Section 2 — Documentation Requirements

Supplemental Requirements for Plot Plan Drawings

IPE Engineering Practice IPE-EP-2-3-5

Document number: IPE-EP-2-3-5 · Section: 2 — Documentation Requirements

SCOPE

This Practice covers the requirements for symbols to be used on map and plot plan drawings.
Any deviation to this Practice must be approved by the procedure described in EP 1–1–3.
An asterisk (*) indicates that a decision by the Owner or Owner’s Engineer is required.

2.0 REFERENCES

The latest edition of the following publications are referred to herein.

STANDARDS AND PUBLICATIONS

DEFINITIONS

CAD Supervisor - Inflection Point Engineering, LLC employee responsible for all CAD services and drawings at each plant.
Owner - Inflection Point Engineering, LLC
Owner’s Engineer - A Inflection Point Engineering, LLC appointed engineer.
Plans (Plot Plans, Maps) - Drawings that show an aerial view. The drawings are usually to scale and show placement of all equipment, buildings, roads, and vessels.
Seed File - AutoCAD drawing file with the default settings (i.e. text, font, borders, etc.)

GENERAL

The Owner’s symbol library is on AutoCAD. A diskette can be provided upon request, from the Owner’s Engineer.
Copies of the AutoCAD seed files on diskettes will be furnished by the Owner upon request.

PLANS, PLOT PLANS, MAPS

(*)Plot plans and maps are site specific; details will be provided by the Owner’s Engineer. These drawings shall be (24 X 36) size.
(*)The scale of the drawings shall appear in an appropriate place in the title block. Plot plans and maps are site specific. The actual scale to be used will be specified by the Owner’s Engineer.

The north arrow shall be located in the upper right hand corner of the drawing area. The arrow should note if it is true north or plant north. The drawing shall be oriented so that the north arrow points toward the top of the drawing.
These drawings are also used as backgrounds for various other drawings. Some of the uses are:
Underground details
Firewater and sewer layouts
Cable/conduit routing
Special equipment locations
Instrument/electrical equipment locations
Provided on the diskette are examples of seed files set up for the following scales:
1/8” = 1’ - 0”
1/4” = 1’ - 0”
1/2” = 1’ - 0”
1” = 20’ - 0”
1” = 40’ - 0”
Appropriate AutoCAD layers and colors are show in Table 1.

6.0 TABLES

TABLE 1

MAPS/PLOT PLANS, LAYERS/LEVELS

AutoCAD Layer Name	Intergraph Level	Description	Color
ROADS	1	Roads, Rivers, Fences, Property Lines	YEL
BUILDINGS	2	Buildings	MAG
FOUND	3	Foundations, Slabs, Footers	WHT
PIPE–SUP	4	Pipe Supports	WHT
TANKS	5	Tanks	CYAN
PLATFRM	6	Platforms	WHT
EQUIP	7	Equipment	WHT
STEEL–STRUC	9	Steel Structures	WHT
10	10	Not Assigned	WHT
ROADS–TXT	11	Text for Roads, Rivers, Fences, Prop, Lines	RED
BUILDINGS–TXT	12	Text for Buildings	RED
FOUND–TXT	13	Text for Foundations, Slabs, Footers	RED
PIPE–SUP–NAME200	14	Names for Pipe Supports - 200 Scale	RED
TANK–PRNOS	15	PR Numbers on Tanks	RED
PLATFORM–TXT	16	Text for Platforms	RED
EQUIP–NAME–PRNOS	17	Equipment names and PR numbers	RED
PIPE–SUP–NAME20	19	Names for Pipe Supports - 20 Scale	RED
20	20	Not Assigned	WHT
AREA–OUTL–TXT	21	Area Outlines & Text	RED
BLDG–COORDS	22	Coordinates for Buildings	RED
FOUND–COORDS	23	Foundation Coordinates	RED
PIPE–SUP–LOC–TXT	24	Text for Pipe Support Location	RED
TANK–COORDS	25	Coordinates on Tanks	RED
PRNOS–20	26	PR Numbers - 20 Scale	RED
EQUIP–COORDS	27	Coordinates on Equipment	RED
NGAS	28	Natural Gas Lines	WHT
FGAS	29	Fuel Gas Lines	WHT
SEWERSO	30	Storm Sewer - Only	WHT
SEWERA	31	Amine Sewer	WHT
SEWERS	32	Sanitary Sewer	WHT

TABLE 1

MAPS/PLOT PLANS, LAYERS/LEVELS (cont.)

AutoCAD Layer Name	Intergraph Level	Description	Color
CW	33	City Water	WHT
FW	34	Firewater, Ind. Posts	RED
WW	35	Well Water, Industrial Water	WHT
ELECT	36	Electrical	WHT
PHONE	37	Telephone	WHT
CCW	38	Cold Cooling Water	WHT
HCW	39	Hot Cooling Water	WHT
SEWERSO–TXT	40	Storm Sewer - Oily Text	RED
SEWERA–TXT	41	Amine Sewer Text	RED
SEWERS–TXT	42	Sanitary Sewer Text	RED
CW–TXT	43	City Water Text	RED
FW–TXT	44	Firewater Text, Ind. Posts Text	RED
WW–TXT	45	Well Water, Industrial Water Text	RED
ELECT–TXT	46	Electrical Text	RED
PHONE–TXT	47	Telephone Text	RED
CCW–TXT	48	Cold Cooling Water Text	RED
HCW20–TXT	49	Hot Cooling Water Text	RED
CONTOUR–TXT	50	Contour Text	RED
SHADE	51	Shadding	WHT
TRANS	52	Transfer	WHT
TRANS–TXT	53	Transfer Text	RED
PITS	54	Pipe Trenches, Valve Pits	WHT
TANK–DIKES	55	Tank Dikes & Ditches	WHT
STEAM–TXT	56	Steam Lines	RED
STEAM	57	Steam Line Text	WHT
NGAS–TXT	58	Natural Gas Line Text	RED
FGAS–TXT	59	Fuel Gas Line Text	RED
100GRID	60	100 Ft. Grid	WHT
1000GRID	61	1000 Ft. Grid	WHT
BORDER	62	IPE Format & Text	WHT
CUTLINE	63	Edges of Paper	WHT

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