A complete list of Layer Names can be acquired by contacting

(www.nationalcadstandard.org)
There are five defined layer name data fields:
Discipline Designator
Major Group
Minor Groups I
Minor Group II
Status
The Discipline and Major Groups are mandatory. The Minor Group and Status fields are
optional. Each data field is separated from adjacent fields by a dash (“-“) for clarity.
The document will use a combination of Level 1 and Level II Discipline Designators for Layer
Names:

Table 4 Discipline Designators

LEVEL 1 DISCIPLINE DESIGNATORS

G General
V Survey / Mapping
B Geotechnical
W Civil Works
C Civil
L Landscape

Major Groups are comprised of 4 character Abbreviations:

BLDG – Building
BNDY – Boundary
ROAD – Roads

Minor Groups are comprised of 4 Character abbreviations:

CNTR – Centerline
GRVL – Gravel

A completed Layer name would look as follows:

C-ROAD-CNTR - Civil (or Proposed) Road Centerline
V-ROAD-CNTR - Survey (or Existing) Road Centerline

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For a complete list of Major and Minor Groups refer to the National Cad Standards
Documentation.
There is an Annotation Field that can be added to the end of Layers to designate elements.
Table 5 shows the Acceptable Annotation Fields:
Table 5 Annotation Layer Name

Layer Name Description

□-□□□□-BRNG Bearings and Distance Labels (Survey Coordinates)
□-□□□□-DIMS Dimensions
□-□□□□-IDEN Identification Tags
□-□□□□-KEYN Keynotes
□-□□□□-LABL Labels
□-□□□□-LEGN Legend, Symbol Keys
□-□□□□-MARK Markers, Break Marks, Leaders
□-□□□□-MATC Matchlines
□-□□□□-NOTE Notes
□-□□□□-NPLT Non-plotting graphics Information
□-□□□□-RDME Read-me layer (not Plotted)
□-□□□□-REDL Redlines
□-□□□□-REFR Reference, External Reference
□-□□□□-REVC Revision Clouds
□-□□□□-REVS Revisions
□-□□□□-SCHD Schedules
□-□□□□-SYMB Symbols
□-□□□□-TEXT Text
□-□□□□-TABL Data Tables (Line, Curve, etc)
□-□□□□-TITL Drawing or Detail titles
□-□□□□-TTLB Border and Title Block

Any Layers needed that are not in the standards should be documented. If you need to
create a layer, use a 4 character Abbreviation (look in the Abbreviations of the National Cad
Standards for possible choices).

Colors

Colors and linetypes of entities shall generally be defined “bylayer”. Colors for each layer
are determined from the Plot Style Table. Refer to the pen table files (CTB) for colors
assigned in these standards.

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