Hydratec HydraTIPS Compendium - Volume 3
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This is the third edition of our HydraTIPS technical newsletter. It is a compendium of recent topics that were posted on the Hydratec blog along with other items that may be of interest to you. The first edition can be viewed by picking the View Our Archive graphic on our home page.

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New Technical Topics (since previous newsletter)

 

Top 10 Posts
Revit, BIM and Navisworks
Finding Your AutoCAD Serial Number
The Usual Suspects- Popular AutoCAD Setvars
Objectively looking at Object Snaps
Contacting Autodesk
Configuring AutoCAD to Work with HydraCAD
Saving Your Menu Customizations
Recovering a Lost Drawing
Shipping HydraCAD Fonts
Mechanical Tees - Fitting Size or Hole Size?

HydraCAD Posts
Using Your Own Tool Palettes
Directing the HydraCAD V51 Shortcut to Open AutoCAD 2012
How to Remove all Autodesk Products to Ensure a Clean Install
Can't See a Dialog Box? How to Bring it Back Onscreen
Fine Tuning Your 3D Performance in AutoCAD
Finding Your AutoCAD Serial Number
Speeding up Large 3D Jobs
Navis Manage vs. Navis Simulate - What are the Differences?
Buying/Using a Previous Version of AutoCAD
Configuring AutoCAD to Work with HydraCAD
'Flattening' a Drawing Containing AEC 3D Objects
Revit, BIM and Navisworks
Having Your Own Custom Hangers Show up in 3D (V51 HydraCAD)
Creating a Navisworks File from AutoCAD Without Needing Navisworks
Upgrading Machine From XP to Windows 7 64-bit
Adjusting Riser Nipple Text to Take up Less Room
Objectively looking at Object Snaps
Changing the Color of Nested Objects Within Blocks
How to Specify Elevations for Multiple Floors
Multi-Core Processors and AutoCAD
Converting a Background Drawing into a HydraCAD Drawing
Moving AutoCAD Licenses - Using the License Transfer Utility
Configuring AutoCAD to Save Drawings to a Particular Version
AutoCAD 2011 Update 1.1 Released
Creating 3D Hangers and Seismic Braces
Proxy Notices and How to Turn Them Off
Tell AutoCAD 2011 to Not Look on Internet for Help File
Reusing Pumps in HydraCALC/AutoCalc
Two Quick Ways of Getting a Mini-Stocklist
Hanging from Bottom of Steel
Slicing up Piping to Fit in an Elevator
MTEXT - Missing the Toolbar?
Where is my AutoCAD 2011!?!
Denoting Sloping Pipe (such as in a stairwell)
Locking Your AutoCAD Drawing so no one else can change it
Diagnosing AutoCalc/AutoList Errors Part 5 - Model 'Falsely' Reports Defline Errors
Adding or Removing an Inch Mark (") to Pipe Diameters
Cool 2011 Feature #7 - Add or Remove Vertices to a Polyline

HydraCALC Posts
Creating Pressure Loss Curves in HydraCALC
Reusing Pumps in HydraCALC/AutoCalc

HydraLIST Posts
Another Way of Setting Favorites in HydraLIST

Microsoft Posts
Searching File Contents in Windows 7 Explorer/My Computer
Upgrading A Machine from XP to Windows 7 64-bit

An index to all topics that have been covered on the blog can be found in the Quick Links section (upper left) of this newsletter

As always, please feel free to contact us with suggestions as to what topics you would like to see explained in depth.
Sincerely,
 

Arthur Dove
Hydratec, Inc.