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…
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | ||||
There are two ways of doing this. the first involves the Design Center and is, perhaps, the now preferred method: Design Center Method 1. Open the drawings or template you want to copy from, and to2. Switch to the 'to' drawing – the one that needs the layout tabs3. Open Design Center (from the AutoCAD…
From a customer: "With the fabricators current technology tagging piping with system names and main/line numbers, we prefer to not use painted color marking on the pipe bundles. Can I change the default pipe color to None? Seems like every time I start a list, It wants to default to Red…" Yes – and here…
This question comes up often. The answer is, it depends. It depends on what the bid documents are specifically asking for and what the Architect/GC/Project Engineer/AHJ is asking for. Right now, there are three basic formats: 1. AutoCAD Drawing – If the concerned party is asking for an AutoCAD drawing, then they will also need…
The Slope Entire System command was added to the Piping toolbar (Define Pipe Elevation flyout) a while back, but many still do not know of its existence, or how to use it. With it, you are able to specify a slope for your mains and a (maybe different) slope for your lines and slope the…
Need to line up your 3D model for coordination in Revit, Navis or something else? Use the Move Model command from the Collaborate toolbar: This is a two step process. Pick Denote Basepoint. Then, pick a window around the section to move and then locate the Match Point. This will become the new Base Point.…
If you are using Naviswork Manage to do clash detection, then we have the tool for you! HydraCAD has a tool that will put a yellow error circle at each location that a clash occurs. Use the Navisworks Toolkit button on the Collaborate toolbar (below) Then, export your piping to Navis and run a clash…
HydraCAD Version 52.2/51.12 added a new command to the Piping toolbar – Size Pipe by Schedule. This command will apply a sizing schedule to the line or main picked, along with all the lines or mains attached to it. – Icon for Size Pipe by Schedule This command s easy to use. Put your model…
What is LOD? It is 'Level of Development', a BIM pseudo-standard that specifies the level of completeness of a drawing/model. HydraCAD is capable of fulfilling all these levels, although most contracts (for now, at least) specify LOD 300 as the current goal. The following is from KalBlue: "BIM has been outlined into five levels. These…
So, you've drawn dashed/dotted/hidden lines in Model Space and they look just great. But, you go to Paper Space and they are all solid. What is going on? The setvar PSLTSCALE is what is going on. It's default setting is 1, which means the linetype scale being applied is based on the scaling of the…
Tired of always picking the same template every time you open AutoCAD or start a new drawing? There is an easy way to set this: 1. Right-click on the cammand line and pick Options or Pick Tools->Options to get into AutoCAD's settings 2. Pick the Files Tab 3. Find Template Settings and expand that 4.…
The H-Factor 