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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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Sometimes, it seems like things take a big step back. This is a good example: try to search for text inside a file in Windows Explorer using Windows 7. It can't be done by default. There are two ways, from Wikihow: 1. In Windows Explorer, Press Alt button –> go to Tools –> Folder options…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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My co-worker Paul fielded this one from a customer and wrote a response: From the customer: Can you please instruct us on how to use a 3D representation of an existing hanger and use it for a new hanger assembly? I would like to use the 05 hanger 3D representation for one of our hanger…
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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…
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I have a 5 year-old machine running Windows XP 64-bit and have been quite happy with it. But, some newer things that I need to do with it require Windows 7 and I have put if off long enough. Going from Windows XP to Windows 7 requires a complete 'clean' install of Windows, as does…
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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.…
The H-Factor 