From the course: AutoCAD: Creating Sprinkler and Fire-Alarm Systems
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Externally referencing architecture
From the course: AutoCAD: Creating Sprinkler and Fire-Alarm Systems
Externally referencing architecture
- [Instructor] We're not gonna get very far if we don't have an architectural background to define the boundaries of our sprinkler systems. Sure, we could always add sprinkler heads and pipes with no background, but that would certainly not be the best practice. The objective of this video is to properly externally reference an architectural file, making sure the settings for the references are the way we want them. We will then save our file as something we can retrieve later. So to get started, let's open up AutoCAD MEP. In the Getting Started dialog under Templates, let's click the little dropdown arrow to the right. Let's scroll down and find Aecb Model US Imperial.Ctb.dwt, or you can use whatever template your company uses. I'm gonna click this. This will open up AutoCAD. If you don't have your external references palette open, type X + R at the command prompt and hit Enter. With your external references dialog open, go ahead and click on the DWG attach. Browse to where you're…
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