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MEP software for designers and drafters

AutoCAD® MEP software helps you draft, design, and document building systems. Create more accurate designs within a familiar AutoCAD-based environment. Increase productivity with automated drafting tasks, manufacturers’ parts, and interference detection.

Desktop Subscription gives you access to the latest updates and releases, 1-on-1 web support, priority support in the forums, and flexible licensing.

Features:

Electrical and plumbing design software
Demos show how AutoCAD® MEP software automates drafting tasks to help mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) designers and drafters create more accurate construction documentation. Share, collaborate, and coordinate more easily with architects, engineers, and contractors using reliable DWG™ technology.

Desktop Subscription gives you access to the latest updates and releases, 1-on-1 web support, priority support in the forums, and flexible licensing.


Automatic space and zone calculation

Assign engineering spaces from existing 2D architectural floor plans or AutoCAD Architecture geometric designs.

Calculate room measurements automatically, including square footage, meters, and volumes per area. Space and zone information is used when exporting to gbXML for import into Green Building Studio web-based energy analysis service and/or third-party analysis programs.

IFC data support

Create, manage, and share MEP CAD data with others in the design process with Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) data.

IFC export recognizes MEP objects from within AutoCAD MEP and exports them along with MEP Systems and their connectivity to corresponding IFC Building Services entities and types.

AutoCAD 360 (formerly AutoCAD WS) mobility

The AutoCAD 360 web and mobile application for AutoCAD MEP lets you view, edit, and share DWG™ drawings via a web browser or mobile device.

Store AutoCAD drawings and project files in an easy-to-access online workspace. View and edit your designs online or on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. Share and collaborate more easily with others

Web-based help and learning tools

Use Exchange to access a community filled with pertinent learning information.

An enhanced user experience provides access to integrated web-based help content, tips and tricks, and aggregated content to help support your continued learning.

If you are a Subscription member, you can connect to the Subscription Center from Exchange to receive the latest product information and extensions to enhance your workflow.

Construction and content

#Project Navigator CheckOut New

CheckOut makes changes outside of the project structure to avoid frequent, unnecessary xref change notifications.

CheckOut also helps prevent team members from reacting to incomplete temporary changes or tests. No one else can view your changes until the file is checked back into the project structure.

Project Navigator CheckIn New

When you CheckIn a drawing, it is saved automatically. Team members will be notified of the updated version.

Users can add comments to a new file upon CheckIn to ensure team members clearly understand the changes. With automatic saving of multiple backup versions, you can also quickly return to a previous state of a drawing.

Enhanced documentation

Enhanced documentation features help you create, rationalize, and document 2D views.

Create 3D models in AutoCAD MEP design software and convert them to 2D for documentation needs. Utilize improvements in the command line with the ability to auto-complete and differentiate commands and system variables. Improve the appearance of your documentation with access to a diverse palette of fonts and colors. Improve drafting and modeling productivity with associative arrays improvements.