WATERCAD V8 Questions - Please Help

[CPENG78]

Around the middle of last year I started using WATERCAD for AUTOCAD in my previous job. I recently joined a different company and I was asked to update an existing model for a a project that I inherited.

My computer was upgraded to WATERCAD V8 and as soon as I tried to open the first file, the program triggered a file conversion since apparently the old model was based on an older version of WATERCAD. I then proceeded to update the model right in the program environment. I validated and ran the model but when I saved, the program created new files rather than updating the ones that were already there.

I tried openning one of the old files with a .wcd extension (which I believe is created under the CAD companion to WATERCAD) right from windows explorer but I could not open it. Could this be because the version of WATERCAD loaded to my computer is a standalone platform? If this is the case, is there a way around it? If you are running a CAD platform, does WATERCAD create the same file type (extension) whether it is for Microstation of for AutoCAD? Its been about 6 years since I last touched Microstation. The majority of my experience lies with Land Desktop (which is what I use in my current job) but I also have some experience with Civil 3D.

Finally if I am running an AutoCAD platform of WATERCAD I should be able to load WATERCAD toolbars onto an AutoCAd or Land Desktop session...correct? Would these toolbars be loaded from the program's CUI?

I hope my thread is not too confusing and any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

 

[cloa]

I suggest you repost on to an AutoCAD forum.

 

[chicopee]

Who developed WATERCAD?

 

[CPENG78]

Chicopee I don't know who exactly developed it but it is now under Bentley and techinical support goes thru them.

 

[francesca]

Haestad Methods developed WaterCAD and were then bought out by Bentley.

 

[RWF7437]

Chicopee and others,

My understanding is that WaterCad, EPANet, and most other similar programs all derive from Hardy Cross's methods and were first encoded at the University of Kentucky in a ptgtam called KYPipes.

 

[CPENG78]

Yes RWF7437, that is my understanding regarding the Hardy Cross Method and U of Kentucky as been the foundation for these programs. What I did not know is that Haestad had developed the program. Thanks Francesca and RWF7437.