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…
Recently our previous blog service (Typepad) ended their business – so, we have a new home. It will take a bit to get images back and displaying properly, but we are working on it! Final pageview count of original Typepad blog: 387,232
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…
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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…
We have an ever-expanding repertoire of support options. Here is the menu: For All Programs: HydraCARDs: A Knowledge Base of all known solutions to problems users might encounter can be accessed from the HydraCARDs shortcut on the desktop or this link: HydraCARDs This blog has entries for hundreds of topics on all of our programs,…
Our live HydraCARDs Knowledge Base contains a database that is updated automatically as soon as we update or create them! Accessing Most of our update and installs now include a shortcut to the web address for HydraCARDs. Further, HydraCAD, HydraCALC and Hydratec for Revit all link to this new database. However, no actual software is…
Revised 7/6/22 Many IT professionals like to ‘push‘ installs onto user machines, as they don’t want to sit on each user’s machine and click the Next and OK buttons repeatedly. There is a way to record the steps used to install our software, and replay those steps on each user’s station. The Silent Install options…
The most recent HydraNEWS (just two weeks ago) newsletter was blocked by over 200 subscribers due to spam blocking software, their ISP or their IT by department. Usually, these are entire companies that cannot receive the newsletters. Some things you can do 1. Add arthur@hydracad.ccsend.com to your safe senders or whitelist. How to do this:…
This little link does a lot – click it to determine all kinds of things about your computer. Try it. Support Details
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When I first got my computer and booted my machine, I went go get a cup of coffee from the kitchen here at the office. When I came back, i could use the computer. Now, after a few years, I feel like I could get to Colombia and back with a cup of coffee before…
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…
If you choose to install the new databases for HydraLIST and HydraCALC – here is where the existing files get backed up to: Note the two Backup folders, one under each program. Also note the folders named Standard Data under each. Regardless of whether or not you choose to replace the data, a…
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