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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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??? – I am not even sure I understand what I just wrote. But if you want AutoCAD to look like it did in the 'good old days', visit this blog entry from CadNauseam, an excellent blog: Putting AutoCAD 2012 back to 'normal'
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The most recent HydraNEWS (just two weeks ago) newsletter was blocked by over 200 subscribers due to spam blocking software, their ISP or their IT by department. Usually, these are entire companies that cannot receive the newsletters. Some things you can do 1. Add arthur@hydracad.ccsend.com to your safe senders or whitelist. How to do this:…
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I stumbled across this AutoCAD command today while looking for a solution to another problem: "ATTSYNC – Updates block references with new and changed attributes from a specified block definition. Use this command to update all instances of a block containing attributes that was redefined using the BLOCK or BEDIT commands. ATTSYNC does not change…
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This little link does a lot – click it to determine all kinds of things about your computer. Try it. Support Details
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In V50/V51 we consolidated all the hanger details (and fittings, riser details, etc) into group drawings. To create your own hanger detail it is probably best to modify one we already have. From the CLEANUP toolbar, select the second button (which is a flyout) and select Hanger Details. This will open a drawing containing all…
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In my opinion, probably the best new feature in AutoCAD 2012 is the Viewport Label Menu. This is in the upper left of the drawing area: Especially when it comes to 3D fittings. Lets say you created a 3D riser and you want to display the SW Isometric View and have the Visual Style of…
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This was written by a coworker – Steve Downing – for a customer who had to have an answer for the AHJ as to why the equivalent lengths for C100 piping are less than those for C140: 'The fitting equivalent length modifiers were intended to keep the friction loss (Pf) thru a given size fitting…
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AutoCAD 2012 has a different background color than earlier releases, and believe it or not, this causes the following problem – when setting up sprinkler heads, you are unable to see what heads look like when selecting a head symbol. The Solution: 1. Go into Options2. Pick on the Display tab3. Pick the Colors button4.…
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We all have drawings that go bad. Over time, the minor errors build up and overwhelm the ability of AutoCAD to cope. How do we attempt to fix them? This is our usual plan of attack, in order: 1. Run RECOVER 2. Run Super Purge (PURG) 3. Start a new drawing and insert bad drawing…
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Many years ago, customers asked us to give them an 'atta boy' for getting no errors when running Checkups. That evolved from just the Congratulations dialog box to the dialog plus the Congratulations spoken message. The voice being used depends on the version of Windows you have. On Windows XP, the voice is officially known…
The H-Factor 