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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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This topic also came from my co-worker Paul, who was asked to assist a customer with his question: From the Customer: Although we may stocklist hangers to ensure we have a good amount of material, we do not actually fabricate any hangers…Is there a way to have hangers marked as “loose” from the get go…
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This topic came from my co-worker Paul, who was asked to assist a customer with his problem: From the Customer: I either want the nipples and associated fittings to be entirely loose (listed on the “loose” picklist and eliminated from the lines fabrication sheet), or entirely made on (leave them in the fabrication sheets but add…
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Tired of always picking the same template every time you open AutoCAD or start a new drawing? There is an easy way to set this: 1. Right-click on the cammand line and pick Options or Pick Tools->Options to get into AutoCAD's settings 2. Pick the Files Tab 3. Find Template Settings and expand that 4.…
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If you have a large drawing, we have long recommended that you use System Boundaries to break up the drawing for processing. But what if the system to be calculated stretches across other systems? You can still use boundaries, just use more of them, and make them isolate the main (more or less). See below:…
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A tip from Joe O. at Troy Sprinkler: I just came across something really cool that I did now know and thought it might be a good one to pass along. I wanted to copy objects and then rotate the objects. Essentially having the same group of objects but rotated at a different angle. It’s…
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A customer asked if there was a way to change the color of HydraPipes to red for the Navis coordination drawing. There are two ways to do this: Option 1: After you go to 3D, select everything in your model (yes, everything) and right-click and pick Properties. Then, pick the top drop down list and…
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Double riser nipples were a long asked for improvement that was included in HydraCAD Version 50 when it was first released.The dialog associated with this command does not generate too many questions, probably since the graphic helps make sense of the options available: Once thing that does generate questions is how to go up one…
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This is a republishing of an earlier post because this is a really helpful tool when you just can't calc a system. Sometimes when you AutoCalc only some of your pipes actually make it to HydraCALC, or you get an error that prevents you from loading the job into HydraCALC. Both of these can be…
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One often overlooked feature of the PERPendicular object snap is the ability to line up an object (such as a head) with other objects (other heads). To wit – the two heads below in the Dispatch Office are not lined up with the head plan north of it already piped. How to line up these…
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Using a drawing scale other than 1/8"=1' or 1-100, you may notice your riser circle or text is too large or too small. This is how you correct that: 1.Type in 3MO or pick the 3D Modeling Options button from the 3D Modeling toolbar. 2. Pick the Restore HydraCAD Defaults button. This usually does it.…
The H-Factor 