AutoCAD MEP

Catalog description

This course is restricted to students presently studying under the direction and oversight of an approved apprenticeship program, working in partnership with Columbus State Community College. This hands-on course is designed to enable the user to effectively use AutoCAD MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing). Students will learn to draft, design, and document building systems with AutoCAD MEP software, the version of AutoCAD software for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing designers and drafters. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to work with the AutoCAD MEP interface to create and edit intelligent objects, learn the meaning of parametric design, BIM and object-oriented CAD, understand the drawing management features, how to share information with third party energy analysis programs, work with source drawings, source drawing queries, convert AutoCAD geometry to AutoCAD MEP objects, understand the theory and applications of the AutoCAD MEP Style Manager and use the drawing compare and interference detection tools.