FINE MEP (Mechanical Electrical and Plumbing) is a
building information modeling
Building information modeling (BIM) is an approach involving the generation and management of digital representations of the physical and functional characteristics of buildings or other physical assets and facilities. BIM is supported by vario ...
(BIM)
computer-aided design
Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or ) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. This software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve c ...
(CAD) software tool for
building services engineering
Building services engineering (BSE), service engineering or facilities and services planning engineering is a Regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that strives to achieve a safe and comfortable Indoor air qu ...
design, built on the ''
IntelliCAD'' CAD editor and development platform. It provides full
Industry Foundation Classes
The Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) is a CAD data exchange data schema intended for description of architectural, building and construction industry data (ABCII). The IFC file format is based on ISO 10303-21 standard and definitions of ABCII are ...
(IFC) support, according to the 2x3 IFC Standard. FINE BIM structure, enables smart model shaping and high design accuracy, directly applied to the real
3D-building model and its building services (
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC ) is the use of various technologies to control the temperature, humidity, and purity of the air in an enclosed space. Its goal is to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality. H ...
(HVAC), water supply, sewerage, electricity). All building elements (walls, openings, roofs, etc.), and components of the mechanical and electrical installations (pipes, heating units, fittings, cables, etc.) can be intelligent objects carrying their own attributes and interacting among each other. MEP design is supported by specific CAD commands (smart location of units/appliances, auto-routing commands for pipes/cables, etc.) and further facilitated through sophisticated recognition and validation algorithms, providing a user-friendly modeling environment.
AEC Technology Updates, Spring 2013: February 28, 2013
All the six ''FINE MEP'' software vertical applications, a) ''FineHVAC'' for
HVAC
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC ) is the use of various technologies to control the temperature, humidity, and purity of the air in an enclosed space. Its goal is to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality. ...
design,
FineHVAC in the Building Energy Software Tools Directory, sponsored by DOE, the U.S. Department of Energy b) ''FineELEC'' for Electrical design, c) ''FineSANI'' for Sanitary design, d) ''FineFIRE'' for Fire Fighting design, e) ''FineGAS'' for Gas installation design, and f) ''FineLIFT'' for Elevator design, combine design and calculations within a synergistically integrated environment, performing all the required calculations directly from the drawings, and generating automatically all the case study results: Calculation sheets, technical reports, a complete series of final drawings updated with the calculation results (plan views, vertical diagrams, details), bill of materials, budget estimation and others.
In addition, FINE MEP applications interact in a synergistic way with the other vertical BIM software applications of the 4M Building Design Suite (i.e. IDEA Architectural and STRAD Structural). All the 4M BIM Software "work by running a single spatial database to define intelligent objects for all disciplines, whether architecture, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, elevators, and so on.
[ Article in upFront.eZine by Ralph Grabowski - upFront.eZine news #640: April 6, 2010]
See also
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Building information modeling
Building information modeling (BIM) is an approach involving the generation and management of digital representations of the physical and functional characteristics of buildings or other physical assets and facilities. BIM is supported by vario ...
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Industry Foundation Classes
The Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) is a CAD data exchange data schema intended for description of architectural, building and construction industry data (ABCII). The IFC file format is based on ISO 10303-21 standard and definitions of ABCII are ...
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Building services engineering
Building services engineering (BSE), service engineering or facilities and services planning engineering is a Regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that strives to achieve a safe and comfortable Indoor air qu ...
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Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...
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Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...
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Hydraulic engineering
Hydraulic engineering as a sub-discipline of civil engineering is concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water and sewage. One feature of these systems is the extensive use of gravity as the motive force to cause the move ...
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IntelliCAD
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Comparison of computer-aided design software
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Comparison of CAD, CAM, and CAE file viewers
*American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (
ASHRAE
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE ) is an American professional association seeking to advance heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems design and constructio ...
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References
External links
*, 4M BIM Suite website
4M - The manufacturer's websiteBIM Applications listed on BuildingSmart, the "international home of open bim"IntelliCAD success stories
by ITC, the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium]
BIM booklet by Infocomm International
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- AECbytes Viewpoint #35: February 12, 2008]
AECbytes Vendorhub on BIM for MEP
- upFront.eZine news #640: April 6, 2010
FineHVAC comparison with other MEP softwareFINE MEP on YoutubeFineHVAC in the Ashrae online bookstore
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