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Sample project · one DWG, every discipline

A two-storey office,
from floor plan to cable tray.

Architecture, ventilation, heating and electrical — all drawn in VectorCAD with the VectorMEP module, in a single standard DWG file you can download and open.

Download the DWGTake the tour
building-all.dwg — VectorCAD
Cut-away 3D view of the whole building with walls, ductwork, pipes, radiators, luminaires and cables, with the VM Common ribbon tab open

CAD · 2D + 3D

Plain CAD drafting and 3D modelling

The architecture is drawn with VectorCAD's own drafting and 3D tools, on standard layers, in a normal DWG.

Ground floor plan

Walls, door swings, windows, room names and areas on the A-PLAN layers — classic 2D drafting in the 2D Wireframe view.

  • Lines, polylines, arcs and text
  • Layers with descriptions, freeze and lock
  • Real DWG output that opens in any DWG software
Ground floor plan in VectorCAD: plant room, two open offices, electrical room, corridor and five offices with doors, windows and area labels

3D building model

The same building as 3D solids: slabs, walls with window openings, the entrance and the roof, in the Shaded visual style.

  • 3D solids and views from the ViewCube
  • Shaded, wireframe and hidden visual styles
  • Plot and publish to vector PDF
Shaded 3D view of the two-storey office building with windows, entrance and flat roof

Mechanical · HVAC & piping

Ventilation and heating

Drawn with VectorMEP on the VM V&P tab: every duct, pipe and product is a real 3D body that carries its engineering data.

Supply and extract air, radiators

Supply (red) and extract (blue) mains from the air-handling unit, branches with fittings to every ceiling diffuser, and radiators along the facade.

  • VMDUCT routes with automatic bends, tees and reducers
  • VMINSTALL products: AHU, diffusers, radiators
  • VMCALC flows and pressure drops, VMSIZE sizing
Shaded 3D view of the supply and extract ductwork with ceiling diffusers, the air-handling unit and the radiators along the facade

Plant room close-up

The air-handling unit with its outdoor-air and exhaust ducts and the supply and extract connections, next to the wall-hung boiler and its flow and return pipes — shown with the high level of detail from VMDETAIL.

  • Detailed 3D products with VMDETAIL High
  • Fresh-air, exhaust, supply and extract systems in their own colours
  • Clash check and IFC4 export from the same model
Close-up of the plant room: air-handling unit with outdoor and exhaust ducts, supply and extract connections, and the wall-hung boiler with its pipes

Electrical · power & low current

Electrical installation

Drawn with VectorMEP on the VM Electrical tab: switchboards, luminaires, sockets, cables, circuits and cable routes — calculated and checked.

Electrical plan

Luminaires in every room, sockets along the walls, and the cables of each circuit running down the corridor to the switchboard in the electrical room.

  • VMBOARD switchboards and VMCIRCUIT circuits
  • VMCABLE cables that chain the devices
  • VMCIRCUITS checks the whole installation and marks problems
Electrical plan: luminaires in every room, sockets along the walls, cables and circuits running along the corridor to the switchboards in the electrical room

Electrical in 3D

The same installation in 3D: ceiling luminaires, the cable tray along the corridor, and the cables dropping to every device and up to the switchboard.

  • VMTRAY cable trays, ladders, trunking and conduit
  • VMPACKET cable packets to the board and VMCABLEFILL tray fill
  • VMELCALC loads, voltage drop and short-circuit checks
Shaded 3D view of the electrical installation: ceiling luminaires, cable tray along the corridor, cables dropping to the devices and the switchboard

Open it yourself

The drawing is a normal DWG with VectorMEP data attached to plain blocks. In VectorCAD with VectorMEP every part keeps its system, size and calculation data; in other DWG software it opens and plots like any drawing.

Download vectorcad-demo-building.dwgSee pricing