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Adding Hanger Types to HydraLIST

If you want to use a new type of hanger, or are a fab shop that gets a job from a contractor that uses a hanger type that you do not have, it is easy to add that new hanger type to your own machine. A hanger is an assembly, and an assembly is just…

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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 AutoCAD FLATSHOT Command to Create a 2D Representation of 3D Objects

This is a really simple, really cool, tool. And it has been around since AutoCAD 2007. It will create a model space 2D block of the 3D objects found in your drawing. You can insert that block into your drawing, replace one that is already there, or create a new drawing file of that block. I used the PUMPROOM.DWG from HydraTools->Tools->Training Drawings.

Type in FLATSHOT:

Select you options and pick your objects. In the example below, I chose to not show obscured lines. I set my current view at SE Isometric and did one FLATSHOT. I then went to a TOP Isometric view and did another FLATSHOT. This created two blocks of my pump room that I could annotate or add dimensions to.

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