Victaulic CAD Blocks in MEP 2012

[Epicurwin]

How do I get these into AutoCAD MEP 2012 and 2011?

http://www.victaulic.com/en/download...vic-blocks-3d/

The instructions are for 2007 and therefore I have no idea how to get them to work.

http://static.victaulic.com/assets/u..._Blocks_3D.pdf

Any help would make my life better.

[ReMark]

Can't open the PDF for some reason.

[Epicurwin]

A link to the PDF is shown on the page for the download, maybe that will work. Or you could read this. I know it's horribly formatted, but I need to get sleep.

Vic Blocks 3D
Instructions
Installation:
1) Download the Vic Blocks 3D zip.
2) Extract the files to the structure listed below.
C:\Program Files
Follow the install instructions as required.
In AutoCAD set a support search path to the newly placed files. Click on the Tools pull down
menu and select Options... Under the Files tab, click on the plus (+) to open the Support File
Search Path. Click the Add... button and type in the following: C:\Program
Files\VB3D_Complete\ and press the Enter key. Click the Apply button and select OK to
close the dialog box.
3) Start AutoCAD and load the DesignCenter
by finding the Tools pull down menu and
selecting DesignCenter (Fig. 2). You can
also access this by pressing CTRL+2.
4) After DesignCenter opens, change the
view to a file tree by locating and selecting
the Folders menu tab in the DesignCenter
(Fig. 3).
5) Select the VB3D_Complete folder and
find the appropriate module of Victaulic
fittings that you would like to open. Here
you will find the master sheet drawings.
6) You are now ready to start placing
Victaulic components on a drawing.
Please review the information sheets
provided with this package for more about
Vic Blocks 3D.
7) To Load the Pipe Menu:
Launch AutoCAD, go to the Tools pull
down menu and select Customize
Menus...(Fig. 4) On the Menu Groups
tab click Browse... Next locate and select
the VicPipe.mns menu file in the Menus
folder (located in C:\Program
Files\VB3D_Cmplete 3D, where C:\ is the
drive in which VB3D_Complete was
installed) and click Open. Next, click the
Load button. The menu group will appear
in the Menu Groups: area. Next, select
the Menu Bar tab. Under Menu Groups,
select Vic_Pipe. In the Menus area,
select VB3D_Complete. In the Menu Bar
area and choose where you want the
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
menu to be placed (The menu will be
placed before the highlighted item). Click
Insert, and then Close (Fig. 5). Refer to
page 6 for placing pipe.6
Vic Blocks 3D
Instructions
Fig. 5
Fig. 4

[StykFacE]

That has been around for a long time. Just a big FYI, these are not AutoCAD MEP compatible as they are not parametric AEC Objects.

AutoCAD MEP does have fittings that represent Victaulic parts. I have verified the dimensions and they are accurate to the Vic catalog.

[Epicurwin]

What are they? I've tried the rigid couplings but when I put insulation on them the show up completely wrong. The insulation doesn't show up correctly.



This is with the rigid couplings, when I tried the ones from the submittal, style 107 they create huge triangles coming out of the pipe. Why can't I get the insulation to show correctly?

[_Anthony]

I am working in MEP 2012...where would I find these parts???

[ReMark]

What parts are you referring to?

[_Anthony]

victaulic fittings

[ReMark]

victaulic fittings

Download the fittings at the website link provided in post #1.

[_Anthony]

Are these MEP compatable parts?