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The Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Configuration is a toolbar configuration that provides convenient access to tools customized for mechanical, electrical and plumbing drawings.

This toolbar offers a variety of different line styles accessed from the library for HVAC, plumbing and electrical detail work as well as toolbar buttons that place specific library fixtures. Along with these special toolbar buttons, there are standard buttons for drawing walls, placing electrical objects, adding dimensions and text and the Orthographic and Perspective View tools.

Undocked and resized, the toolbar configuration looks like below image.

There are a number of ways to enable the MEP toolbar configuration:

• Click the MEP Configuration  toolbar button.
  
  
• Right-click on any toolbar and select MEP Configuration from the contextual menu.
  
  
• Switch to the MEP Configuration in the Toolbar Customization dialog.
  
  
  
  

To select a toolbar configuration in the Toolbar Customization dialog

1. Select Tools> Toolbars> Customize Toolbars from the menu.   
    
   
   
2. On the Configurations tab of the Toolbar Customization dialog: 
   
   
   
   
   • Select MEP Configuration from the list of configurations on the left.
     
     
   • Click the Switch To button. 
     
     
   • When you close the dialog box, your toolbar will change to the MEP Configuration.
     
     

To use the Place Library Object tool

On the MEP toolbar configuration, the buttons that allow you to draw a particular CAD line or place a fixture from the library were created using the Place Library Object  tool and can be customized to place a fixture other than the one that is pre-programmed.   

In this example, we will change the Place Elongated Toilet  button to place a different toilet from the library.

1. Double-click the Place Elongated Toilet  button to open the Library Object Button Specification dialog. 
   
   
   
   
   
2. Click the Library button to open the Select Library Object dialog. 
   
   
   • Note that the Fixtures (Interior) library is selected by default. 
     
     
   • Navigate through the library to the toilet you want to place using this tool. 
     
     
   • In this example, we have selected the ADA toilet.
     
     
     
     
     
3. Click OK to return to the Library Object Button Specification dialog, then click OK again to return to your plan.
   
   When you use this button in the future, it will place the ADA toilet instead of the Elongated Toilet.