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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: February 2021
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
The H-Factor 