Syllabus

1. Quick Start - General AutoCAD MEP Overview

• Explore the Quick Start project
• Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
• Plumbing
• Sanitary System
• Electrical
• Annotation
• Output

2. Introduction and Methodology

• User Interface
• i. The AutoCAD MEP Workspace
• The AutoCAD MEP User Interface
• Prerequisite Skills
• Conceptual Underpinnings of AutoCAD MEP
• Parametric Design
• The Display System
• Understanding Hidden line
• Object Styles
• Content Library
• Project Navigator for MEP
• Building a Digital Cartoon Set
• Drawing management Features and Benefits
• Project Browser
• Project Navigator
• Project Navigator Terminology
• File Naming Strategy
• Project Setup Scenarios

3. Working with MEP Objects

• a. Energy Analysis
• Spaces
• Understanding the Workflow
• Optimizing Space Object Settings
• Drawing Setup for Spaces
• Adding Spaces to a Drawing
• Working with Space Styles and Tools
• Modifying Spaces
• Zones
• Workflow Considerations for Spaces and Zones
• Space/Zone manager
• gbXML Export
• gbXML Import
• Legacy 2D Drawings
• Mechanical Systems
• Careful Setup is Critical
• Ductwork Options
• Duct Preferences
• HVAC Objects in the Style Manager
• Ductwork
• Placing Ductwork and System Design with AMEP
• Display Themes
• Piping Systems
• Fundamentals of 3D Piping
• Understanding a Routing Preference
• Understanding System Definitions
• Equipment and Piping Layout
• Gravity Piping Fundamentals
• Electrical Systems
• Device Placement
• Panel Placement
• Circuit Manager
• Electrical Project Database
• Electrical Equipment
• Circuiting Devices
• Wires
• Electrical Distribution Basics
• Other Electrical Settings
• Content Migration
• Panel Schedules
• Conduit Systems
• Fundamentals of Conduit
• Understanding Routing Preferences
• Understanding System Definitions
• Equipment and Conduit Layout

4. Content and Display

• Content Creation - Styles
• Types of Style-Based Content
• Block-Based Styles
• Connectors
• Devices
• Panel Styles
• Plumbing Fittings
• Schematic Symbols
• Categories
• System Definitions
• Rise/Drop Styles
• Part Group Definitions
• Custom Fitting Styles
• Wire Styles
• Line Styles
• Content Creation - Equipment
• Equipment Creation
• Creating a Block-Based Multi-View Part
• Content Creation - Fittings
• Display Control
• Content Creation - Parametric Fittings
• Content Creation - Fundamentals
• Content Creation - Building a Duct Transition Elbow
• Parameters
• Content Builder Tips
• Display System
• Display System Definitions
• Understanding Display Hierarchy
• Understanding Display System Defaults
• Display by Elevation
• External Reference Control

5. Documentation and Coordination

• Sections
• Working with 2D Section/Elevation Objects
• Live Sections
• Managing Updates and Interference Detection
• Drawing Compare
• Interference Detection
• Annotation, Property Sets, and Schedules
• Property Sets
• Tags
• Scheduling
• Labels
• Annotation Content
• Content Browser
• Plotting and Publishing
• Sheet Files
• Layouts
• Page Setup Manager
• View ports
• Plot Style Tables
• Plotting
• Publishing a Sheet Set
• 3D DWF
• eTransmit and Archive
• Publish to Web
• Publish to PDF

6. The Building Model

• Beginning a Floor Plan
• Working with Walls
• Working with Doors and Windows
• Viewers
• Set Up the Building Model
• Building a Digital Cartoon Set
• Setting Up a Commercial Project
• Column Grids and Structural Layout
• Structural Members
• Column Grids
• Column Grid Labels and Dimensions
• Structural Framing
• Project Structural Category
• Creating a Foundation Plan
• Additional Structural Content
• Vertical Circulation
• Commercial Core Plan
• Stair Tower Generation
• Ramps and Elevators
• Toilet Rooms
• Progressive Refinement - Part 1
• Wall Styles
• Wall Style Display Properties
• Demolition
• Progressive Refinement - Part 2
• Window Styles
• Copying Existing Windows
• Manipulating Door and Window Display
• Roofs and Slabs
• Creating Roofs
• Creating Slabs
• Building the Commercial Roof Plan File

7. Construction Documents

• Creating Reflected Ceiling Plans
• Creating Floors and Ceilings Using Spaces
• Working in the Reflected Ceiling Configuration
• Working with Ceiling Grid Objects
• Adding an RCP View and Sheet to the Project
• Generating Details and Keynotes
• Details
• Keynotes

8. Space Area Calculations

• Space Geometry
• Space Boundaries
• BOMA Classifications and Schedules

9. Sharing Files with Consultants

• Do They Need a DWG?
• Export to AutoCAD
• Determining the Required Translation
• Sharing ACA Files with Other ACA Users
• Understanding Object Enablers
• Understanding Proxy Graphics

10. Converting 2D Drawings to 3D

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