The City provides standards for making electronic plans. Also called Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (CADD). These standards are for City workers and consultants who work with the City. Use these guides to create CADD documents that meet the City’s standards for engineering plans.
Project data can be shared easily throughout the project design process. Across all areas like bridge, sewer, street, traffic, and water.
We provide these standards to help your electronic files fit into the design process. This ensures that they can be used effectively in both Capital and Non-Capital Improvement Projects for the City.
In March 2024 the City migrated from Bentley V8i to Bentley CONNECT Edition as the standard for starting projects. CADD standards files use MicroStation 2023 (23.00.01.44) and OpenRoads (23.00.00.129) file formats.
Contact the City project manager to obtain the City’s updated CADD Workspace. Consultants will be sent a link to the zip file containing the City’s Bentley CONNECT Edition Workspace for download. (Last Update 7/11/2024)
There are three zip files containing the City’s PW CADD Standards documentation for download. (Last Update 7/11/2024)
If you need help with this information, please email 311, or call 311 or 612-673-3000.
Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.
If you need help with this information, please email 311, or call 311 or 612-673-3000.
Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.
If you need help with this information, please email 311, or call 311 or 612-673-3000.
Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.
If you need help with this information, please email 311, or call 311 or 612-673-3000.
Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.
The City of Minneapolis Public Works Department makes the Bentley MicroStation and Bentley InRoads CADD standards files available on an "as is" basis. All warranties and representations of any kind with regard to said information is disclaimed, including the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular use. Under no circumstances will the City of Minneapolis or any of its officers or employees be liable for any consequential, incidental, special or exemplary damages even if apprised of the likelihood of such damages occurring.
The City of Minneapolis does not warrant the information against deficiencies of any kind. The use of this information for work which is under contract with the City of Minneapolis does not relieve the contractor from any obligations assumed by the contract, or from complete and proper fulfillment of the terms of the contract, nor does it entitle the contractor compensation for damages or loss which could be attributed to such use. Contractors are put on notice that they must independently verify all information herein.
The information contained on this page is subject to updating by the Public Works Department. Anyone relying on it should satisfy themselves as to the most current version.
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