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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This is a blog posting of the information sent in a recent newsletter, archived here for easy access. There are still many questions about Revit and BIM and what is required for what and by whom. What follows is a simple list of facts that may help explain it to you. If a project up…
From a customer (RM): I want a Sammy Screw hanger type (HydraCAD’s #02 and #02A) to show up in 3D when I use Create 3D Hangers. Instead, I get an error stating that it cannot find the 3D hanger information for that type: The data file for creating 3D hangers is located in the \HES\HydraCAD\Ver50\DATA\Setup…
Autodesk has a Navisworks NWC Export Utility that lets you create Navis content directly from the HydraCAD 3D model without having Navisworks and without the need to create the Solid Pipes drawing. Install the linked tool, elevate to 3D and then type in NWCOUT. This will create a Navisworks cache file that can be opened…
No one topic seems to cause more consternation than Object Snaps. Here is the what and why of why we do what we do: We need to have object snaps set for a certain number of commands to ensure that the drawing is connected properly. Many users feel that we willy-nilly overwrite their osnaps, i.e.…
If you spend a lot of time searching through parts when in the Miscellaneous tab, consider doing this: Search for parts you use over and over again and narrow down the sizes/specifics/manufacturers of those you use most. Enter a quantity of 1 next to each part Pick the Clean Up button to clear those you…
Thanks to John Hulett of Western States Fire Protection for handing over this tip. Many times background drawings have large blocks contained of many elements, and those elements may have many different colors. How to get them all to be the same color you might ask. Or linetypes 1. Pick the Change to ByLayer command…
From a Customer: "Is there a way to set multiple floor elevations in 3D so the elevation tags and ceiling hts will be set correct from each floor elevation?" Yes (you didn't expect me to say no, did you?). Using the Structure Elevations (TOS) command from the Steel toolbar (or Elevate ribbon panel) use the…
I'll get right to the point – AutoCAD does not support dual or multi-core processors. So, if you go out and buy a machine with eight-cores, you will be going as fast as a single-core machine for the most part. If the software is not written to take advantage of multiple cores, then it does…
These instructions assume that the drawing in question already has sprinklers defined and/or piping drawn. Start new drawing using one of our templates Insert the background drawing Define one HydraCAD sprinkler for each sprinkler in the background drawing Insert one of each of these heads some on the drawing that is easy to get to…
Here at Hydratec we support users on all versions of AutoCAD, but primarily on AutoCAD 2007 or newer. When a user sends me a drawing I don't want to have to worry about whether I should open it in V50 or in V51 (both work the same for all usual support purposes). But, I don't…
