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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: May 2009
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I hope everyone who is able to, is enjoying the end of their long holiday weekend. I'll be taking Memorial Day off in a couple weeks, so I thought I'd take another shot at adding to Art's great contributions to the H-Factor. One of the best ways to convey your message in an email is…
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Those of you who have set the option to use the third button/wheel as the cursor menu may have noticed that you get the condensed AutoCAD cursor menu, not the expanded HydraCAD cursor menu. Somewhere along the line AutoCAD 'broke' the way cursor menus are supposed to load, with the result being that AutoCAD's takes…
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From a Customer, with a response by our guest commentator, Bill McKenna Art, I'm hoping you can help or direct this to someone else who can help. We are using AutoCAD MEP 2008 and HydraCAD Version 50.1 Revision 2 The attached drawing is having a problem with the OVERRIDE -> TEE -> "Groove-O-Let Sid Out".…
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It is always fun when a new technology comes out because, well, everything is new. And,there are always a lot of choice until Darwin whittles them down to the survivors. Plus you young punks think you know it all but you really missed out on all the fun 🙂 30 Old Computer Ads Take the…
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From a customer: Art, I have a couple questions about V50. If I make a 3D detail will I be able insert it into navisworks similar to the solidpipes? Can I integrate 3D details with all of my piping? Second, my understanding of BIM is that upon completion the building management/owner would be able to…
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In V50 we have created tool palettes to not only allow you to drag and drop details and blocks onto your drawing, but to also make it easy for you to add your own blocks. In the past it was difficult to do this because we used slide files and menus – both were not…
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