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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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This one came via a customer for subscribes to Steve Johnson’s blog Cad Nauseam From Steve Johnson, blog nauseam, April 10, 2008. "If you’ve noticed some normal drafting operations are much slower in AutoCAD 2009 than in earlier releases, try turning off the new Layer Palette and see if the problem goes away. For example,…
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You wouldn't be the first (or last). It helps to think of an armover as having three parts: A. The 'Up' piece (riser nipple) B. The Arm piece C. The Drop piece Item C – The Drop piece is already handled because Drops already go into a separate branch line section in HydraLIST named…
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Autodesk has advanced programming topics that are recorded and can be downloaded and viewed on their Developer Center site. The site lists upcoming classes (fee based, free in some cases). A couple of weeks after those classes take place, you can see a recording of the class. Put on your geek hat for these!
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Logitech makes nice mice. The problem is that they are configured like MS mice when shipped. This always causes problems with the Wheel and Panning in AutoCAD. This from the great website: CAD Forum Turn off any special mouse wheel settings with the mouse icon in the Windows Control Panel. Under the Buttons…
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If you are like me, you haven’t had time to upgrade your Microsoft Office to the 2007 version. But that hasn’t stopped people from emailing you 2007 files with extensions like docx and xlsx. What to do? I Googled on a colleague’s recommendation and found this: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint…
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A had a customer call recently that didn’t like that AutoCAD displayed a tooltip when drawing a line with ORTHO on (see below) To turn this off: Go into OPTIONS. Pick the Drafting tab and uncheck the box on the right that says "Display AutoTrack Tooltip"
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Are you having trouble with re-installing or removing AutoCAD? Do you get an error message such as Unable to Install – please remove earlier version? These can be ugly, but following Autodesk's Support Pages for help on this subject may solve the problem for you. If those suggestions fail, and you are unable to remove…
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Need a handy tool for editing attributes within all blocks at the same time? AutoCAD has a great tool built right in – BATTMAN You can get at all the defined blocks in the drawing that have attributes, and you can get at all the atts within a block. You can change all kinds of…
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Yep. It’s Springtime again. Between The Lines – 2009 Lynn Allen’s Autodesk Blog Heidi Hewitt Autodesk Blog Cad Panacea When? No date set There will be no direct upgrades from 2005 or earlier to 2009
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I just had a customer who noticed that when he went to a Layout tab that all of his objects were gray. AutoCAD was apparently applying his Plot Style (Hydragray) to the objects in the Layout (and no, he wasn’t doing a Plot Preview). What to do? Apparently (after much Googling) there is an option…
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