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As of today, 150,000 engineers can find content for their BIM projects on MEPcontent.com. MEPcontent.com started as CADsymbols.nl just after the start of the new Millennium. Now, more than 20 years later, MEPcontent.com is indispensable for engineers.

Technological progress is rapid, also in the design and construction industry, as was clearly noticeable in the 20th century. A very special step in technology - and for mankind - was in 1969, when the first man set foot on the moon. Or, as Neil Armstrong put it: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". That this would lead to a new industrial revolution was not foreseen at the time. New technology, powerful computers, Computer-Aided Design, connectivity and many more inventions became easily available to engineering.

Computers became more and more commonplace and not only for arithmetic matters such as those found in universities and scientific purposes, but also in construction. Major companies such as Trimble have pioneered the development of applications in our daily lives. Computer design has become increasingly commonplace and today we can no longer do without the help of advanced technology to meet the demand for better and environmentally friendly buildings. What an architect creates with his own creative input, an HVAC engineer builds with the new tools available to him.

From simple 2D drawing to increasingly advanced design with 3D and calculations, the need to support this with content has grown tremendously.

CADsymbols.nl
Stabiplan Information Technology started in 1990 with Stabicad for AutoCAD. Unique to Stabicad's design is the immediate support for manufacturer information in the form of Parametric data. Designing pipes for e.g. water, central heating and sewerage became a lot easier. New products were regularly introduced there too and because there was no method yet to process them, better support was sought. This was provided by the introduction of a special platform with 2D data and symbols for use in designs with CAD software. The website CADsymbols.nl was launched. Ease of use and accessibility were the starting points for this platform: simply expand your design with available content from manufacturers that meets your needs and can be included in the design and calculation with Stabicad. The website grew along with the demand for more content. More and more manufacturers found their way to CADsymbols.nl and even paid attention to this service in their Technical Bulletins.
Below a message from the Dutch manufacturer Nefit in its Technical Bulletin:

               January 2008, Technical Bulletin 26 Nefit
In addition to the aforementioned publications, CAD drawings of the Nefit TopLines are also available. You can use these drawings to process the device directly in the construction drawing. The drawings of Nefit devices can be downloaded from: www.nefit.nl, tab professional/documentation and www.CADsymbols.nl.


MEPcontent.eu
Withmore and more manufacturers finding their way to CADsymbols.nl, the website also received more attention from international manufacturers. Stabicad was now also available in Belgium and France. Besides the standard AutoCAD DWG support, more Revit families became available. These developments and the introduction of BIM made sure that CADsymbols.nl no longer fitted in the international picture. Therefore, CADsymbols.nl was announced internationally as MEPcontent.eu in 2012.https://www.trimble.com/

The transition to a European website and room for more content in other formats brought even more suppliers (manufacturers) and users to the site. Where the first 10,000 users could be found on CADsymbols.nl, the website rapidly grew to more than 50,000 registered users. More and more content became available and the demand for an unambiguous form of content took shape in the form of the EMCS, the Extended MEPcontent Standard.

Expansion of the Content team also provided more opportunities to put MEPcontent.eu on the map. Foreign trade fairs were given a place in the promotion of MEpcontent.eu and so more and more international manufacturers found their way up on the platform.

MEPcontent.com
Companies such as ABB, Mitsubishi, Vaillant and many others ensure that MEPcontent.eu now attracts visitors all over the world. MEPcontent.eu got an extension to .com. Even more clarity for our manufacturers and worldwide support quickly brought the number of users to 100,000.

The global affiliation with the acquisition by Trimble Inc. in 2018 and the introduction of more tools for users, such as the free MEPcontent browser, has brought us to 150,000 active registered users in the autumn of 2021.

MEPcontent.com continues to grow and will continue to innovate and provide content for a larger group of users in addition to its current content offering.

With BIM and the associated workflow, the need for current content has only increased. BIM offers the opportunity to communicate even better with each other, to exchange information more easily and to keep up with the increasingly rapid digitalisation.

Trimble
Trimble not only offers the opportunity to take those steps, but is also happy to assist the engineer with all possible appliances such as the various software tools e.g. Trimble Connect, Viewpoint, Stabicad, Trimble Nova and SketchUp. Trimlbe also offers hardware support with, among other things, the Data collection system designed together with Boston Dynamics (SPOT), the Hololens XR10 and the Total Stations RTS.

Thanks to the design software and the intelligent content of MEPcontent.com, engineers and Trimble are building together on "Deliver with Confidence".
MEPcontent now supplies more than 700,000 components from manufacturers from all over the world.

MEPcontent supports RFA files for Revit, DWG files for various design programs and the universal exchange format IFC. In addition, MEPcontent has support for more than 500 PLS files for Stabicad and there is also more and more information available for Trimble Nova. A solution that you can rely on with up-to-date content, State of the Art hardware and expert advice.

In short, welcome to the world of Trimble.


About the author
Charles M.E. Lekx is business development manager at Trimble MEP.

Don’t miss them out! We recently published several new product ranges from Mitsubishi Electric, including: the Lossnay range, the MXZ range, the PUMY-P250-300YBM, the PAC-IF071B-E and PAR-WT51R.

Check them all out on MEPcontent.com and use the Mitsubishi Electric System Designer App for Revit and AutoCAD, the perfect choice to efficiently design air conditioning systems.

Gain access to localized and up-to-date content, and make use of the advanced searching and filtering options to find the right equipment in a matter of seconds. Then start drawing pipes and fittings, and directly connect them to your equipment. All straight from within your project environment. Download this free App now and find the Mitsubishi Electric Revit families and CAD files for your BIM projects!

Upload your BIM objects directly into your modelling and calculation software.

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Since 1988, Robot has been manufacturing distributors and supplying all of the products required for a comprehensive underfloor heating installation. The distributors are produced fully automatically using the most modern techniques. We are proud of the fact that Robot manufactures distributors in the Netherlands. Robot also supplies calculations, installation plans, pipe, controls, and fixing materials.

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"At the moment, not every contractor or installer is aware of it." "However, starting in mid-2022, an independent quality assurance agency will examine whether all building plans and work meet the set requirements," explains Mark Bloem, Ubbink's Project Manager Sales. "A file must then be created as part of the Quality Assurance for Building Act (Wkb)." But, as a contractor or installer, how do you go about doing that? Working in BIM can assist you in achieving this."

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Our Samba line of radiators exudes softness through their lines and the warmth they spread in every room. The solidity of steel and cutting-edge technology ensure and optimized thermal comfort. And that's easy to do! The BIM content in RFA format of the Samba range is now available on MEPcontent.com for download!

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Nearly 95% of the content produced comes from Trimble's MEPcontent.com library and is deployed company-wide.

Anton Zvonaryov, as BIM Manager at Hemubo W-Techniek, implements available information in accordance with underlying standards in order to support the desired subsequent use.

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The solution that even sounds perfect.
Even a dog won't notice it's there!
And now you can quietly download it from MEPcontent.com

The word is out about our vacuum degassing technology being quieter than ever. The almost silent secret is kept by our patented Venturi Loop, a speed-controlled centrifugal pump combined with a Venturi. A sensor continuously monitors the vessel pressure as degassing takes place, and the pump is adjusted accordingly. This ensures smooth pressure steps and accurate vessel pressure control. In real terms, this means very low resonance and barely discernible system noise. Just imagine a sound level of only 41dB(A)! Let’s not forget that expelling all the air from a system means there will be no air left to cause noisethere either.

Getting the right product first time right

The SpiroVent Superior S250 has been designed for light commercial applications, in other words, for smaller volume systems. Adding this product expands the degassing family, so that we can accommodate the growing demand from new systems which operate at lower temperatures.

It even sounds perfect... and that's just for starters

The SpiroVent Superior S250 is an automatic vacuum degasser. It removes dissolved and free gases from the system water in closed heating and cooling systems using Henry's laws principle. The great advantage of the SpiroVent Superior S250 is that no matter where it is installed it will remove air.

The only condition for the location of the S250 next to pressure is its working temperature range of 15-70°C. As a rule of thumb, the system return normally is a good point to install the SpiroVent Superior S250.

In addition a smooth degassing operation, there is more:

Low defect rate and replacement costs

Low service and maintenance required

High degassing performance

About Spirotech

As the leading expert in system water quality, Spirotech developed reliable standard and customized solutions to boost performance and protect investments by helping save energy, increase comfort, reduce wear and tear and maximise the uptime of your HVAC system. Check out the Spirotech content offering on MEPcontent.com!

IBMO is specialized in fire resistant, gas and watertight sealing systems. The sealing systems are suitable for Industry, Building, Marine and Offshore.

New are the Uniseal and Pressure seals, now also configurable in Revit.

IBMO was asked by several customers whether seals could not be made configurable in Revit: this saves the engineer a considerable amount of time and work. This means that when the size of the pipe or the size of the hole in which it is placed changes, the seal is automatically adjusted to the correct type.

MEPcontent's content engineers have managed to implement these changes, allowing you as an engineer to make your design much more efficiently and faster with the seals!

The updated products also include instructional videos for configurable processing of the IBMO Uniseal and Pressure Seals.

DIRTMAG defrosters, LEGIOMIX 2.0 thermostatic and electronic mixers, thermostatic valves. Read article in Italian here