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Adding conduit

Adding conduit - AutoCAD MEP Tutorial

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Adding conduit

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Conduit is another item that people rarely would do in 3D. If they did, I bet it wasn't as accurate as they would like. And even if it was, it was just 3D sweeps and extrusions. By modeling our conduit, we will actually be allowing AutoCAD MEP to add very specific bends and junctions in our model that we otherwise would have had to draft ourselves. We're going to start by adding a panel, then we're going to drag some conduit from our palette into our drawing. Then we're going to create some situation where AutoCAD is forced to make a connection. So, to get started let's make sure we are in MEP Electrical. And on tool palettes lets go to the panel tab. And let's grab surface 1, 42 slots. I'm going to come down to my electrical room. And I'm going to hover over this wall. And I'm going to hit Shift+right-click. And I'm going to select Nearest. And I'm going to pick a spot along this wall right about here. And I'm going to hit Escape a couple of times. Now, I'm going to go to my tool…

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