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January '99         Vol IX:1

Cheap Trick         Best of Our Reader's Cheap Tricks VIII



February '99        Vol IX:2

Cheap Trick         Touch or Tech by Paul Stevenson Oles                                   

Computerese         Touch / Tech Tree           

Tutor               DataCAD 8's Pen Table

Q-Tips              Reference Marks, Invisible Lines, Hatch Swatches, 2D/3D symbols, 

Dr OPs              Beyond Ping & Trace: Net.Medic 

Q & A               Print to File, Crazy Templates, EZ Tools

Architips           The National CADD Standard



March '99           Vol IX:3

Cheap Trick         More Touch or Tech by Oles & Kletzien   

Computerese         Cookies

Tutor               DataCAD 8.07 tackles Dimensioning Peeves

Q-Tips              Save Elev, Adobe Streamline, File Assoc.,DCViewer, Dim undo, tile rf.

Dr OPs              Your Desktop Gestalt Quiz

Q & A               8.06 Check Plotter, MSP Details sheet transfer, Plotter Ink Clotting 

Architips           Privacy on the Net



April '99           Vol IX:4

Cheap Trick         Developing Longer Drawing Arms by Ian Johnson

Computerese         I Seek You (ICQ)

Tutor               F & S Function Keys & 2 Handed CAD

Q-Tips              Direct Symbol import, Quick Angle Rotations, CC layer, MSP Align, MSP Dets

Dr OPs              I Talk, It Types by Neil Blanchard

Q & A               Arc linewts, Invisible lines in DCAD 8, Plot Scaling off, MSP layouts change

Architips           A Horror Story & Disaster Planning



May '99             Vol IX:5

Cheap Trick         15 Years of DataCAD History & Beyond

Computerese         Urban Legends & Viruses: Real vs. Imagined

Tutor               Productivity Pack 3.0

Q-Tips              Navigator R, missing symbol search, Hide Options, Icon bar off, Y2K easy fix

Dr OPs              Graphic Card Survey

Q & A               Symbol Voids, Symbol Insertion Points, DataCAD 8 to 7 transfer

Architips           1.25 Million Questions



June '99            Vol IX:6

Cheap Trick         8.5 Good Reasons to Upgrade to DataCAD 8.50

Computerese         What is Display List

Tutor               An Intelligent Display List

Q-Tips              Neg. degrees, Locate hatch vertices, Door sizes, small text, Esc to close

Dr OPs              Windows 98 Resource Meter

Q & A               Font Limit, Altavista translator, Printing w/o DataCAD

Architips           Feedback on 15 Years of DataCAD History



July '99            Vol IX:7

Cheap Trick         Project Extranets

Computerese         File Viewing

Tutor               Wall Fill Techniques

Q-Tips              8.5 SHX, logo scrn saver, Resource Meter, Snapshot, Recalc Det, BAK Assoc.

Dr OPs              Netscape Navigator vs. MS-Explorer: which to choose?

Q & A               Macro fix, DCAD Image options, Timekeeping after LYRUTIL

Architips           3D Designer's CADD Shootout



August '99          Vol IX:8

Cheap Trick         Laptop Generations

Computerese         Touchpad

Tutor               Weeding Out: Layer Locking & Masking

Q-Tips              Win 95 Resource Meter, Space Bar=., Distances menu, Digital Punch, Hatch Off

Dr OPs              Imaging your Whole System -- on the Same Disk

Q & A               POFs to BMPs, DCADWIN.INI duality, Macro Install, 8.5 Small Fnts, Sym. Enlrg

Architips           What are the Benefits of a National CAD Standard to You?



September '99       Vol IX:9

Cheap Trick         Web Resources for DataCAD

Computerese         Version Numerology

Tutor               DataCAD 8.50 Update Tips by Mike Smith

Q-Tips              Great Walls, Match Lyr off, Ergonomics, ACAD 2000's R14, 8.50.02, Y2K, File         Viewers

Dr OPs              Virus Software      

Q & A               8.50 Linetypes 175 limit, Toolbar transfer, DCADWIN.MNU, CTW CDs Install

Architips           Mail Filters



October '99         Vol IX:10

Cheap Trick         Using Multi-Scale Plotting is a State of Mind

Computerese         Strike up the Broadband

Tutor               MSG File

Q-Tips              Toolbar on/off, MSP rez, Wintop, Digital Cameras

Dr OPs              DSL vs. ISDN vs. Cable

Q & A               LYRUTIL Coordinate System, Area Calcs Precision, Filter Rules

Architips           Search the Web & Boolean Logic



November '99        Vol IX:11

Cheap Trick         Adventures in the Dimension Zone

Computerese         Graphic Viewers

Tutor               Input Modes

Q-Tips              8 logo IFPO, 3D Text, F save, sketch plot, tilde reference pt. Disk Jockey

Dr OPs              Drag & Drop Plot Files

Q & A               Layer Utility File names, Layer Ordering, Solid Line Spacing

Architips           Architect's Stamps



December '99        Vol IX:12

Cheap Trick         Did You Know...?

Computerese         -

Tutor               -

Q-Tips              -

Dr OPs              -

Q & A               Template Redirection, Perimeter measure, Volume Measure

Architips           DataCAD in the Next Millennium...It Starts Next Year




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