Many users prefer to use their own colors, linetypes, lineweights etc. when drafting. HydraCAD is set up to do just that. The only thing you cannot do is to change our layer names. But, you can add your own layers if you want. The best overall approach is to set up your own template, beginning…

Today's customer question: "How do you draw an Up/Down sprinkler (Upright on a Tee, with a Pendent Drop) in HydraCAD?" This is actually easier than it seems. You just have to define the two heads, as usual, and insert them at the same X,Y location (i.e. on top of each other).  Back in the 'old…

From a customer: "I am trying to create a Trimble point layout for my beam clamps only.  Is there anyway to isolate the #01 Hangers from the #05 Hangers?" While there isn't a direct way, there is an indirect one. There is a way to grab a selection set based on an attribute value. This…