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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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Directing the HydraCAD V51 Shortcut to Open AutoCAD 2012

After updating to V51.09 you may notice that your HydraCAD V51 shortcut opens AutoCAD 2010 or 2011 (if you have them). That is because our updates do not create or alter the shortcuts, only our installations do. To change it:

1. Right click on the HydraCAD V51 shortcut and pick Properties. Pick the Shortcut tab

2. Look at the Target field. The Target must call the same AutoCAD executable as the Target in the shortcut for AutoCAD 2012, also on your desktop. Change the 'AutoCAD 2010' or 'AutoCAD 2011' to 'AutoCAD 2012 – English' (or whatever your AutoCAD 2012 shortcut calls). Do not copy the entire Target line, only change the AutoCAD part

Your V51 shortcut should now open AutoCAD 2012.

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