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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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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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Plotting a 3D Riser Detail Properly

From a customer (Aaron at Dalmatian), via Bill, my coworker:

"I spoke to
you about an hour ago regarding the ugly mesh around all of the 3d objects when
setting the viewport shade plot to 'hidden' with the model otherwise set to
'2dwireframe'.  I’ve figured this one out and thought I’d share it with
you: the check box 'draw true silhouettes for solids and surfaces' must be
checked in the global options dialog (tools menu drop down, options, display tab,
display performance, aforementioned checkbox is at bottom). just spreading the
love around… have a happy holiday!"

What he was talking about, graphically:

Bad Riser Good Riser

Bad Riser        Good Riser

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