Hello Megan,

For getting started, have you tried the tutorial document that comes with the application?
Try: https://www.hydrocad.net/training.htm#:~:text=The%...

• https://www.hydrocad.net/training.htm#:~:text=The%20vast%20majority%20of%20

I have, I learn better from someone teaching me than just reading a doc. LOL

There are videos, etc. on YouTube on the subject
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Hydro...

TTFN (ta ta for now)
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Learning from reading the documentation is going to be a huge amount of an engineering career. I would not LOL at not having that skill.

I didn't say I didn't have the skill, I just have a developed sense of self and understand how best I learn. You don't need to add to a thread if you are not part of the solution. I appreciate your opinon, and as someone who has worked with and directly under engineers for the last 10 years, you already sound like one. Have a great day.

I expect that I do sound like one. What would the engineers you worked with have to suggest?

When you LOL a reasonable response that sounds unprofessional.

Documentation is the lifeblood of engineering; specifications, technical descriptions, etc., are all going to be written out in gross and gory detail. As someone once, said, "suck it up, do the work."

From an information density perspective, a physical person "teaching me" has extremely low density, and invariably, they're only able to cover the least common denominator, insofar as lesson material.

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As someone who is an "experiential" learner and who uses a number of analytical tools (not HydroCAD, as I'm not a Civil engineer), I can understand where you're coming from, Megan.

However, the best way to get experience is by doing - so read the paperwork, follow along through the case study examples and understand what they're getting at, and try a few of your own to see if the answers make sense. You can always check by going back and doing it all by hand the hard way.

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