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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: June 2013
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This entry outlines a little-known feature of AutoLine. Let's say you have large bays with irregular spacing and you have spaced heads throughout those bays, and now need to connect them. Like this: Draw the branch lines from the nearest head, to the furthest head, without stopping at the heads in between. Do this for…
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This entry combines a little-known frature of a very common command (BaySpace). Let's say you want to insert heads and branch lines, and these heads want to be on armovers: 1. Use BaySpace to set parameters and pick you bay points as usual, but this time, select One pipe from the Draw: drop down list.…
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This entry combines one little-known command (Smart Array) with a little-known feature of a more common command (AutoLine). Inserting Heads using Smart Array Let's say you have a large room with a suspended ceiling like this, and you want to space heads throughout that room, but do not want to calculate how many rows and…
The H-Factor 