Title sheet
Last updated: 2024-05-17
Total video time: 26:21
Example title sheet: 010101-ti.pdf
Datasets for live class
Create title layout and fill out title fields
Exercise files: pln-prod-titl-begin-data-c3d18.zip
pln-prod-titl-01.mp4 3:16
- Click + file tab to start a new file QNEW.
- App menu > Save as ProjectID\SheetsPlan 010101-ti.dwg > Save
- Right-click any layout tab > From template... > C:\wisdot\Stnd\C3D2018\Templates\Sheets\01-TITLE-wdot18.dwt > Open
- TITLE SHEET 1 IN EQ 1 MI > OK
- Right-click layout tab "Layout1" > Delete > OK
- Click layout tab "TITLE SHEET 1 IN EQ 1 MI" to activate it.
- Double-click layout tab "TITLE SHEET 1 IN EQ 1 MI" > Rename to "01" > Enter
Inspect title layout block
- Double-click anywhere on block. A text attribute window for most text entry will pop up.
Enhanced Attribute Editor window
Tag
Value
PROJECTID1
1170-19-70
PROJECTID
1170-19-70
COUNTY2
VILAS AND ONEIDA
COUNTY
VILAS AND ONEIDA
ROUTE
USH 51
LIMITS
3RD AVE TO N JCT STH 70
TITLE
MINOCQUA-MANITOWISH
AADT1
2012
AADT2
2036
AADT1VALUE
13,200-15,300
AADT2VALUE
18,400-19,900
DSVALUE
35 MPH/50 MPH
OK
Add/edit blocks for two project IDs
pln-prod-titl-02.mp4 3:16
- WisDOT Sheets tab > Sheet Creation panel > Title
- WisDOT Sheets tab > Manage & Support panel > Palettes ON/OFF if the tool palette does not appear.
- Title sheet tool palette > Blocks group > Title Sheet Additional Project Information > Place block in layout "01"
- Double-click Additional Project Information block
Enhanced Attribute Editor
Tag
Value
LIMITS
3RD AVE TO N JCT STH 70 SANITARY AND WATER UTILITIES
ROUTE
USH 51
COUNTY
ONEIDA AND VILAS
PROJECTID
1170-19-71
TITLE
MINOCQUA-MANITOWISH
Ok
There is a block for additional design designation information on the Title sheet tool palette.
The information for the survey coordinates is separate from the rest of the title block.
Edit survey coordinate block
- Double-click Title sheet coordinates block
Enhanced Attribute Editor
Tag
Value
YEAR
1991
COUNTY
VILAS
Ok
Edit state map block
- Click state map block > Click visibility grip > Click ONEIDA
Add additional counties to state map block
- Home tab > Draw panel > Hatch > Contextual ribbon > Pattern panel > SOLID
- Click inside appropriate County > Right-click > Enter
Get county map, edit
pln-prod-titl-03.mp4 3:34
Info: This workflow uses linework from county map DWGs. Editable mapping linework can also be obtained from InfraWorks. County map DWGs do not have local roads within city and village limits, but they do have highway shields. An example of importing linework from InfraWorks can be found at Export road linework from InfraWorks to Civil 3D and then Project overview sheet
County map DWG file location
- WisDOT internal user – N:\pds\c3d\Stnd\CountyMaps-CTB
- External user - C:\wisdot\Stnd\CountyMaps-CTB
In Windows Explorer
- Select ONEIDA.DWG and VILAS.DWG from above location
- Copy and paste files to ProjectID\BaseData\Other
In Civil 3D
- File Open ProjectID\BaseData\Other\ONEIDA.dwg
- WisDOT Sheets tab > Plot Configuration panel > Layer States > County Maps Layer States group > Set County Map Layers to Plot In Grayscale to add layer state to file.
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WisDOT Sheets tab > Plot Configuration panel > Layer States pull-down > W18 County Maps (grayscale)
This will not show up in the Layer States pull-down.
Objects will appear red in modelspace. This is correct for greyshade plotting.
- Repeat for VILAS.dwg
- Save and close file.
Xref county map and set in title sheet
pln-prod-titl-04.mp4 6:17
- Open ProjectID\SheetsPlan\010101-ti.dwg
- Insert tab > Reference panel > Attach > ProjectID\BaseData\Other\ONEIDA.dwg > Open
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Attached External Reference
Reference Type Overlay: checked
Scale: 1 for all
Insertion point: 0 for all
Path type: Relative path
Rotation angle: 0
OK
- Double-click middle mouse button to zoom extents
- Repeat for VILAS.dwg
- Zoom in to project extents
- Click layout tab "01" to activate it
- Double-click inside large square on title sheet. This will activate the viewport located inside it.
- Status bar > Unlock
- Double-click middle mouse button inside viewport to zoom extents
- Zoom in to project extents
- Status bar > Annotation scale pull-down > 1 IN:1 MI
- Click and drag middle mouse button to pan view to proper location
- Status bar > Lock
Move xref objects
- Select Vilas County XREF > Contextual ribbon > Edit panel > Edit Xreference In-Place > OK
- Select shield blocks and associated text that are overlaying the project location
- M Enter to move the selected items
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Click start and end location to move the shields and text.
Tip: Remember that these edits are in the county map files and will show up in other files that XREF them.
- Repeat for Oneida County.
- Turn off xref objects that are unwanted
- Xlist Enter > Select unwanted object to see layer
- Home tab > Layers panel > Layer Properties
- Layer search: *C_LAKE*
- Turn off ONEIDA|C_lake_txt and VILAS|C_lake_txt
- Layer search: *TWNRD*
- Turn off ONEIDA|C_twnrd_txt and VILAS|C_twnrd_txt
Tip: Home tab > Layers panel > Layer freeze > select objects will also turn off objects.
- Double-click outside viewport to de-activate viewport modelspace
Draw and label project extents
pln-prod-titl-05.mp4 4:11
- WisDOT Sheets > Sheet Creation > Title > Set Layer group > P_MISC_Text to set active layer
- Home tab > Draw panel > Polyline to draw the project location
- Select polyline > Properties > Global width: 0.1 Esc
- Repeat for side road
- WisDOT Sheets > Standard Components > Add all components to add all WisDOT AutoCAD components
- WisDOT Sheets > WisDOT Annotate > Multileader pull-down > BEGIN CONST-STA MATCH
- WisDOT Sheets > WisDOT Annotate > Multileader > Click beginning of project > Click location for multileader text > Overwrite default text: No
- Repeat for side road
- WisDOT Sheets > WisDOT Annotate > Multileader pull-down > END CONST-STA MATCH
- WisDOT Sheets > WisDOT Annotate > Multileader > Click end of project > Click location for multileader text > Overwrite default text: No
- Repeat for side road
- Double-click main begin project multileader text > Type correct station: STA. 518+00 > Click outside text editor
- Double-click main end project multileader text > Type correct station: STA. 589+00 > Click outside text editor
- Double-click side begin project multileader text > Type correct station: STA. 794+75 > Click outside text editor
- Double-click side end project multileader text > Type correct station: STA. 805+00 > Click outside text editor
Add town/range labels
pln-prod-titl-06.mp4 3:52
- Click Model tab
- Home tab > Draw > Polyline with ortho snap turned on F8 to make visual reference for town/range lines
- WisDOT Sheets > WisDOT Annotate > Multileader pull-down > T-#-N
- WisDOT Sheets > WisDOT Annotate > Multileader > Click town/range line location outside viewport
- Repeat for all desired town/range lines.
- Double-click side town/range text > Type correct data > Click outside text editor
- T-40-N, T-39-N, R-6-E, R-6-E
- Select town labels > co Enter > Click new location to copy town labels to other side of viewport
- Select construction polylines in viewport > Delete
- Save file
Add title sheet to sheet set
pln-prod-titl-07.mp4 1:52
- Home tab > Palettes panel > Sheet Set Manager
- Sheet Set Manager
- Open ProjectID\SheetsPlan\11701970.dst Ok
- Right-click subset "01-" > Import Layout as Sheet...
- Browse for Drawings... > ProjectID\SheetsPlan\010101-ti.dwg
- Prefix sheet titles with filename: unchecked
- Import Checked
Exercise files: pln-prod-titl-end-data-c3d18.zip