General Information
NJDOT’s English CADD information and resource files
for Microstation are available for downloading from this site.
As much information as is possible has been made available. Please
check the revision dates on all files frequently to ensure you
are working with the most current versions. Make sure you download
files for the correct version of Microstation. The available versions
are version 7 and version 8. Bear in mind that Microstation versions
7 and 8 are not compatible with each other.
NJDOT MicroStation CADD
Support Files
Cell Libraries
A "cell" in MicroStation is a group of
graphical elements that can be manipulated as a single entity.
The use of cells enhances CADD productivity and helps promote
CADD standardization. The Department’s Cells are stored and maintained
in cell libraries, which have been broken down by discipline.
- RoadWay.cel - Master
Roadway Cell Library
- RoadSigns.cel - Master
Roadway Sign Cell Library
- Bridge.cel - Master
Structures Cell Library
- Land.cel - Master
Landscape Cell Library
- Electrical Cell Library
- See Traffic Signal &
Safety
- Electrical/ITS Cell Library – under development
The Department’s cell libraries are available as
a bundled package in ZIP format either as Microstation
v7 download files or as Microstation
v8 download files.
Color Table
Standard colors are specified to ensure consistency
and to enable users to easily identify plan elements in shared
files. Elements are assigned a color "number" which
MicroStation reads to determine the correct color to display for
that color setting. The Department uses one common master color
table.
The Department’s master color table is available
either as Microstation
v7 download file NJDOT-Color.clr or as Microstation
v8 download file NJDOT-Color.ctb.
Font Resource File
Contrasting text styles (fonts) and sizes are used
within a drawing to designate different types of information (i.e.
existing versus proposed). The Department’s font resource file
is made up of a combination of converted TrueType fonts, Bit Stream
fonts, symbol fonts and basic MicroStation font cell type fonts.
NJDOT-Fonts.rsc
- DOT-1 (Proposed)
- Converted TrueType font (fractional) - Used on construction
type sheets for "proposed" lettering.
- DOT-7 - Fancy Filled
Font - Used on the Quantities EDQ sheet and in displays.
- DOT-11 - Bit Stream
Font (straight) - Used for headings and in displays.
- DOT-19 - Bit Stream
Font (slanted) - Used for headings and in displays.
- DOT-23 (Existing)
- Converted TrueType font (fractional) - Used on all construction
type sheets for "existing" lettering.
- DOT-30 - Filled Font
- Used on the "New Jersey Works" sign detail and in
displays.
- DOT-31 - Filled Font
- Used on the "New Jersey Works" sign detail and in
displays.
- DOT-41 - Upper case
only - Used in Landscaping plans
- DOT-42 - Filled Font
- The "default" font (used by MicroStation if the
font number doesn’t exist in the font resource file)
- Fonts - 90, 91, 92,
94 - Symbol fonts for InRoads
- Fonts - 95, 96, 97
- Customized symbol fonts used in InRoads
- Font 127 - Default
fast font - used if "fast font" is set in the design
file.
The Department’s font resource file "NJDOT-Fonts.rsc"
is available either as a Microstation
v7 download file or as a Microstation
v8 download file.
IPLOT Pen Tables
The Department uses IPLOT, a Bentley Systems Inc.
product, to produce final plan sets. Individual plotting routines
(pen tables) are used to create the final appearance of a MicroStation
plot. Pen tables have the ability to change the "look"
of individual elements or groups of elements at plot time to achieve
the desired plan presentation without affecting the original design
file element.
Microstation version 7 IPLOT pen
tables are not available for download from this site. There
are approximately 25 pen tables that were written to support the
various aspects of in-house design and they may not give an outside
user the desired results unless the entire NJDOT CADD system format,
set-up and configuration is followed.
If you have questions and/or would like the latest
copies of our Microstation version 7 IPLOT pen tables, please
contact the "CADD
Support Unit".
Microstation version 8 IPLOT pen tables
are available for download from this site. These are approximately
16 pen tables that were written to support the various aspects
of in-house design and they may not give an outside user the desired
results unless the entire NJDOT CADD system format, set-up and
configuration is followed.
Line Style Resource File
For efficiency reasons the Department has added its
own user defined lines styles (UDL) to the basic MicroStation
line style resource file. These UDLs are graphical representations
of features like guide rail, ROW lines, curb, etc. and can be
drawn and manipulated as any normal linear element.
When an element is drawn in MicroStation, the definition
of the line style is not contained within the design file, only
the line style name / number. When the design file is opened,
the display is governed by the line style resource file being
used at the time.
The Department’s line style resource file "NJDOT-Lines.rsc
" is available either as a Microstation
v7 download file or as a Microstation
v8 download file.
Seed Files
MicroStation uses a "seed" file concept
to create new design files. These seed files are templates in
which the standard file parameters (working units, global origin,
view attributes, color table, text settings, coordinate readout,
etc.) are set to the Department’s standards. The Department maintains
2D seed files by discipline and a master 3D seed file for three
dimensional applications.
- Roadway-Seed-2D.dgn
- Master Roadway 2D Seed File
- Bridge-Seed-2D.dgn
- Master Structures 2D Seed File
- InRoads-Seed-3D.dgn
- Master Engineering 3D Seed File
- Electrical Seed -
See Traffic Signal &
Safety
- Electrical/ITS Seed – under development
The Department’s "Seed Files" are available
as a bundled package in ZIP format either as Microstation
v7 download files or as Microstation
v8 download files.
Standard Details English
The Department’s Standard Details are broken out
into "sections" by discipline. When a standard detail
is revised, there will be a "revision date" adjacent
to the detail number.
- Roadway Construction
Details
- Traffic Control Details
- Bridge Construction
Details
- Electrical Details/ITS
- Electrical Details
- See Traffic Signal &
Safety
Access for downloading the standard details is either
from the Microstation
v7 CADD Downloads (English Units) page or the Microstation
v8 CADD Downloads (English Units) page of the CADD Support
website. The MicroStation ".dgn" versions of the standard
details can be downloaded individually or an entire "section"
can be downloaded as a complete set in a ZIPed format. Each "section"
can also be downloaded in Adobe PDF format.
CADD Standards Manual English
The purpose of this manual is to document the Department’s
English CADD standards in an effort to create uniformity for the
roadway / structure design and drafting performed for the N.J.
Department of Transportation. This manual is neither a textbook
nor a substitute for engineering or drafting knowledge, experience,
or judgment. These standards are neither static nor all-inclusive
and thus will be updated and enhanced as appropriate.
The information in this document is based on using
MicroStation ".dgn" format, which is a product of Bentley
Systems, Inc. It includes information on our Working Units, Global
Origin, Level Structure, File Names, File Content, Line Styles,
Line Weights, Fonts, Cells and Color Table as used by the Department.
The NJDOT CADD Standards Manual is available for
Microstation v7 download
or Microstation v8 download
in Adobe PDF format.
Sample Plans English
The English Sample plans are intended to illustrate
presentation format and have been developed with the purpose of
instituting uniformity in the presentation of roadway construction
type plans
The English Sample plans are available for Microstation
v7 download or Microstation
v8 download in Adobe PDF format. These plans are NOT available
as ".dgn" files.
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