The H-Factor

Reducing Entropy

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Adding Hanger Types to HydraLIST

If you want to use a new type of hanger, or are a fab shop that gets a job from a contractor that uses a hanger type that you do not have, it is easy to add that new hanger type to your own machine. A hanger is an assembly, and an assembly is just…

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Recently our previous blog service (Typepad) ended their business – so, we have a new home. It will take a bit to get images back and displaying properly, but we are working on it! Final pageview count of original Typepad blog: 387,232

Using a Non-Standard Pipe Type in HydraCALC

A customer called today asking how to enter a 1″ black plastic underground pipe for the calc. This particular situation sounded unique enough that I did not tell him to add that pipe type to our database, as I would have if he expected to see this pipe type used repeatedly. I told him to…

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  • Almost daily I get calls from customers saying that when they type in Open they don't get a dialog box but a command line asking for a file name, or their pipe sizes come in with the word -LENGTH- instead fo the actual length. AutoCAD variables are usually at fault. Here are the most common…

  • We hear from a number of customers who have trouble with one of three related things in AutoCAD 2006: 1. A regen causes machine to lock up2. Switching between layout tabs causes machine to lock up3. Previewing a plot causes machine to lock up While these three things are not limited to the 2006 version…

  • Being a first post, I don’t want to go overboard saying "Welcome to my new blog". So I won’t. You are welcome to comment on any topics posted here, but please keep it on topic, don’t be nasty and remember that this is not a Hydratec support site. Support questions should be directed to support@hydracad.com.…