The sample project

vectorcad-demo-building.dwg is a two-storey office (30 × 15 m) drawn entirely in VectorCAD with VectorMEP:

• architecture as 3D solids — walls, windows, doors, slabs and roof;
• ventilation of both floors from one air-handling unit, with a roof fan for the toilets;
• floor heating on the ground floor (three manifolds), radiators on the first floor;
• ladies', gents' and showers on the first floor with their drainage, stack and water from a hot water cylinder;
• power, lighting, emergency lighting, trays and cables, data and the fire alarm loop;
• the switchboard schematic and the air-handling unit's control page beside the building.

Sheets

The layout tabs hold four A3 sheets — A-01 Architecture, M-01 HVAC, P-01 Plumbing and E-01 Electrical — each with Level 0 and Level 1 at 1:150 and a title block. Level 1's objects are on their own layers (…-L1), so each viewport shows one floor.

Looking around

It opens in a shaded 3D view. Orbit with Shift + the middle mouse button or the ViewCube, change the visual style from the control at the end of the command line, and try VMDRAINCALC, VMFHCALC or VMCALC to see the calculations.