AutoCAD 2013 uses a new drawing format. So, what if you have multiple users using different versions of AutoCAD in your office? This should not be a problem on the HydraCAD end, since V50, V51 and V52 were designed to be compatible with each other with no conversion necessary. AutoCAD, however, is different. Users on…

Occasionally, after a new install, some users report various troubles with HydraCAD/AutoCAD. These can be missing toolbars, missing pull down menus, ? marks on buttons, unknown commands or others. Many of these are caused by the Support File Search Path being all messed up. Either there are additional paths in there that conflict with ours,…

AutoCAD 2012 and 2013 use a default setting of the Sysvar OSOPTIONS that makes it impossible to select the intersection of the ceiling grid, or any osnap within any other hatch pattern, for that matter. To correct this, Go into TOOLS->OPTIONS and go to the Drafting tab. Then, uncheck the Ignore hatch objects selection in…

There are times when exporting and importing workspaces seems not to work. The following steps explain another way to save your customized workspace so you can restore it after updating your HydraCAD. Open HydraCAD, set up your workspace as you like From the AutoCAD workspace tool select Tools->Workspaces->Save current as Give the workspace a name…