About Approaches to Creating Parts

The Content Builder dialog box offers several task-specific options to build custom parts in AutoCAD MEP 2022 toolset. You can create or modify both parametric and block-based parts.

Depending on the task you select, Content Builder has 2 working environments: parametric building and block-based building.

Parametric Building Environment

Content Builder uses the parametric building environment when you choose to create or modify a parametric part. The following example shows Content Builder displaying a rectangular duct to round conical tap tee. For more information, see Starting Content Builder.

Content Builder

Remember: See Workflow for Creating a Parametric Part with Content Builder to build a parametric part.

This environment includes the following user interface features:

The part browser and the modeling area are resizable windows. You can drag a corner of a window to change its shape and size, and you can drag a window to a new location on your screen.

Block-Based Building Environment

Content Builder uses the block-based building environment when you choose to create or modify a block-based part.

This environment features 2 modes: