Creating Construction Documents; Annotation - Autodesk 235B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD MEP 2010 User Manual

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Creating Construction Documents

AutoCAD MEP includes many features to create and maintain construction documents. You can use drawing
management tools such as Project Browser and Project Navigator to create and manage project drawings.
By using external reference capabilities, you can create models of systems, and then create construction
documents referencing different views and equipment in the model. If you change the model, you can apply
the changes automatically to the construction documents.
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Annotation

You can annotate your drawings with the tools available in AutoCAD MEP. Annotation can be categorized
as follows:
Object labels, general text, and dimensions
Annotation symbols
Tags and schedules
View and detail marks
Labels and documentation symbols are the primary annotation types for drawings. To display object
information such as system name, size, and dimensions, use labels. To add information such as leaders,
break marks, title marks, and revision clouds, use annotation symbols from the symbol libraries in
DesignCenter
Tags are used to mark equipment for scheduling. When a schedule is added to a drawing, it can automatically
display property set data for tagged parts. If you modify tagged equipment, you can automatically update
the schedule to reflect the changes.
Section, elevation, and detail views can display discrete parts of a building plan. You can generate these
views automatically from the system model. If you modify the system model in its construct drawing, you
can automatically update detail, section, or elevation views to reflect the changes.
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Create a sheet set that includes a cover sheet with
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a sheet list. See
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Plot or publish the sheet set. You can publish a
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sheet set directly to Design Web Format (DWF ).
See Publishing a Sheet Set to DWF
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Ordering Sheets in the Sheet Set
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