CAD Drawing Requirements
Developer Services Summit
November 16, 2010
Presented by Donna Short
The Past – Pre 2005
CAD
 Drawings were submitted to New
Jersey American Water in AutoCAD
format
 New Jersey American Water extracted
needed linework from Developer’s
drawing and added them to the
distribution maps in AutoCAD format
 New Jersey American Water submitted
revised distribution maps in AutoCAD
format to NJDEP for SDW permits
CAD
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The Past – 2005 to 2010
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Drawings are submitted to New Jersey
American in AutoCAD format
New Jersey American Water extracts needed
linework from Developer’s drawing and adds
them to the distribution maps in ArcGIS
format
For projects requiring individual SDW permit
applications, New Jersey American Water
extracts specific project linework and
provides data in ArcGIS format for submittal
to NJDEP
For project in areas under Master Permits,
New Jersey American Water provides an
annual update to NJDEP of all proposed
projects – list must match the NJDEP’s list of
PAW projects.
CAD
GIS
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The Past – 2005 to 2010 (cont’d)
 Current Process in place since 2005
● Have logged over 1400 projects
 Over 610 Different Applicants
Utilizing over 575 different Engineers
 Resulting Issues
● Over 1400 projects to track
● Countless numbers of CAD standards
● Time consuming process, regardless of SDW permit status
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The Present
 Drawings are submitted to New
Jersey American Water in a
standard New Jersey American
Water AutoCAD format
 New Jersey American Water
extracts needed linework from
Developer’s CAD drawing and
adds to the distribution network
in ArcGIS format
 New Jersey American Water
exports data from GIS for SDW
permit submittals, Individual or
Master permits
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The Present (continued)
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Developers/Engineers are able to draft plans utilizing their current
CAD standards or directly in New Jersey American Water standard
template
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New Jersey American Water provides a drawing template in AutoCAD
format along with step-by-step instructions for converting objects
from original layering standard into New Jersey American Water’s
layering standard
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Standard block symbols are utilized and provided in template file
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A “scaled down” version of the original design is submitted to New
Jersey American Water for approval
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Benefits
 All projects submitted to New Jersey American Water are
in the same format
 GIS essential objects are layered so that they are easily
identified and separated from nonessential GIS objects
 Conversion process is easy for developers and/or
engineers to follow
 Allows for more timely updates to GIS and thus more
timely submissions to NJDEP
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Details of the Standard
 Standard CAD drawing
template with layering
convention and blocks
included
 Attributed block symbols
provided
 Layering standard based
on the National CAD
Standard Format
 Layer colors based on the One Call Format for Utilities
 Step-by-step guideline for converting existing CAD drawings
into New Jersey American Water Standard template file
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Logistics
 Standard is available for download from the American Water
website: http://www.amwater.com/njaw/working-with-us/doingbusiness-with-us/developers-customer-resources.html
 First glance for developers was made available
November 2009
 Standard went into
effect January 1, 2010
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Results
 We have seen varying levels of compliance with standard
 Block symbols
 Layers
 Spatial accuracy
 Time to input data from CAD files has decreased dramatically
 Drawings are easier to interpret
 Layering allows editors to grab only what they need
 Consistent symbology eliminates guesswork
 Act as training sessions for new employees
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