To Export Drawing Information for Analysis

In AutoCAD MEP, you use spaces to model the interior areas of rooms as explained in Adding Spaces to a Floor Plan. You group the spaces into zones that represent the real-world heating and cooling zones. See Attaching Spaces to Zones for more information.

After you create spaces and group them into zones, you can export the information to a file in the Green Building XML (gbXML) format as follows.

1. Click gbXML.

   If necessary, you can scroll down to locate the command from the list.

2. In the gbXML Export dialog box, for File Name, specify a file name and folder.
   

3. Click Select Objects to choose the zones to be exported.
4. Specify a building type and zip code.
5. Click Start.
6. If an error occurs during the export process, click View Event Log to learn more about the error.