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mclean wrote:Yes this should probably have its own MEP forum/header.
There is no general heading for this so I have stuck it in the general archicad forum. Moderators move it to wherever you like.
mclean wrote:I thought i had read somewhere that GS did not intend this product to be used for documenting MEP, rather simply to give Architects the tools in ArchiCAD to model MEP systems for coordination in 3D - needed because at least in my experience back in Aus MEP engineers rarely (if ever) did anything in 3D to coordinate with the Arch+Structural drawings. It was the #1 coordination problem on any project. All major consultants working in 3D should have been mandatory IMO.
MEP has a lot of limitations and some bugs that need someone to pay attention to and fix before it can be seriously considered in production in a consulting engineering office.
mclean wrote:This is the same with standard AC objects .. can MEP objects/tools be saved as Favourites and accessed via the Favourites Palette? - these will remember all settings for an object/tool including Pens, Linetypes, etc
- MEP has no facility to retain specific pen settings for objects....
mclean wrote:Sound like bugs and/or just half-baked functionality to me. Certainly important enough to warrant a patch.
- saved 3D models (eg a fan coil unit for a specific manufacturer) do not retain both duct and pipe connectors...
- the routing dialogue totally ignores the Layer you set for it....
mclean wrote:You have encountered a long-standing problem (and wishlist item) with ArchiCAD - no rotation of objects out of the XY Plane. Stupid limitation but one that when fixed would probably require all existing objects to be re-written to take account of this (or live with plan representation being incorrect). Big task GS .. but thats life, get on with it.
- you cannot rotate 3D objects about the X or Y axis. Not in standard archicad that is. I have used Objective...