Civil Engineering Graphics and AutoCAD Practice Flashcards

Vocabulary and concepts based on engineering plan reading, profile creation, and AutoCAD procedures.

Vicinity Map

One of the specific items found on a cover sheet (title sheet) in a private set of drawings, alongside the sheet index and project title.

Private Set of Drawings

A comprehensive set that encompasses all aspects of a project, includes a title sheet, and will be reviewed by a government agency.

Public Set of Drawings

Drawings owned by a government agency focused on one aspect of a project, generally lacking a title sheet and set on a government border.

Existing Features

Items on a plan sheet that are distinguished by being shown as greyed and dashed.

Proposed Features

New items on a plan sheet that are distinguished by appearing bold and solid.

Geometry Plan

A specific type of plan that most, if not all, engineers prefer not to include in a set of plans.

Invert

The bottom of the inside of a pipe used to calculate slopes, crossings, depth, and specific elevations.

Utility Crossing

A point where any $2$ utilities cross one another underground.

Station $15,900$

A specific location call-out in a drawing that indicates a precise point or measurement along a path.

Polyline

A CAD entity where segments are joined into one line string; segments can have different elevations and editable options like width.

Line

Individual drawing entities that are not joined together and are restricted to all being at one elevation.

Fillet Command

The best command for creating a curve between $2$ lines because it truncates lines to be tangent and connects polylines.

Spline

A drawing command that the instructor highly recommends not using.

Building Restriction Line (BRL)

Lines that create a building envelope showing the limits on a property where buildings or primary structures can be constructed.

Final Project Scale

The specific ratio of $1'' = 30'$ used for the final project drawings.

R-LAYT.dgn

The specific file where features such as the building, water, sewer, road, sidewalk, and manholes are drawn for the final project.

Reference Drawing

A drawing containing core project information (topo, boundary, layout) used to create a final production drawing.

Production Drawing

The final product, such as $C-100$, created from reference drawings to be submitted to clients, reviewers, and contractors.

Building Dimensions

The specific size of the building for the layout, defined as $150' \times 100'$.

AutoCAD Template

A file used when starting a drawing to set parameters like scales, standards, fonts, attributes, and drawing types.

Main Menus (Home Tab)

The three primary sets of tools used when creating an AutoCAD drawing: Draw, Modify, and Layers.

Coordinate System Setup

A process involving the 'Magenta C box', drawing settings, and defining the Zone and Description to set the project area.

Plan Sheet Features

Elements found on any plan sheet, including the North arrow, grid ticks, scale bar, plan title, and legend.

Details

Information in a plan set that limits liability, clarifies codes, and provides construction information based on Geotech findings.

Profile Ground Lines

Lines drawn in a profile view representing both proposed and existing ground elevations at and between manholes.

Rotate and Scale

The two commands in the Modify menu that specifically provide an option to create a copy while executing the command.

Plan Rotation

An action that should be avoided like a regular object because it moves the drawing away from its correct coordinates.