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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 2020
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Want to keep riser nipples from showing both center and cut length when plotting? Tried to freeze or turn off layers? AutoCAD has a newish feature that will help you do just this. Its call VP Freeze for Viewport Freeze. Open the Layer palette. Find the HPipesCGen layer. Click the Square Sun icon in the…
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Many of us use Copy and Paste in AutoCAD. Often when using Paste, we try to eyeball and line up the block we are pasting, or use OSNAPS. But there are better ways! The Edit drop down menu in AutoCAD has more than one command to copy and paste: Cut is cut -but- Copy is…
The H-Factor 