Best MEP Software
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What is MEP Software?
MEP software, short for Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, enables engineers, builders, contractors, and designers to design and build mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. Compare and read user reviews of the best MEP software currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
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Revizto
Revizto
Revizto unifies BIM intelligence and makes it immediately accessible and actionable for the entire project team. With Revizto’s advanced Issue Tracker predefined workflows project team members can identify and manage model-based issues in the 3D space and 2D sheets, including addressing clash groups. Revizto provides unified access to a project’s data both for 2D and 3D workflows, so anyone can use it depending on project requirements.Starting Price: $600.00/year/user -
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Envisioneer
Cadsoft
Cadsoft develops Envisioneer, 3D BIM technology. From the initial design concept through delivery of material on-site, Envisioneer is the design hub. Easy to use design, visualization, estimating and working drawing tools, make it a robust package for residential projects. Cadsoft Envisioneer home design software offers virtual reality (VR). Imagine being fully immersed in a space before a single 2x4 arrives on site. With Envisioneer technology and Oculus Rift you can. Envisioneer directly supports Oculus Rift and is a perfect collaboration tool. Everyone can visualize the final project and changes instantly occur. Use it as a virtual showroom. Have informed conversations, before problems arise on site. Need a takeaway sizzle, use the Envisioneer VR app to share immersive panoramas and Google Cardboard scenes with clients or onsite crews, so they can view their project on their own time and device! Visit www.cadsoft.com to learn more about Envisioneer!Starting Price: $995.00/one-time/user -
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FINE MEP
4M
CAD & BIM Software for Architecture, Engineering & Construction Intelligent Building Design BIM has never been so easy and affordable. 4M provides the Architecture & Engineering Community with Advanced Verticals since 1986 and with Innovative BIM Solutions since 1994. Today 4M has more than 35.000 Active Users in over 65 Countries Worldwide. 4MCAD Professional CAD new v.21 Smart and low-cost Alternatives to AutoCAD® for 2D & 3D Design in DWG IDEA Architectural Design Intuitive and Powerful BIM Software for 3D/5D Architectural Design in DWG & IFC. FINE MEP Building Services Advanced BIM software for Building services design and calculation. FineENERGY. Advanced BIM software for Energy Simulation and Energy Rating. The Smart Alternative to AutoCAD. 100% DWG Our CAD Software use DWG as their native file format. You can open and modify drawings created by AutoCAD and vice-versa without any import or export. Similar Look & Feel.Starting Price: $720, one-time payment -
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AutoCAD MEP
Autodesk
Draft, design, and document building systems with an industry-specific toolset for MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing). Workspace environments include individual palettes and domain-specific ribbons to optimize your workflow tasks. Improve your documentation's appearance and boost drafting productivity. Batch-convert single or multiple blocks and symbols. Get more MEP components and add folders to the Content Library. AutoCAD® 2022 software includes industry-specific toolsets, an improved connected experience across platforms and Autodesk products, and new automations such as Count. Create single or multiline text (mtext) as a single text object. Format the text, columns, and boundaries. Create dimensions automatically. Pass the cursor over selected objects to get a preview before you create it. Create leaders with a variety of content, including text or blocks. Easily format leader lines and define styles.Starting Price: $1,598 per year -
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Revit MEP
Autodesk
Revit Building Information Modelling software helps engineers, designers and contractors across the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) disciplines model to a high level of detail and co-ordinate with building project contributors. Streamline the engineering design process with Revit. Use a single model to enhance the communication of design intent, before construction begins. Conduct simulations and interference detection earlier in the design process. Use conceptual energy analysis data for engineering-driven calculations. Design, model and document building systems in the context of a full building information model, including architectural and structural components. Model for MEP fabrication with tools that automate the fabrication model layout. Prepare a model for detailed co-ordination of fabrication and installation. Revit helps team improve accuracy, and speed delivery.Starting Price: $1,503 per year -
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Vectorworks Spotlight
Vectorworks
Whether you work in lighting, scenic, film, event, or exhibit design, Vectorworks is the only solution with the flexibility to support your entire process. Sketch, model, and document your design ideas with precision drafting capabilities and the most flexible 3D modeling engine available, powered by SIEMENS Parasolid. Choose from a huge library of lighting, audio, video, scenic, and rigging manufacturer content, and create light plots and automate paperwork to meet tight deadlines. We offer the most default import/export capabilities available, so you can incorporate design and technical production information from anywhere. Project sharing enables your entire team to work on the same Vectorworks file concurrently. And you can communicate through mobile viewing and sharing with Vectorworks Cloud Services rendering, storage, and file sharing. Add Vision to Spotlight and easily explore changes to your design and wow your clients.Starting Price: $153 -
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Autodesk Advance Steel
GRAITEC
Advance Steel is a Dedicated Steel detailing package, the Software tool is a 3D modelling environment that then translates into a document management system. The 3D model consists of intelligent structural objects such as Beams, Plates, Bolts and Welds, with these combined together using the Parametric Connection tools that can be propagated within the model via connection copying tools, the model then becomes the hub for the creation of General Arrangements, Shop Assembly and Part drawings to allow for fabrication. These tools also extend into platework with ability to create complex folded plate details for flat pattern development drawings for shop use. Tools for creating steel frameworks from intelligent macros that allow for adjustments to the overall frame dimensions, section profile selection, this combined with the Parametric connection’s tools for standard connections types, with the ability to create custom connection details for bespoke situations. -
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SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation
Dassault Systèmes
Simulate the fluid flow, heat transfer, and fluid forces that are critical to the success of your designs. SOLIDWORKS® Flow Simulation is an intuitive Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solution embedded within SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD that enables you to quickly and easily simulate liquid and gas flows through and around your designs to calculate product performance and capabilities. SOLIDWORKS® products are easy to learn and use, and work together to help you design products better, faster, and more cost efficiently. SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation enables you and your team to simulate fluid flow, heat transfer, and fluid forces that are critical to the success of your product. Companies of all sizes need integrated solutions to help them innovate and grow their business. With integrated CFD tools you can efficiently analyze the effects of fluid flow, heat transfer, and related forces on your projects and process multiple “what if” scenarios to help you optimize designs quickly. -
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SOLIDWORKS Electrical Professional
Dassault Systèmes
SOLIDWORKS® Electrical Professional combines the electrical schematic design capabilities of SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematics with the 3D capabilities of SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D in one package. Embedded electrical systems planning requires a unified electrical toolset that provides single- and multi-line schematic tools. Embedded system design also requires all work in 2D and 3D to be synchronized for both mechanical and electrical parts. Electrical system planning tool for creating complex embedded electrical system utilizing simple pictorial representations of electrical components and interconnectors. Schematic creation tool with a simplified user interface optimized for simplification of repetitive tasks. Generate 2D panel representations from an electrical schematic, with 2D outlines of electrical components. Extensive library of industry-standard schematic symbols (IEC, ANSI, JIS, GB) combined with a database of manufacturer parts. -
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AutoPIPE
Bentley
AutoPIPE provides you with a comprehensive and advanced software tool specializing in pipe stress analysis. Increase your productivity and improve quality control with an intuitive modeling environment and advanced analysis capabilities. Ensure efficient workflows between pipe stress engineers, structural engineers, and CAD designers through interoperability with leading plant design applications. AutoPIPE includes special features for advanced buried pipeline analysis, operational (hot) clash detection, wave loading, fluid transients, and FRP/GRP or plastic pipe, as well as time-saving integration with other Bentley and third-party applications such as OpenPlant, AutoPLANT, PlantSpace, Hexagon PDS and SmartPlant, Autodesk Plant 3D, and Aveva E3D Design. AutoPIPE automatically determines the optimal pipe support locations to satisfy your design requirements with the most cost-effective solution, without sacrificing quality or safety. -
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ALCAD
ALCADS
ALCAD 2D/3D is the best AutoCAD Alternative. Same interface and functions as AutoCAD. This product only includes the CAD. Compare-Table ALCAD with AutoCAD here: Compare ALCAD | ALCAD (alcads.com) ALCAD – the fully compatible DWG-CAD CAD Interface and functions same as AutoCAD. ALCAD 2025 Professional 2D/3D is available as annual licence 199€ or one-time permanent licence for 349€.Starting Price: $199 -
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CAD Schroer M4
CAD Schroer
CAD Schroer offers standard software and applications for CAD, PLM, PDM, IoT, VR and AR. Our products are divided into the M4 and i4 product ranges. The M4 product line includes CAD, plant engineering and factory design solutions. With our i4 product range we support your industry 4.0 and digitization projects with standardized AR, VR or IoT software. As of version 7.0, CAD Schroer has merged the MEDUSA4 and MPDS4 products into a single CAD suite. All CAD products from this release onwards will be bundled under the common M4 brand. The product packages will be grouped by industry, and will be given appropriate product names, such as M4 DRAFTING for 2D design in mechanical engineering, or M4 FACTORY for 2D/3D layout in factory planning. -
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DNAsp
Fitfactory Technology
We provide metal finishing production control software that’s not only designed for metal finishing, but adaptable to different capabilities. Designed by a team with decades of experience in aerospace treatments, the system provides full Nadcap traceability from docketing to despatch. Manage production from quotation to invoice, with full paperwork generation for Nadcap compliance, including job splitting & grouping, storage of consumables and hazardous materials and control of precious metals. Every metal finisher’s different. So, not only is our system designed for the metal finishing, but we also configure the software for different industries. Include customer specifications and assign them to SFDC users to monitor vat chemical levels. Split & group operations so you can track when parts from different jobs go in the same oven. Easily produce Certificates of Conformity to ensure customers' specs match plating thickness. -
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Trimble EC-CAD
Trimble MEP
Design true-to-life mechanical models in AutoCAD MEP. Trimble EC-CAD is the premier AutoCAD MEP-based CAD product for use by HVAC and mechanical contractors. Access an up-to-date catalog of manufacturer content and parts. Use automated commands tailored to sheet metal and mechanical design. Create detailed layouts from engineering designs within your Revit model. We translate your 3D model to fabricatable drawings for you, your shop or your fabricator. Learn how Trimble EC-CAD can help you advance your company. Contractor-specific tools and workflows that leverage the native objects and extensive power of AutoCAD MEP. Save time and money by applying a contractor's level of detail directly to the engineering design models. Use our extensive database of manufacturer content, or extend it to meet your specific requirements. Our custom hanger routine allows you to add hangers to your drawings easily. -
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Trimble FabShop
Trimble MEP
Industry-leading fabrication shop management software. Trimble® FabShop sets the bar for complete shop management by providing unparalleled control over and visibility into your entire fabrication process. The entire picture in one system; control and track jobs, projects, evaluate pre-fabrication opportunities, then identify and resolve conflicts before they impact the shop floor. Control how your parts are entered, formed and fabricated. Draw custom parts not found within our extensive libraries of 2D and 3D parts. Use auto shape nesting to eliminate material waste. Receive the information you need for specific jobs or for your entire shop. Customize the reports to see the information your way. Use our tracking and mobile applications to streamline activities between the shop and job site and ensure there are no more lost parts. Use industry-leading, auto shape nesting to view any blank space by piece number, blank number or cut order. -
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ZEN M.E.P.
ZEN Industries
ZEN M.E.P. is your source for shop drawings modeled with 21st Century accuracy. At ZEN, our team of experienced, high-tech draftsman take you from design, to fabrication and installation more efficiently than ever before. Combining old-school knowledge with state-of-the-art design systems allows us to deliver reliable shop drawings up to 50% faster, reduce errors to historic lows while meeting the most demanding specifications, deliver accurate data directly to your fabrication facility or ours, and assure that each duct section is precision fit to its location, connections, and support. The goal we’ve achieved is a simple one – superior shop drawings developed more cost-effectively than ever before. Visit our pages on Duct Drawings and Automating HVAC Production to learn more, or contact us today! Now you can quote projects more quickly, quote more projects, and do it all more cost effectively than ever before. Interested? Contact us today! -
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HEC-RAS
US Army Corps of Engineers
The Hydrologic Engineering Center's (CEIWR-HEC) River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) is a software allows the user to perform one-dimensional steady flow, one and two-dimensional unsteady flow calculations, sediment transport/mobile bed computations, and water temperature/water quality modeling. The purpose of this software's website is to enhance the support services provided to HEC-RAS customers. The HEC-RAS website provides a number of resources, which include helping the user download software, learn how to use HEC-RAS, resolve problems, report bugs, and suggest improvements to CEIWR-HEC products and service. Unfortunately, CEIWR-HEC is unable to provide phone or email technical support to non-USACE customers. However, CEIWR-HEC does encourage anyone who finds an issue with CEIWR-HEC software, to please report that issue through the HEC-RAS Bug Report page. Also, please review CEIWR-HEC's Support Policy page for further details. -
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Trimble Field Points
Trimble MEP
Ensure field layout points in BIM-coordinated models are accurately located in the field. Watch how easy it is to use Trimble's Total Robotic Station to import 3D models and accurately layout all points to be marked. Point creation and point layout software designed for contractors who need to create layout points to use with Trimble FieldLink. Ensure model points are accurately translated in the field. Integrate your SketchUp, Revit or AutoCAD files directly with FieldLink and RTS, RPT or GNSS units. Easily export points to Trimble FieldLink, bridging any gaps between design and work in the field. Automatic point insertion process on AutoCAD blocks and Revit family insertion. Streamline roundtrip workflows when importing staked points into the model. Generate reports to document the status of specific or all points within a drawing. Control points, insert manual points or generate automatic point locations to streamline the creation of layout data. -
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BIMPro
MSUITE
BIMPro is design automation software for fast-paced mechanical, electrical, and plumbing contractors that increases design quality, eliminates the bore of dimensioning and tagging, and improves productivity up to 10x over the competition. By leveraging the power of your industry experience and ours, BIMPro’s rule-based automation allows users to quickly automate fabrication spool & sheet creation, hanger placement, point layout, shop drawings and more. Auto Spool rapidly creates assemblies using construction logic and project parameters to ensure that what gets fabricated in the shop will work for the field. DYI Spool Sheets easily automates the placement of views, dimensions, tags, and more. Whether you are placing dimensions on 3D views or Weld Mapping, let BIMPro MEP automate it. Empower design teams by removing tedious hurdles like properly placing hangers throughout a model. Collaborate with layout teams in the field by automating point placement and reporting. -
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Stabicad
Trimble MEP
Create 3D MEP models in Revit that are truly constructible. From concept to installation, Stabicad supports your design workflows with time-saving productivity tools, comprehensive UK compliant integrated calculations and always up-to-date manufacturer content. With Stabicad go beyond default Revit functionality and dramatically increase your design efficiency while creating usable mechanical and electrical outputs. Easily design pipe systems, configure switch ranges and place manufacturer-specific Revit families within a single BIM model. With the digital evolution of seamless end-to-end building design and construction workflows, the need for precision is now greater than ever. Which is why Trimble MEP has chosen to engage with CIBSE’s pioneering Software Verification Assessment program to verify the accuracy and efficacy of Stabicad’s powerful calculation engines. -
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METS
SPD Enterprises
METS is the Best Application for Project Estimation and Material Tracking. A true web-based application built and optimized for MEP contractors by people who know the business. From collaboration to accountability, METS is the most comprehensive material management solution for MEP Projects. METS's integral systems for extended validations and approval of various business processes augments the capability to "Delegate with Authorization" yet retain control and monitoring of the projects. METS's tools to perform on-demand analysis and its efficiency to get project status and deviations reports etc., all assists the team in taking prompt, reliable and accurate decisions. Prominent Challenges for HVAC projects are controlling the Scope of Work, minimizing deviations/variance, and delegating of authority. METS is the best way to accurately estimate, has robust change control management, delegates authority with limitations, and best tool for continuous monitor tracking. -
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RIBTEC
RIB
Integrated solutions are essential in times of tight schedules and scarce resources. Therefore, RIBTEC offers various synergies in calculation, design and construction. You benefit from a time-saving data flow in the sense of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the overall process of structural design. RIB's software solutions for structural engineers range from structural, building and ground engineering as well as finite element calculations to tunnel and bridge construction and the drawing of formwork and reinforcement plans. RIB has been developing pioneering solutions for structural design and FEM since 1961. The RIBTEC programs are successfully used by over 5,000 engineering offices, inspection engineers, construction companies and planning departments in the public and industrial sectors. With more than 100 structural analysis programs, RIBTEC comprehensively covers the practice of structural design. -
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SysQue
Trimble
Trimble SysQue. Trimble® SysQue® empowers detailers, engineers, and fabricators to work in tandem to build constructible, real-world, digitized models in Autodesk Revit. Trimble SysQue Design real-world constructible MEP models in Revit. Overview. Trimble® SysQue® empowers detailers, engineers, and fabricators to work in tandem to build constructible, real-world, digitized models in Autodesk Revit. One Seamless Constructible Workflow. Trimble SysQue - Duct Construct. Stay Current With Managed Content Work from a continually evolving database of over eight million parts, and request additional content. Enhance Your Model. Use materials and sizes based on actual manufacturer products. Easily Collaborate With Project Stakeholders Work from one constructible model, from design through to construction. Improve Your Workflows. Feature-richness to accelerate LOD 400 detailing. Real-Time Accuracy, Real-World Applicability. Detail on Top of a Generic Revit Model. Leverage SysQue
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