ISO 13567-Cedar Herald Index

ISO 13567 is an international computer-aided design (CAD) layer standard.

Standard parts

The standard is divided into three parts: ISO 13567-1:2017 Technical product documentation — Organization and naming of layers for CAD — Part 1: Overview and principles ISO 13567-2:2017 Technical product documentation — Organization and naming of layers for CAD — Part 2: Concepts, format and codes used in construction documentation ISO/TR 13567-3:1999 (withdrawn September 2015) Technical product documentation — Organization and naming of layers for CAD — Part 3: Application of ISO 13567-1 and ISO 13567-2

ISO 13567

Standard has been developed by Technical Committee TC 10 (Technical product documentation) Subcommittee SC 8 (Construction documentation); Refer. ICS: 01.110; 35.240.10.

ISO 13567

Structure of layer names

CAD layer names are structured as a series of mandatory and optional fixed length fields, composed as a continuous alpha-numerical text string.

ISO 13567

Mandatory fields

Agent responsible (clause 6.1) (2 characters, indicating the person or organisation responsible for the layer information—manufacturer, A- architect A2 architect#2 on the same project B- building surveyors C- civil engineers E- electrical engineers F- facility engineers G- GIS engineers and land surveyors H- heating and ventilating engineers I- interior designers L- landscape architects Q- quantity surveyors S- structural engineers T- town and country planners W- contractors X- sub-contractors Y- specialist designers

Element (clause 6.2) (6 characters, indicating the functional parts of construction works or structure): follows a classification system like SfB building codes or Uniclass codes;

Presentation (clause 6.3) (2 characters, related to the information graphical presentation) -- whole model and drawing page, E- element graphics (Model space) T- text (M) H- hatching (M) D- dimensions (M) J- section/detail marks (M) K- revision marks (M) G- Grid graphic and dimension (M) U- user red lines & construction lines (M) B- Border (Page/Paper space) V- text, title, notes (P) I- tabular information, legends, schedules, tables/query (P) -1 language#1 or pen thickness#1 or text height#1

Optional fields

Status (clause 7.1) (1 character, status of the physical part, ISO code) - whole, no subdivision N new part E existing to remain R to be removed T temporary O to be moved original position F to be moved final position

Sector (clause 7.2) (4 characters, physical subdivision of construction work, recommended to use ISO 4157-2/3 codes) ---- whole project, all levels all blocks 00—ground floor 02–2nd floor -1-- basement SA—section AA EA—elevation A EB—elevation B --B1 block 1 --A- zone A 01B1 1st floor block#1 -2-- 2nd basement level 01A- storey 01 zone A

Phase (clause 7.3) (1 character, time or logical subdivision of work) - whole duration P pre-design/preliminary D design R procurement C construction O post-construction 1 phase#1 (pre-design) 2 phase#2 3 phase#3 (licence design)

Projection (clause 7.4) (1 character, work multiple views differentiation, ISO code) - all 0 plan 1 elevation 2 section 3 3D model

Scale (clause 7.5) (1 character, classification of layer information by the scale of final drawing, ISO code) - all A 1:1 B 1:5 C 1:10 D 1:20 E 1:50 F 1:100 G 1:200 H 1:500 I 1:1000 J 1:2000 K 1:5000 1 1:1-5 2 1:5-20 3 1:20-50 4 1:50-100 5 1:100-200 6 1:200-500 7 1:500-1000

Work Package (clause 7.6) (2 characters, materials and/or work sections) RC reinforced concrete SS structural steel 23 phase#23

User Defined (clause 7.7) (unlimited, additional subdivision or help plain description): description or subdivision.

Special characters

- (hyphenation)Used for all possible values of a specific character position. For no further subdivision use the hyphen character _ (underscore) Where a field is not being used or a decision has not been made

Applications

Resulting length

In practice, application of ISO 13567 fields can lead to short names (only mandatory fields), or much longer names (use of some or all optional fields in complex projects).