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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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Month: December 2007
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This from Tuesday’s Dow Jones’ Market Watch website: NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Are you in the habit of choosing the "remember my password" option when signing into online accounts? Storing passwords can be a useful tool for those of us without perfect recall. The trouble is, eventually your computer will prompt you to re-enter the…
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From a question posed by a customer: Question: Is there a way to lock and password protect drawing layers so I can email them to someone and them not be able to change the drawing. Also is there a easy and preferably “free” way to make a drawing into a pdf. I use primopdf for…
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Ever need to the layer of all the attributes inside a block? Try: MODIFY > OBJECT > Attribute > Block Attribute Manager > select the block > EDIT > Go to the PROPERTIES Tab > Change the layer name > OK > APPLY Thanks to Robert at Northstar for this one Also, If you need…
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Some great Google stuff from Joe Oliver: Google Is a Calculator When you can’t be troubled to reach over and pick up the handheld calculator sitting on your desk, you can use Google as a high-tech web-based calculator. All you have to do is enter your equation or formula into the standard Google search box,…
The H-Factor 