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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 2011
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AutoCalc assigns reference points and arranges piping in a certain order. After a while, you get an idea of it's logic and how things are set up. But, you don't need to do that. 1. Start a new job and rRun AutoCalc on our HydraTools->Tools->Test Processes->Autocalc job. 2. When HydraCALC opens, switch over to HydraCAD…
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Object Tracking/OTRACK – What is it? It is a way to insert or move things by hovering over other objects and 'silently' referencing their insertion points. Let's say you want to insert a sprinkler into the lower left area of this room, and you want it aligned with the other two heads, to make a…
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Unbeknownst to many, HydraCAD has a series of training drawings (templates, actually) to help users learn to draw and to give examples of common drawing situations. They are accessed by picking the HydraTools pulldown menu, pick Tools and pick Training Drawings: We add new drawings every now and then. The current list is: 2D Version…
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Need to learn Revit or Navisworks? How about AutoCAD? Many companies offer self-paced training and video tutorials. Some cost money, some are free – check these out: CADLearning – Professional company with a wide range of courses and topics CADD Train – Distance education; earn CEUs Cad Tutor – Free resources – blog posts, videos,…
The H-Factor 