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Category: HydraCAD
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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…
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So, you have a situation where you have a particular block in your drawing, and you want to change the block and have your drawing updated with that new block. If you don't have that block already defined in your drawing, or you can purge it out of the drawing, then you don't need to…
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From a customer: "Now that I freelance for several different clients, I run into some issues with AutoList. I have to change a couple of the Top Five FIGs each time I bounce between clients projects, as I only stocklist as they request piping to allow for any building or coordination changes. This causes issues…
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If you want to have only one branch line ID for an entire branch line, but are worried that AutoList will absorb other fittings into that branch line, or will miss certain sprinkler heads because of the default way it does things, then this is how to set things up properly. The part I mention…
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This ability has been in HydraCAD for AutoCAD for at least 10 years. You can draw a 'regular' HydraCAD system, and then create the Revit model for coordination with the BIM team on a project. This requires a few things: You must have Revit on the computer using the HydraCAD for AutoCAD in order to…
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Revizto is BIM software that competes with Autodesk's offerings, specifically, Revit. Revizto can open HydraCAD drawings, but some information may not be showing up properly. These two HydraCARD Knowledge Base entries should help you get by the issues we most often hear about: When reading a Persistent Model drawing in Revizto, the units are not…
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Customer X called today to ask if he could reduce the width of the polylines that are part of our DefLines (Drop Windows, System Boundaries, AFF/BTS, etc). There is no setting in our programs to do so, but there is an easy way to change them after the fact. After some chatting back and forth…
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So, my co-worker (who shall remain nameless) sent me an annotated drawing with notes on how to properly model trapeze hangers for coordination. The notes were written as individual lines of text. This annoys me: I like working with MTEXT so much more. MTEXT allows for formatting, fonts, underlining, numbering and more. I thought I…
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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,…
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Previously I mentioned Listing Order. This post takes things up one level to discuss just what ends up where when a job is AutoListed. From the HydraCAD Manual / Electronic Help: It is important to understand how the Listing tags work in order to achieve a successful AutoList run. There are two types of Listing…
The H-Factor 