Drafting Standard

AM2488
AM2488 – Drafting Standard
Document History
Revision No. Date Revision Description
0
1.0 Feb 2014
2.0 Sept 2018 Integration (& decommissioning) of AM2588 and
AM2506. Inclusion of P&ID requirements
3.0 Mar 2020 Updates including SEW Title Block and standard
symbols
4.0 Dec 2023 Drawings numbers and DMS

Revision Working Group

Name Position
Julian Tully Technical Director
Greg Haskins Design Draftsperson
Milan Nedomacki Design Engineer
Ranga Fernando Engineering and Design Manager

Approved
Name Position Signature Date
Heath McMahon Acting Group Manager
Engineering & Technology 18/12/2023
Solutions

Authorised
Name Position Signature Date
Marc Peril Manager Standards Marc Peril
2023.12.18
18:17:50 +11'00'

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Contents
1. General ............................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Purpose ............................................................................................................. 1
1.2 Qualified Drafter ................................................................................................ 1
1.3 Dispensation ..................................................................................................... 1
1.4 Drawing Management System........................................................................... 1
1.5 References and standards ................................................................................ 1
2. Drawing Composition ..................................................................................... 2
2.1 Drawing Templates ........................................................................................... 2
2.2 SEW drawing template ...................................................................................... 2
2.3 Drawing format .................................................................................................. 2
2.4 Equipment Drawings ......................................................................................... 3
2.5 File and Drawing Object Structure ..................................................................... 3
2.6 Drawing Sheet Sizes ......................................................................................... 3
2.7 Drawing Orientation........................................................................................... 3
2.8 Scales ............................................................................................................... 3
2.9 Drawing Units .................................................................................................... 4
2.10 Colours and Pen Assignments .......................................................................... 4
2.11 Layers ............................................................................................................... 5
2.12 Standard Blocks and Symbols ........................................................................... 5
2.13 Dimension & Annotation Conventions ............................................................... 5
2.14 SCADA and Asset IDs ....................................................................................... 6
2.15 Clouding Revisions............................................................................................ 6
2.16 Hold Clouds....................................................................................................... 6
2.17 Sections and Details.......................................................................................... 6
2.18 Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)................................................ 7
3. Procedural Requirements ............................................................................... 7
3.1 Drawing Numbering........................................................................................... 7
3.2 XREF File Naming............................................................................................. 8
3.3 Drawing Submission .......................................................................................... 9
3.4 Existing CAD Files............................................................................................. 9
3.5 Existing drawings as images ............................................................................. 9
3.6 Missing or incomplete existing drawings ............................................................ 10
3.7 Revision Designation ......................................................................................... 11
3.8 Drawing Transmittal .......................................................................................... 11

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3.9 As Constructed Drawings .................................................................................. 11
Appendix A: SEW Title Block ....................................................................................... 12
Appendix B: SEW Standard Blocks ............................................................................. 13

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1. General
1.1 Purpose
Complete, professionally drawn, consistent and unambiguous drawings are essential for
health and safety, environment protection, asset performance, efficient operation and
maintenance as well as future upgrades.
The purpose of this standard is to define South East Water (SEW) specific engineering
drawing requirements. The intended audience is an experienced drafter.

1.2 Qualified Drafter

Drawings must be prepared or modified by an experienced and qualified drafter
(draftsperson), unless closely supervised. To be qualified, the drafter must have a Certificate
IV in Engineering Drafting or equivalent. A general qualification in engineering, fabrication or
construction is not accepted. Qualified drafters with less than five years continuous
experience or a non-qualified drafter, must be closely supervised by a qualified drafter with
more than ten years experience.

1.3 Dispensation
Any proposed non-compliance with this standard requires the submission of a dispensation
and approval by SEW. Refer to Standards Manager.

1.4 Drawing Management System

In 2023, SEW commenced the use of OpenText Extended ECM for Engineering, which is
known as the Drawing Management System (DMS). Instructions for using DMS are not
included in this standard and can be obtained from the Asset Information Systems Manager.

1.5 References and standards

Unless otherwise stated in this standard, drawings must comply with the most recent
revision of the following standards, shown in order of precedence:
 AS 1000 The International System of Units (SI)
 AS 1100 Technical Drawing:
o Part 101 General Principles
o Part 201 Mechanical Engineering Drawing
o Part 301 Architectural Drawing
o Part 501 Structural Engineering Drawing
 AS 1101 Graphical symbols for general engineering:
o Part 1 Hydraulic and pneumatic systems
o Part 2 Welding and non-destructive examination
o Part 3 Machine elements
o Part 4 Piping, ducting and mechanical services for buildings
o Part 5 Process measurement control functions and instrumentation
 ISO 3511 Industrial process measurement control functions and instrumentation --
Symbolic representation
 AS 1102 Graphical symbols for electro technology - Parts 101-113 and 12
 AS 1654 Limits and fits for engineering
 AS 3702 Item designation in electrotechnology

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  AS 4383 Preparation of documentation used in electrotechnology
 AS 60417 Graphical symbols for use on equipment
 HB7 Engineering drawing handbook by Standards Australia
 WSA 03-2011-3.1. Water Supply Code of Australia. Melbourne Retail Water Agencies
Edition. Version 2.0
 WSA 02-2014-3.1. Gravity Sewerage Supply Code of Australia. Melbourne Retail
Water Agencies Edition. Version 2.0
 WSA 07-2007. Pressure Sewer Code of Australia. MRWA Supplement, Melbourne
Retail Water Agencies
 WSA 04-2001, Sewage Pumping Station Code – South East Water Supplementary
Manual
 AM2775 Maximo Collection Details

2. Drawing Composition
2.1 Drawing Templates
Water and gravity sewerage pipeline drawings must be completed in accordance with the
relevant MRWA drawing templates. CAD templates for these pipeline designs are available
at: https://www.mrwa.com.au/standards

Sewage rising mains and pressure sewer mains will use the SEW drawing template.
The same drawing template will be used for the entire project. Unless the drawing set
consists of approximately 75% or more of water or gravity sewerage pipeline, then use the
SEW drawing template.

2.2 SEW drawing template

The following standard files must be used:
a. South East Water standard DWT template, including standard Title Block in
Paperspace and standard Layer arrangements. This standard CAD file is
suitable for the following types of drawings:
(i) Civil
(ii) Structural
(iii) Process (P&ID)
(iv) Mechanical
(v) Electrical
(vi) Survey

b. South East Water standard CTB file.

These files can be found on South East Water’s water and sewer technical standards web
page.

2.3 Drawing format

All CAD files must be produced in AutoCAD dwg format.
All drawings to be delivered no older than one major version old. For example, when
AutoCAD 2024 version 24.3 is the latest version, AutoCAD 2019 version 23.0 is the oldest
acceptable.

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2.4 Equipment Drawings
Equipment drawings are not required in the drawing set for off the shelf proprietary
equipment. Such information shall be provided in Operations and Maintenance Manual.
Drawings for custom equipment (Vendor drawings) shall be included in the drawing set and
comply with this document.

2.5 File and Drawing Object Structure

DWG files must be separated into logical drawings of a manageable size (max 25MB). Each
file must only contain one Paper Space sheet.

XREF File
XREF files should contain all drawing content which may be used by multiple drawings, such
that an update to the XREF file would enable a number of associated drawings to be simply
updated.

Model Space
Model space should normally contain an attached XREF file, with unrequired XREF layers
frozen. Geometric drawing content shall be drawn in the appropriate layer over relevant
XREF layer content.

Blocks
All blocks will be to SEW drafting standards and follow the correct line colours and linetypes.
Most objects within a block are to be on layer ‘0’, so that no unnecessary layers are added to
parent drawings. Most objects within blocks will also be ‘ByBlock’. This means that the
objects will adopt the colour of the layer they are insertion. Exceptions to the these will occur
if multiple colours are required within a block, but in these cases clear layer naming is to be
utilised. Blocks must be scaled to the appropriate sizes.

2.6 Drawing Sheet Sizes

The standard drawing size must be A1.
The original drawing plot must be in A3 format and shall be legible in A3 format. Full size
plots shall only be prepared when specifically requested or required.

2.7 Drawing Orientation

The model space of all drawings shall be set to World UCS with North orientated up the
page and the angle rotation to be clockwise.
Paper Space viewports must be oriented with the North up the page, the right of the drawing
sheet.
The north arrow must be placed in the upper left-hand corner of single plan drawings. If
project north varies from true north, this variation must be shown on the plot plan and key
plan only. Other plans must use project north.

2.8 Scales
An adequate scale must be chosen to ensure legible, uncluttered drawings, which meet the
recommendations of AS1100.101.

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Scales must be a multiple of 10 of the following standard scales:
 1:1
 1:2
 1:2.5
 1:5

The scale used must be represented in the body of the drawing. Where more than one scale
is used, the relevant scale must be shown under each section, detail, etc. Where there is a
single scale on a sheet it is to be nominated on the title block, where there is more than one
scale on a sheet the title block scale is to appear as “AS SHOWN”.
Where different scales are used for horizontal and vertical dimensions, each scale must be
clearly indicated.
If a drawing is not to scale, the letters ‘NTS’ or ‘Not to Scale’ must be inserted where the
scale would normally feature.
Standard scale blocks are available in the DWT template as indicated in Appendix B.

2.9 Drawing Units

Drawing units are generally dictated by each discipline, as a guide:
Survey models 1 unit = 1 metre (1m)
Civil models 1 unit = 1 metre (1m)
Structural models 1 unit = 1 millimetre (1mm)
Mechanical models 1 unit = 1 millimetre (1mm)
Architectural models 1 unit = 1 millimetre (1mm)
“X” and “Y” Values
For CAD purposes the “X” value must represent the Easting and the “Y” value must
represent the Northing.
By default, all drawings must have their insertion scale set to 'unitless', INSUNITS = 0.

2.10 Colours and Pen Assignments

To accommodate the majority of mono/colour plotting requirements the following standard
pen assignments and corresponding plot styles must be followed. The following standard
pen assignments support both colour and monochrome plots with one pen table.
All pen weights are to be assigned by layer, i.e.: CECOLOR = 'BYLAYER'.
Standard Plot File to be used on all SEW drawings:
 A3 Half size SEW_standard_COLOUR.ctb
Should an A1 sheet be required, the following CTB is to be used:
 A1 Full size SEW_standard_COLOUR.ctb

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Table 1 Pen assignment
AutoCAD AutoCAD Printed Full size plotted line Half size plotted line
Colour Number Colour Colour thickness (mm) A1 thickness (mm) A3

1 Red Black 0.18 0.09

2 Yellow Black 0.35 0.18
3 Green Black 2.00 1.00
4 Cyan Black 0.70 0.35
5 Blue Black 0.35 0.18
6 Magenta Black 0.50 0.25

7 White (Black) Black 0.25 0.13

8 Dark grey Black 0.50 0.25

9 Pale grey Black 0.35 0.18

10-249 Colours Colours Use Object Lineweight
250-255 Greys Greys Use Object Lineweight

Line work must be consistent and solid throughout the drawing set to ensure maximum
clarity, legibility and understanding of the drawing content. The thickness of any line after
reduction or reproduction must be such as to be clearly legible.
All new work must be displayed with greater emphasis than any existing works. Typically,
existing works are shown in a grey colour between colour 251 and colour 253, however
dashed/ phantom linetypes, alternate colours and hatching techniques can also be
employed, depending on the situation.

2.11 Layers
Layers must be as per the South East Water standard template (DWT) file. Nothing may be
drawn on Layer 0 and no layers may be removed. In the rare event of a layer needing to be
added, it shall be named in a consistent format with those in the standard template.

2.12 Standard Blocks and Symbols

South East Water standard title block and annotation blocks are depicted in Appendix A and
Appendix B respectively.

2.13 Dimension & Annotation Conventions

Dimensioning standards shall be as described in Australian Standard AS 1100, Technical
drawing, Parts 101, 201, 301, 401 and 501. In addition:
 All dimensions are to be associative and must NOT be exploded.
 Dimensions must not be repeated.

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  All dimensions should be in millimetres as default when no unit is shown, e.g. 2400
would be assumed to be 2400mm. Where it is deemed preferable to use metres
(such as for very long measurements), the unit must be shown, e.g. 450m.
 Coordinates shall be shown in the format of Easting (x-axis) before Northing (y-axis),
and shall always be shown to three decimal places, e.g.: E 359762.423, N
5881512.179.

2.14 SCADA and Asset IDs

Refer to AM2775 Collection Details and SEW project representative for details.

2.15 Clouding Revisions

Revision clouds must be used for all revisions after Issued for Construction. They may be
used in earlier versions, if agreed between designer and SEW representative. All changes
on a drawing must be indicated by drawing a cloud around the revised part of the drawing.
Every revision cloud is given a revision layer which must be turned off when the drawing
receives further change. A revision marker (revision number surrounded by a triangle) must
accompany the cloud.
A standard Cloud block is available in the DWT template as indicated in Appendix B.

2.16 Hold Clouds

“HOLD” clouds shall be used to segregate tentative information.
All such holds must be numbered sequentially (1, 2, 3, etc.) for each drawing. The word
“Hold”, together with the relevant hold number, is to be inserted in the hold cloud.
All data holds on a drawing are to be listed (in sequential order) in the area allocated for
notes. The hold number, date of hold and a brief description of each hold are to be included.
The list is to be titled “Hold” and encircled by a reverse cloud.
Data that is not covered by a certified drawing shall continue to be shown as hold items on
the project drawing until the data has been certified by the vendor as being correct.

2.17 Sections and Details

All drawings are to be prepared using third-angle projection.
Where possible:
 sections shall be directed towards the top or left of the drawing sheet and positioned
to read in third-angle projection.
 section drawings shall be drawn on the sheet on which they are cut.
 Sections shall be cut from the plan views; avoid cutting any major section from
another.
A standard section block is available in the DWT template as indicated in Appendix B.
Sections are to be named alphabetically and Details are to be named numerically.
Each Section “bubble” shall contain the drawing number from which the Section is cut or on
which the Section view is drawn.
The text height within this bubble is to be 5.0 mm
When the Section view is drawn on the same sheet on which the section cut plane is
depicted, a dash shall be used in lieu of the drawing number in the section bubble.

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2.18 Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)
Refer to AM2996 P&ID standard.

3. Procedural Requirements
3.1 Drawing Numbering
Drawing numbers for new drawings will be provided through the Drawing Management
System.
The Consultant or Contractor may include their own drawing number, provided this is
located according in the Contractor’s / Consultant/s designated area in region H4 of the title
block.
Drawing number format is:
[identifier/asset number].[area number].[discipline].[sequential number]
Example: WB196.1090.C.001

Identifier/asset number
The identifier consists of a product prefix and the asset class.

Table 2 Identifier
Product Prefix
Water (potable water) W
Sewage / Sewer S
Recycled Water. Non Drinking Water R
Asset Class Suffix Asset Class Suffix
Branch Main (sewer) BR Main (pressure) M
Pressure Reducing Station BS Pump Station P
Chlorination Plant CP Retic Main (water / sewer) R
Disinfection Plant DP
Flow Meter / Monitor G Reservoir (service) R
Emergency Relief Station ERS Transfer Main (water) T
Electrolysis Point ES Elevated Tank (service) TS
Filling Station FS Recycling Plant RP
Water Quality Site (e.g.
Standard Drawing STD WQ
chlorine)

Table 3 Identifier examples

Examples
Sewer Rising (Pressure) Main SM
Recycled Water Flow Meter RG
Sewage Pump Station SP
Water Pump Station WP
Recycled Water Pump Station RP

The asset number is a sequential number determined by asset management systems.

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Treatment plant asset numbers are listed in AM2996 P&ID standard.
Sewer Branch mains (DN300 or larger) and water mains DN300 or higher will have an asset
number provided by asset management systems.
Smaller mains (reticulation) will not have an asset number provided. These assets are
generally created indirectly through Land Development processes.

Area Numbers
Sewage Treatment plant area numbers are listed in AM2996 P&ID standard.
Water network area numbers are the water distribution zone that is defined within GTViewer.
Sewage network area numbers are the catchment areas defined within GTViewer.
When the area number is less than four digits, add a zero in front, so that it is four digits.

Discipline
Discipline letter must comply with Table 4.

Table 4 Discipline
Discipline Description
A - Architectural Building and interior design plans. Landscape plans
C - Civil System hydraulics, extended pipelines (not between M&E
items in a plant area), surface, road, drainage, earthworks.
Hydraulic grade and level drawings. Lagoons and waterways
E - Electrical Switchboards. Power systems. Wiring arrangements for
instruments and relays. Control and network communications
including fibre optic, Ethernet, PLC and RTU data connections
G - General Site wide non discipline specific drawings
M - Mechanical Mechanical items, e.g. blowers, pumps, fans, fire services,
lifting equipment. Piping between mechanical items within a
plant area
P - Process Process & Instrumentation Diagrams
S - Structural Concrete and structural steel installation drawings including
foundations, concrete slabs, frames, supports
U - Survey Feature survey drawings

3.2 XREF File Naming

Xref files must be named based on the asset number.
Format is
X_SP123.3344_descriptor1_descriptor2(optional).dwg
Where:
X signifies xref
SP123 is the asset identifier and number
3344 is the area code of the asset. Where the xref spans more than one area, it must
be area 0000
Descriptor1 & 2 is up to 20 characters

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External reference files are to be named descriptively and logically to ensure that anybody
can recognise its contents, in relation to the project. All XREF files must be prefixed with a
capital X and be separated with underscores. Additional sub-categories can be introduced in
file naming to help delineate between similar files. Any Civil 3D drawings shall contain ‘C3D’
within the name. For example:

Table 5 XREF Examples

File File Name Alternate name with subcategories
Description
Existing X_SP123.3344_SURVEY _SITE A.dwg;
feature X_SP123.3344_SURVEY.dwg
survey X_SP123.3344_SURVEY_SITE B.dwg

Existing X_ SP123.3344_EXISTING X_SP123.3344_SERVICES_DBYD.dwg;

services SERVICES.dwg X_SP123.3344_SERVICES_PROVEN.dwg
X_ WT123.3344_WATER
Proposed X_ WT123.3344_WATER ALIGNMENT_DN600.dwg
water main ALIGNMENT.dwg X_ SP123.3344_WATER
ALIGNMENT_SITE A.dwg
X_ SP123.3344_SEWER
Civil 3D ALIGNMENT_DN900.dwg
X_ SP123.3344_C3D_SEWER
Longitudinal
ALIGNMENT.dwg X_ SP123.3344_C3D_SEWER_SITE
Section
A.dwg
Locality
X_SP123.3344_LOCALITY.png X_SP123.3344_LOCALITY_SITE A.png
Map Image

3.3 Drawing Submission

Drawings must be purged, audited and zoomed to extents followed by the use of the
Etransmit AutoCAD function to submit.
Each drawing shall be a separate file.

3.4 Existing CAD Files

It is essential for safe and reliable operation and maintenance of SEW assets, that the
drawing set for an asset is complete, current and free of inconsistencies and ambiguity.
When modifications, extensions or enhancements are made to existing assets, all affected
existing drawings must be revised. This includes general drawings such as drawing list and
site layout, overall drawings such as process and instrumentation diagrams as well as plan,
section and detailed drawings. Where the new works interface with the existing, there must
be reference to the existing drawings on the new drawings, and on the existing drawings to
reference the new drawings. Existing drawings must be obtained from Drawing Management
System to ensure they are the current revision.

3.5 Existing drawings as images

In some cases, SEW may only be able to provide old drawings as images. When these
drawings are impacted by the works:

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  The content must be redrawn in AutoCAD.
 The drawing given a new drawing number.
 The old drawing number must be included as a reference within the new drawing.

3.6 Missing or incomplete existing drawings

When proposed works involve existing assets for which the drawings are missing or
incomplete, the missing information must be collected and drawn in AutoCAD. Unless
specified otherwise in scope of works, accessible dimensions must be collected by survey
methods.

Table 6 Accessible dimensions

Description Example Requirement

Fully buried Pipeline Electronically locate without

excavation

Pits Pipeline pit Obtain internal pit dimensions

without entry into pit, using staff and
tape measure. Record equipment
within pit. Estimate pipe diameter
and material and inlet/outlet angles.

Electrical and communication Switchboard External cabinet dimensions and

cabinets labelled external doors.

Water retaining structures Digester Dimensions that can be obtained

when water at normal operating
levels from
walkways/platforms/ground level.

Above ground pipework Recycled All dimensions.

water cross
connection

Submerged equipment Wet well No dimensions

pump

Above ground equipment Pump Key dimensions, such as joint type

(eg flange), flange size, distance
between flanges, widest dimension,
highest dimension

Buildings Water pump Laser scan showing key features

station and dimensions.

Above ground structures Water tank Dimensions and features obtainable

from ground level.
Note: any reference to specific methods is used to indicate level of effort.

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3.7 Revision Designation
Table 3 shows the revision number requirements.

Table 7 Revision Block

Drawing Issued for Revision
Format
Preliminary Alphabetic

Approval Alphabetic

Tender Alphabetic

Subsequent Tender Alphabetic

Construction 0

Subsequent Construction Numerical

As Constructed Numerical

All other future changes Numerical

Revision (alpha or numeric) shall only be changed when the drawing content has changed,
with exception of Issue for Construction and As-Constructed revisions.

3.8 Drawing Transmittal

All external reference files must be bound to the relevant documents, prior to transmittal.
A Document Transmittal must accompany all issues and at a minimum shall include the
following details:
 Project name and number
 Transmittal date
 Drawing numbers
 Drawing names
 Revision ID (letter, number or combination)
 Purpose of issue (i.e. Issued for Review, Issued for Construction etc.)
Drawing filenames are to be the drawing number.
If compressed files are grouped together then a list of the compressed file and all the files it
contains along with the associated drawing numbers shall accompany this data. All external
reference files must be listed on the Transmittal when issued in ‘unbound’ form.

3.9 As Constructed Drawings

As Constructed drawings must be prepared in AutoCAD, to the same drafting requirements
as the design drawings. The As-Constructed drawings must bear the name, company and
logo of the original designer as this provides useful information for future reference. The
Constructor may add its details to an appropriately blank area of the drawing.

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Appendix A: SEW Title Block

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Appendix B: SEW Standard Blocks

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