1. Sheridan CAD Standards

2. Layer Standard

3. Layers

4. You can read more about the documentation of a command by pressing F1

5. Layers are like clear acetates where you can draw one on top of each other

6. Layers Overview

18. For a ground floor layer add 01: so it now becomes A01
Layer naming convention. Our discipline is Architectural so we start the layer name with A
For a ground floor layer add 01: so it now becomes A01

19. Add WALL for floor plan walls: A01WALL
Sample layer names

20. Color Standard

21. Not all kinds of lines are in the table
Not all kinds of lines are in the table. Follow the Graphic Standards for your guide

22. Window frames: medium thickness
Thin Lines for the window frame below
Thick line for the glass and walls

29. Plot Styles

31. You can also TWEAK this to get your desired effect:
Thickness
Color (for shading)
For different scales in the same layout

32. Text Standard

33. Text Heights & Drawing Scales
*Note: All text on Sheridan drawings to use romans.shx or simplex.shx font.
Table below is used for non ANNOTATIVE style of placing TEXT. For the ANNOTATIVE Style, use 1:1 dimensions

34. Computation For Metric Scales

35. Computation For Imperial Scales

36. Annotative Scaling
Use annotative scaling so that you always draw the full size of the text even in model space as you do in paper space

37. Annotative Scaling
When you use the TEXT command, use the ANNOTATIVE style

38. Annotative Scaling Type your TEXT in Model Space or the model tab
Go to the Layout Tab and create 2mm parallel lines in Paper space
Turn Annotation Visibility and Automatically add scale buttons ON

39. Annotative Scaling
In Model space, change the scale and pan the text you typed between the 2mm lines
The Text should fit within the lines at any scale

40. Annotative Scaling
Type some text in paper space using the same ANNOTATIVE STYLE with 2mm text height
It will have the same height as your text in model space
Erase the drawings and save this file to your SHERIDAN METRIC template to update your tmp file. Do the same for your SHERIDAN IMPERIAL template

41. Dimension Text Style

44. Save this in your templates (METRIC and IMPERIAL)

45. Dimension Standard

46. Dimension Setting

61. Updating your template