Fast Content for AutoCAD MEP

The mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design software market is dominated by MEP AutoCAD 2015, a world-class design and drafting application. MEP AutoCAD 2015 is the Zen master of the design software market.

From the initial concept through the final product and even ownership, the software remains at the forefront of what is possible in terms of efficient operations. In this piece, we will examine the process of making original material.

First, we will use Inventor to make a more accurate prototype. We will next apply this concept to developing a brand-new multi-view component.

After establishing the component, you will discover a speedy method for incorporating line-based symbols using the new symbol and annotation planes. You will finish by making a new catalog to save your unique assets.

This tutorial will teach you how to take advantage of the vast amounts of 3D information provided by the manufacturer for usage in MEP AutoCAD.

Features

Fast Content for AutoCAD MEP

In the hands of experts, MEP AutoCAD can perform at a very high level, and it is still among the greatest vertical add-ons developed for the AutoCAD platform. But, as with most design programs, you may only have access to some of your needs depending on the nature of your work.

What if your line of employment is not in construction but in water purification, transportation, or something else entirely? The key is to master the art of producing this information rapidly and precisely while providing an authentic portrayal of your enterprise. Let us try it out and see what happens.

Using Inventor to Convert 3D Models

Autodesk Inventor is a ” must-own ” product for anyone who works with content that a vendor provides. This product is included in the Ultimate Building Design Suite that provides all solutions like TGA planning.

Almost every model file format is supported, and the software makes it simple to export either individual components (.IPT) or whole assemblies (.IAM). Although not exhaustive, these procedures will give you a feel for how straightforward it is to deal with these models in Autodesk’s most recent 2015 releases of their software.

Drafting and designing

It aids in the precise drawing and development of 2-dimensional models with correct dimensions and services, allowing for simple manufacture of the model in fabrication facilities. It is a little cumbersome because of the cluttered user interface, MEP AutoCAD is more complex than Revit for modeling purposes, and it freezes up if the file size is too large.

Markup Import and Markup Assist

Import input from printed paper or PDFs, and immediately adjust your designs without undergoing extra sketching procedures.

AutoCAD web APIs

The MEP AutoCAD LISP Application Programming Interface (API) is now accessible in the AutoCAD online app, and access is restricted to AutoCAD subscribers only.

You may personalize the AutoCAD online interface using LISP and automate sequences from anywhere, whether a coffee shop, a construction site, or a couch at home. 

Sheet Set Manager

Break out the sheets and blankets in record time. Autodesk’s cloud platform makes it easier and more secure for teams to share and access drawing files.

Count

Use the built-in menu to check for mistakes and move quickly through your drawing’s counted blocks or objects, whether they are contained within a specific region or span the entire document, so that you can perform well in every engineering aspect, like TGA planning.

3D visualization and modeling

Construct photorealistic 3D representations of your product utilizing solid, surface, and mesh modeling techniques in MEP AUTOCAD.

Use 3D viewing and navigation features to exhibit your concept to orbit, rotate, walk, and fly around a 3D model. To modify how your 3D model is shown, including how its borders, lighting, and shading are shown, use visual styles.

A section plane must be created to see how a solid surface, mesh, or area is divided in two.

Applying lighting and materials to your 3D models will give them a more realistic look and help you convey your concepts. Render 3D models in the cloud, so you do not have to worry about using up resources like RAM or hard drive space.

Share the point cloud data gathered using 3D laser scanners or other technologies so that others may use them as a jumping-off point for their creations. Create two-dimensional drawings from three-dimensional models, including base, projected, section, and detail views.

Text styles

A text style is a specified set of formatting options for displaying text, including font, line spacing, justification, color, and more.

With the help of text styles, you can rapidly describe how text should be formatted while maintaining compliance with applicable industry or project-specific norms. Whenever new text is created, it is formatted according to the preferences of the currently active text style.

Whenever you modify a text style’s settings, all of the drawing’s text objects that use that style will immediately reflect the change.

If you edit an object’s properties, you may have it ignore the text style altogether. The Text Style menu lists all available text styles for your design. Notes, leaders, dimensions, tables, and block characteristics may all benefit from text formatting.

A STANDARD font type is pre-installed in all designs and cannot be changed in MEP AUTOCAD. It is possible to utilize a preexisting drawing as a starting point for a new one by saving it as a template (.dwt) and applying the same set of text styles to it.

Layout

Paper space is the region of a layout where the title block will go, where scaled views of the model space will be shown in the layout viewports, and where other drawing elements like tables, schedules, notes, and measurements will be created.

Selecting a tab in the drawing area’s bottom-left corner to the right of the Model tab will bring up a menu where you can choose from various layouts. Using several layout options, you may showcase your model’s finer points on paper of varying dimensions and scales.

Data Extraction

Schedules, component lists, and bills of materials may all be generated from information in objects, such as block characteristics and drawing features, for a domestic building project, including a timeline for installing doors in the functional design.

With the help of the Data Extraction wizard, you may narrow down your selection to include just door-related objects (blocks) before extracting their attribute data. There is greater leeway in utilizing the Data Extraction wizard since it can additionally pull object properties.

When you have finished selecting the various characteristics of the doors, the retrieved data will be shown in the wizard in the form of columns. The data in these columns may be sorted and refined before being formatted according to your preferences by either utilizing an existing table as a model or defining a new table style.

Visual styles:

Edges, lighting, and shading may all be manipulated using different visual styles. Modifying a visual style’s characteristics allows one to influence its overall impact.

The viewport connected with a visual style is immediately updated to reflect any changes made to the style’s parameters or when the style is applied. When you open the Visual Styles Manager, you can see every format used in the document.

The panel that displays the settings for the chosen style may be found underneath the photos that serve as examples. You may adjust select settings used regularly or launch the Visual Styles Manager directly from the ribbon.

Documentation

From 3D models created in MEP AutoCAD and Inventor, the model documentation feature creates associative 2D drawings, and from 3D models created in various non-Autodesk products, it creates non-associative 2D drawings.

Only 64-bit operating systems can access the documentation for the model. The drawing view object is the element that serves as the fundamental building block for a model documentation 2D drawing.