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…
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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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Many companies keep their HydraLIST database pricing current, at least to the best of their abilities given how often prices change. If you enter a part number into HydraLIST, the pricing gets pulled up when the list is processed. If you use certain parts regularly, it makes sense to update the HydraLIST Database with those…
Many larger sprinkler companies and fabricators modify their HydraLIST data – part numbers, prices, assemblies, pipe types, etc. It can get really tiresome to copy the HydraLIST data files to each users’ machine whenever data is changed. Enter the Master Data Location. To set this location to a common folder is really simple. Here are…
From a customer: Q: On the Miscellaneous tab I put the following, thinking I would get twelve 1″ diameter 21’ pieces of pipe… Quantity: 12PN: 00004DB110 (the part number for 1″ schedule 40 domestic pipe)Description: 1” diameter Dom Blk Sch 40 Pipe …Thinking I would get 12-21’ pieces of pipe. However, the processed list only…
This idea is from long time customer and frequent good advice giver, Larry Howell at L & K Fire Protection in Marion, Illinois “I wanted to share windows file explorer libraries with the blog users, as I just discovered their usefulness. When choosing a place to save calculations and stock listing files, the default does…
One of the best features in AutoList is the addition of automatic line and main tags. Where are the settings for adding these found? When you Start AutoList (SAL), right on that dialog: You will find two options pertaining to the tags, one for lines and one for mains. Select the ones you want to…
From a customer today: Where do you change the standard length for a piece of pipe so optimization will work for 20’-0” pieces. We are doing a stainless job. Here is how… Open HydraLIST and pick the General Data button, below: Pick the Pipe Length Tables tab. On the left, you will notice 27 pipe…
The CPVC command on the Listing toolbar very quickly generates a raw material list for plastic, but can be used for just about any other piping material. And, it creates a file that can be imported into HydraLIST to check for availability of fittings and swapping of bushings for other fittings. Once selected, you get…
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 topic also came from my co-worker Paul, who was asked to assist a customer with his question: From the Customer: Although we may stocklist hangers to ensure we have a good amount of material, we do not actually fabricate any hangers…Is there a way to have hangers marked as “loose” from the get go…
This topic came from my co-worker Paul, who was asked to assist a customer with his problem: From the Customer: I either want the nipples and associated fittings to be entirely loose (listed on the “loose” picklist and eliminated from the lines fabrication sheet), or entirely made on (leave them in the fabrication sheets but add…
The H-Factor 