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Unblocking a Group of Files

After downloading a file, it is often Blocked. You must right-click on it, pick Properties and then check the Unblock item: But doing a dozen or more files gets old, real fast. I just learned a way to Unblock a batch of files at once. It involves using PowerShell, a Microsoft tool that is a…

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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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Getting a Reflected Ceiling Plan

HydraCAD V51.10 (and by extension, V52) added a new function – Generate RCP Heads to the Cleanup toolbar.

What does this do? From the OlderChanges.rtf document:

(N)New command added (Generate RCP Heads) to help with the plotting of pendent heads for a Reflected Ceiling Plan. This command will generate a copy of any sprinkler heads that the user selects. These copies go into a new RCP_HEADS layer that can be turned on while the traditional SPRNKS layer is turned off for plotting. This will only work on new drawings, due to changes required in the way sprinklers heads were defined

All of our sprinkler heads were redefined in that update. They were switched to be based in Layer 0. In the drawing, they are still in SPRNKS. This allowed us to change their properties after running this command, so as noted, it may not work properly on older drawing. Check it out!

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