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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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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  • A customer just called and said he wanted to copy some of the layout tabs from another drawing into his new drawing. I didn’t know how to do this so I asked Alan here what to do. Here is how you do this: 1. Start a New drawing using our template2. Use the AutoCAD INSERT…

  • Sorry for the lack of posting, between the holidays and trying to get a new HydraCAD update out the door, things have been a _bit_ busy. So – Input Types. Why use them. A bunch of reasons. What do the mean – here you go: When you right-click on the Input Type column you will…