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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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There are many ways of adding loose material and kits to a HydraCAD drawing in order to get them listed. Some are old(er) and many are newer. All of these are on the Listing Toolbar. These do not need to be attached to pipes or sprinkler heads in order to have them list. They simply…
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We often get asked about hardware requirements for Hydratec software. We generally follow the Autodesk requirements because AutoCAD, Navis and Revit put the most demands on the computer. For Revit: Here is the Autodesk page for Revit requirements: System Requirements for Revit 2021. Other Revit versions can be looked up as well. Notes: We recommend…
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From a customer: "I have a question about modifying hanger symbols. Here’s the issue, many times the Lister's complain that our plans are too busy, because pipe diameters lay over hanger numbers, etc. I know we can use the auto cleanup but I really want to eliminate the hanger # & either modify an existing…
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We received an urgent notice from Autodesk today: "Autodesk discovered a mistake with the AutoCAD 2018.0.1/AutoCAD LT 2018.0.1 release that will cause the software to expire and no longer start on June 1, 2017. The issue was quickly resolved by releasing the AutoCAD 2018.0.2/AutoCAD LT 2018.0.2 update; however, we believe approximately 5,000 customer accounts have…
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Q: A Customer asked today: "I need to add some head symbols into the (classic) flex head selector options. We are using head 18 and head 9 which are not found in the selections. Can you help me add them so they are available?" Here are the simple steps to do that with ours or…
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A few years ago I posted the basics about setting up a network version of AutoCAD and/or a Building Design Suite. A customer called today asking how to do it with a new AEC Industry Collection he just bought. I told him I wasn't sure how to do that, as I wasn't sure myself if…
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If you have a drawing with paragraphs of text all written in individual lines, you may find it troublesome to change the fonts, size of text, add formatting, or, heavens forbid, adjust the room the paragraph takes up. These individual lines are composed of old-school text tools like Dynamic Text (DTEXT), or regular text (TEXT). Multiline text…
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Some couplings result in a 1/8" or more pipe separation, after they are added to pipe. On long runs of pipe, the multiple separations accumulate, and result in a pipe that is too long overall. For example, a run of pipe with 16 couplings can result in the pipe creeping 1/8" per coupling for a total…
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The first Service Pack for AutoCAD 2017 was released a couple of weeks ago. I have had no troubles with it over the last two weeks. The update can be downloaded from the Autodesk Knowledge Base at: AutoCAD 2017 SP1 The Readme file that accompanies the update explains how to install it and what changes were…
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Many companies keep their HydraLIST database pricing current, at least to the best of their abilities given how often prices change. If you enter a part number into HydraLIST, the pricing gets pulled up when the list is processed. If you use certain parts regularly, it makes sense to update the HydraLIST Database with those…
The H-Factor 