AutoCAD MEP...anyone using it?

[Siberian]

Well? Thoughts?

[StykFacE]

I use it. Honestly I don't see the real demand for the MEP features, but if you can get your whole office to adopt the full features of the program, it definitely does a lot.

[CADgirl]

What is it? and what does it do?

[Hugh_Compton]

Here's an explanation of what it is:
www.autodesk.com/autocadmep (http://www.autodesk.com/autocadmep)



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Pipework & Structural Steel http://www.3DCADMax.com (http://www.3dcadmax.com/)

[Hedgehog]

We use MEP as our acad base but, in addition, we've bought CadDuct since... neither is perfect but in CadDuct the parts catalogues are more up-to-date, the support is better & it's used more in the industry so it's easier to find people to use it. I believe it's cheaper too. We no longer use the MEP features.

[StykFacE]

We use MEP as our acad base but, in addition, we've bought CadDuct since... neither is perfect but in CadDuct the parts catalogues are more up-to-date, the support is better & it's used more in the industry so it's easier to find people to use it. I believe it's cheaper too. We no longer use the MEP features.
I have a friend who works at another mechanical company here in Dallas who uses CADDuct, and it's great for him because they actually manufacture their own duct, so he just sends the BOM file generated by the program to the fab shop and it makes all the duct for them. without having to actually sit and estimate the job.

We don't manufacture duct so it's basically useless for us. :)

[Hedgehog]

We don't manufacture duct so it's basically useless for us. :)
Neither do we (we have a permanent subby for that)... we do pipework (inc. drainage) & electrics in fully co-ord drawings... all with CadDuct :)

[StykFacE]

Neither do we (we have a permanent subby for that)... we do pipework (inc. drainage) & electrics in fully co-ord drawings... all with CadDuct :)
Yeah, All we do is H.V.A.C. and very seldom some piping work. Anything we do 3D is in Revit.

[cadeuro]

library features in mep is limitied - does anyone know where you can add extra info -

[buzz]

We use AutoCAD MEP to do HVAC, plumbing, and fire protection designs, but only our HVAC designs incorporate the functions that MEP offers (duct sizing, mvparts, table schedule styles, etc.).

The Property Set Definitions and mvparts are incredibly useful tools.

-Buzz

[Splitpin]

Can you please tell me if CADDUCT is compatible with Revit package, if you know

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