Fabrication for AutoCAD MEP Sheet Metal

EastCoast CAD/CAM’s Fabrication for AutoCAD MEP Sheet Metal contains all the design and fabrication requirements for professionals who create, manufacture and install sheet metal systems.  With AutoCAD MEP Sheet Metal, you have complete control over the detail, manufacturer specifications and shop standards needed to create and fabricate duct systems inside of AutoCAD MEP, and have the tools at your fingertips to take your design work into fabrication systems with efficiency and accuracy.

Shops add their own customization to the rectangular, oval, round ducts, and taps and vanes provided, adding their own specifications for materials and non-dimensional settings, and manufacturer defaults for dimensional sizing of fittings, tailored to specific project needs and shop standards. Rules and formulas add flexibility to the definition of manufacturer defaults, adding greater control to fitting dimensions. Once the setup of your shop standards is complete, the system is fully automated, drastically reducing input time.

With Fabrication for AutoCAD MEP Sheet Metal you can design a mechanical system using true dimensional parts and fittings. Build duct systems by routing, placing fittings piece by piece, or by using combinations of the two workflows.

New Features in Version 4:

• Apply tags as you draw duct, or by selection.

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• Draw double-walled duct that is fully fabrication-ready.

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• Apply duct hangers and rods to your system.

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• For round and oval fittings, draw with connectors that have undersizing specified.

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If your shop routinely works with generic Autodesk Revit MEP or AutoCAD MEP engineered drawings, you can use the EastCoast CAD/CAM MEP Fabrication tool to automatically convert entire systems to fully specified fabricate-able duct. Fabrication for AutoCAD MEP Sheet Metal tools can then be used for final detail refinement and to generate pickoffs and spools.

Draw and design duct systems with real spec-driven content.

Fabrication for AutoCAD MEP Sheet Metal’s powerful editing tools save time and resources. If a change in the design is needed, you can quickly change your specifications for the whole drawing in just one operation. Duct specification overrides can be changed for an individual specification setting, such as a connector type or gauge, within an easy to use dialog box. Lock and unlock duct segments to control the elements of the routable duct and duct sections you need to modify. The Duct Break command maximizes your standard length duct segments, and helps to avoid placing taps on joints. Break your duct into standard sheet sizes with ease.

Generate duct spool drawings with isometric views and schedules of the entire system, or a sub-system you specify using a window selection. Spool drawings can be updated on the fly after a change is made to the design.

Fabrication for AutoCAD MEP Sheet Metal automates the process of detailing - saving time and resources.

Fabrication for AutoCAD MEP Sheet Metal supports project data collaboration. Transfer your design data to the Trimble Total Station tool, and generate Quickpen Vulcan CAM pickoffs. You can be assured of one-to-one mapping of each duct fitting with pickoffs generated for use with DuctMaker for pre-fabrication, as both systems use the same fittings library.