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Adding piping systems

Adding piping systems - AutoCAD MEP Tutorial

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Adding piping systems

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There are also plenty of piping systems predefined as well. The problem is, if we allow ourselves to just use what Autodesk gives us, we become too dependent. And don't know enough about the program we are using. With this video we are going to start a new drawing. Switch to the piping workspace and of course draw some pipe. Now we're going to actually select the pipe and manually override it without changing the system at all. Let's jump in to AutoCAD. In our get started area, we're going to grab a template. We're going to grab Aecb model, US, Imperial, Ctb. In our workspace switching, Let's go ahead and switch our workspace to piping. Now what we're going to do is we're going to start to draw some pipe. On our Tool Palettes go to our Pressure > Pipe and let's draw a regular pipe not on a system. I'm going to zoom in a little bit, pick a base point. I'm going to start drawing my pipe around. I just love how it automagically looks. I could draw a pipe all day. I'm going to come this…

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