The H-Factor

Reducing Entropy

Month: October 2015

  • Some customers now have a Trimble Total Station for use in locating components in the field. HydraCAD has a tool to generate a hanger point file to be loaded into the Total Station, and that file can include seismic brace locations as well. The command is located within the Create 3D Hangers command, found on…

  • If you've run into the problem where after returning your drawing from 3D to 2D you notice some sidewalls are being flipped, we can explain. This is a result of how AutoCAD handles mirrored blocks.  In the the image below, the two sidewalls on the left side have been inserted using HydraCAD's sprinkler insertion tools.…