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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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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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List a Plug at the top of a Tee in HydraCAD

From a customer: Can I AutoList a plug at top of this tee?

From my co-worker Bill – yes you can:

This will list the correct tee at the end of the riser nipple and will list the plug with the miscellaneous material.

1. Set up a sprinkler to use for this purpose. We often use Head15 because of the way it looks

Define the sprinkler head as Attached Directly to a Line or Main

3a. Define the Plug ‘sprinkler’ as “point Down” and “at Bottom” if the plug is at the bottom of the riser nipple. Note: use at Bottom – if the 1’-6” long pipe is lower than the 2’-3 ½” pipe in our example

3b. Select Choose 3D Head Block and select Plug1 as the 3D representation

4. Scale the plug/sprinkler block down a bit so you can tell it is there, but not so large as a sprinkler block

 

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