Cheap Tricks Newsletter for DataCAD Users
1998 Back Issues

January '98         Vol VIII:1
Cheap Trick         Best of Our Reader's Cheap Tricks VII

February '98        Vol VIII:2
Cheap Trick         Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Templates
Computerese         Part III. Network Software by Mike Smith
Tutor               Clip Cube Z: Our Cheap Trick Award Winner
Q-Tips              Template by Text File, Replace All, Recorder, Tpl Lib., TPLs from CD
Dr OPs              Legacy Software is not Throwaway Sofware
Q & A               Misc. Symbols, Quick 3D Buildup, Calculator for Degrees
Architips           E-mail & the Web

March '98           Vol VIII:3
Cheap Trick         Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Symbols
Computerese         MIME
Tutor               Multi-view Windows
Q-Tips              Layer Filter, CTRL-Home, Button Labels, Video load, MS-Explorer 4 "No"
Dr OPs              Attached Files
Q & A               ALT-TAB, Plot Viewer, Printing, Max File Size
Architips           Software Piracy

April '98           Vol VIII:4
Cheap Trick         New Age Presentation Tools by James Horecka, AIA
Computerese         Part IV: Netowrk Broadcasting by Michael Tardif
Tutor               Making POF's Pictograms
Q-Tips              Windows Recorder, Cosmo Player 2.0, AOL filter, MS Explorer, B key,
			  Icon Bars on/off w/CTRL-F11
Dr OPs              File Associations
Q & A               Symbols Databasing, XREF transfer, Tangents, Error Message List
Architips           Y2K? "Y" Not? (Year 2000 Compliance)

May '98             Vol VIII:5
Cheap Trick         DataCAD 8 for Windows Has Arrived!
Computerese         The Installment Plan for D8W
Tutor               Custom Tailoring for D8W
Q-Tips              Just Give Me Speed for D8W
Dr OPs              Output Questions for D8W
Q & A               Other Goodies for D8W
Architips           Bottom Line for D8W

June '98            Vol VIII:7
Cheap Trick         DataCAD to AutoCAD (and Back Again) by Mike Smith
Computerese         Dangling the Dongle
Tutor 		    And Back Again: Converting dWG files to DataCAD's DC5 Files    
Q-Tips              Transfer Macros: GEDIT, 3DLINCVT, Polyline, DCSprint, Set Snap, & more
Dr OPs              Importing & Exporting DXF Files
Q & A               Associative Hatching Transfer, Keyboard Macros using extended char.
			  Macro list order, CTW CD Templates Access
Architips           Opening Skirmish for OpenDWG Alliance

July '98            Vol VIII:7
Cheap Trick         Evolution of a Drawing File
Computerese         Online Manuals & DataCAD 8
Tutor               Layer Filter as Layer Arranger
Q-Tips              Fine MSP Placement, Vincinity Map, Dongle tricks, DCADWIN Charset
Dr OPs              Windows 98: Pass or Play?
Q & A               Fixing Corrupt Drawing, Plot File Squiggle, Win95 Print Directories
Architips           Multiplying Area Codes

August '98          Vol VIII:8
Cheap Trick         Welcome to DBUG (DataCAD Boston Users Group)
Computerese         The Golden Mean
Tutor               Object Snap
Q-Tips              N key snap, radius snap, template catalogs, Polyline Hatch, Search Web
Dr OPs              Multi-user Internet Access Systems by Michael Tardif
Q & A               DataCAD 8 DOS?, CAD Drawings to Web?
Architips           Digital Cameras

September '98       Vol VIII:9
Cheap Trick         The Visual Reality Suite: A Primer on Renderize Live by Rick Harvey
Computerese         Rendering Terminology
Tutor               Printing w/DataCAD 8 for Windows (Tech Bulletin)
Q-Tips              Printing Quick Tips / Rendering Resource Tips
Dr OPs              -
Q & A               DataCAD 8 Custom Files? CTW CD Installation? Renderize Installation?
Architips           Adding Rendering Files (Renderize Live Primer)

October '98         Vol VIII:10
Cheap Trick         Secrets, Files & Videotape
Computerese         Filters & Special Effects
Tutor               The Interactive Interface of DataCAD 8.05.01
Q-Tips              Toolbar BMPs, z-change undo, DCAD-AEC uses, specs on-line, DC Viewer
Dr OPs              Print Directory Batch File by Dave Giesselman
Q & A               Template Re-sizing? Lost Detail? Lost MSP Layout?
Architips           Losing the Battle of Spam

November '98        Vol VIII:11
Cheap Trick         Presentations on a Deadline
Computerese         Real World Scale
Tutor               Text Size
Q-Tips              Text Identify/Set All, Page Up/Down Defaults, Symbol Reports, Clipbd Txt
Dr OPs              Ping & Trace Route
Q & A               File Size Limits? Error ROMANS.CHR? CTRL-Key Shortcuts? Upgrades?
Architips           AutoCAD Fires Back on OpenDWG with Architectural Desktop & Icons Galore

December '98        Vol VIII:12
Cheap Trick         3rd Annual 3D CAD Shootout  
Computerese         HTML as Format Organizer
Tutor               Layer Utility Macro
Q-Tips              New Tips for DataCAD 8 for Windows; Edit Distances
Dr OPs              Right Click
Q & A               Extended Text, DataCAD 8 Exit, DWG Translator, Font Names Translated
Architips           Strategies on Winning 3D CAD Shootout by Geoff Langdon

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