

That said, you can freely design a 2D AutoCAD drawing in any of these toolsets. There are plenty of tips for knowing how to run any version as "vanilla" but your AutoCAD 2019 MEP should have a shortcut provided in the start menu for running as AutoCAD only. No matter which toolset, or prior "vertical" product, you have always been able to run AutoCAD in it's stripped down form ("vanilla" as a nickname). An AutoCAD subscription includes access to all of the toolsets shown at the link above. They also abandoned the permanent license model and their software is provided only as subscription services.

They were in fact independent software offerings by Autodesk with separate costs, but all built on top of good old AutoCAD.Īutodesk started a new marketing model for 2019 referred to as "One AutoCAD".

These toolsets were previously addressed as "verticals" by support technicians, contributors to these forums, and others. AutoCAD MEP is simple AutoCAD with a mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) set of design elements and capabilities running atop.Īutodesk offers this same experience in several other AutoCAD toolsets.
