There are two overhauled commands in AutoCAD 2020 that are used pretty often. One of the is the PURGE command. The other is INSERT, which I will mention in a future post. A customer had trouble getting the rings and other elements of hangers to show up properly when they ran 3D Hangers. I am…

AutoCAD 2015 introduced a Dark Color theme to add to what is now called a Light theme. In all, there are four (or six!) basic configurations. Dark and Light, regular and large buttons. These are accessed via the OPTIONS command and found on the Display tab of that command. The default is the dark theme…

From a Customer: "Where is the setting to get the inch prefix when I am using the change pipe diameters?  Every time I have used this command with 2019 it takes away the inch suffix when I select a pipe size to change." Answer: The place to set it is there when you start a new…

You might be in a situation where you want to move some riser nipple tags and want to keep them together, so that they line up nicely. There is a tool to do this with pipe tags and hanger tags, but not with riser nipple tags. Which is where Grips come in. Grips have dozens…

A customer contacted me today about having trouble using our commands. The cause was that he was using a template that someone else in his company had made, and it wasn't compatible with our program. You can easily make your templates to work with our program. Here are the simple steps: Type in Open and…

From a customer: I updated my HydraCAD to V56 and I set my workspace as current but every time I open HydraCAD it opens with HydraCAD Standard.  I have been in the customize area and set my personal cui as current but it doesn’t start up with that. How do I make it show up…

From a customer: Is there a way to edit the length of multiple riser nipples at once?   Answer: If they are a Specified Length, then yes. Type in CL to launch the Change Length command. Check the Filter a Specific Block to do many RNs at one time If they are Computer Generated, then…

If you have trouble with AutoCAD and uninstall it and reinstall it, you may still be getting the same errors and wondering why. This is because uninstalling AutoCAD does not remove all the 'crumbs' left behind. These crumbs can get in the way of a good AutoCAD reinstall. There are a number of pages on…

From a customer: Can I AutoList a plug at top of this tee? From my co-worker Bill – yes you can: This will list the correct tee at the end of the riser nipple and will list the plug with the miscellaneous material. 1. Insert a sprinkler head block defined as “directly connected” at the…