1. Planning Your Implementation

1.1. Identify Features

1.1.1. What are your features?

1.1.2. Survey Features vs. DTM Features

1.2. Plan Consistent Symbology

1.2.1. Define Standards

1.2.2. Have a Scaling plan.

Define your text callout standards

1.2.2.1. Define cell sizes consistently in conjunction with Cell Scale Factor

1.2.3. List items requiring specific symbology

1.2.4. 1:1 Feature:Symbology ratio?

1.3. Have a Settings Update Plan

2. Implementing SelectCAD

2.1. Implement Symbology Plan in SelectCAD

2.2. the Symbology Manager

2.3. Implement Features Plan in SelectCAD

2.3.1. the Feature Style Manager

2.3.2. Create New Feature Styles

2.3.3. Create DTM Feature Styles from Survey Features

2.4. Managing Preference Sets

2.4.1. Preference Sets Overview

2.4.1.1. Multi-Tabbed Forms

2.4.2. Managing Preference Sets within a Single Preference File

2.4.2.1. The Preference Manager

2.4.3. Preference Set Naming Conventions

2.4.3.1. Flagging Custom Preference Sets

2.4.4. Managing Distributed Standards

2.4.4.1. Update Flag

2.4.4.2. Gathering Updates

2.4.4.3. Distributing the updated Central Standard Preference File

2.5. Editing the Preference file

2.5.1. Preference File Format

2.5.1.1. Preference Set Definition

2.5.1.2. Multi-Tabbed Form Preference Sets

2.5.1.3. Unlimited Attribute Preference Sets

2.5.2. Other Blocks in the Preference File

2.5.3.

3. MicroStation v8 and AutoCAD Strategies

3.1. Level/Layer Names

3.1.1. Naming Conventions

3.2. Interoperability (including MicroStation v7-)

4. Using Ini Manager to Automate Civil.ini Tasks