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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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Many people use Bayspace to insert sprinkler heads and connect them with branch lines. Most don't know that you can also have Bayspace draw one pipe from the first head to the last head or draw no pipes at all. This option is on the second dialog box as seen below. The One Pipe…
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The question now arises, what machine to buy for all this 3D stuff. This from one of our customers “We just ordered 12 machines: They’ll all be 64 bit with Windows 7 Ultimate loaded… 9 gigs of ram, 10,000 rpm Raptor hard drives, and NVidia 260 video cards with 1.8 gigs of ram on them”…
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AutoCAD lets you modify your menus to add toolbars, modify them, make Workspace changes and so forth. BUT, our installs and updates will overwrite them, so you REALLY should save those changes. This is how you do that. In AutoCAD, workspaces, menu and toolbars are stored in a menu file with the extension .CUIX file.…
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Just a quick note to say the following: If you have Windows XP, then you cannot 'upgrade' to Windows 7. You will have to do a full install of Windows 7 and then reinstall all your software. If you have Windows Vista, then you will be able to upgrade directly to Windows 7, no re-installation…
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Sorry for the long absence. I was just helping wrap up to large projects (hint, hint) that are finally done! News about those next week. Some of you miss the old (pre-2007) double-click behavior whereas you got a full dialogue of attributes when you double-clicked on a block. AutoCAD changed this some time ago, but…
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Don't use Format->Layer Tools->Layer Delete on any of Hydratec's stuff. I fact, I don't recommend using it in architect stuff, either. Here's why – besides deleting everything on the selected layer and the layer name itself, it also redefines all blocks that have a foot in that layer and remove those parts that do. An…
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8/19/09 – Autodesk released Update 1 for AutoCAD 2010. This can be downloaded from Autodesk Update 1 for AutoCAD 2010 – It fixes about 200 things, according to the list of changes found on that webpage. There do not seem to be any compatibility issues with HydraCAD at this time. Is has fixed some odd…
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I have gotten two calls on this in the last two days, so that makes it a good blog topic. What if you have a pump and a tank, but no city supply? This one is simple: 1. End your piping with the reference point PUMP (any name will do, but be consistent) 2. Set…
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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…
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According to Autodesk, starting next March you are going to be charged significantly more to upgrade your one, two or three year-old versions to the newest version. In the past, Autodesk charged a step by step price depending on how old the AutoCAD was. Not anymore. Now, upgrading the three most recent versions will cost…
The H-Factor 