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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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In my opinion, probably the best new feature in AutoCAD 2012 is the Viewport Label Menu. This is in the upper left of the drawing area:

Especially when it comes to 3D fittings. Lets say you created a 3D riser and you want to display the SW Isometric View and have the Visual Style of Conceptual applied to it. Just pick the [TOP] part of the menu and select SW Isometric.

Then pick the [2D Wireframe] part of the menu and select Conceptual.

Nice and easy.

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