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Cheap Tricks Newsletter Subject Indexes Dec 90 through Dec 99
Column: CHEAP TRICK OF THE MONTH
Cheap Trick Tracing on your Monitor Dec 90
Cheap Trick Enhancing Your Freehand Drawings Jan 91
Cheap Trick Screen Capture Feb 91
Cheap Trick Color Output: 35 cents each Mar 91
Cheap Trick Hatching Tricks Apr 91
Cheap Trick Just Give Me Speed May 91
Cheap Trick Tilt-up 3D Jun 91
Cheap Trick The CAD Print Shop Jul 91
Cheap Trick The Designer's Look Aug 91
Cheap Trick Developing Good Habits Sep 91
Cheap Trick Mixed Media Oct 91
Cheap Trick User Groups Nov 91
Cheap Trick Toward a New Kind of Working Drawings Dec 91
Cheap Trick Our Reader's Best Cheap Tricks Jan 92
Cheap Trick Interactive Drawings Feb 92
Cheap Trick Mnemonic Aids Mar 92
Cheap Trick Enhancing Your Computer Apr 92
Cheap Trick 3D Placemarkers May 92
Cheap Trick 3D Thinking Jun 92
Cheap Trick Training Tips Jul 92
Cheap Trick Joy of Modem Aug 92
Cheap Trick The Living, Growing CAD Office Manual Sep 92
Cheap Trick Monitor Presentations Oct 92
Cheap Trick 3D Site Plans Nov 92
Cheap Trick More 3D Working Dwgs. Dec 92
Cheap Trick Best of Your Cheap Tricks Jan 93
Cheap Trick Speed Detailing Feb 93
Cheap Trick Multiple Drawing File Mar 93
Cheap Trick Troubleshooting Tips Apr 93
Cheap Trick What's In a Name May 93
Cheap Trick Buying a New Computer Jun 93
Cheap Trick It's Easy, by Default Jul 93
Cheap Trick Up with Polylines Aug 93
Cheap Trick The Ins & Outs of Graphic Files Sep 93
Cheap Trick DataCAD 5.0 is Here! Oct 93
Cheap Trick Screen Renderings Nov 93
Cheap Trick 3D Details Dec 93
Cheap Trick Best of Our Reader's Cheap Tricks III Jan 94
Cheap Trick Nested Symbols Feb 94
Cheap Trick Working Smart Mar 94
Cheap Trick On Schedules Apr 94
Cheap Trick Working with 3D & 2 1/2D May 94
Cheap Trick Painting vs. Rendering Jun 94
Cheap Trick Doing Elevations Jul 94
Cheap Trick Desktop Publishing for Architects Aug 94
Cheap Trick Tilt Slab Elevations Sep 94
Cheap Trick Drawing Management Oct 94
Cheap Trick Beginner Mistakes Nov 94
Cheap Trick Quick 3D Design & Presentation Dec 94
Cheap Trick Best of Our Reader's Cheap Tricks IV Jan 95
Cheap Trick CAD Ergonomics Feb 95
Cheap Trick New Life for Old Computers Mar 95
Cheap Trick Advanced Productivity Apr 95
Cheap Trick Spring Cleaning for Your Hard Disk Drive May 95
Cheap Trick Desktops vs. Laptops Jun 95
Cheap Trick Text Tricks Jul 95
Cheap Trick Scanning Tips & Tricks Aug 95
Cheap Trick Building a True 3D Model Sep 95
Cheap Trick Plotting & Printing Tips Oct 95
Cheap Trick Quick Shading Nov 95
Cheap Trick RenderStar Strategy & Tips Dec 95
Cheap Trick Best of Our Reader's Cheap Tricks VI Jan 96
Cheap Trick Exploring DataCAD 7 Feb 96
Cheap Trick Entourage Tricks Mar 96
Cheap Trick Multi-scale Plotting Apr 96
Cheap Trick Layer Strategies May 96
Cheap Trick CAD Sections Jun 96
Cheap Trick Customizing DataCAD Jul 96
Cheap Trick DataCAD's 7-up Aug 96
Cheap Trick Your Next CAD Program Sep 96
Cheap Trick The Middle Way to a New CAD Station Oct 96
Cheap Trick The Virtual Practice Nov 96
Cheap Trick 3D CAD Shootout Dec 96
Cheap Trick Best of Our Reader's Cheap Tricks VII Jan 97
Cheap Trick New Year's Cleanup Resolutions Feb 97
Cheap Trick DC Viewer: Get Ready for a New Experience Mar 97
Cheap Trick To Web or Not to Web Apr 97
Cheap Trick 2D to 3D Transformations May 97
Cheap Trick The Portable Architect Jun 97
Cheap Trick Dumb DataCAD Questions Jul 97
Cheap Trick DataCAD 7.50's Top Ten Aug 97
Cheap Trick Cheap Data Storage Options Sep 97
Cheap Trick Keyboard Tricks Oct 97
Cheap Trick Color Sense Nov 97
Cheap Trick 2nd Annual 3D CAD Shootout Dec 97
Cheap Trick Best of Our Reader's Cheap Tricks VII Jan 98
Cheap Trick Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Templates Feb 98
Cheap Trick Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Symbols Mar 98
Cheap Trick New Age Presentation Tools by James Horecka, AIA Apr 98
Cheap Trick DataCAD 8 for Windows Has Arrived! May 98
Cheap Trick DataCAD to AutoCAD (and Back Again) by Mike Smith Jun 98
Cheap Trick Evolution of a Drawing File Jul 98
Cheap Trick Welcome to DBUG (DataCAD Boston Users Group) Aug 98
Cheap Trick VR Suite: Primer on Renderize Live by Rick Harvey Sep 98
Cheap Trick Secrets, Files & Videotape Oct 98
Cheap Trick Presentations on a Deadline Nov 98
Cheap Trick 3rd Annual 3D CAD Shootout Dec 98
Cheap Trick Best of Our Reader's Cheap Tricks VIII Jan 99
Cheap Trick Touch or Tech by Paul Stevenson Oles Feb 99
Cheap Trick More Touch or Tech by Oles & Kletzien Mar 99
Cheap Trick Developing Longer Drawing Arms by Ian Johnson Apr 99
Cheap Trick 15 Years of DataCAD History & Beyond May 99
Cheap Trick 8.5 Good Reasons to Upgrade to DataCAD 8.50 Jun 99
Cheap Trick Project Extranets Jul 99
Cheap Trick Laptop Generations Aug 99
Cheap Trick Web Resources for DataCAD Sep 99
Cheap Trick Using Multi-Scale Plotting is a State of Mind Oct 99
Cheap Trick Adventures in the Dimension Zone Nov 99
Cheap Trick Did You Know...? Dec 99
Column: COMPUTERESE
Computerese Display List Dec 90
Computerese ASCII Jan 91
Computerese Raster vs. Vector Feb 91
Computerese Shareware, Freeware & Cheapware Mar 91
Computerese Macros Apr 91
Computerese TSR's May 91
Computerese Defaults Jun 91
Computerese Windows Jul 91
Computerese DXF Aug 91
Computerese Archiving & Compression Sep 91
Computerese Database Oct 91
Computerese Electronic Bulletin Boards Nov 91
Computerese Virtual Reality Dec 91
Computerese Networking Feb 92
Computerese Viruses Mar 92
Computerese Drivers Apr 92
Computerese Animation May 92
Computerese RAM Caches vs. Ram Disks Jun 92
Computerese Screen Capture Jul 92
Computerese Transmission Protocols Aug 92
Computerese Park Your Heads! Sep 92
Computerese Extended vs. Expanded Memory Oct 92
Computerese FAT Nov 92
Computerese Object Technology Dec 92
Computerese Windows NT Feb 93
Computerese GUI's Mar 93
Computerese Tesselation Apr 93
Computerese Get on the BUS May 93
Computerese Laptops Jun 93
Computerese Multimedia Jul 93
Computerese Read-Caching vs. Write-Caching Aug 93
Computerese Serial vs. Parallel Ports Sep 93
Computerese Expanded vs. Extended RAM Oct 93
Computerese The Internet: the Global Information Highway Nov 93
Computerese Learning the Lingo Dec 93
Computerese Emoticons Feb 94
Computerese DCAL Macros Mar 94
Computerese Chips Ahoy! Apr 94
Computerese Right Hand Rule May 94
Computerese CODe Jun 94
Computerese Black Boxes Jul 94
Computerese E-mail Aug 94
Computerese Input Devices Sep 94
Computerese Newsgroups vs. Mailing Lists on the Internet Oct 94
Computerese Modem Talk Nov 94
Computerese Monitor Talk Dec 94
Computerese Scoop on Scuzzy Feb 95
Computerese Operating Systems Mar 95
Computerese Windows 95 vs. Windows NT Apr 95
Computerese Parametric Macros May 95
Computerese World-Wide Web Jun 95
Computerese Facts about Fax Jul 95
Computerese Zip File Aug 95
Computerese Windows 95: Hot or Hype Sep 95
Computerese Estimating Databases Oct 95
Computerese Delimited File Nov 95
Computerese Renderese & Other Notes Dec 95
Computerese Compatibility & DataCAD 7 Feb 96
Computerese File Attributes Mar 96
Computerese Zip Drives Apr 96
Computerese POF files May 96
Computerese ISDN Jun 96
Computerese Scrunching Your Files Jul 96
Computerese V-RAM vs. D-RAM Aug 96
Computerese 32 Bit Processing Sep 96
Computerese Johnny-Come-Lately to Win95 Oct 96
Computerese Doing Video Animations Nov 96
Computerese DCAL Dec 96
Computerese File Fragmentation Feb 97
Computerese Hot Keys & Icons for DC Viewer Mar 97
Computerese Web Browsers Apr 97
Computerese VRML May 97
Computerese PCMCIA Cards Jun 97
Computerese TIF,GIF,PCX,JPG & BMP File Formats Jul 97
Computerese Multitasking Aug 97
Computerese Intranets Sep 97
Computerese ASCII Character Sets Oct 97
Computerese Local Area Networks by Michael Tardif Nov 97
Computerese Networking Hardware Terms by Michael Tardif Dec 97
Computerese Part III. Network Software by Mike Smith Feb 98
Computerese MIME Mar 98
Computerese Part IV: Netowrk Broadcasting by Michael Tardif Apr 98
Computerese The Installment Plan for D8W May 98
Computerese Dangling the Dongle Jun 98
Computerese Online Manuals & DataCAD 8 Jul 98
Computerese The Golden Mean Aug 98
Computerese Rendering Terminology Sep 98
Computerese Filters & Special Effects Oct 98
Computerese Real World Scale Nov 98
Computerese HTML as Format Organizer Dec 98
Computerese Touch / Tech Tree Feb 99
Computerese Cookies Mar 99
Computerese I Seek You (ICQ) Apr 99
Computerese Urban Legends & Viruses: Real vs. Imagined May 99
Computerese What is Display List Jun 99
Computerese File Viewing Jul 99
Computerese Touchpad Aug 99
Computerese Version Numerology Sep 99
Computerese Strike up the Broadband Oct 99
Computerese Graphic Viewers Nov 99
Computerese - Dec 99
Column: DataCAD TUTOR
Tutor Halloween Lesson (Mask) Dec 90
Tutor Scaling New Heights Jan 91
Tutor Go To View Feb 91
Tutor Symbols & Templates Mar 91
Tutor Keyboard Macros Apr 91
Tutor Clip Cube May 91
Tutor Custom Linetypes Jun 91
Tutor Polyline Jul 91
Tutor Rotated Grid Aug 91
Tutor Snap Grid Sep 91
Tutor The Great Cursor Debate Oct 91
Tutor Dimensioning Nov 91
Tutor Associative Dimensioning Dec 91
Tutor A: Drive Templates Feb 92
Tutor Top Ten (Hidden) Commandments Mar 92
Tutor Template Labels Apr 92
Tutor Edit Plane May 92
Tutor Horizontal Slab Jun 92
Tutor Your Wish is Our Command Jul 92
Tutor Getting Your Bearings Aug 92
Tutor SWOTHUD Sep 92
Tutor 3D GoToView & Viewmaster Oct 92
Tutor Text File I/O Nov 92
Tutor Layer Utility Macro Dec 92
Tutor Custom Hatch Patterns Feb 93
Tutor Background Plotting Mar 93
Tutor Rev Surf Apr 93
Tutor Wall Infill May 93
Tutor Its Absolutely Relative Jun 93
Tutor Customization Jul 93
Tutor Selection Sets Aug 93
Tutor Keyboard Quiz Sep 93
Tutor Checking Out DataCAD 5 Oct 93
Tutor Multi-scale Plotting Nov 93
Tutor What is a Template File? Dec 93
Tutor DataCAD File Extensions Feb 94
Tutor Keyboard Macros Revisited Mar 94
Tutor Text Parameters Apr 94
Tutor 3D Menus May 94
Tutor The Navigator Pad Jun 94
Tutor Incline Slabs Jul 94
Tutor Clip Cube Aug 94
Tutor Extended Characters Sep 94
Tutor Custom Linetypes Oct 94
Tutor Measures & Takeoffs Nov 94
Tutor Another Top Ten Dec 94
Tutor The Icon Bar at First Blush Feb 95
Tutor Plane Snap & the 3D Cursor Mar 95
Tutor Customizing your Icon Tool Bar Apr 95
Tutor AEC Macros May 95
Tutor Custom Colors in DataCAD Jun 95
Tutor EGAF Jul 95
Tutor Menu Hideaway Quiz Aug 95
Tutor Exporting Spreadsheets into DataCAD Sep 95
Tutor A 1st Look at the DataCAD Estimator Oct 95
Tutor DataCAD Estimator Nov 95
Tutor Working with RenderStar Dec 95
Tutor Print-a-Plot Pro Feb 96
Tutor Custom Linetypes Mar 96
Tutor Clip Cube Revisited Apr 96
Tutor GoToView is a Got-To-Use May 96
Tutor Custom Hatching Jun 96
Tutor CONFIG Utility Jul 96
Tutor DataCAD Drawing Files Versions Aug 96
Tutor Symbol Reports Sep 96
Tutor Custom Symbol Reports Oct 96
Tutor 3D Site Models Nov 96
Tutor DCAL, An Intro (Part I) by Bill D'Amico Dec 96
Tutor DCAL, Part I by Bill D'Amico Feb 97
Tutor DataCAD & the Metric System by David Collins Mar 97
Tutor HTML Tutor Apr 97
Tutor DataCAD's Online Calculator May 97
Tutor Wall Hatching Techniques Jun 97
Tutor Default Files Jul 97
Tutor More on DC's Online Calculator Aug 97
Tutor Help! It's On-line Sep 97
Tutor 2D vs. 3D GoToViews Oct 97
Tutor PAL vs. RGB Color Files Nov 97
Tutor Z is the Key Dec 97
Tutor Clip Cube Z: Our Cheap Trick Award Winner Feb 98
Tutor Multi-view Windows Mar 98
Tutor Making POF's Pictograms Apr 98
Tutor Custom Tailoring for D8W May 98
Tutor And Back Again: Converting DWG files to DC5 Files Jun 98
Tutor Layer Filter as Layer Arranger Jul 98
Tutor Object Snap Aug 98
Tutor Printing w/DataCAD 8 for Windows (Tech Bulletin) Sep 98
Tutor The Interactive Interface of DataCAD 8.05.01 Oct 98
Tutor Text Size Nov 98
Tutor Layer Utility Macro Dec 98
Tutor DataCAD 8's Pen Table Feb 99
Tutor DataCAD 8.07 tackles Dimensioning Peeves Mar 99
Tutor F & S Function Keys & 2 Handed CAD Apr 99
Tutor Productivity Pack 3.0 May 99
Tutor An Intelligent Display List Jun 99
Tutor Wall Fill Techniques Jul 99
Tutor Weeding Out: Layer Locking & Masking Aug 99
Tutor DataCAD 8.50 Update Tips by Mike Smith Sep 99
Tutor MSG File Oct 99
Tutor Input Modes Nov 99
Column: Quick Tips
Q-Tips - Dec 90
Q-Tips Text, Reboot, Dimensioning, Scales, 2 Hands Jan 91
Q-Tips Symbol snaps, Interior Hide, Rake board Feb 91
Q-Tips Walls Clean, Large Cursor, Grids off, Change Text Mar 91
Q-Tips Room Labels, Measurements, Curved Leader, Walls Apr 91
Q-Tips Line divide, Clipboard Template, GoToViews, May 91
Q-Tips - Jun 91
Q-Tips Mouse, Edit Sets, Add to Layer, Crop View, Multiple Ch Jul 91
Q-Tips 2 Ln Trim, Cutout, Fatal Error Fix, Aug 91
Q-Tips Snap grids, lines, curves, Internal Error, Sep 91
Q-Tips Show Text, Path, Schedules, Dimension Style, Oct 91
Q-Tips 3D Lines in Velocity Nov 91
Q-Tips Clip Cube, Construction Lines, Layer Order Display Dec 91
Q-Tips Path, Selection Sets, Break Line, Symbol Rotate Feb 92
Q-Tips - Mar 92
Q-Tips Symbol Item Names, symbol call, 1 Line Trim Apr 92
Q-Tips 3D Views, Horizontal Slabs, Identify, MTEC Path May 92
Q-Tips Layer Snap, Associative Dim., Distances, HD Minidisk Jun 92
Q-Tips - Jul 92
Q-Tips Cleanup, Negative Numbers, Windows, Bulletin Boards Aug 92
Q-Tips Text Display, Snap Tolerance, = key, Ortho angle Sep 92
Q-Tips Clipboard Template, Page Up/Down, Shift-View, 3D Corn Oct 92
Q-Tips Carriage Returns, ASCII returns, Change & Substitute Nov 92
Q-Tips Layer Scrunch, Blank Layers, Clipboard Layers, RAM dr Dec 92
Q-Tips - Feb 93
Q-Tips Ram drive, Border Plt file, Plt Files, Plotter, Clogg Mar 93
Q-Tips 3D View Keys, GoToView & Selection Set keys, Symbol ke Apr 93
Q-Tips ShowWgt, RevSurf, PLT, Squiggle, Num-Lock,800-555-1212 May 93
Q-Tips Double Enter, camera drape, symbol snaps, self-extract Jun 93
Q-Tips Run batch file, WORD PLT, One Ln Trim, Wiggle Revision Jul 93
Q-Tips Invisible P-line, Keyboard macro, rect. p-line, ExplPl Aug 93
Q-Tips Favorite Keyboard Interrupts Sep 93
Q-Tips Menu Text, Dos Shell, RunDCAD caveat, Pictograms, MenusOct 93
Q-Tips Tips on Multi-Scale Plotting Nov 93
Q-Tips Template Quick Tips Dec 93
Q-Tips Abort, SMT3, BAK save, LYR, DCX, Defaults Feb 94
Q-Tips Keybd Marcros: Control Codes,layers, doors, polyln Mar 94
Q-Tips Text Legend, Ident. Macro, Change Text, Keybd Lbls Apr 94
Q-Tips Z display, Dimension input, line spacing, use of $ May 94
Q-Tips Virtual files, picking speed, 3D Views, Batch Path Jun 94
Q-Tips ClipBox, Ext. vs. Int., ShowZ, Mouse input, Hatch Jul 94
Q-Tips AEC Modeler, 3D Plane Editor, Identify/Set All, Grids Aug 94
Q-Tips Ext. Char., Rundcad file, Velocity 3D lines, Page Fram Sep 94
Q-Tips Display, Big Cursor, ShowZ, Grids, CONFIG, Character S Oct 94
Q-Tips 3D Hide, Wall Takeoffs, Polyline Macro, AEC Tutorial Nov 94
Q-Tips Monitors: min. font size, paint check, straightedge Dec 94
Q-Tips Display Lyr Order, Deltree, BAK file, Ctrl-F11, Ctrl-F Feb 95
Q-Tips Installhigh, Static, EMM386.EXE, QuickShade printing Mar 95
Q-Tips Icons, Resolution, Icons using DataCAD, POF to Icon Apr 95
Q-Tips Background Plotting, snap to symbol, roof shingle hatc May 95
Q-Tips Associative Hatch areas, scroll refresh, Chkdsk save Jun 95
Q-Tips Move/Drag Text, nested symbol detail keys, thirds Jul 95
Q-Tips HLP part, aligned dimen., break line, Identify-Set Aug 95
Q-Tips Curve linetypes, Active Only, neg. angles, faxscan Sep 95
Q-Tips DistSync, BubbleJet Driver, Roof Hatch, Chkdsk/f Oct 95
Q-Tips Estimator Tips Nov 95
Q-Tips RenderStar Hardward & Software considerations Dec 95
Q-Tips Page Up/Down,PPP,Multi-scale details,Toolbox,TxtScale, Feb 96
Q-Tips PPP, 7.01 Update, Associate Hatch, Middle Mouse defaul Mar 96
Q-Tips POF files, hatching railings, detail layouts, arc cent Apr 96
Q-Tips GoToViews, Clip Cube, Dynanic Plot Scale, Quick Shade May 96
Q-Tips Working GoToView,Clipboard,CTRL-F12,3D Power Tools,3D Jun 96
Q-Tips LyrUtil, GoToView save, RUNDCAD.BAT, LH, 2 line trim a Jul 96
Q-Tips Installing 7.04, DC3 to DC5, PrintGL, Icon Tool Bar ba Aug 96
Q-Tips 7.04 extras, sharper RenderStar, Recalc Multi-scale pl Sep 96
Q-Tips Change/Text/Contents,Reduce factor, CSI tpls, DataCAD Oct 96
Q-Tips Stretch tip, move Windows 3.1 access, Daylight Savings Nov 96
Q-Tips On Guard Dec 96
Q-Tips Addenda to Prize Winners, ALT-calls listing Feb 97
Q-Tips Viewer Tutorial, LIN & PAT, INI, Colors, Rotation Mar 97
Q-Tips HTML Tips, Unix, Tags, directories, graphics, return Apr 97
Q-Tips logo onscreen, display z, 3 clip cubes, 3D Plane Ed. May 97
Q-Tips Text Contents, Quick Shade lines, DCViewer, VRML 2.0, Jun 97
Q-Tips Defaults, Title Blks, Legends, PPP, Save as AutoCAD 12 Jul 97
Q-Tips Quick upgrade, hatch template, Set All, directory to p Aug 97
Q-Tips CTRL-F1, Startup, CTRL-F11, CTRL-F12, Offset, explode Sep 97
Q-Tips 3D Views keys, wall cap/T, distance disappears, POF2PC Oct 97
Q-Tips Multiplot bug, envir. variables, arrow heads, Errors & Nov 97
Q-Tips Z at 0, Window voids, HLR to layers, 2D walls to 3D, H Dec 97
Q-Tips Template by Text File, Replace All, Recorder, Tpls Feb 98
Q-Tips Layer Filter, CTRL-Home, Button Labels, Video load, Mar 98
Q-Tips Windows Recorder, Cosmo Player 2.0, AOL filter, MS Exp Apr 98
Icon Bars on/off w/CTRL-F11
Q-Tips Just Give Me Speed for D8W May 98
Q-Tips Transfer Macros: GEDIT, 3DLINCVT, Polyline, DCSprint, Jun 98
Q-Tips Fine MSP Placement, Vincinity Map, Dongle tricks, Jul 98
Q-Tips N key snap, radius snap, template catalogs, Polyline Aug 98
Q-Tips Printing Quick Tips / Rendering Resource Tips Sep 98
Q-Tips Toolbar BMPs, z-change undo, DCAD-AEC uses, specs Oct 98
Q-Tips Text Identify/Set All, Page Up/Down Defaults, Symbol Nov 98
Q-Tips New Tips for DataCAD 8 for Windows; Edit Distances Dec 98
Q-Tips Reference Marks, Invisible Lines, Hatch Swatches, 2D/3D symbols, Feb 99
Q-Tips Save Elev, Streamline, File Assoc.,DCViewer, Dim undo, tile rf. Mar 99
Q-Tips Symbol import, Quick Angle Rots, CC layer, MSP Align, MSP Dets Apr 99
Q-Tips Navigator R, missing symbols, Hide Options, Icon bar off, Y2K fix May 99
Q-Tips Neg. degrees, Locate hatch verts, Door sizes, small text, Esc close Jun 99
Q-Tips 8.5 SHX, logo scrn saver, Res Meter, Snapshot, Recalc Det, BAK Assoc Jul 99
Q-Tips Win 95 Res Meter, Space Bar=., Dist menu, Digital Punch, Hatch Off Aug 99
Q-Tips Great Wall, Match Lyr, Ergo, ACAD 2000's R14, 8.50.02, Y2K, File Vws Sep 99
Q-Tips Toolbar on/off, MSP rez, Wintop, Digital Cameras Oct 99
Q-Tips 8 logo IFPO, 3D Text, F save, sketch plot, tilde ref pt. Disk Jockey Nov 99
Column: Dr DOS (revised to Dr. OPs beginning Mar 97)
Dr DOS Shrinking Hard Disk Dec 90
Dr DOS Backup the Truck Jan 91
Dr DOS Decoding DOS File Names Feb 91
Dr DOS DOS Shortcut Keys Mar 91
Dr DOS Writing Batch File Apr 91
Dr DOS Arranged Directories May 91
Dr DOS Using your Path Command Jun 91
Dr DOS DOS 5.0 Jul 91
Dr DOS DOS 5.0, Tips & Warnings Aug 91
Dr DOS Switches Sep 91
Dr DOS Deuces & One-Eyed Jacks Oct 91
Dr DOS Alternate DOS commands Nov 91
Dr DOS Fill in the Blanks Dec 91
Dr DOS TYPE, PRINT & README Files Feb 92
Dr DOS Customizing Your Prompt Mar 92
Dr DOS Undelete Apr 92
Dr DOS SUBST May 92
Dr DOS EDIT Jun 92
Dr DOS Linking Programs Jul 92
Dr DOS Memory Check Aug 92
Dr DOS Dot & Dot-Dot & MOVE Sep 92
Dr DOS Global Editing Oct 92
Dr DOS DOSKEY Nov 92
Dr DOS Little Sir Echo Dec 92
Dr DOS MSD Feb 93
Dr DOS Time & Date Mar 93
Dr DOS CMOS Setup Apr 93
Dr DOS DOS 6 May 93
Dr DOS Deciphering a Floppy Jun 93
Dr DOS Redirection Keys Jul 93
Dr DOS SMARTDRIVE Aug 93
Dr DOS DELTREE Sep 93
Dr DOS Choice Oct 93
Dr DOS Set, If & Go To Nov 93
Dr DOS Edit: Search, Find & Change Dec 93
Dr DOS DOS Applications in Windows Feb 94
Dr DOS Launching DataCAD from any directory Mar 94
Dr DOS DOS 6.2 Apr 93
Dr DOS MODE May 94
Dr DOS Multiple Configurations Jun 94
Dr DOS DOS Wars Jul 94
Dr DOS - Aug 94
Dr DOS EDIT Sep 94
Dr DOS Running DataCAD in Windows Oct 94
Dr DOS Using DataCAD in OS/2 Nov 94
Dr DOS - Dec 94
Dr DOS Start-up File 1: CONFIG.SYS Feb 95
Dr DOS Start-up File 2: AUTOEXEC.BAT Mar 95
Dr DOS MemMaker Apr 95
Dr DOS Defrag May 95
Dr DOS Is MS-DOS Dead? Jun 95
Dr DOS Interlink Jul 95
Dr DOS Creating a RAM drive Aug 95
Dr DOS Replaceable parameters Sep 95
Dr DOS Windows 95: upgrade pressure Oct 95
Dr DOS Running DataCAD in Win95 (DOS 7) Nov 95
Dr DOS - Dec 95
Dr DOS DataCAD and Windows 95 Feb 96
Dr DOS Installing Windows 95 Mar 96
Dr DOS - Apr 96
Dr DOS Undocumented DOS commands May 96
Dr DOS Recorder.exe Jun 96
Dr DOS Install by Any Other Name Jul 96
Dr DOS Setting Environmental Variables Aug 96
Dr DOS Running DataCAD in OS/2 Warp Sep 96
Dr DOS DOS 7? Oct 96
Dr DOS Don't Give Up Your DOS Prompt Nov 96
Dr DOS - Dec 96
Dr DOS Disk Fragmentor Feb 97
Dr OPs Win95's Registry Mar 97
Dr OPs - Apr 97
Dr OPs Windows 95 Shortcut Icon May 97
Dr OPs Turbo DataCAD in Win95 by Michael Tardif Jun 97
Dr OPs Erasing Files: Win95 vs. DOS Jul 97
Dr OPs DOSKEY Aug 97
Dr OPs The StartUp Folder in Windows 95 Sep 97
Dr OPs Long Filenames: Blessing & Curse Oct 97
Dr OPs DataCAD 8 for Windows vs. DOS version under Windows Nov 97
Dr OPs - Dec 97
Dr OPs Legacy Software is not Throwaway Sofware Feb 98
Dr OPs Attached Files Mar 98
Dr OPs File Associations Apr 98
Dr OPs Output Questions for D8W May 98
Dr OPs Importing & Exporting DXF Files Jun 98
Dr OPs Windows 98: Pass or Play? Jul 98
Dr OPs Multi-user Internet Access Systems by Michael Tardif Aug 98
Dr OPs - Sep 98
Dr OPs Print Directory Batch File by Dave Giesselman Oct 98
Dr OPs Ping & Trace Route Nov 98
Dr OPs Right Click Dec 98
Dr OPs Beyond Ping & Trace: Net.Medic Feb 99
Dr OPs Your Desktop Gestalt Quiz Mar 99
Dr OPs I Talk, It Types by Neil Blanchard Apr 99
Dr OPs Graphic Card Survey May 99
Dr OPs Windows 98 Resource Meter Jun 99
Dr OPs Netscape Navigator vs. MS-Explorer: which to choose? Jul 99
Dr OPs Imaging your Whole System -- on the Same Disk Aug 99
Dr OPs Virus Software Sep 99
Dr OPs DSL vs. ISDN vs. Cable Oct 99
Dr OPs Drag & Drop Plot Files Nov 99
Dr OPs - Dec 99
Column: Q & A
Q & A Hatch Scale, Plotter, Text Pick, Mac or PC Dec 90
Q & A Lockable Layer, Contour Dash, Left Shingle Jan 91
Q & A Text justify, 3D Views, Autosave, Layer Display & Scru Feb 91
Q & A Symbols: call, explode, insertion point, path Mar 91
Q & A Template, Screen Capture, Color adjust, Rotated Grid Apr 91
Q & A Move/Drag, Column Array, Spacebar Lines, 3D Explode May 91
Q & A Linetypes, Plot Layout, Measurements, Viewmaster, Tpl. Jun 91
Q & A 3D Move, Typed Measurement, AEC Columns, Window/In Jul 91
Q & A Printer, Dynamic Text, Wall cuts, Bulletin Boards, Dsp.Aug 91
Q & A Norton Speed Disk, Text import, Rounding Dimen., Zip Sep 91
Q & A Readme, measurements, middle snap, SneakerNet Oct 91
Q & A Bulletin Boards, Hatch change, Clip Cube, Scrunch, Nov 91
Q & A Lineytpes, Custom Scales, Velocity 2RN vs. 6RN Dec 91
Q & A Cheap Tricks, Velocity change, Printer, Fax Switch Feb 92
Q & A DataCAD 128, Snap Angles, SneakerNet, Slabs, Multiple Mar 92
Q & A DataCAD Cleanup, AEC Macro, A drive Templates, Linetyp Apr 92
Q & A Velocity Printer, Window In, Image transfer, TYPE May 92
Q & A Polyline hatch, Layers, Redefined Symbols Jun 92
Q & A Scanning, M Interrupt, Ceiling Grid, String Dim. Jul 92
Q & A Change Text, Symbols, DBUG Salute Aug 92
Q & A Extended Text, Text import, Display problems Sep 92
Q & A Network, Text Import, Half-Round 3D Windows, 3 1/2" Ds Oct 92
Q & A 3D Modeling, Linetypes, Print Max., Backup, Config. Nov 92
Q & A Linetypes limit, dashed lines, grids Dec 92
Q & A Changing Text Size, Easy Slope, Cursor Rotate, Plotter Feb 93
Q & A Keyboard Interrupt, 3 1/2 mailer, Monitor Config., Arc Mar 93
Q & A CorelDraw, Printers, Templates Apr 93
Q & A Macros limit, Cross-Linked Files, Who Is Brian Galm? May 93
Q & A FAX/Modem, Desktop Publishing, Graphic File Converter, Jun 93
Q & A Autosave Alert, Relative Cartesian Insert, Pick speed Jul 93
Q & A PLT Import (PLT), Conversion Scales, *-key, Calcomp Pl Aug 93
Q & A Match, Window/In Extents, Mouse Driver, Refresh Order Sep 93
Q & A 5: Autosave files, Hatching, Templates, DC3-DC5, Layer Oct 93
Q & A OldStyle, POF, Rename directory, Dimensioning, text re Nov 93
Q & A Object Snap, Custom Colors, Quick Shader, Dos Shell, G Dec 93
Q & A DXF, Quick Shader, Printer Output, Graphic Cards Feb 94
Q & A Menus, HP DesignJet, Doors, DCAD 5 Configurations Mar 94
Q & A Dir to Printer, Hatching Inc. & Size, Cheapwr, TMP Apr 94
Q & A Plotting w/o DC, DC Print error, 1-arrow Dimension May 94
Q & A Surveying Coordinates, DC Print, Palette,DXF Dots Jun 94
Q & A Hatching voids, Geometry, Custom Distances, Hatch file Jul 94
Q & A Hatching Explode, Door in Curved Wall, Plotting Line W Aug 94
Q & A Explode Hatch, Hatch Scale, Display List, Incrementing Sep 94
Q & A POF Images, Right Shingle Linetypes, Layer Scrunch Oct 94
Q & A 3D Windows, Password, 24 bit Rendering Nov 94
Q & A POF Printout, DCAD in Windows, Dynamic Linking, TPL pr Dec 94
Q & A Assoc. Hatch, Partial Plans, Perpindicular, Bad Files Feb 95
Q & A Extents, Plotting line widths, Page Frames, 3D Hide Mar 95
Q & A Assoc.Dimen round-off, Touch-Up, 3D hatch, Tool Bar Apr 95
Q & A LyrUtil Bug, Printer Utility, ReCalc, E-mail May 95
Q & A Mistaken Abort, DC6?, 3D to 2D, Page Frames Jun 95
Q & A 3D Imports, Labels in Templates, Curving Driveways Jul 95
Q & A Symbol reload, Interlinking, Linetype tails, Hatch Aug 95
Q & A Z-hts default, Macro startup, Networking, 3D Voids Sep 95
Q & A Uniplot, PrintGL lineweights, AutoCAD hatching Oct 95
Q & A DCPrint scaling, Metric scaling, 3D to 2D Nov 95
Q & A - Dec 95
Q & A Multi-scale plotting, CD Templates, Cheapware CD Feb 96
Q & A Custom Scales, Break Lines, Cheapware CD Mar 96
Q & A POF Files, Associative Hatching, Mailings Apr 96
Q & A Symbol snapping, symbol insertions, RenderStar & Win95 May 96
Q & A Layering Out, CD Templates, Archiving w/PKZIP, Wall in Jun 96
Q & A Custom Distances, Layer merge Jul 96
Q & A Display x,y,z disappearance, Jaggies, DataCAD's Future Aug 96
Q & A Hexagonal offsets, POF display lost Sep 96
Q & A 3D Move, Template files off Zip,Wall Puzzler Oct 96
Q & A Built-in Grid?, Refresh Order, Adjust Multi-plot, DWG Nov 96
Q & A - Dec 96
Q & A AutoCAD Import, Forum Archive Search Feb 97
Q & A Fonts, Clip Cubes, Annoying Pauses, Jaggies Mar 97
Q & A Sticky Mouse, Arrow Heads, Annoying Pauses II, Dbles Apr 97
Q & A Multiple Dwg Files, Multiple Lines, Layer Util., Assoc May 97
Q & A Assigning Drives, Rotated Plan, Assoc. Hatch Boundry Jun 97
Q & A DCAD won't start, Paste-on Elevs., multiple sessions Jul 97
Q & A Multiple DWG conversions, multiple DC3 conv., kidney w Aug 97
Q & A Hatching haywire, MOVE keyboard interrupt, CT online Sep 97
Q & A Directory printout, ACAD to DCAD Fonts, Faxing, Symbol Oct 97
Q & A Saving Custom Colors, Quick Shade Colors, Quickie Inst Nov 97
Q & A Quickie Install Addend., Custom Hatch, Support Files, Dec 97
Q & A Misc. Symbols, Quick 3D Buildup, Calculator for DegreesFeb 98
Q & A ALT-TAB, Plot Viewer, Printing, Max File Size Mar 98
Q & A Symbols Databasing, XREF transfer, Tangents, Error Mes Apr 98
Q & A Other Goodies for D8W May 98
Q & A Associative Hatching Transfer, Keyboard Macros extchar Jun 98
Macro list order, CTW CD Templates Access
Q & A Fixing Corrupt Drawing, Plot File Squiggle, Win95 PrintJul 98
Q & A DataCAD 8 DOS?, CAD Drawings to Web? Aug 98
Q & A DataCAD 8 Custom Files? CTW CD Installation? Renderize Sep 98
Q & A Template Re-sizing? Lost Detail? Lost MSP Layout? Oct 98
Q & A File Size Limits? Error ROMANS.CHR? CTRL-Key Shortcuts Nov 98
Q & A Extended Text, DataCAD 8 Exit, DWG Translator, Font Nm Dec 98
Q & A Print to File, Crazy Templates, EZ Tools Feb 99
Q & A Check Plotter, MSP sheet transfer, Plotter Ink Clot Mar 99
Q & A Arc linewts, Invisible lines, Scaling off, MSP layouts Apr 99
Q & A Sym Voids, Insertion Points, DataCAD 8 to 7 transfer May 99
Q & A Font Limit, Altavista translator, Printing w/o DataCAD Jun 99
Q & A Macro fix, DCAD Image options, Timekeeping LYRUTIL Jul 99
Q & A POFs to BMPs, DCADWIN.INI, Macro Install, Small Fnts, Aug 99
Q & A Linetypes limit, Toolbar, DCADWIN.MNU, CTW CDs Install Sep 99
Q & A LYRUTIL Coord Sys, Area Calcs Precision, Filter Rules Oct 99
Q & A LYRUTIL File names, Layer Ordering, Solid Line Spacing Nov 99
Q & A Template Redirection, Perimeter measure, Volume Meas. Dec 99
Column: ARCHITIPS
Architips Check Plotting Dec 90
Architips MVP (Most Valuable Plug-in) Jan 91
Architips Getting the Most out of Your Plotter Feb 91
Architips Starting a Detail Library Mar 91
Architips Key Labels Apr 91
Architips Disk Notes May 91
Architips Waste Not Want Not Jun 91
Architips Towards a New Kind of Working Drawings Jul 91
Architips Rescue Disk Aug 91
Architips Printer vs. Plotter Sep 91
Architips Photographs & Stickybacks Oct 91
Architips CAD Do's & Don'ts Nov 91
Architips Hard Copy Dec 91
Architips Plotting to your LaserJet III Feb 92
Architips What to Do When Your Hard Disk Crashes Mar 92
Architips File Fragmentation Apr 92
Architips Under-desk Keyboard Drawers May 92
Architips Harvard Survey on CAD Jun 92
Architips Floppy Disk Tips Jul 92
Architips Building in Redundancy Aug 92
Architips The Disk Size Debate Sep 92
Architips DXF Transfer Tips Oct 92
Architips - Nov 92
Architips What Does the Future Hold? Dec 92
Architips - Feb 93
Architips Competition Drawings Mar 93
Architips Archiving Notes Apr 93
Architips Who IS that guy? May 93
Architips Sneak Preview 5.0 Jun 93
Architips AEC '93 & More DataCAD 5.0 Jul 93
Architips When to Buy Aug 93
Architips Upgrading vs. Maintenance Contracts Sep 93
Architips Marketing Strategy vs. Product Value Oct 93
Architips CADKEY market strategy Nov 93
Architips Fax Post-It Notes Dec 93
Architips Update Joys & Frustrations Feb 94
Architips Don't Give Me Any Static Mar 94
Architips Zen & and the Art of CAD Apr 94
Architips Revisions May 94
Architips Voice Mail Jun 94
Architips The Paper Tiger Jul 94
Architips Third Party Vendors Listing Aug 94
Architips Captain Video Sep 94
Architips Top Gun Shoot Out Oct 94
Architips Heard It on the Grapevine (the Internet) Nov 94
Architips Mail Order Pros & Cons Dec 94
Architips CAD Shoot-Out Revisited Feb 95
Architips Copier Sets Mar 95
Architips A DataCAD DXF Primer Apr 95
Architips Back-up, Back-up, and then Back It Up again May 95
Architips - Jun 95
Architips A Conversation with New Cadkey VP, Mark Madura Jul 95
Architips CAD Liabilities Aug 95
Architips - Sep 95
Architips Computers are NOT organizers Oct 95
Architips Review: DataCAD for Architects & Designers Nov 95
Architips - Dec 95
Architips DataCAD NE Regional Users Group Meeting Feb 96
Architips Review of Detailer Macro Mar 96
Architips Command Performance Review Apr 96
Architips To Snap or Not To Snap May 96
Architips Information via the Web Jun 96
Architips Using Mac Files Jul 96
Architips EZ_Elevations Review Aug 96
Architips Architectural Graphic Standards CD Sep 96
Architips SweetSource Oct 96
Architips 3D CAD Shootout Nov 96
Architips Online Banking Dec 96
Architips 3D Shootout Results Feb 97
Architips The Making of a Macro Mar 97
Architips E-mail "Viruses" and other Hazards on the Net Apr 97
Architips Trackball vs. Mouse May 97
Architips AutoCAD vs. DataCAD Jun 97
Architips E-mail Deluxe Jul 97
Architips Real Time Rendered Animations Aug 97
Architips DataCAD Ancient History Sep 97
Architips International Font Sets for DataCAD Oct 97
Architips International Font Sets: the Story Behind the Characte Nov 97
Architips - Dec 97
Architips E-mail & the Web Feb 98
Architips Software Piracy Mar 98
Architips Y2K? "Y" Not? (Year 2000 Compliance) Apr 98
Architips Bottom Line for D8W May 98
Architips Opening Skirmish for OpenDWG Alliance Jun 98
Architips Multiplying Area Codes Jul 98
Architips Digital Cameras Aug 98
Architips Adding Rendering Files (Renderize Live Primer) Sep 98
Architips Losing the Battle of Spam Oct 98
Architips AutoCAD Fires Back on OpenDWG with Arch Desktop & IconsNov 98
Architips Strategies on Winning 3D CAD Shootout by Geoff Langdon Dec 98
Architips The National CADD Standard Feb 99
Architips Privacy on the Net Mar 99
Architips A Horror Story & Disaster Planning Apr 99
Architips 1.25 Million Questions May 99
Architips Feedback on 15 Years of DataCAD History Jun 99
Architips 3D Designer's CADD Shootout Jul 99
Architips Benefits of a National CAD Standard to You? Aug 99
Architips Mail Filters Sep 99
Architips Search the Web & Boolean Logic Oct 99
Architips Architect's Stamps Nov 99
Architips DataCAD in the Next Millennium...It Starts Next Year Dec 99
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