Standard Layer Names

These names are based on CAD Layer Guidelines, Second Edition, Michael K. Schley, ed., published in 1997 by the American Institute of Architects in Washington, D.C. I have assigned colors and linetypes.
 

Layer Objects to Be Drawn on this Layer Color Linetype  Lineweight Plot Style ("Style1" unless noted otherwise)
A-ANNO-DIMS Dimensions Magenta Continuous .1500 mm  
A-ANNO-NOTE Notes Cyan Continuous .3500 mm  
A-ANNO-AREA Area Calculations, Hatch Patterns, and Numbers 60 Continuous .1000 mm  
A-ANNO-BORD Information on sheet border Cyan Continuous .3500 mm  
A-ANNO-VPRT Viewports Cyan Continuous .1000 mm (Non-plotting)
A-CEIL Ceiling Information (Soffits, Holes, Skylights, Ceiling Grid) 10 Continuous .1000 mm  
A-DOOR Doors and Door Frames in Plan or Elevation (But Not Swing Arcs or Elevation Swing Indications of Doors) Blue Continuous .2500 mm  
A-DOOR-GLAZ Windows in Doors Green Continuous .2500 mm  
A-DOOR-SWNG Swing Arcs or Elevation Swing Indications of Doors 30 Hidden2 .1000 mm  
A-DOOR-EXST Doors and Door Frames in Plan or Elevation (But Not Swing Arcs or Elevation Swing Indications of Doors) - Existing to Remain Green Continuous .1000 mm  
A-DOOR-EXST-GLAZ Windows in Doors - Existing to Remain 60 Continuous .1000 mm  
A-DOOR-EXST-SWING Swing Arcs or Elevation Swing Indications of Doors - Existing to Remain 30 Continuous .1000 mm  
A-DOOR-DEMO Doors, Swing Arcs, Windows in Doors, and Door Frames in Plan or Elevation - Existing to Be Demolished Green Hidden .1000 mm  
A-DOOR-NEWW Doors and Door Frames in Plan or Elevation (But Not Swing Arcs or Elevation Swing Indications of Doors) - New Doors in Existing Buildings Blue Continuous .2500 mm  
A-DOOR-NEWW-GLAZ Windows in Doors - New Doors in Existing Buildings 60 Continuous .1500 mm  
A-DOOR-NEWW-SWNG Swing Arcs or Elevation Swing Indications of Doors - New Doors in Existing Buildings 30 Hidden2 .1000 mm  
A-DOOR-ID Door Number Symbols Cyan Continuous .3500 mm  
A-ELEV Elevation Drawings, Interior or Exterior blue Continuous .2000 mm  
A-ELEV-PATT Hatch Patterns for Elevations 30 Continuous .0500 mm  
A-ELEV-EXST Elevation Drawings, Interior or Exterior - Existing to Remain blue Continuous .1000 mm  
A-ELEV-EXST-PATT Hatch Patterns for Elevations - Existing to Remain 30 Continuous .0500 mm  
A-ELEV-DEMO Elevation Drawings, Interior or Exterior - Existing to Be Demolished 30 hidden2 .1000 mm  
A-ELEV-NEWW Elevation Drawings, Interior or Exterior - New in Existing Buildings blue Continuous .2000 mm  
A-ELEV-NEWW-PATT Hatch Patterns for Elevations - New in Existing Buildings 30 Continuous .0500 mm  
A-ELEV-OTLN Elevation Outline yellow Continuous .5000 mm  
A-FLOR Any Information Relating to Floors Which Would Not Be Shown on Another Layer, Such as Holes in Floors, Edges of Slabs, Guardrails Around Floor Openings, or Curbs red Continuous .2500 mm  
A-FLOR-APPL Appliances: Refrigerators, Ovens, Stoves, and Any Fixed Element Which Requires a Plumbing or Electrical Connection to Make Operate 30 Continuous .2000 mm  
A-FLOR-APPL-ID Equipment Number Symbol cyan Continuous .3500 mm  
A-FLOR-ID Room Numbers cyan Continuous .3500 mm  
A-FLOR-STRS Stairs and Ladders in Plan or Elevation red Continuous .2500 mm  
A-FLOR-STRS-RAIL Stair Handrails in Plan or Elevation green Continuous .2000 mm  
A-FLOR-STRS-AROW Direction Arrows and Break Lines for Stairs cyan Continuous .1500 mm  
A-FLOR-STRS-RISE Risers of Stairs Should Be on a Separate Layer So That They Can Be Turned off on a Reflected Ceiling Plan green Continuous .1500 mm  
A-FLOR-TPTN Toilet Partitions, Doors, Door Swings green, but door swing should be color 30 Continuous .2500 mm  
A-FLOR-ELEV Elevators Cars in Plan green Continuous .2500 mm  
A-FLOR-RAMP Ramps in Plan or Elevation green Continuous .2500 mm  
A-FLOR-RAMP-RAIL Ramp Handrails in Plan or Elevation green Continuous .2000 mm  
A-FLOR-RAMP-AROW Direction Arrows and Break Lines For Ramps cyan Continuous .1500 mm  
A-FLOR-ACCS Toilet Accessories green Continuous .2000 mm  
A-FURN Furniture magenta Continuous .2000 mm  
A-FURN-ID Furniture Numbers cyan Continuous .3500 mm  
A-FURN-PLNT Interior Plants 60 Continuous .2000 mm  
A-FURN-PATT Furniture Finish Patterns 30 Continuous .0500 mm  
A-GLAZ Windows blue Continuous .2500 mm  
A-GLAZ-ID Window Number cyan Continuous .3500 mm  
A-ROOF Roof, Gutters, Skylights red Continuous .2500 mm  
A-ROOF-PATT Hatch Patterns for Roofs 30 Continuous .0500 mm  
A-SECT Sections red Continuous .3500 mm  
A-SECT-HIDD Material Hidden in Section 30 hidden2 .1500 mm  
A-SECT-MCUT Material Cut by Section yellow Continuous .5000 mm  
A-SECT-MBND Material Beyond Section cut 60 Continuous .1500 mm  
A-SECT-PATT Hatch Patterns of Section 30 Continuous .0500 mm  
A-SYMB Symbols, Keys and Targets (Such as Door Numbers, Window Numbers, Furniture Numbers, Equipment Numbers, Toilet Accessory Numbers) Cyan Continuous .3500 mm  
A-WALL Walls yellow Continuous .5000 mm  
A-WALL--PATT Wall Hatch Pattern (Poche) 30 Continuous .0000 mm  
A-WALL-DEMO Walls - Existing to Be Demolished 30 Hidden2 .1000 mm  
A-WALL-DEMO-PATT Wall Hatch Pattern (Poche) - Existing to Be Demolished 30 Continuous .0000 mm  
A-WALL-EXST Walls - Existing to Remain green Continuous .1000 mm  
A-WALL-EXST-PATT Wall Hatch Pattern (Poche) - Existing to Remain 60 Continuous .0000 mm  
A-WALL-NEWW Walls - New in Existing Buildings yellow Continuous .5000 mm  
A-WALL-NEW-PATT Wall Hatch Pattern (Poche) - New in Existing Buildings 30 Continuous .0000 mm  
A-WALL-PRHT-DEMO Walls - Partial Height - Existing to Be Demolished 30 Hidden2 .1000 mm  
A-WALL-PRHT-EXIST Walls - Partial Height - Existing to Remain blue Continuous .1500 mm  
A-WALL-PRHT-EXST-PATT Wall Hatch Pattern (Poche) - Partial Height - Existing to Remain 30 Continuous .0000 mm  
A-WALL-PRHT-NEWW Walls - Partial Height - New blue Continuous .2500 mm  
A-WALL-PRHT-NEWW-PATT Wall Hatch Pattern (Poche) - Partial Height - New 30 Continuous .0000 mm  
A-WALL-HEAD Door and Window Headers 30 Continuous .2500 mm  
A-WALL-SILL Door and window sills 30 Continuous .2500 mm  
A-FIGS People green Continuous .1500 mm  
C-PKNG-CARS Cars green Continuous .1500 mm  
C-PKNG-STRP Parking Lot Striping 30 Continuous .0500 mm  
C-PROP Property Lines Magenta Phantom2 .3500 mm  
C-COMM-UNDR Site communication lines underground 140 Dashed .3500 mm  
C-COMM-OVHD Site communication lines above ground 140 Continuous .3500 mm  
C-COMM Site communication poles and any other object above ground 140 Continuous .3500 mm  
C-WATR-UNDR Site Water Lines Underground Piping 140 Center2 .3500 mm  
C-WATR Site Water Meter and any object above ground 140 Continuous .3500 mm  
C-NGAS-UNDR Site Gas Lines Underground Piping 140 Center .3500 mm  
C-NGAS Site Gas Meter and any object above ground 140 Continuous .3500 mm  
C-STRM-UNDR Site Storm Sewer Lines Underground Piping 140 Dashed .3500 mm  
C-STRM Site Storm Sewer Manholes 140 Continuous .3500 mm  
C-FIRE-UNDR Site Fire Protection Lines Underground Piping 140 Center2 .3500 mm  
C-FIRE Site Fire Hydrants, pumps, and any object above ground 140 Continuous .3500 mm  
C-SSWR-UNDR Sanitary Sewer Lines Underground Piping 140 Dashed .3500 mm  
C-SSWR Sanitary Sewer Manholes 140 Continuous .3500 mm  
C-ROAD-CURB Curbs 10 Continuous .2000 mm  
C-WALK Sidewalks 10 Continuous .2000 mm  
C-TOPO Proposed Contours 35 Continuous .2500 mm  
C-TOPO-DEMO Contours, to Be Changed 60 Hidden .1500 mm  
C-TOPO-EXST Contours, Existing to Remain 35 Continuous .1500 mm  
E-COMM Telephone Receptacles red Continuous .3500 mm  
E-CTRL Control Systems red Continuous .1500 mm  
E-LITE Lighting 30 Continuous .2500 mm  
E-LITE-EMER Emergency Lighting 30 Continuous .2500 mm  
E-LITE-ID Light Identification cyan Continuous .3500 mm  
E-LITE-SWIT Light Switch red Continuous .2500 mm  
E-POWR Electrical Power, Receptacles red Continuous .2500 mm  
E-POWR-PANL Power Panels red Continuous .2500 mm  
L-PLNT Landscape Materials 40 Continuous .2500 mm  
L-PLNT-TREE-EXST Trees - Existing to Remain 40 Continuous .1000 mm  
L-PLNT-TREE-DEMO Trees - to be removed 60 Continuous .1000 mm  
L-PLNT-TREE-NEWW Trees - New 40 Continuous .3000 mm  
L-SITE-FNCE Fences yellow Continuous .1500 mm  
M-HVAC Hvac System, Ductwork, Equipment blue Continuous .2500 mm  
M-HVAC-CDFF Hvac Ceiling Diffusers 30 Continuous .2500 mm  
M-HVAC-ODFF Hvac Wall and Other Diffusers 30 Continuous .2500 mm  
P-FIXT Plumbing Fixtures Green Continuous .2000 mm  
P-FIXT-ID Plumbing Fixture Identification Cyan Continuous .3500 mm  
S-BEAM Structural Beams (Any Material) Red Continuous .2500 mm  
S-BEAM-HIDD Structural Beams Hidden Elements 30 Hidden2 .1000 mm  
S-COLS Structural Columns (Any Material) Yellow Continuous .3500 mm  
S-COLS-HIDD Structural Columns Hidden Elements 30 Hidden2 .1000 mm  
S-JOIST Structural Joists (Any Material) Magenta Continuous .3500 mm  
S-JOIST-HIDD Structural Joists Hidden Elements 30 Hidden2 .1000 mm  
S-FNDN Structural Foundation Yellow Continuous .4000 mm  
S-FNDN-HIDD Structural Foundation Hidden Elements 30 Hidden2 .1000 mm  
S-METL Miscellaneous Metal Shapes & Plates Magenta Continuous .3500 mm  
S-METL-HIDD Miscellaneous Metal, Hidden Lines 30 Hidden2 .1000 mm  
S-DECK Metal Deck Magenta Continuous .2000 mm  
S-GRID Structural Column Grid 20 Center2 .2500 mm  
S-GRID-ID Structural Column Grid Bubbles and Numbers 20 Continuous .3500 mm  

 COLOR KEY:

1 RED

2 YELLOW

3 GREEN

4 CYAN

5 BLUE

6 MAGENTA

7 WHITE

8 "DARK GREY" (Other color numbers to number 255 do not have names)

9 "DARK RED"

10 "BROWN"

11 "DARK GREEN"

12 "DARK CYAN"

13 "DARK BLUE"

14 "DARK MAGENTA"

15 "LIGHT GREY"