Hydratec HydraTIPS Compendium - Volume 7
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This is the seventh 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.

The publishing schedule for this newsletter is officially known as 'occasional'.

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Our Top 12 Posts:

The Dirty Dozen
Configuring AutoCAD to Work with HydraCAD and Resetting and Reconfiguring AutoCAD/HydraCAD
Saving Your Menu Customizations
The Usual Suspects - Popular AutoCAD SetvarsRecovering a Lost Drawing
Objectively Looking at Object Snaps Shipping HydraCAD Fonts
 Downloading AutoCAD, Finding Serial Numbers and Product Keys, Getting a DVD or an Older Version Changing Riser Nipple Text Properties (Height, Width, etc)  and Tools for Manipulating Riser Nipples
Contacting Autodesk and Need Help Registering/Licensing Your AutoCAD? Mechanical Tees - Fitting Size or Hole Size?

 

New Topics:

 

New HydraCAD and HydraCALC Posts

Using the CPVC List Command to Generate a Stocklist
Should you Buy AutoCAD or Rent It?
Using Grips to Move Multiple Objects
Using BTS Blocks with Sloping Pipe
Rotating Riser Nipples
Ceiling Heights, Drops and their Options
Using the ALT+TAB and CTRL+TAB Keys in Window Apps
Move Main, Move Line, Erase Main, and Erase Line
Using the Mouse to Select an Input Option from the Command Line
Using the Lay Out Hangers Command
Using Rapid Reference Points
Using the 'Open Append' Feature in HydraCALC
Finding an INTersection When There Isn't One
Adding Commands Back Into HydraCAD
The Dangers of Buying a Cheap AutoCAD 
Using a Central Location (Drive Path) for Sprinkler Heads
Navigating the Autodesk Subscription Center
Exploding the Unexplodable
Using the Lasso Selection Method in AutoCAD 2015
Importing Layout Tabs from a Drawing or a Template
Setting 'None' to the Default Color for Listing Tags
What Kind of Drawing is Needed for BIM Submittal?
Sloping an Entire System with One Command
Inserting Flexible Sprinkler Connections Using the Regular Head Location Tools
Secifying a New Basepoint for 3D Models for Coordination Purposes
Displaying Navis Clashes in a Hydracad Drawing
Using The Hydracad Automatic Pipe Sizer
Bim Level of Development (LOD Defined)
How to Download Autocad or any Autodesk Product
Linetypes Look Different in Paper Space? Try PSLTSCALE
Renting AutoCAD?
Setting AutoCAD to Always Start in Your Favorite Template
Calculating a System That Crosses Other Systems
Rotate and Copy at the Same Time
Changing the Color of Piping for the Navisworks Model
Stacked/Double Riser Nipples
Using the Check/Walk Model Button to Find System Disconnects When AutoCalcing
Lining up Sprinkler Heads the Easy Way, by Making Perp the Perpetrator
Changing Riser Nipple Text Properties (Height, Width, etc)
Using the Select Similar Function

There are now almost 300 topics covered in the blog - An index to all topics that have been covered 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.