Working with MEP Placeholders

Each discipline contains a tool to create placeholders. These are a simplified variation of regular MEP components.

Placeholders do not contain any fittings and can be used to sketch a layout much more quickly.

Pipe Placeholder tool

The "Pipe Component" tool draws pipework in a project.

Duct Placeholder tool

The "Duct Component" tool draws ductwork in a project.

Cable Carrier Placeholder

The "Cable Carrier Component" tool draws cable carries in a project.

Creating MEP Placeholders

Tool Modebar

1. Width/Diameter
2. Height
3. Vertical offset (used in 2D sketching)
4. Slope.
5. Object properties.

Contextual menu

The right click contextual menu contains the following custom actions:

• Select upwards: Selects the connected chain in upwards direction.
• Select downwards: Selects the connected chain in downwards direction.
• Reverse direction: Reverses the direction of the active component.
• Divide slope: Evenly distribute the slope based on the first and last vertex height.
• Apply slope: Applies a given slope.

OIP

• Display
  • Class
  • UID
  • Profile rotation
  • Has cover
  • Attach tag
• Constraints
  • Start offset
  • End offset
  • Slope
  • Top elevation
  • Bottom elevation
• Classification
  • Type
  • Family
  • Family type
  • Section
  • Area
• Dimensions
  • Material
  • Shape
  • Size
  • Nominal width
    • Lock width
  • Nominal Height
    • Lock height