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…
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A customer needed to draw a polyline around a floor section of a building and wanted the area of the floor section (square feet) to be attached to it. This can be done with fields, and can many cool things. In fact, this exact feature is how we are creating remote areas with the square…
Each time HydraCAD is updated, we replace our tool palettes. This is because we have been adding things to them since they were first created. This causes a problem with those who make their own palettes. There are two options here: If you wish to use your own palettes and our palettes: Create your palettes.…
This happens once in a while: You try to install an autodesk product and it says you must rmeove all software first. Add/Remove Programs doesn't seme to do it. What's next? Autodesk has produced a white paper on the subject here: Removing Autodesk Products If that does not work, and it appears that there might…
Occasionally, you may start a command, but nothing seems to happen. Often it is because you cannot see a dialog box that is opening, and it is off screen waiting for your input. This can happen from reducing resolution or going from two screens to one, or from bringing a laptop and hooking it up to different…
Thanks to a long time customer, I now know about the AutoCAD command for tuning up your 3D performance. It is 3DCONFIG. This brings up the 'Advanced Degradation and Performance Tuning' tool (sounds futuristic, eh?). From here you can tweak this or that to speed up 3D, but some of the highlights are as follows:…
Say you want to add a loss curve for a new device. Here's what you do: 1. Open HydraCALC2. Pick the Utility pulldown menu and then pick Alter Pipe/Fittings3. Go to the bottom of the table and you will see other curves here (all are defined as a Z fitting)4. In the first open line,…
Are your drawing getting really, really big and slowing down the raising up of your drawing and the AutoCalc and AutoList processes? Are you carrying around huge background drawings? XREFing in the background drawings doesn't help. But there is something that does: Plot the background drawings to a DWF and then XREF the DWF in.…
Considering that Manage costs so much more than Simluate. why get it? This comparison matrix helps you figure it out. While you can buy Simulate and upgrade to Manage,you won't get full trade-in value. And what abot Freedom? Navis Product Matrix On another note, if you press Ctrl+Z to undo something, you can also type…
If you need to Repair or Reinstall AutoCAD, or if HydraCAD is not loading properly, then you will need to reconfigure AutoCAD to look at the HydraCAD settings. Fortunately, this is quite easy: Windows 7: 1. Close AutoCAD/HydraCAD2. Pick the Windows Start button3. Pick All Programs4. Pick Hydratec Version 50 Software5. Pick Configure AutoCAD for…
Another one from our friend Larry Howell at L&K Fire Protection (Marion, Illinois) If you get a background drawing that has AEC objects in it, you might find that drawing takes forever to run through the AutoCAD FLATTEN command, or never completely flattens. Larry has discovered a command that will handle it for you: Open…
