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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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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…

October 2006
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9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031  

If you hit the F1 thru F12 keys in HydraCALC while in the Diameter column, it will place the nominal diameter assigned to that key into the Dia. slot! That way to can keep typing along, using only the keyboard and no need to reach for the mouse…

F1 = 1                    F7 = 4
F2 = 1 ¼                F8 = 6
F3 = 1 ½                F9 = 8
F4 = 2                    F10 = 10
F5 = 2 ½                F11 = 12
F6 = 3                    F12 = 14

This was added in HydraCALC V50.14 about one year ago.

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