VectorMEP basics

Project and storeys

VMPROJECT holds the project's systems (supply air, heating flow, drainage …), pipe and duct series, products and installation codes. VMSTOREY sets the storeys and their elevations; heights you type are above the active storey's floor.

Systems and series

Each system has a type, a colour, a layer group and a default series (galvanised round or rectangular ductwork, steel, copper, PE-X, multilayer, PP-R, PP-HT …). Routes take the series' real sizes and fittings.

Products

VMINSTALL places air terminals, dampers, silencers, AHUs, fans, boilers, radiators, valves, sanitary fixtures and electrical devices from the project's products or a library; VMPRODUCT turns any block into equipment with connection points.

Detail level

VMDETAIL switches between the simple bodies used while drawing and the detailed ones (High) used for presentation.

What is stored in the DWG

Every part is a plain block on its system's layer with its data attached (system, size, flow, product). Colleagues without VectorMEP open, edit and plot the drawing normally; with VectorMEP the network is rebuilt from the geometry when it opens.