AutoCAD MEP Essential Training

Learn to design the systems—mechanical, electrical, and plumbing—that connect buildings to the outside world with AutoCAD MEP.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Referencing Other Trades, and Project Setup

• Starting from a template and using the interface
• Setting the environment
• External referencing
• Setting default display configurations
• Adding spaces

2. Electrical

• Setting up a power plan
• Adding receptacles
• Adding panels
• Creating power circuits
• Adding wiring
• Adding lighting fixtures
• Setting up a lighting plan
• Adding lighting switches
• Tagging
• Adding cable trays
• Adding conduit
• Creating electrical schedules

3. HVAC

• Setting up a ducting plan
• Adding a rooftop unit
• Adding VAV
• Adding air terminals
• Routing ducts
• Adding dampers
• Adding equipment
• Adding waterside equipment
• Adding chilled-water piping
• Adding hot-water piping
• Adding valves
• Tagging HVAC plans
• Creating schedules

4. Plumbing

• Setting up a plumbing drawing
• Adding plumbing fixtures and floor drains
• Creating plumbing lines
• Adding gas boilers
• Adding strainers and accessories
• Tagging plumbing plans
• Plumbing fixture schedules

5. Detailing

• Adding detail components
• Creating isometric riser diagrams
• Adding label curves to pipe
• Creating 30-degree isometric drafts
• Adding oblique text
• Creating viewports and sheets

6. Sections and Elevations

• Creating a section
• Creating a section line
• Enabling live sections
• Merging linework into a section
• Refreshing and updating the sections

7. Display Configuration and Style Manager

• Working with display configurations
• Configuring representations by object
• Configuring electrical objects
• Configuring HVAC objects

8. Systems

• Creating HVAC systems
• Adding piping systems
• Demolishing objects

Conclusion

• Next steps