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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Many of you know how to specify a sloping pipe. You simply use the Define Sloping Pipe command on the Pipe Elevation flyout of the Piping toolbar. You enter the Rise and Run and then pick the appropriate ends of the pipe depending on how you answered the Low End/High End question. But what is…
Unbeknownst to many, HydraCAD has a command (shortcut CAP) that will change many properties of attributes within a block. I have used it mostly for changing the text style used or the color (usually set be the background author) of attributes, but it does more than that. This command is also available on the HydraTools->Modify->Attributes…
In 2010, xref'd layers are shown faded by default. According to JTB World there is a new AutoCAD variable that controls that: XDWGFADECTL Go to tools > options > display tab > and at the bottom right corner find FADE CONTROL. Under it is xref display. Or, type it in, and set it as you…
I posted about this before, but not concerning a wholesale replacement of your blocks with tool palettes. If you have a large library of your own details and blocks, you can convert entire folders at a time to tool palettes by using the Design Center: 1. Press CTRL+3 to open the tool palette (if not…
Those of you who have set the option to use the third button/wheel as the cursor menu may have noticed that you get the condensed AutoCAD cursor menu, not the expanded HydraCAD cursor menu. Somewhere along the line AutoCAD 'broke' the way cursor menus are supposed to load, with the result being that AutoCAD's takes…
From a Customer, with a response by our guest commentator, Bill McKenna Art, I'm hoping you can help or direct this to someone else who can help. We are using AutoCAD MEP 2008 and HydraCAD Version 50.1 Revision 2 The attached drawing is having a problem with the OVERRIDE -> TEE -> "Groove-O-Let Sid Out".…
It is always fun when a new technology comes out because, well, everything is new. And,there are always a lot of choice until Darwin whittles them down to the survivors. Plus you young punks think you know it all but you really missed out on all the fun 🙂 30 Old Computer Ads Take the…
From a customer: Art, I have a couple questions about V50. If I make a 3D detail will I be able insert it into navisworks similar to the solidpipes? Can I integrate 3D details with all of my piping? Second, my understanding of BIM is that upon completion the building management/owner would be able to…
In V50 we have created tool palettes to not only allow you to drag and drop details and blocks onto your drawing, but to also make it easy for you to add your own blocks. In the past it was difficult to do this because we used slide files and menus – both were not…
The updated Purge All Unused Layers and Blocks (PURG) in Rev 2 of V50.01 goes further, fixes more and is easier to use than our older command. The new command purges the drawing, runs an AUDIT and then purges it again. Try it.
