Autocad Mep

AutoCAD MEP
Metric Tutorial
April 2008
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Contents
Chapter 1 Express Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Creating Electrical Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Setting Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Adding and Tagging Lighting Fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Adding Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adding Conduit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adding Cable Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Creating Mechanical and Piping Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adding Diffusers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Adding Mechanical Equipment and Ductwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Connecting and Tagging Diffusers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Adding Pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Adding Valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Express Workshop
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The Express Workshop tutorials focus on specific areas of AutoCAD MEP functionality, and highlight powerful features
that are integral to the most common MEP workflows. Each tutorial demonstrates tools you can use to complete tasks
that are common to an overall workflow. When you have finished these tutorials, you will have a basic understanding of
the AutoCAD MEP design and documentation tools, as well as some of the best practices that help you efficiently design
and develop an MEP project.
These tutorials are intended to be used with the AutoCAD MEP Global profile.
Creating Electrical Systems

In the first half of this lesson, you add lighting fixtures to a drawing and assign them to a circuit, which
automatically updates a lighting fixture schedule. You then add a switch and wiring.
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In the second half of the lesson, you add conduit that connects a dry transformer to an electrical panel. You
then add cable tray.
Setting Up
In this exercise, you specify the initial settings for the lesson, open the project and a drawing, and use the
Circuit Manager to view the starting electrical data in the project.
Activate the Electrical workspace

1 On the Workspaces toolbar above the AutoCAD MEP window, select Electrical to activate the
Electrical workspace.
When the Electrical workspace is active, the Electrical menu displays at the top of the AutoCAD
MEP window, and the Electrical tool palettes group displays.
The Electrical tool palettes group is a collection of individual tool palettes. You open a tool
palette by clicking its tab.
2 | Chapter 1 Express Workshop

2 Expand the Electrical tool palettes group by dragging the bottom edge, and click the Annotation
tab to open the Annotation tool palette.
The Annotation tool palette contains the annotation tools you use in this lesson, including the
Home Run Label tool and the Light ID tool.
You use the Properties palette, shown below, to view the properties of selected objects or to
specify properties for objects you are creating.
Setting Up | 3
Enable auto-hide for the palettes
3 On the title bar of the Properties palette, click to enable auto-hide.
The palette is hidden. Only the title bar displays.
4 Move the cursor over the title bar.

5 The Properties palette displays as long as the cursor is within the border of the palette.
6 On the Electrical tool palettes group, click to enable auto-hide.

7 Move the title bars of both the Electrical Tool palettes group and the Properties palette to the
left edge of the screen, so that they are available but do not obstruct the drawing.
In this lesson, when you are told to open an Electrical tool palette or the Properties palette,
move the cursor over the palette’s title bar to display the palette. You can click on the title
bar to disable auto-hide if needed.
Specify the active project
8 Click File menu ➤ Project Browser.

In the Project Browser, the name of the active project displays in bold.
9 In the Project Browser:

■ Double-click AutoCAD MEP 2009 Express Workshop to make it the active project.
If the AutoCAD MEP 2009 Express Workshop is not displayed, browse to My
Documents/Autodesk/My Projects. If the tutorial is not in this location, you might need to
download and extract it.
■ Click Close.

Open the drawing
10 If the Project Navigator palette is not displayed, click Window menu ➤ Project Navigator Palette.
11 On the Constructs tab of the Project Navigator palette, expand Constructs ➤ E.

12 Double-click GF Lighting Model.
13 If the Electrical Project Database Reload dialog displays, do the following:
■ Clear Remove stored data from the Electrical Project Database.
■ Click OK.
■ Open the drawing GF Panel and save it.
14 If needed, enable auto-hide on the Project Navigator palette and move it to the right side of the
screen so that it does not obstruct the drawing.
View the entire drawing
15 Roll the mouse wheel to zoom the drawing out until both the building and the Lighting Fixture
Schedule are visible. To pan (move) the drawing, hold down the mouse wheel and drag.
In this lesson, when you need to zoom or pan the drawing, use the mouse wheel to do so.
View electrical panel circuit information
The drawing contains 3 lighting fixtures assigned to circuit 1 of lighting panel LP1. The Lighting Fixture
Schedule in the drawing displays information about the 3 lighting fixtures.
16 Click Electrical menu ➤ Circuits ➤ Circuit Manager.
Setting Up | 5
17 On the left side of the Circuit Manager dialog, expand LP1 (GF Panel) ➤ Power and Lighting.
All available circuits for the panel are listed, and detailed information is displayed for circuits
that have devices assigned to them.
18 Close the Circuit Manager.

Turn on the ceiling grid
19 On the application status bar below the drawing window, click MEP Design - No Grids & Spaces,
and select Electrical - Lighting.
The ceiling grid displays in the drawing.
Specify snap settings
20 On the status bar at the lower-left of the AutoCAD MEP window, click the icons until they are
all dark except for (Object Snap), (Dynamic UCS), and (Dynamic Input).
Inactive (off) snaps are dark; active (on) snaps are light.
21 Right-click (Object Snap), and click Settings.

22 In the Drafting Settings dialog, on the Object Snap tab:
■ Click the check box on the right side of the General heading until all the General object
snaps are cleared.
■ Select Node.
■ Scroll to the AutoCAD MEP heading.
■ Verify that all the AutoCAD MEP snaps are selected.

■ Click OK.
Zoom the drawing
23 Zoom and pan the drawing to the area shown.
Next, you add lighting fixtures to the drawing and tag them.
Adding and Tagging Lighting Fixtures

In this exercise, you add a recessed fluorescent lighting fixture to the drawing, assigning it to an electrical
panel and a circuit in the process. You add additional lighting fixtures to the circuit by making a copy of
the first. You then tag the lighting fixtures.
Dataset
Continue to use the project and the drawing, GF Lighting Model, that you opened in the previous exercise.
Specify lighting fixture properties
1 Click Electrical ➤ Devices ➤ Add.
Adding and Tagging Lighting Fixtures | 7

2 On the Design tab of the Properties palette, expand General, and click Style.
3 In the Select a style dialog:

■ Under Drawing file, select Lighting Fluorescent (Global).
■ Scroll to display 600x1200 Recessed Light, and click to select it.
■ Click OK.
4 On the Design tab of the Properties palette:

■ Expand Location, and for Elevation, enter 2550.
■ Expand Advanced, and for System, select 230V Lighting (230V LIGHTING).
■ Expand Design Data, and for ID, enter A.
■ Expand Circuits, and click Electrical Properties.
5 In the Electrical Properties dialog:

■ For Show circuits from panel, select LP1 (GF Panel).
■ Under Circuit, select 2[Load:0VA].
■ For Load Phase 1, enter 96.
■ Click OK.
On the command line at the bottom of the screen, you are prompted to specify an insertion
point for the lighting fixture. The other available options are also listed.

Add a lighting fixture
6 Move the cursor so that the Node snap is positioned as shown.
7 Click to select the Node snap and anchor the corner of the lighting fixture.
8 Position the Node snap as shown to specify the rotation of the lighting fixture.
9 Click to add the lighting fixture.
10 Press ENTER to end the command.

Add additional lighting fixtures
11 Click the lighting fixture to select it.
12 Right-click, and click Basic Modify Tools ➤ Array.

13 In the Array dialog:
■ Select Rectangular Array.
■ For Rows, enter 3.
■ For columns, enter 4.
■ For Row Offset, enter -2400.
■ For Column Offset, enter 2400.
■ Click Preview.
14 The array of lighting fixtures displays.
The prompt at the command line lists the available options.
15 Right-click to accept the array.

The lighting fixtures are added to the drawing. The lighting fixtures have the same properties
as the first lighting fixture you added. They are assigned to circuit 2 on lighting panel LP1.
Add tags to the lighting fixtures
16 On the application status bar, click (Object Snap) to turn off object snaps.

17 On the Electrical tool palettes group, open the Annotation tool palette.
18 On the Annotation tool palette, click the Light ID tool.
The command line displays a prompt.
19 Select the lighting fixture shown.
A temporary tag displays at the cursor.
20 Click in the location shown to place the tag.

21 In the Edit Property Set Data dialog, click OK.
The tag is added in the specified location.
22 Enter m to choose the option to select multiple objects.

23 Click the upper-left and lower-right corners of the area shown to specify a selection window
that includes 9 lighting fixtures.
24 Click the upper-left and lower-right corners of the area shown to specify a selection window
that includes 2 lighting fixtures.
The selected lighting fixtures are highlighted, and the command line displays the total number
of objects selected.
25 Press ENTER to end the selection process.

The selected lighting fixtures are tagged using the relative offset specified for the first tag.

Next, you add electrical wiring and a switch to the drawing.
Adding Wiring
In this exercise, you use the Properties palette to add a single-pole switch to the room. Then, you add the
wiring between the lighting fixtures and the switch. You also work with the lighting fixture schedule in the
drawing.
Dataset
Continue to use the project and the drawing, GF Lighting Model, that you used in the previous exercise.
Add a light switch
1 Click Electrical menu ➤ Devices ➤ Add.

2 On the Design tab of the Properties palette, click Style.
3 In the Select a style dialog:

■ Under Drawing file, select Switches (Global).
■ Select Single Pole Switch.
■ Click OK.
4 On the Design tab of the Properties palette, under Location, for Elevation, enter 1200.
Adding Wiring | 13
5 Click in the location shown to place the switch.
6 Click as shown to specify the rotation of the lighting fixture.
The switch is added.

Specify object snap settings

■ Select Object Snap On.
■ Under General, clear Node.
■ Click OK.
Automatically generate wiring
10 Click Electrical menu ➤ Wires ➤ Add.

■ Under General, for Style, select PVC Flat.
■ Under Location, for Segment, select Arc.
■ For Height, enter 100.
■ For Offset, select Left.
■ For Elevation, enter 3350.
■ Expand Advanced, and for System, select 230V Lighting (230V LIGHTING).
■ Under Show circuits from panel, select LP1 (GF Panel).
■ Under Design Data, for Circuit, select 2.
12 Enter g to automatically generate the wiring for all devices assigned to circuit 2.

Wire the switch
14 Select the wire shown.
15 Right-click, and click Add Selected.
Adding Wiring | 15
16 Click the Electrical End Connector snap on the lighting fixture as shown.
17 Click the Electrical End Connector snap on the switch.
The wire between the lighting fixture and the switch is added.
18 Press ENTER twice to end the command.

Add a home run
19 Click Electrical menu ➤ Wires ➤ Add.

20 Click the Electrical End Connector snap on the lighting fixture shown.
21 Press ENTER to specify a home run.

22 Click as shown to point the home run toward the electrical lighting panel.
The home run is added.
Tag the home run
23 On the Electrical tool palettes group, open the Annotation tool palette.
24 On the Annotation tool palette, click the Home Run Label tool.
25 Select the home run wire.

A placeholder tag displays at the cursor.
Adding Wiring | 17
26 Click to place the tag.
The home run tag displays the panel name (LP1) and the circuit number (2).

View the lighting schedule
29 Zoom out to display the lighting fixture schedule.
The schedule lists information about the lighting fixtures in the drawing, including the quantity
of each type.
Delete a lighting fixture
30 Select the fluorescent lighting fixture near the closet.

31 Right-click, and click Basic Modify Tools ➤ Delete.
The lighting fixture is deleted from the drawing, and the count in the lighting fixture schedule
is updated.
32 Select the wire as shown, and delete it.
Next, you add electrical conduit.
Adding Conduit
In this exercise, you add a conduit that connects a dry transformer to a panel. To do this, you specify the
connection points on the transformer and the panel, and the conduit is automatically routed.
Dataset
Continue to use the project, AutoCAD MEP 2009 Express Workshop, that you used in the previous exercise.
Open the drawing
1 On the Constructs tab of the Project Navigator palette, expand Constructs ➤ E.

2 Double-click GF Electrical Equipment to open the drawing.
The drawing contains 2 views of the same model: a Top view on the left, and a 3D view on the
right.
Zoom the views
3 Click in an empty area of the 3D view to make it the active view.
Adding Conduit | 19
4 Zoom to the area shown.
5 Click in an empty area of the Top view to make it the active view.
Specify the connection point on the transformer
7 In the Top view, select the dry transformer.
Grips display on the transformer in the locations where conduit can be attached.

8 Click the Add Conduit grip (the plus sign) as shown.
The Add Conduits dialog displays.
Specify conduit properties
9 If the Add Conduits dialog is minimized as shown below, move the cursor over the title bar to
expand the dialog.
10 If the Add Conduits dialog is not minimized, click so that the dialog is minimized when
the cursor moves out of the dialog.
11 In the Add Conduits dialog:
■ For System, select 230V Power Conduit.
■ Verify that Connection Type is set to Set Screw.
■ Verify that Diameter is set to 50.
12 Move the cursor out of the dialog. The dialog is minimized.

Specify the connection point on the panel
13 Click in an unused area of the 3D view to make it active, and zoom to the panel shown.
Adding Conduit | 21
14 Click to select the Wireways End Connector snap on the panel as shown.
Zoom out to view the displayed routing solution.
15 Enter n until the solution shown below displays.
16 Enter a to accept the solution.

The conduit is added.

Next, you add cable tray.
Adding Cable Tray

In this exercise, you add a cable tray run by drawing individual cable tray segments and automatically
creating fittings. You then modify the run, which automatically updates the fittings.
Dataset
Continue to use the project and the drawing, GF Electrical Equipment, that you used in the previous exercise.
Zoom the views

1 Zoom the Top view to the area shown.
2 Zoom the 3D view so that you can see the entire model.
Specify the cable tray properties
3 On the Electrical tool palettes group, open the Containment tool palette.
Adding Cable Tray | 23

4 Click the Medium Duty Straight Edge Cable Tray tool.
5 If the Add Cable Trays dialog is minimized as shown below, move the cursor over the title bar
to expand the dialog.
6 If the Add Cable Trays dialog is not minimized, click so that the dialog is minimized when
the cursor moves out of the dialog.
7 In the Add Cable Trays dialog:
■ For System, select Data Containment.
■ For Width, enter 450.
■ For Height, enter 75.
■ For Elevation, enter 0.
Add a vertical cable tray segment
8 Click in the drawing at the location shown.
9 Move the cursor onto the title bar of the Add Cable Trays dialog to display the dialog.
10 For elevation, enter 3000.

11 Move the cursor off the dialog.
The added vertical cable tray segment displays in the 3D view.
Add cable tray segments
12 In the Top view, click in the location shown.
13 In the Custom Sizes dialog, click Yes.

14 Click in the location shown to add a cable tray segment.
The elbow is automatically added.

17 Press ENTER to end the run.

Modify a cable tray segment
18 Select the elbow fitting as shown.
19 Click the Add Cable Tray grip (the plus sign) as shown.

The elbow fitting is automatically changed to a tee.

Change the 3D view display style
22 Click in an unused area of the 3D view.

23 Click View menu ➤ Visual Styles ➤ Realistic.
You have completed the Express Workshop lesson Creating Electrical Systems.

Creating Mechanical and Piping Systems
In the first half of this lesson, you add diffusers and ductwork. You then connect the diffusers and tag them.
In the second half of this lesson, you connect 2 pumps to a chiller, add valves to the piping system, and
view the pipes using a variety of pipe size display settings and annotation scales.
Setting Up
In this exercise, you specify the starting settings for the lesson and open the project and a drawing used in
the lesson.
Activate the HVAC workspace

1 On the Workspaces toolbar above the drawing window, select HVAC to activate the HVAC
workspace.
Creating Mechanical and Piping Systems | 29

When the HVAC workspace is active, the HVAC menu displays at the top of the AutoCAD MEP
window, and the HVAC tool palettes group displays.
The HVAC tool palettes group is a collection of individual tool palettes. You open a tool palette
by clicking its tab.
2 On the HVAC tool palettes group, click the Equipment tab to open the Equipment tool palette.
The Equipment tool palette contains tools that you use in this lesson, such as the Diffuser tool.
You use the Properties palette, shown below, to view the properties of selected objects or to
specify properties for objects you are creating.

Enable auto-hide for the palettes
3 If needed, on title bar of the Properties palette, click to enable auto-hide.
The palette is hidden. Only the title bar displays.
4 Move the cursor over the title bar.

The Properties palette displays as long as the cursor is within the palette.
5 On the HVAC tool palettes group, click to enable auto-hide.

6 Move the title bars of both the HVAC tool palettes group and the Properties palette to the left
edge of the screen, so that they are available but do not obstruct the drawing.
In this lesson, when you are told to use an HVAC tool palette or the Properties palette, move
the cursor over the palette’s title bar to display the palette. You can click on the title bar
to disable auto-hide if needed.
Specify the active project
7 Click File menu ➤ Project Browser.

In the Project Browser dialog, the name of the active project displays in bold.
8 In the Project Browser:

■ Double-click AutoCAD MEP 2009 Express Workshop to make it the active project.
If AutoCAD MEP 2009 Express Workshop is not displayed, browse to My
Documents/Autodesk/My Projects. If the tutorial is not in this location, you might need to
download and extract it.
■ Click Close.
Setting Up | 31
Open the drawing
9 If the Project Navigator palette is not displayed, click Window menu ➤ Project Navigator Palette.
10 On Constructs tab of the Project Navigator palette, expand Constructs ➤ M.

11 Double-click 01 HVAC Ducting Model.
12 If needed, enable auto-hide on the Project Navigator palette and move it to the right side of the
screen so that it does not obstruct the drawing.
Specify snap settings
13 On the status bar at the lower-left of the AutoCAD MEP window, click the icons until they are
all dark except for (Object Snap), (Dynamic UCS), and (Dynamic Input).
Inactive (off) snaps are dark; active (on) snaps are light.

■ Click the check box on the right side of the General heading until all the General object
snaps are cleared.
■ Select Endpoint.
■ Select Node.
■ Scroll to the AutoCAD MEP heading.

■ Verify that all AutoCAD MEP snaps are selected.
■ Click OK.
Next, you add diffusers to the drawing.
Adding Diffusers
In this exercise, you add diffusers to the drawing using several different methods.
Dataset
Continue to use the project and the drawing, 01 HVAC Ducting Model, that you opened in the previous
exercise.
Turn on the ceiling grid

1 On the application status bar below the drawing window, click MEP Design - No Grids & Spaces,
and select Mechanical - Duct 2-Line.
Adding Diffusers | 33
Zoom the drawing
2 Roll the mouse wheel to zoom the drawing to the area shown. To pan (move) the drawing, hold
down the mouse wheel and drag.
Add 2 diffusers
3 On the HVAC tool palettes group, open the Equipment tool palette.
4 Under Air Terminal, click the Diffuser tool.
5 If the Add Multi-view Parts dialog is minimized as shown, move the cursor over the title bar to
expand it.
6 If the Add Multi-view Parts dialog is not minimized, click so that it is minimized when
the cursor moves out of it.
7 In the Add Multi-view Parts dialog:
■ On the Part tab, under MvParts ➤ Mechanical ➤ Air Terminals ➤ Diffusers, select 600 x 600
mm Square Faced Ceiling Diffuser.
■ Under Part Size Name, select 600 x 600 mm Square Plaque Face Ceiling Diffuser - 300 mm
Neck.
■ On the Flow tab, for Flow (Each Terminal) enter 60.
8 Move the cursor out of the dialog.

The dialog is minimized; the command remains active.
9 With the Node snap positioned as shown, click to anchor the diffuser.

10 With the Node snap positioned as shown, click to specify the rotation and add the diffuser.
11 Click in the location shown to anchor a second diffuser.
12 Click to specify the rotation and add the diffuser.

Add diffusers using the array command
14 Click the 2 diffusers to select them.
15 Right-click, and click Basic Modify Tools ➤ Array.

16 In the Array dialog:
■ Select Rectangular Array.
■ For Rows, enter 4.
■ For columns, enter 1.
■ For Row Offset, enter -3600.
■ Click Preview.
Adding Diffusers | 35
17 The array of diffusers displays.
The prompt at the command line lists the available options.
18 Right-click in the drawing to accept the array.

The diffusers are added to the drawing.
Add a diffuser by copying
19 Select the lower-right diffuser as shown.
20 Right-click, and click Basic Modify Tools ➤ Copy.

21 Click the Node snap near the selected diffuser in the location shown to specify a start point.

22 Click the Node snap in the location shown to specify an endpoint.
The diffuser is added.

Modify the copied diffuser
24 Select the diffuser you just added.

25 Right-click, and click MvPart Modify.
26 In the Multi-view Part Modify dialog, under Part Size Name, select 600 x 600 mm Square Plaque
Face Ceiling Diffuser - 250 mm Neck.
27 Click OK.
The diffuser is modified.
Turn off the ceiling grid
28 On the application status bar, click Mechanical Duct 2-Line, and select MEP Design - No Grids
& Spaces.
Next, you add ductwork in the room containing the diffusers.
Adding Mechanical Equipment and Ductwork

In this exercise, you attach an electric air heating coil to an existing VAV box, and then you add ductwork.
Dataset
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Continue to use the project and the drawing, 01 HVAC Ducting Model, that you used in the previous exercise.
Add an electric air heating coil

1 On the HVAV Equipment tool palette, scroll to Coil, and click Electric.
2 Move the cursor over the title bar of the Add Multi-view Parts dialog to expand it.
3 In the Add Multi-view Parts dialog:
■ Click the Part Filter tab.
■ Under Connections, for Height RH1, enter 500.
■ For Width RW1, enter 850.

Under Part Size name, the available parts with the specified dimensions display.
■ Under Part Size Name, click 850 x 500 mm Electric Air Heating Coil 20 & 20 mm diameter.
4 Move the cursor into the drawing.

The dialog is minimized; the command remains active. The cursor displays as the outline of the
electric air heading coil.
5 On the command line, enter b to change the basepoint.

6 Enter b again to change the basepoint again.
7 Click as shown to select the Duct End Connector snap on the VAV box.
8 Press ENTER to add the electric coil.

Specify settings for adding duct
10 On the HVAC tool palettes group, open the Duct tool palette.
11 Click the Duct Preferences tool.
12 On the Ducts tab of the Duct Layout Preferences dialog:
■ Select the first Apply Labels/Flow Arrows check box.
■ For Style, verify that Standard - Duct is selected.
13 On the Vanes and Flanges tab of the Duct Layout Preferences dialog:
■ Select Enable Vanes.
■ Clear Enable Flange Connector Graphics.
14 On the Flex Ducts tab of the Duct Layout Preferences dialog, for Segment Mode, select
(Line).
15 On the Connections tab of the Duct Layout Preferences dialog:
■ Under Connect with Duct, select Use Takeoff.
■ Under Terminal Duct Connection, select Flexible.
16 Click OK.
Add a rectangular duct segment
17 Select the electric air heating coil.
18 Select the Add Duct grip (the plus sign) as shown.
19 In the Custom Size dialog, click Yes.

20 If the Add Ducts dialog is minimized, move the cursor over the title bar to expand it.
21 If the Add Ducts dialog is not minimized, click so that it is minimized when the cursor
leaves it.

22 In the Add Ducts dialog:
■ For System, select Supply - Medium Pressure.
■ For Elevation, verify that Supply Duct is selected.
■ For Shape, verify that Rectangular is selected.
■ Verify that Width is set to 850.
■ Verify that Height is set to 500.
23 Click in the location shown.
A rectangular duct segment is added.
Add round duct segments
24 Move cursor into the Add Ducts dialog to expand it.

25 In the Add Ducts dialog:
■ For Shape, select Round.
■ In the message dialog, click OK.
■ For Diameter, select 500.
■ In the message dialog, click OK.
26 Click in the location shown, midway between the 2 columns of diffusers.
The transitional reducer is added automatically.

An elbow is added automatically.
Change the duct diameter
28 Move the cursor into the Add Ducts dialog to expand it.
29 For Diameter, select 400.


Add an endcap
32 On the HVAC tool palettes group, open the Fitting tool palette.
33 Under By Type, click the Endcap tool.
34 Click the Duct End Connector snap at the end of the duct as shown.
35 Press ENTER.
The endcap is automatically sized and added.

Next, you connect the diffusers to the ductwork.

Connecting and Tagging Diffusers
In this exercise, you add duct and flex duct to connect the diffusers to the main ductwork. You then tag the
diffusers.
Dataset
Continue to use the project and the drawing, 01 HVAC Ducting Model, that you used in the previous exercise.
Specify snaps

■ Select Object Snap On.
■ Under the General heading, clear all the object snaps.
■ Under the AutoCAD MEP heading, verify that all the object snaps are selected.
■ Click OK.
Connect the 300 mm neck diffusers
3 On the HVAC tool palettes group, open the Duct tool palette.
4 Under By Shape, click the Round tool.
5 In the Add Ducts dialog, for Diameter, select 300.
6 Click the Duct Curve Connector snap on the duct in the location shown.
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7 Click in the location shown to add a duct segment.
8 Click the Duct End Connector snap on the diffuser as shown.
Flex duct is automatically added.
9 Enter a to accept the duct as drawn.

10 Click the Duct Curve Connector snap on the duct in the location shown.
11 Click in the location shown to add a duct segment.
12 Click the Duct End Connector snap on the diffuser as shown.

Flex duct is added to connect the diffuser.
13 Enter a to accept.
14 Using the same procedure, connect 6 more diffusers as shown.
Connect the 250 mm neck diffusers
15 With the Duct tool active, click the Duct Curve Connector snap on the rectangular duct in the
location shown.
16 In the Add Ducts dialog, for Diameter, select 250.


18 Connect the duct to the diffuser.
19 Enter a.
Tag diffusers requiring labels on the right side
21 On the HVAC tool palettes group, open the Tag and Schedule tool palette.
22 Under Tag, click the Air Terminal 1 tool.
23 Select the diffuser as shown.
24 Click to place the tag.
The tag is added.
26 Enter m to specify the multiple option.

27 Select the diffusers shown.
28 Press ENTER.
The diffusers are tagged using the relative location specified for the first tag.

Tag diffusers requiring labels on the left side
30 Select the diffuser as shown.
31 Click to place the tag as shown.
The tag is added.
33 Enter m.
34 Select the 4 diffusers without tags.
35 Press ENTER.

The diffusers are tagged using the relative location specified for the first tag.
37 Press ENTER.
Next, you add pipes.
Adding Pipes
In this exercise, you add pipes that connect 2 pumps to a chiller.
Dataset
Continue to use the project AutoCAD MEP 2009 Express Workshop that you used in the previous exercise.
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Activate the Piping workspace
1 On the Workspaces toolbar, change the current workspace to Piping.
When the Piping workspace is active, the Piping menu displays at the top of the AutoCAD MEP
window, and the Piping tool palettes group displays.
Open the drawing
2 On the Constructs tab of the Project Navigator palette, expand Constructs ➤ M.

3 Double-click GF HVAC Piping Model to open the drawing.
The drawing contains 2 views of the same model: a Top view on the left, and a 3D view on the
right.
4 Click in the Top view to make it the active view.

6 Click in the 3D view to make it the active view.

Specify settings
8 Click Piping menu ➤ Piping System Definitions.

9 In the left pane of the Style Manager dialog, if needed, expand Piping Objects ➤ Pipe System
Definitions.
10 Click Chilled Water.
11 In the right pane of the Style Manager dialog, on the Pipe Size Displays tab:
■ Select Display pipe and inline/anchored components as 1-line.
■ For For pipe sizes less than or equal to, enter 100.
■ Select Display pipe and inline/anchored components as graphical 1-line.
■ For For pipe sizes less than or equal to, enter 50.
These display settings will be demonstrated later in the lesson.
12 Click OK.
13 In the Version Objects dialog, click Do Not Version.
Add a vertical pipe segment
14 On the Piping tool palettes group, open the Pipe tool palette.
15 Click the Pipe tool.
■ For System, select Chilled Water.
■ For Routing preference, select Generic Threaded & Flanged Steel.
17 In the Top view, select the Pipe End Connector snap on the left pump as shown.
18 On the Design tab of the Properties palette, for Elevation, enter 3300.
19 In the Choose a Part dialog, select Flanged - Generic Flange_gbm.
20 Click OK.
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In the 3D view, you can see the created vertical pipe segment.
Add additional pipe segments
21 In the Top view, click in the location shown.
22 On the Design tab of the Properties palette, under Nominal size, select 125.
23 In the Choose a Part dialog, select Flanged - Generic Concentric Reducer_gbm.
24 Click OK.
25 Click (Object Snap Tracking) to enable it.

26 Move the cursor over the connector on the chiller so that the Pipe End Connector snap displays.
27 With the Pipe End Connector snap displayed, move the cursor vertically below the snap. The
Object Snap Tracking guide line displays.
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28 Click in the location shown to specify the endpoint of the pipe segment to be aligned with the
Pipe End Connector snap on the chiller.
The pipe segment is added.

Connect to the chiller
30 Click the Pipe End Connector snap on the chiller.
A solution displays.

Connect a second pump to the chiller
32 Click in an empty area of the 3D view to make it active.
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33 Click the Pipe End Connector snap on the other pump as shown.
34 On the pipe above the pump, click the Pipe Curve Connector snap.

Next, you add valves to the pipes.
Adding Valves
In this exercise, you add gate valves to pipes you added to the drawing in the last exercise. You then change
the display configuration to view pipes in either 2-line, 1-line, or graphical 1-line display, depending on the
size of the pipe and the pipe size display settings.

Dataset
Continue to use the project and the drawing, GF HVAC Piping Model, that you used in the previous exercise.
Add a gate valve to a vertical pipe segment

1 On the Piping tool palettes group, open the Accessories tool palette.
2 Click the Gate tool.
The cursor displays as the gate valve.
3 In the 3D view, click the pipe Pipe Curve Connector snap on the vertical pipe segment as shown.
4 Click in an empty area of the Top view to make it the active view.
5 In the Top view, place the cursor as shown so that the handwheel of the gate valve points in
the direction shown.
6 Click to add the valve.

7 In the Choose a Part dialog, click OK.
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Add a gate valve to another vertical pipe segment
8 In the 3D view, click the vertical pipe segment connected to the other pump as shown.
9 In the Top view, place the cursor as shown so that the handwheel points in the direction shown.
10 Click to add the gate valve.

Add a valve to the pipe connected to the chiller
11 With the Gate tool still active, move the cursor onto the Add Multi-view Parts title bar.
12 In the Add Multi-view Part dialog:
■ On the Part Filter tab, for Nominal Connection Diameter ND1, select 125.
■ Under Part Size Name, select 125 mm Gate Valve - Flanged PN6 - Cast Iron.

13 Click the Pipe Curve Connector snap in the location shown.
14 Enter 180 to specify the rotation.

Move the valves
16 Select the valve you just added.
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17 Select the top grip as shown.
18 Click to position the valve so that it is aligned with the valve to its right.
19 Press ENTER.

Change the display
20 Zoom both views so that you can see all the piping in the area of the pumps and the chiller.
21 Click Piping menu ➤ Piping System Definitions.

22 In the Style Manager dialog, click Chilled Water.
23 Click the Pipe Size Displays tab to review the settings you specified earlier.
The settings specify that pipe segments with the diameter less than or equal to 100 mm are
drawn with one line (1-line), instead of as a 2-line, two-dimensional object. For pipes with a
diameter between 100 mm and 50 mm, symbols for accessories such as valves display at a fixed
size that reflects the pipe diameter regardless of the drawing scale. For pipes with a diameter of
50 mm or less, symbols for accessories such as valves display graphically, which means that they
are sized according to the drawing scale.
24 Close the Style Manager.

25 In the Version Objects dialog, click Do Not Version.
26 Change the display configuration to Mechanical - Pipe By Size.
Refresh the display
27 Click View menu ➤ Regen Model.
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28 Press ENTER to select all.
The 125 mm pipe displays as 2-line.

The 100 mm pipe displays as 1-line. The valves on the 100 mm pipe display as non-scaling
symbols that reflect the diameter of the pipe.
The 50 mm pipe leaving the expansion tank displays as 1-line. The ball valve on the pipe displays
as a graphical symbol that is sized according to the view annotation scale.

Change the view annotation scale
29 On the status bar at the bottom of the drawing window, click 1:100, and select 1:50.
The change does not affect the display size of the valve symbols on the 100 mm (1-line) pipe.
The ball valve, which is displayed with a graphical 1-line symbol, changes size to reflect the
change in the drawing annotation scale.
30 Change the annotation scale back to 1:100.

The ball valve symbol above the expansion tank changes to reflect the scale.
You have completed the Express Workshop lesson Creating Mechanical and Piping Systems.
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Creating Electrical Systems

Activate the Electrical workspace

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3 On the title bar of the Properties palette, click to enable auto-hide.

The palette is hidden. Only the title bar displays.

4 Move the cursor over the title bar.

6 On the Electrical tool palettes group, click to enable auto-hide.

Specify the active project

8 Click File menu ➤ Project Browser.

9 In the Project Browser:

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11 On the Constructs tab of the Project Navigator palette, expand Constructs ➤ E.

■ Open the drawing GF Panel and save it.

View electrical panel circuit information

16 Click Electrical menu ➤ Circuits ➤ Circuit Manager.

18 Close the Circuit Manager.

The ceiling grid displays in the drawing.

Specify snap settings

21 Right-click (Object Snap), and click Settings.

■ Scroll to the AutoCAD MEP heading.

■ Verify that all the AutoCAD MEP snaps are selected.

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Zoom the drawing

23 Zoom and pan the drawing to the area shown.

Adding and Tagging Lighting Fixtures

Specify lighting fixture properties

1 Click Electrical ➤ Devices ➤ Add.

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3 In the Select a style dialog:

■ Scroll to display 600x1200 Recessed Light, and click to select it.

4 On the Design tab of the Properties palette:

■ Expand Design Data, and for ID, enter A.

■ Expand Circuits, and click Electrical Properties.

5 In the Electrical Properties dialog:

■ Under Circuit, select 2[Load:0VA].

■ For Load Phase 1, enter 96.

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6 Move the cursor so that the Node snap is positioned as shown.

9 Click to add the lighting fixture.

10 Press ENTER to end the command.

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11 Click the lighting fixture to select it.

12 Right-click, and click Basic Modify Tools ➤ Array.

■ For Rows, enter 3.

■ For columns, enter 4.

■ For Row Offset, enter -2400.

■ For Column Offset, enter 2400.

14 The array of lighting fixtures displays.

The prompt at the command line lists the available options.

15 Right-click to accept the array.

Add tags to the lighting fixtures

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18 On the Annotation tool palette, click the Light ID tool.

The command line displays a prompt.

19 Select the lighting fixture shown.

A temporary tag displays at the cursor.

20 Click in the location shown to place the tag.

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22 Enter m to choose the option to select multiple objects.

25 Press ENTER to end the selection process.