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Unblocking a Group of Files

After downloading a file, it is often Blocked. You must right-click on it, pick Properties and then check the Unblock item: But doing a dozen or more files gets old, real fast. I just learned a way to Unblock a batch of files at once. It involves using PowerShell, a Microsoft tool that is a…

Adding Hanger Types to HydraLIST

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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From a Customer: “Where is the setting to get the inch prefix when I am using the change pipe diameters?  Every time I have used this command with 2019 it takes away the inch suffix when I select a pipe size to change.”

Answer: The place to set it is there when you start a new drawing. You can also access it by picking HydraTools->Options->Access Drawing Unit Setup:

Note: This does not have anything to do specifically with 2019, but it can be easily changed, more or less permanently.

Put a “ in the Suffix field

The next time you go up to 3D and back to 2D, the suffixes will be updated to reflect your choice.

Note: The Prefix option is more or less only used by our Metric friends in Europe. They sometimes use it to put a nominal diameter symbol in front of the pipe diameter, i.e. ø25

Also: This command can also be used to change the drawing scale if you set it up wrong

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