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Autocad MEP 2009 & Autocad Revit MEP Suite 2009

Atlast! after 3 months of waiting our free Autodesk upgrade finally arrived.

I have been posting the new features of Autocad MEP 2009 and have read alot about. Now I can personally see how it works and I hope that this upgrade is better than Autocad MEP 2008. I have encountered several bugs and problems on the MEP 2008 and I have managed to get along it with it.

The Autocad MEP 2009 offers some solutions for the problems in previous version.  Along with the free Autocad MEP 2009 is the free update for Autocad Revit MEP Suite 2009. Autocad Revit MEP Suite is actually a two products in a package – those are Revit MEP 2009 and Autocad MEP 2009. Continue reading …

New Features of Autocad MEP 2009

While I’m waiting for the AutoCAD MEP 2009 upgrade from Autodesk, I check the world wide web to know what will be the new promises of the software that will replace Autocad MEP 2008.

Here are the new features other than what mentioned in the product brochure. Thanks Toby (autodesk) for sharing this info to us.

Interference Detection
This is a new tool to check for collisions between objects in AutoCAD MEP. The tool allows you to find hard and soft collisions (such as clearances), zoom into the problem area, resolve the issue and navigate to the next one. Check boxes allow you to select which MEP objects to check as well as different building elements to check against.

Part Numbering
This is a new annotation tool used to number Duct and Pipe parts for scheduling. This replaces the Pipe and Duct Fabrication tag tools formerly found only in the UK profile. You can number individual objects or a system of connected objects. As items are added or deleted, you can update the numbering or re-number the entire run. There is also an option to use the same part number for identical parts.

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