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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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Using the Hydratec Software Download Area

Hydratec uses ShareFile to distribute our software installs and updates. New customers, or those without access, must request access to be able to get at these downloads. Access is only available to customers with a Hydratec subscription or those on an update plan. You can access the download area and request access by picking the…

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AutoCAD 2007 Stuff – Part 1

So, you’ve just installed AutoCAD 2007 and you see some new stuff going on. The first thing you probably notice is that when you move your crosshairs over an object it highlights that object. This is a really handy feature but it is a bit much in its default configuration so I suggest the following:

1. Get into OPTIONS by picking it off the Tools pulldown, Right-clicking on the command line or just by typing it in.

Selection

2. Go to the Selection Tab and uncheck ‘When no command is active". This will stop objects from continuously highlighting when you move your crosshairs but will still allow it when you are trying to select something.

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3. Next, pick the Visual Effect Settings button on the same tab. On this new dialog, pick the ‘Dash’ option under Selection Preview Effect instead of the default ‘Both’. This will also ease up on the clutter when you move your crosshairs.

 

This should get you on your way. Later on I will talk about how to create your own menus and toolbars

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