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Creating HVAC systems

Creating HVAC systems - AutoCAD MEP Tutorial

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Creating HVAC systems

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Now, it's time to move into HVAC systems. As you can see, AutoCAD is heavily dependent upon systems for its display. Although we have about 100 of pre-defined systems to choose from, it's always good to see how to create one. The objective of this video is to create a new drawing. We're going to switch our workspace to HVAC. Then we're going to create a new ducting system called lynda.com. Let's jump into autoCAD MEP. On our get started, let's start a drawing using a predefined template. We're going to use AECV Model US Imperial. Let's go to our workspace switching. And let's make sure that HVAC is the current workspace. On our Tool Palettes, let's go to our Duct tab. Let's just grab the top Duct. I don't want it on a system, we're going to put it on our own system. So, click Duct, I'm going to pick a spot right about here and I'm going to zoom in on it. I'm going to pick a second spot here. I'm going to keep going to the right and I'm going to type e for elevation. My elevation wants…

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