Yep, simple hydraulic calculator is a great program. Simple, clean and the input really reminds of me of the old sigma hydraulic program (without having to drop to DOS ofcourse).
Jamie Sent from my iPhone On Jun 2, 2010, at 9:41 PM, Trevor Spain <supp...@igneusinc.com> wrote: > For those who have Autocad experience, draw in 2d, and do not have big > OR medium bucks to spend you can always go with some flavor of > Intellicad (typically $150-300). Intellicad certainly lags behind > Autocad in user interface and total capabilities but does offer > Autocad > file compatibility and supports Autolisp for custom commands. Add in > the Simple Hydraulic Calculator ($275) for a total around $500-600. > > Trevor Spain > Fire Pro Corporation > P.O. Box 46 > Shelbyville, IL 62565 > > On 6/2/2010 6:12 PM, Ralphy Henderson wrote: >> I've used Autosprink and hydracad as well as straight autocad in >> conjunction with a variety of different calc programs. >> >> Autosprink may be nice if you have money to burn but you will still >> need autocad to do CAD file cleanup to be able to get a nice clean >> background into autosprink. Some things with Autosprink are a bit >> quirky in my oppinion - such as the autocad equivalent of 'paper >> space' and title blocks. Autosprink requires a lot of CPU power to >> run smoothly and even then it's not that smooth plus you'll >> definitely need to sign on for the training they offer. A lot of >> upfront costs to consider there. Some people love it - it's nice - >> but if you have a good library of custom cad commands as I do I >> could design, calc, and list (by hand) in straight autocad w/ HASS >> while the other designers were still designing with autosprink. >> Obviously, w/ software (any software) that produces listing sheets >> there's going to be a whole lot more data entry to get that to >> output correctly. Plus designing in 3D all of the time, as >> Autosprink does, requires a little more time as well. To >> each his own. >> >> With Hydra Cad you get to continue to use your autocad skills and >> in that respect the learning curve is a little smaller as the >> interface is all too familiar. One thing I did not like about >> hydracad is that it's really quirky. I think the programmers just >> keep adding code to the sourcecode when a lot of the program should >> probably be re-written from scratch and thought out a little >> better. HydraCalc, too, is riddled with little idiosyncrasies which >> are annoying and even with the latest updates I can get it to crash >> or screw up the pump output by clicking the wrong button. >> >> After all was said and done I ended up sticking to straight Autocad >> and HydraCalc after having my choice of using whatever software I >> wanted. >> >> But, If I had to pick between autosprink and hydracad I would go >> Autosprink - just keep in mind it's nothing like autocad and you're >> in for a lot of training and cash spending. >> >> Good luck, >> >> -Ralph >> >> >> >> --- On Wed, 6/2/10, Richard Lindner<rklindner.w...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> From: Richard Lindner<rklindner.w...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: SprinkCAD vs HydraCAD >> To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org >> Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 7:08 PM >> >> To chime in from the perspective of someone who uses Autocad and >> needed to >> expand more into sprinkler design, I chose SprinkCad since I did >> not need to >> learn something new in terms of drafting and producing/plotting >> drawings >> (just need to use their standards and symbols to start). I also >> took the >> initial path of purchasing their rather inexpensive training >> program which >> includes an time limited copy of the full program to use which >> doing the >> training. For myself, I got the experience of using the program >> following a >> well developed series of instructions and was immediately able to >> put what I >> learned to good use. Then I got the company to make the full >> purchase and >> just continue from there. Well worth the few dollars up front to >> see if it >> does what you need before you drop the big bucks. >> >> As an aside, the trainer and Tyco support has been tremendous in >> helping >> when I got stuck or made a mistake. >> >> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Brian Harris<br...@firstdefensefire.com >> >wrote: >> >> >>> If you were changing over from bare bones AutoCAD to a dedicated >>> sprinkler >>> program which would you choose? >>> >>> Brian Harris >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sprinklerforum mailing list >>> Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org >>> http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum >>> >>> For Technical Assistance, send an email to: >>> supp...@firesprinkler.org >>> >>> To Unsubscribe, send an email to:Sprinklerforum- >>> requ...@firesprinkler.org<to%3ASprinklerforum- >>> requ...@firesprinkler.org> >>> (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sprinklerforum mailing list >> Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org >> http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum >> >> For Technical Assistance, send an email to: supp...@firesprinkler.org >> >> To Unsubscribe, send an email to:Sprinklerforum- >> requ...@firesprinkler.org >> (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sprinklerforum mailing list >> Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org >> http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum >> >> For Technical Assistance, send an email to: supp...@firesprinkler.org >> >> To Unsubscribe, send an email to:Sprinklerforum- >> requ...@firesprinkler.org >> (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: supp...@firesprinkler.org > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:Sprinklerforum- > requ...@firesprinkler.org > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: supp...@firesprinkler.org To Unsubscribe, send an email to:sprinklerforum-requ...@firesprinkler.org (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
