The H-Factor

Reducing Entropy

Month: March 2009

  • In 2009 and newer you might have grumbled once or twice about the fact that the good old SNAP/ORTHO/OSNAP/etc. buttons at the bottom of the screen have been replaced by icons that require that you hover over them to figure out what the heck they mean. This is not an improvement in my opinion. If…

  • If you choose to install the new databases for HydraLIST and HydraCALC – here is where the existing files get backed up to:   Note the two Backup folders, one under each program.   Also note the folders named Standard Data under each. Regardless of whether or not you choose to replace the data, a…

  • From a customer: Art, we are doing a hospital that has say 1500 heads per floor x 6 floors on armovers. When we go to tag the piping, the branch lines are say 1.5” the arms are 1” and the mains are 4”. Since the mains are on a different layer, they are easy to…