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…
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…
Recently our previous blog service (Typepad) ended their business – so, we have a new home. It will take a bit to get images back and displaying properly, but we are working on it! Final pageview count of original Typepad blog: 387,232
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…
From a customer today (paraphrased): “I’m having issues with HydraLIST keeping my rod cut lengths to the ½” length I assign it even with noting it as “CL”. It wants to always round up to nearest inch. This is primarily the 06 hanger I’m using. Is there a setting that forces this rounding?” The answer…
