don't like getting into drawing that has over 500 layers and 50 different styles and labels styles for everything. That is just not efficient when users have to scroll through endless amounts of styles when designing. Majority of the time the survey dept never ever wants the civil team in their survey template drawing. In addition, minimize the number of Xref drawing attachments and also data shortcuts. Some ppl just gets too carried away having so much objects data shortcut into each plan sheet then they complain why it takes 3-5 minutes to open drawing or why items are not syncing. I like to keep things as simple as possible. At my consulting company I'm creating custom company templates monthly. This month I'm working on 4 different new engineering templates. Message me if you would like to have a conversation.
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