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  • Listing Hangers – Loose or Fabricated?

    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…

  • Listing Nipples – Loose or Fabricated?

    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…

  • Having Your Own Custom Hangers Show up in 3D (V51 HydraCAD)

    My co-worker Paul fielded this one from a customer and wrote a response: From the customer: Can you please instruct us on how to use a 3D representation of an existing hanger and use it for a new hanger assembly?  I would like to use the 05 hanger 3D representation for one of our hanger…

  • Another Way of Setting Favorites in HydraLIST

    If you spend a lot of time searching through parts when in the Miscellaneous tab, consider doing this: Search for parts you use over and over again and narrow down the sizes/specifics/manufacturers of those you use most. Enter a quantity of 1 next to each part Pick the Clean Up button to clear those you…

  • Mechanical Tees – Fitting Size or Hole Size?

    This entry updates one I did a few years ago. The method for specifying whether HydraLIST should use the hole size or the fitting size has changed. If you want to spec the fitting size, then just keep listing the 'usual way'. If you want the hole size then right-click in the Fitting column adjacent…

  • Obtaining Updated HydraLIST Manual Content

    From a customer: Q: Is the latest HydraLIST Manual dated 1999? A: Yes. The printed manual is for the most part very accurate. However, the Help file is constantly updated – usually with every HydraLIST update and even some partial updates. In addition, there was a new manual created specifically for the HydraLIST Select (50.16)…

  • Looking up Part Numbers in HydraLIST

    From a customer question: …for the Part Masks, I was hoping there was a quicker, easier way to bring them up and/or print out a matrix to use when I am (or others less experienced in Hydratec software are) looking for parts (or specific manufacturers) to bring into a model. The PN LookUp button has…

  • Hanger Fabrication Notes

    Suppose you want to place notes on the fabrication report denoting how certain hangers are to be assembled, or made. Notice the Fabrication Notes column on the Hanger tab of HydraLIST. Type in up to 32 characters of a note to be printed on the Hanger reports. If you have a common note to be…

  • Autolisting Extra Threaded Outlets

    It is pretty easy to list an extra threaded outlet off a welded line (or main), for example a plug for future. 1. Go into Sprinkler Setup and pick New Symbol. Select either PLUG1.DWG or PLUG2.DWG2. Select Attached Directly to Line or Main3. Pick OK and choose the proper thread size for the outlet4. Insert…

  • Listing Duplicate Floors

    This one is a quickie and comes courtesy of Bill McKenna – Say you have multiple identical floors of a building and you only want to Autolist is once but get separate stocklists for each floor.You can list Floor One with color code “RED” Use HydraLIST to do a save as to floor two or…