Irrigation Sheet Setup and Plotting
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Irrigation Sheet Setup and Plotting

Jan 13, 2023
Video Length:  1:04:07
Presented By:  Jake Lott

What better way to start the new year than with a refresher on the best methods for putting an irrigation plan together? We'll go over our recommended workflows for setting up your project and Preference Set and ensuring your viewports and layouts scale and plot correctly. You'll also learn some best practices for working with aerial images and PDFs.

Webinar Contents:

Note: The following catalog of content covered in this webinar is time stamped to allow you to follow along or skip to sections of the video that are relevant to your questions. You can also search for content on this page using the FIND command in your browser (CTRL + F in Windows, Command + F in Mac OS.)

 

  • Intro/TOC
    • Setting Up and Working with an Image
    • Scaling the Image to Actual Size
    • Setting Proper Layer and Transparency
    • Determining What to Trace
  • Setting Up Your Sheets (Layouts)
    • Understanding Proper Viewport Scale for the Site
    • How to Split a Design into Multiple Sheets
    • Proper Use of LTSCALE (and Sheet Sets)
  • Plotting
    • How to Adjust Your Layout and Plot Styles When Something Goes Wrong

0:00 – 5:54: Intro/TOC

What we are not full covering (but where to find help) (4:18):

5:55 – 24:03: Setting Up and Working with an Image

 

Scaling the Image to Actual Size (8:55)

F/X Scale by Reference tool (9:16)

 

 

Setting Proper Layer and Transparency (11:58)

Load Layers and Save Layers tools (Layer States) (12:57)

 

Detaching and reattaching an image Xref to put it on a transparency layer (14:24)

 

 

Determining What to Trace (17:29)

The importance of using polylines (18:27)

 

Using our Xhair Angle tool to snap the cursor crosshairs to a specific angle (19:39)

24:04 – 59:50: Setting Up Your Sheets (Layouts)

Using our fxREF tool to Xref files into the plan (24:46)

 

Understanding Proper Viewport Scale for the Site (26:33)

Setting a User Coordinate System (UCS) (29:41)

 

Using our Scale tool to set the plot scale for the plan (32:27)

 

 

 

How to Split a Design into Multiple Sheets (33:56)

 

Running the CHSPACE command to move objects from Paper Space to Model Space (36:49)

 

Inserting a sheet layout preview block to determine viewport size and allow for toggling between different scales (37:58)

 

The importance of putting each layout in its own file (45:22)

 

 

Proper Use of LTSCALE (and Sheet Sets) (46:12)

Setting the LTSCALE (linetype scale) to 1 and the PLSLTSCALE (Paper Space linetype scale) to 1, and Xrefing in the layouts (46:12)

 

Using our Restore UCS tool to pull in a UCS already set in an Xref (48:38)

 

Naming sheets (54:39)

 

Using our Match Line tool to place a block as a reference for sheet edges (55:27)

59:51 – end: Plotting

How to Adjust Your Layout and Plot Styles When Something Goes Wrong

How to set your LTSCALE and PSLTSCALE when you have your sheets in the same drawing rather than in different files (not recommended) (59:51)

 

Checking and editing the properties of color layers in Xrefs using our XLAYER tool (1:01:30)

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