IO CAD Standards Application User Guide – Section 5
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Table of Contents
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5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
System Requirements
Installation
Running the Application
Application Overview
IO CAD Standards Layers
IO CAD Standards Blocks
Linetype Standard
IO Tools
Audit Report
Batch Audit
Save Current State
Load Layer Translation
Layer Translation tool
5.9 Process for Converting Drawing(s)
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5.1 System Requirements
The IO CAD Standards Application requires the following minimum system and platform
requirements:
• Windows 7, 8.1 and 8.1 Professional in both 32 and 64 bits versions
• AutoCAD 2014 or AutoCAD 2015
• Adobe Reader 5.0 or greater
• Hardware Requirements
o Minimum hardware specifications required to run AutoCAD
o 15 Mbytes of Hard Drive Space
Note: This application WILL NOT load or run using AutoCAD LT or MicroStation
software.
5.2. Installation
Automatic Installation
• Unzip the IO_CAD_Standards_v6.zip file.
• Once unzipped you will see:
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Double click the IO CAD Standards.msi icon.
You will see the screen below.
Pick the Run button.
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Next pick the Next button, seen below.
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Next you will be asked to agree with the license agreement. See below.
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Next you will be asked to pick Next to proceed with the installation. See below.
The software will be installed under C:\Program Files\IO CAD Standards.
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The software should take about 5 minutes to install. See below.
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Once the software is finished installing you will see the dialogue box below. Pick the
close button to complete the installation.
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5.3. Running the Application
On your desktop an icon will be created that looks like the following:
Start your Autodesk software application like you normally do, minimize the AutoCAD software
and double click the icon on your desktop.
Once you double click the icon you will see the following:
Whichever version of Autodesk software you started, select the equivalent version on the right
side and pick the Load CAD Standards button.
The software will start and be running in the background. You can use the windows tab keys to
bring the application to the front.
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5.4 Application Overview
The IO CAD Standards Application is comprised of several areas of a dialogue box. The
following areas exist;
o Layer (1)
o Blocks (2)
o Help (3)
o Create layers in drawing (4)
o Scan layers in drawing (5)
o Run Tool (6)
o Save As (7)
o Update IO layers to drawing (8).
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Audit Report
Batch Audit Report
Load Layer Translation File
Save current state as layer translation Excel file
Layer translation tool
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5.5 IO CAD STANDARDS Layers
Below is the main user interface, shown minimized (via the ± Form button):
By default the IO CAD Standards form loads maximized as shown above. It may be resized by clicking
the ‘± Form’ button.
Layer Levels, Major & Minor groups, Common, Annotation and Status elements of the IO layer
structure are selectable from the drop-down lists shown above. Level 2, Minor, Common, Annotation
and Status elements are optional. As a minimum, any new IO layer must have at least a Level 1 and Major
element.
Users may select from the available choices to create a new IO layer. As the database which drives the
layer element combinations is relational, the program updates the optional choices available based on the
Level 1 and Major elements selected. Elements of the IO layer structure which have on/off check boxes are
optional for inclusion.
To create a layer in the current AutoCAD drawing the user may choose which elements to include by
enabling (via on/off check boxes) and clicking the drop-down list. The user constructed layer is shown within
the ‘Selected IO Layer’ area on the main form. The description of the layer is shown along with the actual
layer name itself (in bold). To add the new layer to drawing, click the ‘Create layer in drawing’ button.
The ‘Stay on top’ check box determines if the form stay on top of other Window forms.
The ‘Help’ button displays (and makes available) a list of all the IO CAD Standards help files and
documentation.
The grid shown (in the middle of the form below) details the following:
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The ‘Existing Layer’ column shows the layers as found in the drawing.
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The ‘Approved’ column indicates if the layer is approved (a known IO layer).
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The ‘IO Destination Layer’ column shows the IO layer to which the ‘Existing Layer’ is to be moved.
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The ‘Set IO’ column sets an Existing Layer to be moved to an IO Destination Layer. First construct
an IO layer from the drop-down lists available, then click the corresponding row in the ‘Set IO’
column. The right hand ‘Set IO’ column will display ‘ok’, meaning the layer is ready to be updated
as outlined below. To unset a layer, click same row in the right hand column again.
To move the entities on the Existing Layer(s) to the set IO Destination Layer(s), click the ‘Update IO
layers to drawing’ button at the bottom right of the form. Note that in some cases, such as blocks
constructed of layers other than the ‘0’ layer, Existing Layers may remain after the ‘Update’.
Other functions:
The ‘Scan Layers’ button rescans the drawing, recording Existing Layers and determines if the layers are
Approved or not. This is the same function as that when load the main for the first time in a drawing.
The ‘Show properties’ check box, when check show other layer properties such color, on/off,
frozen/thawed and locked/unlocked.
The ‘Enable Destination Layer’ check box, when checked allows the setting of IO Destination Layers
(ready for update). When unchecked, the grid becomes sortable by clicking on the available columns.
The ‘Run’ button will execute the routine selected in the tools dropdown.
The ‘Save As’ button will assign a name to the current drawing following the rules defined by this standard.
The ‘Notes’ area displays any program messages issued during operation of the program, and also the
number of External References found in the current drawing. External References are never approved in
drawings submitted to IO, therefore a number greater than zero indicates a problem.
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5.6 IO CAD STANDARDS Blocks
The ‘Blocks’ button displays the IO Blocks form which makes available the blocks for insertion
in the current AutoCAD drawing. The list may be sorted (via the drop-down list). Click the ‘Insert
button to insert the selected block (row) in the drawing.
The IO Symbols Libraries are available to users but is not a requirement for the
submission process. It is meant to be a resource for users that may need standardized
symbols. Scaling of the symbols is based on DIMSCALE variable.
Upon selecting a symbol from the system, users will be shown what the DEFAULT Layer
name has been set to and will be inserted on that layer.
Symbol Scales
The IO symbols are inserted at 1:1 scale for imperial drawings and 25.4:1 scale for metric
drawings.
Architectural Doors and Windows
The exception to this rule is the Architectural Doors and Windows category symbols
which are inserted at 25.4:1 for imperial drawings and 645.16:1 for metric drawings.
Civil Symbols
The exception to this rule is the Civil category symbols which are drawn in metric and are
inserted at 0.5:1 for metric drawings and 0.019685:1 for imperial drawings.
Symbol Layers
All symbols are inserted on an approved NCS layer name. The Status and Level 2
designations are set in memory prior to symbol insertions.
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5.7 Linetype Standard
There are two template files that are included, one for metric and one for imperial. These
template files (.DWT) contain the linetypes that you may want to use.
To select a linetype pick the BLOCKS button on the main screen then select the
Templates button found in the middle of the screen.
Once you have started a drawing using one of these two template files, the linetype are
found in the layers dialogue box.
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5.8 IO Tools
The Tools drop-down list includes:
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Audit report (current drawing)
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Batch Audit Report (2 or more drawings)
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Load Layer translation Excel file
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Save current state as layer translation Excel file
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Layer Translation Tool ( for 2 or more drawings)
Audit Report
Audit report (current drawing), creates and Audit report for the current drawing:
The report shows whether or not all the layers in the current drawing conform to IO CAD Standards. Before
running the report a window that lists all the steps that need to be completed ahead of executing the audit.
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If Yes is clicked, a report showing the status of layers, filename and presence or not of XREF is displayed.
A button that allows users to print the report as PDF is active only in case the conditions showed in the
previous window are met.
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Batch Audit Report
Batch Audit Report (2 or more drawings), user may select multiple drawings to batch audit:
This Tool can be also used to export all information stored in the title blocks of multiple drawings into a
comma separated values (CSV) table. This table will be stored in C:\Program Files (x86)\IO CAD
Standards\Reports
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Save Current State
Save current state as layer translation Excel file:
Once you have set the IO destination layers for the current drawing, you can save the current layer
mappings to be used on other drawings.
Save the current state of the paired layers (existing layers/destination layers) as shown in section 5.5 to a
*.csv file. The file is saved to the folder C:\Program Files\IO CAD Standards\Translate. The file may later be
selected to expedite the process of pairing existing layers to destination layers. The file may be opened in
Excel for editing.
Layer Translate
Load Layer translation Excel file:
A typical translation *.csv or .xls file may look like this:
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The program matches the layers as found in the current drawing to ‘IO Destination Layer(s)’ via the ‘Your
Layer Name’ column. The function updates the recorded Existing Layers (as matched) to Destination Layers
and sets them, ready to be Updated to the current drawing.
Layer Translation tool
The tool allows you to translate more than 1 drawing at a time. You select the list of drawings you want to
translate. You then pick the translation file to use. This translation file must have been saved and created
before. See Save Current State on Page 16.
The last step is to pick the RUN BATCH TRANSLATE button at the bottom of the screen in the
lower right. This will perform the translation.
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5.9 Process
Converting an Existing Drawing layers to the IO CAD Standards layers.
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Open the DWG that has the layers that need to be converted.
Pick the Scan Layers Button
Look at the first layer that indicates it is not approved.
Pick the layer names at the top that best match what is on that layer.
Pick in the SET IO column. This will then place the word Okay, and the IO Destination
Layer name you selected in step 4.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 until all the Not Approved layers have the correct IO Destination
Layer.
Under the Tools pulldown at the bottom left, pick the Save a Translation File.(this file can
then be used in a batch translate mode for multiple drawings.
Pick the Update IO Layers to Drawing button.
Save the Drawing.
Pick the Audit Report Run button under the Tools Pulldown menu. Passed should be the
result.