Request AutoCAD MEP contents feedback

[shen_wang]

Hi All,

I have created AME contents for more than 3 years. Here I want to get some feedbacks on Multi-view parts from you to improve our content quality.

question: Do you think all related technical information should be included in our contents? Do you think the information is very imporant for designers or contractors? Example, electric motors include voltage, power factor, effiency, frequency, weight, apparent power or active power; fans include voltage, active power, power factor, etc....Currently, most multi-view parts don't include these information.

question: Do you have any more suggestion on our contents? If yes, please leave a message here.

Thanks to all

Best Regards

PS: Content has an extensive scope: template, style manager, display manager, catalog-based contents, tool catalog....

[CADmonkey_UK_Building_Services]

Hi,

I work in the 'build' phase of commercial construction projects.

I use/create MVparts all the time. Increasingly, Schedule tables are required on the drawings.

It's an incredibly complicated workflow.Anything to simplify it would be great.

However, suppose you had multiple manufacturers for the same items (eg fans). If their property sets were labelled or named differently or even used different units then you wouldn't be able to put both in the same schedule.

[Joshua.Benoist]

We already have MvParts with that data.  However, voltage, weight, manufacturer, etc all are in Property Sets that can be found in the style drawings.  It's a fairly extensive library of property sets.  The MEP workflow is to add an MvPart to modelspace.  Then use the tool palette to tag the MvPart with the equipment mark, like RTU-1.  The tool palette tool for tags, has the ability to attach property sets to the MvPart.  So you could have a tag for one manufacturer or a tag for another, that attach different property sets.  Our equipment schedules know what property sets they require to fill out the schedule.  A faster approach if you merely want to add property sets in bulk to a selected set of MvParts, is to add an equipment schedule to model space.  Upon insertion, it asks you to select which parts pertain to the schedule.  The schedule will have ?'s until property sets are attached to the MvParts.  Select the equipment schedule, right-click > click the button Add All Property sets.  The schedule will add the sets it needs to all parts belonging to that schedule. 

[shen_wang]

Yes, we can use property set definiton, while mostly those properties have to be mannually defined and not convenient. So I just thought if the information was needed and do users need them included in the Mvparts.

I think desingers wouldn't want to spend more time on define the properties, they need the out-of-box information.

[Anonymous]

Mine is not a need for the technical data or for schedules.  I would like to see more commonly used real-world mvparts.  For example, all the Trane VAV boxes; Titus eggcrate grilles; more variations in grilles, registers, & diffusers in general; more variations in wall louver sizes; etc.  Very often I simply cannot pull up the correct size with the OOTB generic mvparts.  I have dabbled with creating some of the Trane VAV's, but I keep coming across more I haven't made yet.  Being the only drafter with my company, I simply do not have the time to create all needed parts not OOTB.  Just my nickel's worth!

[Anonymous]

I AGREE,  MORE REAL WORLD MV-PARTS WOULD BE GREAT.  NOT BEING ABLE TO PULL THE MOST COMMON SIZE PARTS WE USE OUT OF A CATALOG IS A PAIN.  GRILLES, LOUVERS, SMALL CONCEALED FCU'S AND AHU'S, VAV'S. I AM THE ONLY ONE DRAFTING FOR MY COMPANY, SO WHEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME TO CREATE SPECIFIC PARTS, IT REALLY SLOWS YOU DOWN.  I HAVE LOOKED IN AUTODESK SEEK, BUT EVERYTHING IS IN REVIT, OR METRIC UNITS.