Autodesk AutoCAD MEP 2010 [32 & 64 Bit]

AutoCAD MEP 2010 software is the discipline-specific version of AutoCAD® software for mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) designers and drafters. Sharing and collaborating with architects and structural engineers is made easier through the familiar AutoCAD-based environment. AutoCAD MEP’s more intuitive systems and design tools help provide greater drafting productivity with the flexibility to make last-minute design changes more quickly and easily. AutoCAD MEP helps to provide increased drafting productivity, better accuracy and design coordination opportunities for MEP designers and drafters. Production of construction documents is automated, allowing the creation of single line and double line systems in addition to schematics.

Features:

Working with Systems - In AutoCAD® MEP software, a system is a network of connected parts representing a real-world building system, such as supply air, return air, chilled water, lighting, power, sanitary, sewer, and much more. These systems enable you to maintain the same layers, colours, and relationships. Equipment added to the systems inherit the current system’s property defaults, such as size and shape, providing a faster and more consistent method of laying out a design. Systems also make it easier to modify connected parts by simultaneously applying changes to the entire network of parts.

Properties Palette - The Properties palette provides a central location for viewing, adding and modifying the properties of an MEP object or element. Review information or change styles, dimensions, locations, property set data, and other important characteristics. Change basic properties or the object itself. Easy access to equipment parts and the ability to easily modify available equipment and devices help to enhance accuracy and improve productivity.

Templates - Templates are drawings with defined settings used to create new drawings. AutoCAD MEP includes metric and imperial unit templates containing specified drawing units, drawing scales, layout tabs, and typical plotting setups. The templates also contain a set of display configurations specific to working with mechanical, electrical, and plumbing objects. The templates help you learn how to use AutoCAD MEP more quickly, which in turn helps you to increase productivity.

Discipline-Specific Tool Palettes - Tool palettes are logical tool groups used to add objects to drawings. AutoCAD MEP offers a large inventory of both common and discipline-specific tool palettes, including annotation and call-out tools for documentation and tools for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and schematic design.

Designing with Dynamic Input and Grips - Make precise and more accurate modifications to your mechanical, electrical, and plumbing designs directly in the drawing area with dynamic input and grips. Add commands at the cursor instead of the command prompt. “Heads-up display” helps you focus on the screen instead of the keyboard to increase productivity.

Project Navigator—Drawing Management - Manage project drawings, more easily creating co-ordinated views based on design parameters. Create and manage project drawing sheet sets for all mechanical, electrical, and plumbing construction documents. All design team members can access the most current documents from a centralised project directory, from project templates to sections and elevations.

Edit-in-View - Improve design productivity and modify mechanical, electrical, plumbing system designs with multiple views. Choose to work in any area of the design, including in section, elevation, or geometric model view, as well as the traditional plan view.

Work with Catalogue-Based Content - The AutoCAD MEP parts catalogues provide an extensive collection of parts for use during design. Query the parts catalogues to assist with part selection and retrieve parts for integration into your designs. Store parts you create in a cataloueg for future use. Choose parts from multiple catalogues that include out-of-the-box catalogues or your own customised catalogue from content you have created to increase design selection.

Convert AutoCAD Blocks and Symbols to AutoCAD MEP Content - Individually convert or batch-convert single or multiple AutoCAD blocks, MvBlocks, or MvParts to a device or schematic symbol. Extrude standard 2D blocks to create a 3D solid, and then add connectors to create AutoCAD MEP content to be used with your mechanical, electrical, and plumbing designs. In addition, convert your AutoCAD blocks to orthographic symbols as well as isometric symbols to facilitate your schematic design documentation.

AutoCAD and AutoCAD Architecture Support - Work on flat 2D AutoCAD floor plans or AutoCAD® Architecture geometric model floor plans. Reference architectural floor base plans developed in AutoCAD-based software application for better design and documentation coordination.

Fabrication for MEP Contractors - With the seamless integration of duct and piping fabrication partner tools in AutoCAD MEP software, redrawing models for fabrication is no longer necessary, enabling fabrication in just a few clicks. Using design models in the fabrication of sheet metal, plumbing, and piping makes it easier to create shop drawings in the fabrication partner application. Also leverage the manufacturer-specific content available from our fabrication partner software directly in the building systems design.

Create Manufacturer-Specific Content - Using content templates, create manufacturer-specific content for ducts, fittings, pipe, and pipe fittings. Content can then be brought back into AutoCAD MEP and added to the catalogue. Devise piping and HVAC designs according to manufacturer specifications, resulting in more accurate design of mechanical and piping systems.

Import/Export to gbXML - Import to and from AutoCAD MEP using industry-standard green building extensible markup language (gbXML) file format. Link to third-party analysis software using the gbXML file that uses data from the design such as wall types, openings, insulation as well as overall room area and volume information to perform analysis.

Circuit Manager - Use a single location to manage and edit circuit information. Automatic prompts notify users of potential overloads based on conductor size, reducing errors and minimising the need for rework. In addition, the Circuit Manager reads the circuits from multiple fixtures and devices across multiple floor plans, leveraging the electrical project database. View linked panels and loads together in the Circuit Manager, which uses the space/room tag information to enter descriptions for all circuits.

Spaces and Zones - Assign engineering spaces from existing 2D architectural floor plans or AutoCAD Architecture geometric designs. Room measurements are automatically calculated, including square footage, meters, and volumes per area. Space and zone information are used when exporting to gbXML for import into third-party analysis programmes.

System Requirements:

For 32-bit AutoCAD MEP

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home edition (SP2 or later) or Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP1), including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home edition (compare Windows Vista versions)
• Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 3 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM, 3 GB recommended
• 4 GB free disk space for default install, 4.2 GB for full install
• 1,024 x 768 display with true colour, 1,280 x 1,024 true colour recommended
• 128 MB graphics card; 256 MB or greater, Direct3D®-capable workstation-class 3D graphics card recommended (currently supported graphics cards)
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
• Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
• DVD drive (for installation only)

For 64-bit AutoCAD MEP

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Home edition (SP2 or later) or Microsoft Windows Vista (SP1), including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home edition (compare Windows Vista versions)
• AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, AMD Opteron® with SSE2 technology, Intel® Xeon® with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM, 4 GB recommended
• 4.3 GB free disk space for default install, 4.7 GB for full install
• 1,024 x 768 display with true colour, 1,280 x 1,024 true colour recommended
• 128 MB graphics card; 256 MB or greater, Direct3D-capable workstation-class 3D graphics card recommended (currently supported graphics cards)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
• Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
• DVD drive (for installation only)