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The roadway design pages are for the guidance of design engineers, technicians, and inspection personnel engaged in roadway design, plan preparation, and construction for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT). It is prepared to encourage uniform application of designs and standard details in plan preparation of roadways and other related facilities.

General instructions for WisDOT standard roadway design files

Each of these files is a self-extracting compressed file containing one or more standard roadway design MicroStation cell or resource files. These files are intended for use in MicroStation version 8. These files should extract properly using Windows.

If you are using Netscape as your Web browser, click on a file to start the download process. Then, in File Manager or Explorer, double-click on the downloaded file to start the extraction process. If you are using Internet Explorer as your Web browser, click on a file to start the extraction process directly. The files will extract into the c:\temp directory by default. You will have the option of extracting the files into any directory you choose by overtyping the target path. If the desired directory does not exist, it will be created for you. These files must be moved to the correct directories as described below to be used by MicroStation.

The following file contents are presented visually as Adobe PDF documents. Some of these files are large and may require long download times.

File Name	Install location	Description	Contents
v8_det.exe	cell	Typical detail cells	cdbemgrd (0.3 MB) cdcrbgtr (0.5 MB) cddrnage (1.1 MB) cdexcgrd (0.4 MB) cdinlman (0.5 MB) cdintshl (0.4 MB) cdislmed (0.5 MB) cdjoints (0.2 MB) cdmisc (0.2 MB) cdtraffic (0.4 MB) cdtyps (0.5 MB) cdwldvrl (0.3 MB)
v8_dgnlib.exe	dgnlib	Level and style libraries	aeronautics_levels.dgnlib bridge.dgnlib county_map.dgnlib Dimensionstyles.dgnlib Leroytextstyles.dgnlib state_map.dgnlib Wisdot_cadds_levels (0.1 MB)
v8_dgnlib.exe	data	Version 7 to 8 conversion table	WisDOT-V8DGN-Export.csv
v8_erosn.exe	cell	Typical erosion control detail cells	Erosionc (1.7 MB)
v8_ops.exe	cell	Signal and Lighting cells (English only)	Signal (0.5 MB) Ltg (0.4 MB) toc (0.1 MB)
v8_ops.exe		Signal spreadsheets	CableRountingSheet.xls TempTimingPlan.xls
v8_psht.exe	cell	Plan sheet cells	Plansht (2.2 MB)
v8_seed.exe	seed	Seed files	Seed2d.dgn Seed3d.dgn
v8_seed.exe	data	Units Definition	units.def
v8_sign.exe	cell	Sign cells	signsd (1.2 MB) signsj (0.6 MB) signsm (0.6 MB) signso (0.5 MB) signsr (2.3 MB) signsw (1.2 MB) signswz (1.8 MB) signnstd (0.1 MB) exsignso.cel exsignsr.cel exsignsw.cel exsignnstd.cel
v8_symb.exe	symb	Font library and Custom line styles	Ewdotudls (0.3 MB) Mwdotudls.rsc wdotfont.rsc
v8_topog.exe	cell	Topographic cells	Etopog (1.2 MB) Ewdot (0.9 MB)
v8_setmgr.exe	data	WisDOT settings manager	etopog.stg ewdot.stg (0.3 MB)
v8_setmgr.exe	macro	Macros for settings manager	0101_ti.ba 0201_gn.ba 0202_po.ba 0203_ts.ba 0210_cd.ba 0212_pd.ba 0216_cm.ba 0217_xm.ba 0220_ec.ba 0225_ss.ba 0272_ad.ba 0302_mp.ba 0401_rw.ba 0501_pp.ba 0902_xs.ba text.ba traffic.ba
v8_aero.exe	cell	Aeronautics cells	Aero.cel
	dgnlib	Aeronautics levels	Aeronautics_levels.dgnlib LeroyTextStyles.dgnlib Wisdot_cadds_levels (0.1 MB)
	symb	Font library and Custom line styles	Ewdotudls (0.3 MB) wdotfont.rsc

Disclaimer: Although the material in the roadway design Web pages has been tested by the Roadway Development Section, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by WisDOT as to the accuracy of the material in these pages, nor shall the fact of distribution constitute any such warranty, and responsibility is not assumed by WisDOT in connection therewith.

Note: MicroStation and IPLOT are registered trademarks of Bentley Systems Incorporated. CAiCE is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Incorporated. Windows XP and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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