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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…
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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Month: January 2019
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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: 2. When it opens…
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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…
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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 specifically, but there is a way to do it none the less. From a Customer: I have a 42 foot tall water tank. How do I use this supply in…
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From a customer: I updated my HydraCAD 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 every time?…
The H-Factor 