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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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Rotate and Copy at the Same Time

A tip from Joe O. at Troy Sprinkler:

I just came
across something really cool that I did now know and thought it might be a good
one to pass along.

I wanted to
copy objects and then rotate the objects.  Essentially having the same
group of objects but rotated at a different angle.  It’s already built
into the AutoCAD Rotate command!

1. Start the
Rotate command

2. Select the
object(s)

3. Specify the
base point

4. Notice the command line options – at the next
prompt choose C for copy

5. Specify the
rotation angle

I don't know what version of AutoCAD added this option, but it is pretty cool…

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