State of Florida Department of Transportation CADD Manual In reference to the FDOT Design Manual (FDM) For FDOTConnect and FDOT2021C3D TOPIC NUMBER: 625-050-001 Publish Date: August 21, 2020 PRODUCTION SUPPORT CADD OFFICE TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA http://www.fdot.gov/cadd/ [THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK] Contents INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 PURPOSE ....................................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 AUTHORITY.................................................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.3 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................ 1-1 1.4 DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................................ 1-2 1.5 SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................................ 1-8 1.6 ORGANIZATION .......................................................................................................................................... 1-9 1.7 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................................................... 1-9 CADD Office ............................................................................................................................................. 1-9 CADD Managers ...................................................................................................................................... 1-9 CADD Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) ..................................................................................... 1-10 1.8 DISTRIBUTION ........................................................................................................................................... 1-10 1.9 TRAINING.................................................................................................................................................... 1-10 1.10 LINKS AND FORMS ................................................................................................................................. 1-10 CADD Quick Links ............................................................................................................................... 1-10 Forms .................................................................................................................................................... 1-11 Suggestions, Comments, or Questions for the CADD Manual ......................................................................... 1-11 Compliance Certification Checklist .................................................................................................................. 1-13 CADD COMPUTER SYSTEMS ................................................................................................ 2-1 2.1 PURPOSE ....................................................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................................ 2-1 2.3 PROCUREMENT OF CADD HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE .................................................................. 2-1 2.4 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ...................................................................................................... 2-1 Optimal CADD Hardware (Minimum Specifications Listed) ................................................................... 2-2 Current Supported Software Versions ...................................................................................................... 2-2 CADD SOFTWARE, DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION .............................................. 3-1 3.1 PURPOSE ....................................................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................................ 3-1 3.3 SUPPORTED CADD PLATFORMS .............................................................................................................. 3-1 3.4 CADD SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................................................... 3-1 3.5 CADD SOFTWARE UPDATES ..................................................................................................................... 3-2 CADD Software Testing ........................................................................................................................... 3-2 CADD Software Release Notifications ..................................................................................................... 3-2 CADD Software Release Distribution ...................................................................................................... 3-2 CADD SUPPORT ....................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1 PURPOSE ....................................................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.2 SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................................ 4-1 4.3 OVERVIEW.................................................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.4 SYSTEM SUPPORT ....................................................................................................................................... 4-2 4.5 OPERATIONAL SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................... 4-2 4.6 TRAINING SUPPORT ................................................................................................................................... 4-3 4.7 REPORTING OF CADD ISSUES .................................................................................................................. 4-4 CADD STANDARDS .................................................................................................................. 5-1 5.1 PURPOSE ....................................................................................................................................................... 5-1 5.2 SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................................ 5-1 5.3 GENERAL ...................................................................................................................................................... 5-1 5.4 DATABASE RESOURCES ............................................................................................................................ 5-2 Bentley Connect Edition platform ............................................................................................................. 5-2 i Autodesk platform ..................................................................................................................................... 5-2 Custom Database Resources .................................................................................................................... 5-2 5.5 SEED/SHEET TEMPLATE FILES ................................................................................................................ 5-2 Bentley Connect Edition Seed Files .......................................................................................................... 5-3 Autodesk Sheet Template Files ................................................................................................................. 5-3 5.6 DESIGN LIBRARIES/TEMPLATES ............................................................................................................. 5-4 Bentley Connect Edition Design Libraries ............................................................................................... 5-4 Autodesk Civil3D Design Template Files ................................................................................................. 5-6 5.7 PROJECT FOLDER STRUCTURE ................................................................................................................ 5-6 Component/Discipline Sub-Folders .......................................................................................................... 5-6 FDOT Standard CADD Project Folders .................................................................................................. 5-7 Custom Sub-Folders ................................................................................................................................. 5-8 Engineering Data...................................................................................................................................... 5-8 5.8 DESIGN FILENAMES 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