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Standards

Prior to upload, ensure that all files comply with the following standards. Failure to meet the City’s standards may delay your review.

ACCEPTED FILE TYPES

• Supported file types for documents include

DOC
DOCX
PDF
XLS
XLSX
JPEG
GIF
PNG

• Vector PDF, DWG, DGN, DWF, etc. files will be acceptable for drawings.

BORDER STANDARDS

1” clear border with a 4 ½” title block
Reserve 2 ½” W X 3 ½” H area on the upper right corner of the drawing for the approval stamp.
The City of Houston’s approval stamp will be placed on all drawing and document pages and will be opaque to read text or images underneath.
The City of Houston requires that plans be uploaded in an approved format, to scale, with a minimum output dimension of 8.5” x 11”.

FILE NAMING CONVENTIONS

•All file names are limited to 40 characters.

•File names for drawings should include the first character of the discipline name, followed by the 3 digit sheet number and a short description of the file.

•If decimals are needed in the sheet number, place a decimal after the 3rd digit, for example: S.001.99.

•Corrected files should always be resubmitted with the SAME FILE NAME as the original submittal.

Note: If this is not followed the submitted file will appear as a NEW file, and not a correction to an existing file.

FOLDER STRUCTURE

Files are securely managed through a pre-defined folder structure. Users cannot rename or add folders to the structure.

Drawings
Documents and Photos
Approved
Reject
Changemark Reports

All drawings should be uploaded as single-page files into the Drawings folder.

(Ex: 4 electrical pages = 4 files in the drawings folder).

All documents (any nondrawing files, supporting documents, etc.) should be uploaded as multi-page files into the Documents and Photos folder.

MARKUP NAME AND COLOR STANDARDS

Standard markup names and colors will be used for each reviewing discipline for easy identification. A markup can have more than one changemark. Changemarks are created to quickly identify a markup and associated comments

Note: Drawings should be uploaded in landscape mode