I tested it by replicating systems from MEP consultant drawings. If you embed the included special MEP library connector part, your custom parts will behave like the the included ones and 'snap' together. Connecting the systems from floor to floor was literally a 'snap' with the embedded smart snap hotspot at the ends of each MEP element.You can also create custom MEP library parts.
The hospital's many MEP systems were easy to replicate and coordinate. I too work in Imperial, not metric, so first switched the files accordingly. I tested it on a restaurant, house and hospital. Adding or moving intersection points or shifting a length of parallel segments is akin to editing a slab/roof/mesh/polyline.Sounds odd, but so easy. The interface for editing was unusual but easy. The graphic ease working in both 2D and 3D with which you could create, edit and check for clashes was impressive.
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The MEP modeler was so easy to use and for the most part intuitive as to how to use it.
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Even the manual was extremely well written. The MEP Beta was everything Karl said it was. PPS I do not receive any compensation from Graphisoft for this post or any of my time/work on these forums or the wiki. I did not test this, so can't offer any comments. PS There is also a new plug-in for AutoCAD MEP 20 that allows you to export AutoCAD MEP systems into ArchiCAD via IFC.
We're told that a WIBU protection keyplug is required to run the MEP Modeler within ArchiCAD: it can be either the same keyplug that has your ArchiCAD license, or a separate one. so am staying tuned for the announcement like everyone else. This is just a way-cool and long-awaited addition to ArchiCAD. When you route ductwork to this floor grate, it will snap to the port. For example, if you needed a floor grate for a conditioned air system, you could create it with tiny walls or beams (etc), place the connection object as desired under it, and save the bits as a new lib part. There are new pet palette options for editing, and there is a connection library part that one can assemble along with other AC elements and save a custom MEP part with smart ports without programming in GDL. But, since that dialog is customized for MEP, it is actually cleaner, once you are used to it. For example, if you select multiple MEP elements and want to modify them together, you cannot use the Object Settings dialog or Edit Selection Set, instead there is an Edit Selected Elements dialog. There are a couple of unique work methods, but nothing big - just have to learn it. For example, ductwork is for air, but you can define systems for Cooling, Exhaust Air, Heating, Return Air, Recovery Air, etc as desired, all of which would use ductwork, but might display themselves with different pens, materials or line styles - and which would be selectable as systems.
The MEP Systems dialog lets you define the various systems to be used in your building and how elements in each system should appear. The MEP Preferences let you pre-define the typical sizes and lengths used for ducts, pipes and cable carriers to make it easier to work with components that correspond to actual building elements. (It is not a general-purpose collision detection feature: it will not detect a column that penetrates a floor, for example.) Only collisions between MEP elements and any other element are detected. Touching elements can be treated as an assembly.Ĭonflicts with other building elements are easily highlighted with a Collision Detection feature that really works well and is cleverly integrated with the markup features of ArchiCAD. Routing and editing is easily done in 3D as well as 2D, and the various parts snap together intelligently.including smart connection 'ports' on both new MEP objects as well as related objects in the standard library (sinks, WCs, washer/dryer, furnace, etc). It's fun to use and has quite a bit of intelligence. I'm really impressed with the MEP Modeler. Personally, I have no real-world MEP experience, so my opinion doesn't carry a lot of weight compared to other people that you may hear from. So, I can start the 'leak' of information here. We've just been released from our non-disclosure. Various people that you know from these forums have been beta testing it for some time, but of course have been sworn to secrecy. Some time during this coming week, we can anticipate an announcement from Graphisoft concerning their new MEP Modeler for ArchiCAD.
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