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  CADD Services -CADD file types
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Roadway Design Standard File Types (old File Name Extensions) and their meanings


2D MicroStation (graphic) Files Oriented to Plan Production

ALN

 

Photogrammetry alignment. Note: Roadway Design does not normally reference .aln files to plan sheets.

PLN

 

Existing Topo Obsolete

DGN

 

Existing Property

TSH

 

Title Sheet

TYP

 

Typical Sections and other Sheet 2 details.

SUM

 

Summary Sheets (Sheet 3-A and greater). This includes Guardrail, Drainage, Pavement Removal, and Earthwork Summary Sheets.

DSN

 

Proposed Design (formerly dgn). This includes Proposed Alignments, EOP's, C&G, etc.

DRN

 

Proposed Drainage Obsolete

ROW

 

Proposed Right-of-Way

PSH

 

Plan Sheets. This includes Combination Plan/Profile Sheets.

DTL

 

Detail Sheets Obsolete
For new projects, we no longer recommend the .dtl extension for detail sheets. This is primarily because the .dtl extension is now being used for dtm files coming from Location & Surveys. Please use the .psh extension for all plan sheets.

LAY

 

Plan Sheet Layout Obsolete

PFL

 

Profile Sheets Obsolete

DET

 

Detour Design Obsolete

PAT

 

Pattern Lines

SHP

 

Shape File

EOP

 

Edge of Pavement File. Note: This file is usually made by copying level 3 out of the pln files and deleting unnecessary elements. It is then utilized by criteria to determine the edge of pavement for widening templates.

SS

 

Temporary Slope Stake File

XSC

 

Cross-Sections (to be used with GEOPAK).

XPL

 

Cross-Section Layout (to be plotted).

SPD

 

Shear Point Diagram.

TCP#

 

Traffic Control Plans (# is replaced w/sheet number beginning with 1) Obsolete

PMP#

 

Pavement Marking Plans (# is replaced w/sheet number beginning with 1) Obsolete

ext, ex1, ex2, . . .

 

Extended Surveys from Location Obsolete

rev, re1, re2, . . .

 

Revised Topo from Photogrammetry Obsolete

UTL

 

Utility Files Obsolete

Shp

 

GEopak Shape file.

PHM

 

Public hearing map

REC

 

Structure Recommnended.

svy-req

 

Survey required.

COR

 

Corridor map

DTL

 

Detail Sheet.

EST

 

Estimate Shape

ggc

 

Geopak graphical criteria

 

 

Other 2D MicroStation (graphic) Files

PHM

 

Public Hearing Map

PRB

 

Project Breakdown Maps

TOP

 

Contour Lines and Planimetrics

PMM

 

Planimetric Mapping - Photogrammetry

RDF

 

Raster Design File

 

MicroStation (graphic) Files -- 3 Dimensional

DTM

 

Digital Terrain Model (from Photogrammetry)

DTL

 

Digital Terrain Model (from Location and Surveys)

TRI

 

Triangle File

CON

 

Contour File

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