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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…

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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This one comes via Robert Matteson of Dynamic Fire Protection Systems, Inc – Texas:

When selecting objects using a
window or crossing window, I am sometimes hindered from selecting all items that
I want quickly due to the rectangular constraint of  the window or crossing
window.

I found out today, that by entering
WP (window polygon) or CP (crossing polygon) before you select your items, you can
work the window around complex selections very
easily.

Thanks, Robert!
 

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One response to “Selecting Objects Using an Irregularly Shaped Window”

  1. George Ali Blackburn Avatar

    I wasn’t aware of this and will definitely try it.
    One other thing I’ve found is that to REMOVE an object from your selection set (after making your selection window), press the SHIFT key and select the object(s) you’d like to remove.

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