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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: November 2010
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No one topic seems to cause more consternation than Object Snaps. Here is the what and why of why we do what we do: We need to have object snaps set for a certain number of commands to ensure that the drawing is connected properly. Many users feel that we willy-nilly overwrite their osnaps, i.e.…
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If you spend a lot of time searching through parts when in the Miscellaneous tab, consider doing this: Search for parts you use over and over again and narrow down the sizes/specifics/manufacturers of those you use most. Enter a quantity of 1 next to each part Pick the Clean Up button to clear those you…
The H-Factor 