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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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Can’t See a Dialog Box? How to Bring it Back Onscreen (Updated)

Occasionally, you may start a command, but nothing seems to happen. Often it is  because you cannot see a dialog box that is opening, and it is off screen waiting for your input. This can happen from reducing resolution or going from two screens to one, or from bringing a laptop and hooking it up to different display devices.

There are two way to address this:

Option 1 – Move just one suspected 'lost' dialog box:

  1. Start the command in question
  2. Hold down the ALT key and press the Spacebar
  3. Let go and press the M button
  4. You can now use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the dialog (wherever it may be)

Once you use at least one arrow key to move it, you can then use the mouse to continue moving it.


Option 2 – Resetting all dialogs to display

In HydraCAD, use the Restore Default Dialog Locations tool in the HydraTools->Options menu. This will reset all of them at once!

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