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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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…
The CPVC command on the Listing toolbar very quickly generates a raw material list for plastic, but can be used for just about any other piping material. And, it creates a file that can be imported into HydraLIST to check for availability of fittings and swapping of bushings for other fittings. Once selected, you get…
Grips, IMHO, are the best thing AutoCAD ever added to their program. When they first came out, everyone freaked out (myself included) and we turned them off until we got a better, um, grip on them. Many (most?) people use grips to move a single object. But, they can be handy to use many objects…
The H-Factor 