The H-Factor

Reducing Entropy

Month: January 2019

  • A customer contacted me today about having trouble using our commands. The cause was that he was using a template that someone else in his company had made, and it wasn't compatible with our program. You can easily make your templates to work with our program. Here are the simple steps: Type in Open and…

  • Tutorial #5 in the HydraCALC manual explains how to use HydraCALC-Sizer to automatically build a grid based on some simple inputs. The grid it builds is ready to be AutoPeaked. Aside from that, how does AutoPeaking work in HydraCALC? And what is AutoPeaking? NFPA-13 Section 22.4.4.4 addresses gridded systems. It states that the designer must…

  • HydraCALC is set up to use either a city supply or a pump. There is currently no provision to choose use a tank or cistern, but there is a way to do it. From a Customer: I have a 42 foot tall water tank. How do I use this supply in HydraCALC Answer: You must…

  • From a customer: I updated my HydraCAD to V56 and I set my workspace as current but every time I open HydraCAD it opens with HydraCAD Standard.  I have been in the customize area and set my personal cui as current but it doesn’t start up with that. How do I make it show up…