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CP 83 : Part 3 : 2001
(ICS 35.240.10)
SINGAPORE STANDARD
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(ICS 35.240.10)
SINGAPORE STANDARD
Code of practice for construction computer-aided
design (CAD)
– Part 3 : Organising and naming of CAD files
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This Singapore Standard was approved by the Information Technology (IT) Standards Committee on
behalf of the Standards Council of Singapore on 9 January 2001.
The IT Standards Committee appointed by the Standards Council consists of the following members:
Name Organisation
Chairman : Mr Wilson Tan Standards Council
Executive
Secretary : Ms Pee Gim Onn Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
Secretary : Ms Ho Buaey Qui Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
Members : Assoc Prof Chi Chi-Hung National University of Singapore
Ms Susan Chong Singapore Productivity and Standards Board
Prof Robert Gay Singapore Computer Society
Assoc Prof Angela Goh Nanyang Technological University
Mr Kan Siew Ning Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
Dr Low Hwee Boon Kent Ridge Digital Labs
Mr Alvin Ong Information Technology Management Association
Mr Wee Tew Lim Singapore Information Technology Federation
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The Design Working Group appointed by the Technical Committee to assist in the preparation of this
Singapore Standard comprises the following members:
Name Organisation
The Technical Committee acknowledges the contributions of the following consultants from the Ngee
Ann Polytechnic in preparing this standard:
The Technical Committee also acknowledges the contribution of Dr Tan Kee Wee from the Building
and Construction Authority, in helping to co-ordinate the preparation of this standard.
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Contents
Page
Foreword 6
CODE OF PRACTICE
1 Scope 7
2 Purpose 7
3 Definitions 7
4 Concept, formats and codes 8
5 Examples 14
ANNEXES
TABLES
FIGURES
1 Filename format A 9
2 Filename format B 10
3 Filename format C 10
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Foreword
This Singapore Standard was prepared by the Technical Committee on Construction Industry IT
Standard under the direction of the Information Technology Standards Committee.
In preparing this Singapore Standard, reference was made to BS 1192-5 : 1998 – ‘Construction
drawing practice – Guide for the structuring and exchange of CAD data’. Acknowledgement is made
for the use of information from the British Standard.
NOTE
1. Singapore Standards are subject to periodic review to keep abreast of technological changes and new
technical developments. The revisions of Singapore Standards are announced through the issue of
either amendment slips or revised editions.
2. Compliance with a Singapore Standard does not exempt users from legal obligations.
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1 Scope
This code is to establish the general principles and formats for naming of construction computer-aided
design (CAD) files.
2 Purpose
The purpose of this code is to enhance uniformity in the naming of CAD files for the construction
industry in Singapore. This is to facilitate communication and management of CAD files by
representing important attributes in filenames and/or other forms of documentation.
3 Definitions
For the purposes of this code, the following definitions shall apply:
The following fields are used in the filename. Each field represents an independent concept.
3.3 Author
The word “Author” is used in this code to refer to the individual/company/organisation responsible for
creating the CAD file which may include layers from a few different originators of layers.
Project identification refers to common characters used in the filenames for the purpose of identifying
CAD files under the same project.
3.5 Type-of-work
Type-of-work refers to the nature and scope of work in the CAD file.
View plane refers to the section of the physical construction represented by the CAD model in the file.
It can be the level in a multi-storey building or the orientation of the elevation view.
3.7 Zone
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3.8 Version
3.9 User-defined
User-defined field refers to the field for users to provide additional information of the CAD file.
4.1 General
When CAD files are transferred between different systems and organisations, their contents need to
be understood to locate information, for identification of the source and to manage files. These
processes will be enhanced if all parties involved in a project use a commonly understood filename
convention.
The concepts, formats and codes covered in this code are used to name CAD files in building and
construction projects. Parties involved in projects using this code shall agree on the level of
conformance, format to be used, and document any variations.
This code covers three filename formats and a recommended directory structure. All the filename
formats and directory structure can be further sub-divided into fields. Each field describes certain
attributes of the file or directory.
4.2 Conformance
To cater for the diversity of construction projects, two levels of conformance are allowed in this code,
namely, full conformance and conceptual conformance.
A filename convention is in full conformance to this code if it complies with the formats and codes
specified in this code. Additional codes or user-defined fields not covered in this code are to be
documented and communicated between different parties in the project.
A filename convention is in conceptual conformance to this code if it captures the information required
in the fields and codes in this code, though the sequence and format of fields and codes may be
different. Deviations and additional codes shall be documented and communicated between different
parties in the project.
When it is not practical to include all the information in the filename, a filename reference table or
other means of documentation can be used to provide the information required.
This clause outlines three filename formats. Format A is for computer systems that can handle
filenames with more than 8 characters. Formats B and C are two alternatives for computer systems
that can handle filenames with maximum of 8 characters.
All formats contain a number of mandatory fields and an optional user-defined field.
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The difference between formats B and C is in the first field of the filename. Format B uses the field to
describe the author while format C uses it for project identification.
This format requires 6 mandatory fields and an optional user-defined field. The length of project
identification filed may vary from 3 to 5 characters depending on the user’s need. To enhance
computer processing and readability, the project identification field is to be separated from the
remaining fields by means of an underscore character “_”.
The seven fields in filename format A are to be arranged in the format as shown in Figure 1.
4.3.2 Filename format B (alternative - for computer system that can only handle 8.3 filename
format)
This format works with a file directory structure to separate files from different projects. Therefore
CAD files from different projects may have identical filenames. An alternative approach is to utilise
the user-defined field for project identification code.
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The five mandatory fields and an optional filed in filename format B are to be arranged in the format
as shown in Figure 2.
4.3.3 Filename format C (alternative - for computer system that can only handle 8.3 filename
format)
The only difference between Format C and Format B is that the first field in Format C is used for
project identification. As such, it does not need a file directory structure to separate files from different
projects.
The five mandatory fields and an optional filed in filename format C are to be arranged in the format
as shown in Figure 3.
4.4.1 Author
Author field represents the individual/company/organisation responsible for creating the CAD file.
Two (2) alphanumeric characters are used for this field.
For CAD file where another party prepares part of the information, please refer to CP 83 : Part 1 -
"Organisation and naming of CAD layers" for details of using layers/levels to segregate different
originators of information.
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This first character indicates the discipline of the originator of the layer. It is a single alphabet in
capital letter as shown in Table 4.
The second character provides further definition of the author whenever necessary. If the first
character is sufficient to define the author of the layer, a hyphen "-" shall be used as the second
character of this field. Example: A- for architect and S- for structural engineer.
This second alphanumeric character can also be used to denote different authors from the same
discipline involved in the same project. Example: A1 & A2 represent two different architects working
on the same project.
Project identification field represents files under the same project. For Format A, the user may use
between three (3) to five (5) alphanumeric characters to describe the project identification. Four
characters for format A is recommended. For Format C, the user can only use two (2) alphanumeric
characters for project identification.
4.4.3 Type-of-work
Type-of-work field represents the nature and scope of work in the CAD file. Two (2) alphanumeric
characters are used for this field. Please refer to Annex A for the list of codes.
View plane field represents the level in a multi-storey building or the orientation of the elevation view.
Two (2) alphanumeric characters are used for this field.
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Code Description
11 Numeric – Level of storey or lowest
level of a typical level (11).
A- Attic
B1 Basement 1
M1 Mezzanine 1
R- Roof
-- Whole project (two “dashes”)
N- North elevation view
E- East elevation view
S- South elevation view
W- West elevation view
NE Northeast elevation view
SE Southeast elevation view
SW Southwest elevation view
NW Northwest elevation view
3D 3-dimensional/isometric view
AA Duplicated alphabet - Section view (AA)
LX Longitudinal section for civil works
DT Details
Code Description
05 Level 5
B3 Basement 3
M2 Mezzanine 2
CC Section view CC
When the CAD file contains only page information such as notes, legend, diagrams, or schedules
instead of CAD models, the view plane is no longer relevant and the two characters can be used for
description of the form of information presented.
4.4.5 Zone
Zone field represents the construction zone or block number of the project. One (1) alphanumeric
character is used for this field. The codes allowed this field are A to Z, 1 to 9 and the hyphen
character (-). “-“ represents all the zones in the project. If the three characters allocated for the view
plan and zone fields are not relevant to the type of construction, they can be used for further
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description of the type-of-work with in-house codes. However, these codes are required to be
documented and communicated between different parties of the project.
4.4.6 Version
Version field represents major revisions of the CAD file. One (1) alphanumeric character is used for
this field. The sequence of codes denoting the version is A, B, C ... Z, 1, 2, 3, … 9. The character “X”
is reserved for referenced files so that the filename does not have to be amended each time it is
updated.
4.4.7 User-defined
User-defined field can be used for further identification or to provide additional information. The
filename will be more than 8 characters if this field is used.
A logical directory structure is necessary for the management of files for different projects, at various
stages of construction, and between different parties in multi-disciplinary project. The directory
structure becomes critical when filename format A is used and project identification is not captured in
the user-defined field. Directory structure in this code is not mandatory and the following examples
are for illustrative purpose.
Directories Examples
1st Level
/Structural/
/Electrical/
/Mechanical/
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An example of a directory structure for files under the "East Wood" project for building plan
submission of civil works is as follows:
/1999_East Wood/BP/Civil/
4.6.1 For indication of no further subdivision of the information or for all the possible variation of
field, hyphen characters (-) shall be used.
4.6.2 Alphanumeric characters allowed are the letters A to Z, the digits 0 to 9, in addition to the
hyphen (-) and underscore ( _ ) characters.
5 Examples
Filename format A
Example 1: EW00_A2FP31B2C-
A file of the East Wood project in the year 2000 (EW00 in the Project Identification field), prepared by
a second architect (A2 in the Author field), containing floor plans (FP in the Type-of-work field), at
level 31 (31 in the View Plane field) of zone B2 (B2 in the Zone field), and is the third version of the
file (C- in the Version field).
Example 2: EW01_C-RDXX12B-
A file of the East Wood project in the year 2001 (EW01 in the Project Identification field), prepared by
a civil engineer (C- in the Author field), containing road works (RD in the Type-of-work field) of section
“XX” (XX in the View Plane field) in zone 12 (12 in the Zone field), and is the second version of the file
(B in the Version field).
Filename format B
Example 3: A-FP12BC
A file prepared by an architect (A- in the Author field), containing floor plan (FP in the Type-of-work
field), at level 12 (12 in the View Plane field) of zone B (B in the Zone field), and is the third version of
the file (C in the Version field).
Example 4: A2SP---X
A file prepared by a second architect (A2 in the Author field), containing site plan (SP in the Type-of-
work field), covering the whole site (“--“ in the View Plane field and “-“ in the Zone field), and is
used as file to be referenced by other CAD files (X in the Version field).
Example 5: S-B205BB_EW302
A file prepared by a structural engineer (S- in the Author field), containing beam-details sheet 2 (B2
in the Type-of-work field), at level 5 (05 in the View Plane field) zone B (B in the Zone field), and is the
second version of the file (B in the Version field). This file includes project identification and drawing
number (EW and 302) in the user-defined field.
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Example 6: E-EL04BA_EL012
A file prepared by an electrical engineer (E- in the Author field), containing electrical supply
installations (EL in the Type-of-work field), at level 4 (04 in the View Plane field) of zone B (B in the
Zone field), and is the first version of the file (A in the Version field). This file includes drawing number
(EL012) in the user-defined field.
Filename format C
Example 7: EWDNR-2A
A file of the East Wood project (EW in the Project Identification field), containing drainage work (DN in
the Type-of-work field), at the roof (R- in the View Plane field) of block 2 (2 in the Zone field), and is
the first version of the file (A in the Version field).
Example 8: EWAC04BC
A file of the East Wood project (EW in the Project Identification field), containing air-conditioning
installations (AC in the Type-of-work field), at level 4 (04 in the View Plane field) of zone B (B in the
Zone field), and is the third version of the file (C in the Version field).
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Annex A
Type-of-work codes in this list are classified according to the major construction disciplines.
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