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Adding air terminals - AutoCAD MEP Tutorial
From the course: AutoCAD MEP Essential Training
Adding air terminals
Looks like we've come to the end of the line with our air flow. We can finally get the air to blow out into a room. Last but not least, it's time to add some air terminals, or diffusers, into our ceiling. By selecting a specific diffuser from our tool palette, we can now simply select a spot in our ceiling in which to place the diffuser. We can then look at the properties of the diffuser, once it's embedded within the ceiling grid. To begin, let's jump into our MEP-mechanical drawing. Let's zoom in on the area, where our first VAV is. Let's go to the tool palletes HVAC. Let's go down to equipment. On our equipment tab, let's select diffuser. There's a bunch of different diffuses to choose from. This time I'm going to choose a different one, because this side just doesn't land itself well to the cylinder we have. I'm going to go 24 by 24 inch square. Ceiling diffuser. Again, you can grab any diffuser you'd like, this should all work exactly the same. I'm going to click into my Drawing…
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Setting up a ducting plan2m 9s
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Adding a rooftop unit3m 47s
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Adding VAV2m 35s
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Adding air terminals3m 10s
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Routing ducts7m 25s
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Adding dampers3m 34s
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Adding equipment2m 34s
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Adding waterside equipment3m 48s
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Adding chilled-water piping3m 44s
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Adding hot-water piping3m 1s
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Adding valves2m 37s
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Tagging HVAC plans4m
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Creating schedules2m 13s
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