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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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Creating Your Own Hanger Details

In V50/V51 we consolidated all the hanger details (and fittings, riser details, etc) into group drawings. To create your own hanger detail it is probably best to modify one we already have. From the CLEANUP toolbar, select the second button (which is a flyout) and select Hanger Details. This will open a drawing containing all the details we have.

Lets say you want to use a Hilti HDI-P fasteners. Since HydraCAD does not have a hanger with that fastener, find one that is close. The fifth hanger uses a Hilti Shield. This looks close enough, so it will be easy to modify it. Change the text to say Hilti HDI-P (you may need to explode the hanger block, first). Then SAVE this drawing. It is a good idea to make a backup of this drawing as well, in case we update it. Next time you pick the Hanger Details command, your version will come up. Add your hanger number in between the 'Typical' and 'Hanger' words.

Note – To insert these hanger details into your drawing, select what you want, pick the Edit->Copy with Basepoint command and select the base point you want. In your target drawing, pick the Edit->Paste command.

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