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Connectors in families

Connectors in families

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Connectors in families

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- [Instructor] Now that we understand the anatomy of a family, there's just one more special little feature I'd like to address unique to MEP families that is the connector. Connectors play an important part in the makeup of an MEP family. It's the connector that supplies the engineering data and what allows the family that has the connectors to control a type of item that is drawn from it. For example, if I have a pump and I'd like to draw a pipe from that pump that is connected, it is the connector that specifies the size of the pipe, what the pipe system is, maybe it's a hydronic recirculation water, and physically where the pipe is connected to the pump. So with our connectors, you'll see that you can add a connector to any 3D shape. This example will be a pipe connector. This pipe connector controls the flow, the system, the pipe size, and the pipe placement. Now what we'll see is we have four different types…

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