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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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I don't imagine this will help too many sprinkler designers out there, but Autodesk has announced the following program: Free Software License*: Any student license of AutoCAD®, Revit® Architecture, Autodesk® Inventor® Professional, and/or AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software. Free Online Training: On-demand training available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Reduced-Cost Classroom Training: Many…
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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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This question was posed by a customer and frequent blog reader. Here's the list HydraLIST: \HES\Hydlist\Ver50\Data\Setup – If you take the whole folder (not subfolders), you will always be safe. If you are the one doing the editing and want to copy these to another machine, then sort by date and just take the ones…
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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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Some great Google stuff from Joe Oliver: Google Is a Calculator When you can’t be troubled to reach over and pick up the handheld calculator sitting on your desk, you can use Google as a high-tech web-based calculator. All you have to do is enter your equation or formula into the standard Google search box,…
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If you forget which gold keys go with which computers it can be frustrating when it becomes time to uninstall them. There is a way to figure this out, however by using Windows Explorer. First, you must make sure the Hidden Files and Folders are shown in Windows Explorer (its in the Tools->Folder Options-View area).…
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Art had a pretty busy week with five posts in five days, so I thought I’d chime in to give him a bit of a break. A question I often get asked, is from users who would like to share their HydraCALC and HydraLIST printouts with non-Hydratec users. HydraVIEW offers the option to save the…
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This past weekend was spent splitting and stacking firewood for next year. I was hoping for close to 3 cords, but alas, 2.07 was what we have… I am going to cut some more this week and get to 2.5 cords, which is what we used this past year, more or less. The good news…
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Quick Firefox Tip of The Day – If you are on a website and want to open another browser window when you click on a link rather than having your current window switch to that content, click on the link using the middle mouse button. That will open the linked page in a new tab
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Being a first post, I don’t want to go overboard saying "Welcome to my new blog". So I won’t. You are welcome to comment on any topics posted here, but please keep it on topic, don’t be nasty and remember that this is not a Hydratec support site. Support questions should be directed to support@hydracad.com.…
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