Residential Sprinkler Design couldn't be easier!

HydraCAD-R™ is a complete solution specifically created for the residential fire sprinkler market. It can be used to design, hydraulically analyze, material list and price residential sprinkler systems. HydraCAD-R represents the application of 40 years of experience in the development of software for the fire sprinkler industry.

Instead of using dozens (or hundreds) of generic drafting commands, HydraCAD-R provides virtually all of the tools necessary to design residential sprinkler systems. HydraCAD-R allows you to design with fewer than a dozen powerful commands.

HydraCAD-R comes in two flavors:

    HydraCAD-R™ OEM. This standalone version does not require AutoCAD but instead includes all the AutoCAD commands and tools that you will need for a residential sprinkler system. HydraCAD-R OEM can read and create DWG™ files that are fully AutoCAD DWG™ compatible. You get AutoCAD's reliability and power without all the extra commands.

    HydraCAD-R™ for AutoCAD. This version acts as an add-on to AutoCAD™ in a manner similar to HydraCAD. AutoCAD 2007 thru AutoCAD 2011 are supported. 32-bit only.

Either way, you will be using popular, trusted AutoCAD as the background for HydraCAD-R.

Features

    Design:

• Complete library of residential sprinklers - including cut sheets for every head
• Sprinkler selection based on spacing and flow requirements
• Can be used to design NFPA 13D, NFPA 13R and NFPA 13 residential systems
• Supports design of multi-purpose systems
• AutoCAD based tools to import or underlay virtually any floor plan - DWG, DGN, JPG, DWF, *PDF, etc
• Special layout tools for simplified graphical placement of sprinklers
• Support for all listed residential pipe and tubing types - Copper, CPVC, Steel, PEX
• Support for all major manufacturers of specialized fitting connection methods - Rehau, Uponor, Viega
• Easy to use pipe layout tool with automatic connections to sprinklers
• Simplified multi-story piping connections
• Automated sprinkler legend and title block completion
• Automated drawing clean up tools for submittals

    Hydraulic Analysis:

• Totally automated hydraulic calculations - single head, two head and multi-head
• Can be used to calculate 13D, 13R and 13 residential systems
• Automatic determination of hydraulically remote condition - no guess work!
• Supports mixed pipe designs
• Support for all listed residential pipe and tubing types - Copper, CPVC, Steel, PEX
• Support for all major manufacturers of specialized fitting connection methods - Rehau, Uponor, Viega
• Complete hydraulics in NFPA standard format
• Support for all kinds of water supplies - domestic, dedicated pump and tank, mixed water sources
• Support for friction loss curves for variable and fixed loss devices such as backflows and meters

    Material Listing:

• Single button complete material list comprised of all designed components
• Includes extensive library of standard pipe, fitting and sprinkler material for multiple manufacturers
• Materials library is customizable for multiple manufacturer product lines
• Pricing can be updated easily with automated tools or done manually, item by item
• Pricing can be read from HydraBID or HydraLIST
• Specialty items can be 'picked off' from a catalog-like selection tool
• Materials library is Microsoft Excel based for easy customization
• Summary reports supplied for many manufacturers in their preferred format
• Material reports are customizable by user

*Not supported by OEM version

Typical Process: (click to view close up)

1. Insert Building Background
	2. Draw System Riser
		3. Place Plumbing Fixtures
			4. Select and Insert Sprinklers
		5. Draw System Piping
	6. Choose Calculation Method
7. Automatically place Hydraulic Reference Points
	8 Instruct HydraCAD-R to Perform all Necessary Hydraulic Calculations
		9. Instruct HydraCAD-R to Produce a Complete List of Materials
			Done!

Training

Hydratec™ is proud of our training philosophy. We train only one company at a time. You can have us train as many of your people as you like (within reason, naturally) for no additional cost. We can also train you on your own design job. In addition, only Hydratec will come and train you at your office, or you can come here if you feel like getting away from the office and the phone and the email and the...

Earn 0.1 CEU per contact hour.

Training at a customer site may take 6 weeks to schedule. Training at our office usually takes 2 to 3 weeks to schedule.

Cost of training: $500 per day plus travel related expenses at your office or $400 per day here at ours
Suggested days of training: 1 day to use and 1 day to set up your database, it desired.

Required Software

    For HydraCAD-R™  OEM - None

    For HydraCAD-R for™  AutoCAD - A 32-bit Operating system - See the hardware requirements for AutoCAD here.

Pricing

HydraCAD-R™ can be purchased directly from us at the prices below:

Support and Updates

Hydratec's support plan is the strongest in the industry. You have the choice of full support or updates only support. The support and updates plan includes all upgrades for that product for the platform you purchased.

This plan also includes phone and email support. Updates are available 24 hours a day on this Website. Our support technicians are all sprinkler designers or the actual programmers of the software and will respond promptly to your problems.

Our support price does not go up when you add additional systems.

To view a complete list of HydraCAD Support Policies, click here

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