S2 CAD TECH Sample by CAD Technology. A sample drawing file of various entourage items: cars, boats, planes, and fasteners. About 40 images in all. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee. S3 (Internet Deliverable)

3D Kitchen from the BSA Bulletin Board by Duane R. Thomson, AIA. A template of mostly 3D symbols of kitchen cabinets, appliances and furniture (21 symbols). Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S4 Batch File Questions donated to BSA Bulletin Board by David Pendery. A program that allows you to introduce interactive questions into a batch file. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S5 Viruscan & Clean-Up (Vers. 117) by McAfee Associates. This program scans and identifies any pre-existing virus infection and can remove them. ($25.00 registration) Updated to include most recent viruses current as of 2/25/95. Provided Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.
S5a Viruscan for Windows (Vers. 115B) by McAfee Associates. Same as above but for installation in Windows environment. ($25.00 registration.) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S6 ICONVERT by Infinity Engineering Services. A Demo version which supports conversions between various bit-mapped graphic formats such as BASIC BLOAD, GIF, MAC, SHP, RLE, PIC, PCX, & MSP. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S7 Print GL 1.54 by Cary Ravitz. Updated program allowing printing of HPGL plot files on a dot-matrix or Laser printer, among other choices. Includes PCAD TSR printer utility for printing from within DataCAD. ($25 registration.) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S8 Optiks by Graham Systems. A Graphics Conversion/Editing Program supporting TIFF, FAX, TIF, WPG, RLE, SLD, GIF, MAC, PCC, and PCX files among others. (129.95 Registration Fee.) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S9 AutoRENDER 2.1 by Control Automation, Inc. A 3D Surface Rendering Program which reads DXF files & displays wire frames, hidden lines or shaded surface models. It supports CGA, EGA & VGA. Prints to EPSON, LaserJet & others. (Full Documentation $89.) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S10 PC Glossary by Diston Ridge, Inc. Contains hundreds of definitions and explanations of computer terminology. Includes 15 useful tables, such ASCII control codes, the Extended ASCII character set, video display standards, etc. ($29 registration.) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 CTW dollars/or $5 fee.

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S14 EM87 - V1.2 by Ron Kimball. A Utility program which emulates an Intel 80x87 Math Coprocessor. Has been tested with AutoCAD 10, but Data-CAD compatibility is not confirmed. ($5 Regist.) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

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S18 HP Sort by CNT Software. Utility which will sort your HPGL plot file to maximize plotting efficiency. Can save over 30% on your typical plotting time! (Registration is $50). Provided Free with any 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S19 AA Player and AutoFlix 2 by AutoDesk, Inc. Animation program which will play your rendered files into a real "flick", with various controls on speeds and pans, etc. Includes utility which will convert TARGA files into required .FLI format. (Velocity comes with a utility to turn its files into TARGA files) $35 registration. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee. S20 WITHDRAWN

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S22 True Type Fonts for Windows 3.1 by Big Byte Software. 14 True Type Fonts, including ARCHITECTURAL HANDLETTERING font for use with Windows 3.1 (NOT 3.0). Great for giving "preliminary" look to reports. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

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S24 Win-ZIP by Nico Mak. This shareware program provides a windows front to PKZIP (and PKARC) and will also utilize VIRUS SCAN (if you have it). (Registration fee noted.) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

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S26 DataCAD-Renderman Interface Images by David Pendery. Seven sample images from the new DataCAD-Renderman interface, showing capabilities of this Photorealistic Rendering package. Images are 640x480x256 colors in .GIF format. Includes viewing and program info. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

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S29 (Internet Deliverable) PCX to DXF Converter by Matthew Wilson. Fast, easy to use utility which will convert the standard PCX graphic file format used for much clip art and scanner files and convert it to DXF format for import into your CAD program. Allows control of layer size, line filter, and pixel filter. ($15.00 Registration.) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S30 AUTOCAD to DXF Converter by CYCO Holdings. Evaluation Copy program utility that will take an AutoCAD DWG file and convert it into DXF format for import into DataCAD or other CAD program. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S31 Graphic Workshop 6.1 by Alchemy Mindworks, Inc. File Conversion and Viewing Program. Handles PCX, GIF, BMP, TGA, MSP, WPG, PIC, TIFF, EPS among others. (Registration is $40.) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S32 Ceramic Tile & Stone Coverage Calculator by Laticrete International. For Windows, this program will automatically calculate material quantities and amounts required for a given installation. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S33 Reboot from BSA Bulletin Board. For use in Batch files requiring rebooting after configuration changes. COM file can be used to reboot automatically. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S34 PAK 2.51 by No Gate Consulting. File Compression Utility considers itself an improvement upon PKARC & PKZIP. PAK is compatible with those files and can even correct certain errors in those files. (Registration is $75) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

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S36 SMARTDrive 4.2. by Microsoft. For users of MS-DOS 6, this upgrade to SMARTDrive 4.1 is an alternative for customers who want more conservative disk caching (writes to disk after any MS-DOS command or exiting any application) and a new /X switch that disables write-caching for all drives. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

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S38 AutoVision Demo Disk by AutoDesk. Demonstration disk showing new photorealistic still rendering add-on package for AutoCAD 12. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S39 CAD Lingo Dictionary by Evan H. Shu. Same as R91. Provided FREE w/ 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S40 (Internet Deliverable) STUD Macro by Cadkey, Inc. from DCAL Samples. Recompiled for DataCAD 5 and above, this macro will allow you to draw continuous runs of stud walls at any standard spacing and in 3D. Compatible with all versions of DataCAD. FREE w/any 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S41 (Internet Deliverable) Symbol Template Macro by Cadkey Inc. from DCAL Samples. This macro will examine all of the symbols in a drawing and create a new template file from those symbols for easy future use. Particularly useful when reading in DXF files. For DataCAD 5 and above. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S42 WRITE Macro by Cadkey, Inc. from DCAL Samples. A macro which demonstrates how to scan a database and write out the entire contents of each entity to a text file. Useful for understanding how CAD files work as well as foundation for other macro work. For DataCAD 5 and above. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S43 Architectura Engraving Clip Art donated courtesy of Design/Program Associates. From the Dover reprint of Wendel Dietterlin's engraving of 1598. Clip Art as shown in Command Performance 3.0 advertisement. FREE with any 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S44 Electronic Sweets Demo Disk by McGraw-Hill, Inc. Get a taste of how SweetSearch & SweetSpec work. CD-ROM drive NOT required. FREE with any 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S45 Key Fake Utility by Charles Petzold. COM file for use in Batch files to simulate Keystrokes and Carriage Returns. Great utility for direct entry to program applications. FREE with any 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee. S46 WITHDRAWN S47 Z-DUCT HVAC Product Selection Program 2.0 by Des Champs Laboratories. Selection Analysis program for Z-Duct line of Air-to-Air Heat Exchangers, Wringer Humidity Control, Maritini Pool Humidity Control System. Provided Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S48 Cheapware Entourage Sampler Templates by Shu Associates. Same as R103. Provided Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S49 Cheapware Details Sampler Templates by Shu Associates. Same as R104. Provided Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S50 Cheapware 3D Sampler Templates by Shu Associates. Same as R105. Provided Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S51 RFD Mail for Windows by Performance Designs. Off-line mail reader utility that provides easy to use, graphical front-end to many ASCII-based email services, such as CompuServe, GEnie, MCI Mail, World Unix and the Direct Connection and can also be customized to support your own local BBS. Shareware copy limits size of Address Book (10 entries) Desktop (4 folders at 20 letters each.) (Registration of $29.95 with author to receive unlock code to disable limits.) Shareware version FREE with 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S52 BSA Online First Class Client Server by Boston Society of Architects. This shareware program allows you to tie into Boston Society of Architects Bulletin Board with full multi-tasking capabilities. Access announcements, job openings, e-mail, topic conferences at the same time you download or upload files! For Windows on PC Compatibles only (Macintosh version on special request.) FREE with 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S53 (Internet Deliverable) DCAL Documentation by DataCAD LLC. From the DATACAD LLC Bulletin Board, here is the full text file documentation of how to program in DCAL (the macro building program language for DataCAD.) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S54 Vesa256 and Vesa16 Drivers (4/18/95) and PCX2POF Utility by DataCAD LLC. From the DataCAD Bulletin Board, here is updated version of VESA256 and VESA16 drivers. Also included in the PCX conversion to POF utility that was missing in some DataCAD 6 packages. Provided Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheapware dollars/or $5 fee.

S55 S3 Driver (8/7/95 Version) by DataCAD LLC. Available from DataCAD Bulletin Board, this driver is required for many of the new S3 Chips. Free with 5/disk order or $5 Cheapware Dollars/or $5 fee. S56 WITHDRAWN S57 UUENCODE/DECODE 5.21 Utility by Richard Marks. Freeware version. This utility is required to unpack many attached files which are transferred via the Internet. Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware Dollars/or $5 fee.

S58 Eudora Mail Reader 1.4.4 by Qualcomm, Inc. Popular Internet mail reader. Requires WinSock v1.1 compliant TCP/IP Stack. Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S59 3D FAX by InfoImaging, Inc. With 3D FAX working together with your existing PC fax capabilities, you can now transmit any computer file -- in its original computer-readable format -- via a standard PC fax-modem, at a fraction of the cost of standard fax transmission. 3D FAX software converts digital files into highly compressed and uniquely formatted two dimensional patterns -- called infoimages -- and then transmits them via your existing fax application or communication program. This freeware version limits transmissions to 6 KB. Upgrade info included. Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

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S61 DCAL Primer by Bill D'Amico, UniQue Software. Invaluable primer article, written and generously donated by master programmer, Bill D'Amico. A must if you are just starting out and want to learn how to program your own macros using DCAL. Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S62 (Internet Deliverable) HPGL2DXF Utility by Quantum Diagnostics. Handy utility if you find yourself with an HPGL plot file but no drawing file. This utility will reverse engineer the file to create a DXF file which you can then import back into your CAD program. Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee. (Registration $5 to $50.)

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S64a DataCAD Internet Archives '95 by Shu Associates. Archives of all messages posted to the DataCAD-DBUG Internet Forum in 1995. A great wealth of shared knowledge! Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S65b DataCAD Internet Archives '96 by Shu Associates. Same as above but 1996 messages to date. Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S65c DataCAD Internet Archives '97 by Shu Associates. Same as above but 1997 messages to date. Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S66 WebEdit 1.2 by Kenn Nesbitt. Easy to use Windows utility for creating your own home pages on the World Wide Web. Windows-based HTML editor for rapid creation and easy maintenance of hyper text documents. WebEdit 1.2 supports every feature of HTML 1, 2 and 3, plus special extensions such as those recognized by NetScape. Shareware registration is $99.95/$49.95 for students. Provided FREE with 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S66 Cheapware CD Companion Disk (DCAD 7 vers.) by Shu Associates. Same as R148. Provided FREE with 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S66-"X" Cheapware CD Companion Disks - Absolute path version by Shu Associates. Same as R148-"X". Provided FREE with 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S-67 DWG Read/Write Update from DataCAD LLC. Bug Fix vers. (6/24/96) for DWG Read/Write utility in DataCAD. Free w/5 disks or $5 CTW/or $5 fee.

S-68 DataCAD & Windows 95 Forum Archive as compiled by Michael Tardif, BAM Compugraphyx. During Win95's breaking in period of August 95 to October 95, an incredible amount of knowledge regarding use of Win95 in conjunction with DataCAD was posted to the DataCAD-DBUG Forum. It was neatly compiled and formatted by Michael Tardif as a Word for Windows DOC file or plain TXT file. Free w/5 disk order or $5 CTW/or $5 fee.

S-69 Graphic Viewers donated by Greg Barriere. Two 16-bit (PicaVue, VuePrint) and Two 32-bit (ACDC, VuePro) shareware graphic viewers as found on the Web for viewing multitude of graphic formats (gif, pcx, jpg, tif, tga, also play .mpg, .avi (movies) or .wav (sound) file formats.) They have been specially selected for their speed and/or usefulness. Shareware registrations run from $15-$24 each. Free w/5 disk order or $5 CTW/OR $5 Fee.

S70 3D Line Convert by UniQue Software. Macro to convert 3D lines to 3D for easy editing. Excellent for dealing with AutoCAD DXF imports. Free w/5 disk order or $5 CTW Dollars/or $5 fee. S71 A Beginner's Guide to HTML by NCSA (4/97) This most requested guide to creating web pages using HTML is provided in both HTML format for viewing with our web browser or as a plain text file to look at with any word processor. Free w/5 disk order or $5 CTW/OR $5 FEE.

S72 DataCAD Error Messages from DataCAD LLC web page. Ever wonder how to deal with cryptic messages such as "Error message: Internal Diagnostic Fault 10 error from 809". This file will tell you: "Problem: Bad entity(s) on layer(s); Solution: Run file through Layer Utility macro, saving layers & loading layers into a new, non-default file." It won't tell you how to deal with all your errors, but it's a good start and a handy reference. Free w/5 disk order or $5 CTW/OR $5 Fee.

S73 MMPLot for Windows (32 bit for Win95/NT & 16 bit for Windows 3.1 both available.) by MAMAVision Software Consult. Easy to use HP-GL/2 plotfile viewer for Windows. Includes Zoom & Pan, Print-to-fit, Zoom-to-Printer, Print-to-Scale, Send-to-Plotter. Save to file as Bitmap, Windows Meta File or copy it to clipboard. 255 free definable pencolors, penwidths, background, mapping mode and more. If you have a Fax software configured as a printer, this utility will send any DataCAD HPGL/2 plot out for faxing. ( Shareware Registration is $45/ 21 Day Free evaluation.) Free w/ 5 disk order or $5 CTW dollars/or $5 fee.

S74 Index Maker 2.0 by Itasca Softworks. This Index maker utility will search ASCII files to index up to 500 words with up to 50 page citations per word. (Shareware Registration is $45.) Free with 5 disk order or $5 CTW dollars/or $5 fee.

S75 (Internet Deliverable)
Multilingual Font by DATACAD LLC. Helvetica-style font based on ASCII Character Set 850 for Latin I utilizing extended characters. Compatible with the following languages: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. Free with 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Dollars/or $5 fee.

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Slavic Font by DATACAD LLC. Helvetica Style font based on ASCII Character Set 852 for Latin II. Compatible with the following languages: Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, and Yugoslavian. Free with 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Dollars/or $5 fee.

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Baltic Font by DATACAD LLC. Helvetica-style font based on a derivative of ASCII Character Set 852. Compatible with the following languages: Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian. Free with 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Dollars/or $5 fee.

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Cyrillic Font by DATACAD LLC. Helvetica-style font based on ASCII Character Set 866 Cyrillic. Compatible with the following languages: Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian. Free with 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Dollars/or $5 fee.

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Decode Shell Extension v2.31 by Funduc Software adds a "Decode" menu item to your Windows 95 or NT 4.0 Explorer context menu (right mouse button) and File menu. The extension will then analyze the file and if it detects a UUENCODED, BinHex, XXE, user table or Base64(MIME) encoded file, it will decode it to your file name and path location. (No Registration Req’d.) Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

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Kernal Toys by Microsoft includes Conventional Memory Tracker, MS-DOS Mode Config Tool, Time Zone Editor, Win95 Keyboard Remap (CTRL & CapsLock keys), CPU Process Watcher, and Win95 Logo Key Control (DOSWINKY.INF fixes Win95 Key problem.) (No Registration Req’d.) Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

S81 (Internet Deliverable)
Logitech 7.51 Drivers (12/16/97) by Logitech. Update your Logitech mouse drivers to allow configuration of middle button as a left-button double-click. Required for optimum use of DataCAD 8 for Windows with middle mouse button. Works with any Logitech pointing device operating under Windows 95. (No Registration Fee Req’d.) Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

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BMP2DXF V1.5 by Stan Katz ($25 Registration) & GIFDXF by Kamyan Software ($15 Registration). Two Convertors to take either BMP file or GIF file and convert it to DXF for import into DataCAD. Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

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SHX2SHP.EXE by Schreiber Instruments "decompiles" .SHX files and converts them to .SHP files. Very useful for converting AutoCAD fonts into DataCAD fonts (using SHP2CHR utility in DataCAD. (No Registration Fee Req’d.) Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

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HP2CAD by Tailor Made Software is designed to convert Hewlett Packard Graphics Language, HP-GL or HP-GL/2 into DXF, Binary DXF or DXB formats. Fully Featured Controls for output options. (Operable Demo Version - substantial Registration Fees req’d for full version.) Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

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BK ReplaceEm by Bill Klein. A text search and replace program designed to operate on multiple text files at once. And you need not only perform one search and replace operation per file--you can set up a list of operations to perform. Ideal for global template rewrites. Requires Windows 95/NT. (No Registration Fee Req’d.) Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

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MKDXF Lite by CADology Ltd. This utility is a DOS program that will create Autodesk DXF files direct from AutoCAD DWG drawing files and can work with single files or with wildcard options for file selection. This lite version only works with DWG’s less than 100K. (No Registration Fee Req’d.) Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

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ACAD Drawing QuickView 1.1.03 by Nathan Crews. DWG QuickVewer provides easy right-click, pop-up, quick viewing of AutoCAD R14 and R13 drawing files. The drawing QuickViewer does not require AutoCAD installed, although if installed, additional features are available. [Editor: works great with AutoCAD generated DWG-13 & DWG-14 but will NOT work with DataCAD generated DWGs, as they did not have the embedded thumbnail BMPs.] No Registration Fee Req'd. Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

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AutoCAD Fonts Converted for DataCAD from DATACAD LLC & Randy Jack. 29 standard AutoCAD fonts are converted for use in DataCAD to ensure correct display of text in AutoCAD drawing files when they are imported into DataCAD. A must for seamless transfer. Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.

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DataCAD Fonts Converted for AutoCAD from DATACAD LLC & Randy Jack. 35 DataCAD fonts converted for use in AutoCAD to ensure correct display of text in DataCAD drawing files when they are imported into AutoCAD. A must for seamless transfer. Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.

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DuctPRO Macro from DATACAD LLC & JB CAD Services. DuctPRO is an easy-to-use drafting package for inserting HVAC ductwork on your drawings. By simply selecting a width and depth (for rectangular ductwork), or a diameter (for round ductwork), and then locating the points on the duct run, the user can create a full 2D or 3D ductwork drawing. Choices for duct type (rectangular or round), sizes, Z elevation, elbows and branches are all available from the menu. In addition, the user can set DuctPRO to draw ductwork to the left, center or right of given points as well as flat-on-bottom, flat-on-top, or centered on the Z elevation. The ductwork elbows, reductions, branches, vanes, and text are all drawn as you select points. Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.
Figures: Ductpro left; Steelpro right

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SteelPRO from DATACAD LLC & JB CAD Services. SteelPRO accesses virtually all shapes currently listed in the AISC Manual of Steel Construction. All wide flanges, tees, channels, angles, tubes and pipes are available. All steel sections can be input into your drawing in either top, side or section view. Use SteelPRO to draw all of your steel shapes and know for certain that your details are drawn accurately. Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.

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Annotate Macrofrom DATACAD LLC & JB CAD Services. Annotate is a collection of macros which help the user to quickly and efficiently place annotation symbols on the drawing. Annotate has a wide variety of used which include: Titles; Section Cuts; Elevation Markers; Area Markers; Room Names and Numbers; Spot Elevations; Cut Lines; Pipe Cut Lines; Column Bubble Indicators; and Note Markers. Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.

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Schedule Maker Macro from DATACAD LLC & JB CAD Services. AsciiMAX is a DataCAD macro for processing ascii text files into schedule form on your drawings. AsciiMAX allows the user to eliminate the cumbersome task of typing all of that text on the drawing by taking full advantage of your office secretaries typing skills. While the secretary is creating the ascii text file, the user can continue with the task that is best suited for their skills, producing drawings! When the ascii file is complete simply load it into AsciiMAX and insert it on your drawings in a matter of just a few seconds. All lines, titles, sub-titles, and text are calculated and placed in their proper locationswithin the schedule. Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.

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Text Line Macro from DATACAD LLC & JB CAD Services. TxtLine is a very useful macro which virtually eliminates the need for line fonts with text in them. In addition to allowing for changing text size, text-to-text spacing, and selecting any line font for the line portion of TxtLine. Another feature, not allowable with line fonts, is being able to select different colors for your text and lines. TxtLine then gives you more room to have other line fonts in your font file by eliminating line fonts with text. Uses for the TxtLine program range from site plans to HVAC plans to plumbing plans, etc. Let your imagination run wild!Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.

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Arc Arrow Macro from DATACAD LLC & JB CAD Services. ArcArrow is a macro which draws arcs with arrow heads at the end. The arrow heads can be either open or closed. If the arrow head is closed it can be either filled or not filled with cross hatching. Another feature of ArcArrow is that you can turn off the arrowhead and daisy-chain as many arcs together as you want, then turn on the arrow head to be drawn at the end of the last arc. This works great for electrical plans! Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.

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Break Macro from DATACAD LLC & JB CAD Services. Break is a macro which allows you to break a line at a given point, and leave a space in the line. The distance of the space can be defined with the macro. In addition you can also have an arc drawn at the break location to indicate one line "jumping" over another. Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.

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Count Sym Macro from DATACAD LLC & JB CAD Services. CountSym will count symbols on your drawing and place the description, number found, and cost into an ascii text file which can then be printed out on your printer. The ascii text file can also be appended to add new symbol count information if you wish to do so. Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.

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Multiple Offset Macro from DATACAD LLC & JB CAD Services. GenOff is a utility macro that was designed for constructing (generating) multiple offset lines. GenOff eliminates the need for offsetting multiple lines and then trimming them, and also allows for multiple repetitions of offset lines. Offset distances can be changed at any line segment during the macro to allow for unequal offset lines. Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.

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Global Grid Lock from DATACAD LLC & JB CAD Services. GridLock will lock every layers grid settings to the current active layer grid settings. Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.

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Light Fixture Calculator from DATACAD LLC & JB CAD Services. LgtCalc calculates the number of light fixtures required for a selected space by setting the lumens, number of lamps, foot candles, etc. Results can be stored in an ascii text file. Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.

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3D to 2D SubLine Macro from DATACAD LLC & JB CAD Services. SubLine substitutes all 3D lines selected into 2D lines using the 3D lines x and y coordinates. This macro is useful if you receive an AutoCAD drawing file which contains 3D lines. Changing the lines to 2D lines allows you to use DataCAD's trimming functions. Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.

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SubText Macro from DATACAD LLC & JB CAD Services. SubText is a text editing macro giving the user further enhancements to the DataCAD text editing functions. The macro makes character and/or word substituting within a line of multiple lines of text using DataCAD's entity/group/area/fence command. SubText also allows the user to substitute text with text strings which are longer than the DataCad change text content maximum. Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.

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Undelete Disk from Cheap Tricks Ware. A bootable system disk formatted in MS-DOS 6.20 with the UNDELETE.EXE utility for safety net recovering of lost DataCAD or other files that have been accidentally erased. For use with power failures or unrecoverable lockups, this disk will let you boot up in DOS 6.20 in order to use the abandoned UNDELETE.EXE utility to recover SWP, BAK, DC5 or ASV files from your DataCAD directory. No guarantees but another possible protection layer. Free w/ 5 disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.

S104 (Free Download)
CTW CD conversion batch file by Shu Associates Inc. A simple batch file in Q&A format that will convert your installed DataCAD 5/6/7/ hatch, linetype, keyboard macro files for use with DataCAD 8 for Windows, along with other support info to allow best use of the CTW CDs with D8W. Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee. (Also now included w/any CD order.)

S105 (Internet Deliverable)
Keyboard Reference Guides by DATACAD LLC (Rick Morse). Excellent essential reference for those who want the ultimate customization out of their DataCAD via custom keyboard macros and custom toolbars. These two files tell you how the keyboard interrupts are coded (in the DCADWIN.MSG file) as well as how to utilize extended key calls (ALT-XXX) in your own custom keyboard macros. The keyboard interrupts are conveniently provided in EXCEL 97 Spreadsheet form, or HTML format (web browser); extended key calls are in plain text. Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

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3D Fixtures by D.M. Paynter. Converted from AutoCAD freeware library, this template of 13 rudimentary 3D symbols include WC, tub, shower, refrigerator, sinks, stove, washer, dryer. Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

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3D Women from Cadalog Freeware. "Manequin" like full 3D figures (large files 500k each figure) of 8 Women in various poses. These are two ponderous for use with architectural rendering but very well suited to furniture or product design needs, provided in DC5 format. Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

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3D Men from Cadalog Freeware. "Manequin" like full 3D figures (large files 500K each figure) of 6 men in various poses. These are two ponderous for use with architectural rendering but very well suited to furniture or product design needs provided in DC5 Format. Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

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3D Wire Frame Cars from Cadalog Freeware. 3D wireframe cars of styles such as sub-compact, hatchback, sedan, station wagon, police car, ambulance, vans, and tractor trailers. 30 models in all provided in DC5 drawing format.Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

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Railroad Cars from Cadalog Freeware. Simple plan views of rail/train cars - coach, flat, mail, milk, hopper, box, tank. From Seelye Design book (c) 1960, plus of plan of semi-truck and required turning radii, provided in both template and in DC5 file format. Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

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Sly Autorun v2.0 by Neil Caldwell. This freeware utility application is designed for use with the Autorun feature to assist in launching any associated file type from a CD-ROM (or removable media such as Zip drive) -- now with parameter support. Simply edit the Slyauto2.ini file with Notepad.exe and distribute it with Sly Autorun v2.0 on removable media. (ie: CD's, ZIP disks etc...) Easy to use... full instructions included. A must for anyone who burns CD's. Great for presentations! Note: Sly Autorun will launch any associated or non-associated file type (ie: HTML, AVI's, MP3's, ZIP's, DOC's etc.) Requires Windows 95 or up. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

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Sly Installer by Neil Caldwell. This freeware interface application is for installing applications from a CD-ROM or other removable media. Simply edit the index file with Notepad.exe or Sly Script Builder (included in pro edition) and distribute it with Sly Installer on removable media. (ie: CD's,ZIP disks etc...) Easy to use... full instructions included (this file). A must for anyone who burns CD's. Note: Sly Installer will launch any associated file type (ie: AVI's, MP3's, ZIP's, DOC's etc.) Great for presentations too ! Now with customizable background graphic. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

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EditPad© by Jan Goyvaerts is a very nice replacement for the standard Windows NotePad that allows you to open multiple files at once with easy switching, edit/replace functions, block saving and file insertion, print options, date stamp, a host of other nice extra features in an easy to use, quick text editor. "Cost" of registration is to send a nice postcard to the author in Belgium! Provided FREE w/any other order.

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PicaView 1.31 by ACD Systems Ltd. is a fast and effective Windows Explorer "add-on" for viewing images without running external programs! It displays thumbnails and image information of 17 popular bitmap formats in pop-up menus Also has display and zoom, prints images and thumbnail sheets; plays WAV files by right-clicking, rotates JPEG images, and will do batch image format conversion (change your DOS POFs (via PCX) to BMPs in a jiffy). 60 day Trial Version provided; then Registered Version with ACD is $26 Internet or $36 CD. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

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TTFtoDXF Convertor by Andrew R. Clayton (distributed intact from Cadalog Shareware) will convert TrueType® fonts to DXF for those sensitive signage projects of yours. - This program will read in a true type font and allow you to edit 1 sentence (or one character set) per export with full character spacing/height/resolution control. This shareware version allows 30 trial uses before Registration of $100 to author is required for further use. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

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Circletop Template for Plus by Evan H. Shu. This template of the Andersen Circletops is missing from DataCAD Plus 9.6. The template is provided along with instructions on how to add these symbols to your ZAC Window database. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

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DataCAD File Viewer (WINVIEW.EXE) by SoftTech/DATACAD LLC. Another Best of Your Cheap Tricks prizewinning find, this tiny (280K) standalone utility (included in DataCAD Plus), functions as a quick 2D/3D DataCAD file viewer is a great way to do a quick check on DC5 or DC+ plus files, even reads BAK, SWP, DC3, ASV files as well. Doesn't display text or ZAC entities, but its a great quick way to check out those "mystery" files or file variations. Free w/5 disk CTW order or $5 CTW dollars or $5.00.

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Greek Fonts by Richard Morse. Ti kanes! Included are two Greek alphabet CHR files, one single stroke and one chisel format. Free w/5 disk CTW order or $5 CTW dollars or $5.00.
 

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Velux Windows in o2c
by Velux
7 standard velux roof windows (GDL419, GGL306, GID359, GIL334, GPL306, GTL308, and VFE334), each complete with animation showing full window movement. IIncludes browser “template viewer” file for handy viewing. Free w/5 disk order, $5 CTW Dollars or $5.00.
 

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Andersen Double-hung Windows in o2c.
provided by mb America Inc.
97 Andersen DH windows with divided lites from model 18210 to 8310 in o2c format (freely available from mb America). Includes handy “template viewer” file (this viewer file is compatible with MS Internet Explorer browser only.)Free w/5 disk order, $5 CTW Dollars or $5.00.
 

S121 (Internet Deliverable) Classic Buildings I in o2c. As freely available from o2c World site, here are 12 nice architectural models  of icon structures such as the Chrysler Bldg, Corbu's Villa Savoye,  the US Capitol, &  the Golden Gate Bridge. Includes browser  “template viewer” file for handy viewing.Free w/5 disk order,  Free w/5 disk order, $5 CTW Dollars or $5.00.

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AutoCAD Hatch Pattern Converter
by Devinder Verman.
This handy utility performs the mindless yet cumbersome task of adding the additional 0,0 fields in each line to convert AutoCAD PAT files to DataCAD format for use as hatches. Convert all those complex hatch patterns, like the StoneCAD patterns, in a jiffy now that DataCAD 10 has the capability of using and displaying these complex hatches properly. This utility is also available free from the DATACAD LLC website but this version includes explanatory material on use.. Free w/5 disk order, $5 CTW Dollars or $5.00.

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Residential Safe Rooms
by FEMA/converted to DataCAD format by Scott Roberts, Creative Architects.
DC5 file with 16 sheets of drawings and details for different methods of constructing a shelter. $5.00

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NCS Compliant Titleblock Sheets
by Evan H. Shu, FAIA.
The National CAD Standard titleblocks have been collected and converted into DataCAD DC5 format and provided in 3 handy drawing files, one each for the ANSI sizes (A thru E), the Architectural sizes (A-F), and the ISO sizes (A0-A4). These drawing files include the required mapping coordinate grids and Pen assignments to match NCS standards. $5.00

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NCS Pen Tables for DataCAD
by Evan H. Shu, FAIA.
This pen table and plotting legned assigns all 255 DataCAD colors to match to the National CAD Standard (as best as can be accomplished with DataCAD's 15 pen limit) for plotting guidelines. A NCS pen TBL file and sample DC5 file are provided. $5.00

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Animal Template
by Mike Backler.
Nine basic animal outlines are provided in handy template form for useful applications in drawing elevations. Animal symbols included are cat(2), cow, horse, camel w/rider, dogs(3).. $5.00
 

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NCS 2.0 Abbreviations and Terms Catalog
by Evan H. Shu.
We have converted the some 2,700 abbreviations and terms into a handier HTML format that can be viewed in your web browser, complete with bookmarks to the 6 major new categories proposed by NCS 3.0: General, Equipment, Piping System, Raw Materials, Reference Standards/Organizations, and Manufactured/Constructed/Fabricated Items.  Now you will find it much easier to find the proper NCS abbreviation or term of your choice. Also provided in Word Chart format. Free w/5 disk order, $5CTW dollars or $5.00 or free with 5 disk order or $5 CTW dollars.

S128 Big Sky Country (Internet Deliverable) by Evan Shu. With o2c and DataCAD now capable of using bitmap backgrounds, here is a nice variety of 27 JPG cloud, skyline, horizon line backgrounds suitable for use as architectural backgrounds (as collected from freeware sources). Free w/5 disk order, $5CTW dollars or $5.00.

S129 StoneCAD Hatch Patterns (to see PDF printout of all 20 hatches, click here)
converted by Roger Donaldson.
The freely available StoneCAD hatch patterns for AutoCAD have been converted to DataCAD format for use in DataCAD 9 and up. Contains 20 complex stone patterns. $5.00 or free with 5 disk order or $5 CTW dollars.

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ArcArrow (Fixed 1/30/03)
by Joseph Baron.
Corrected version of DDN macro which draws curved leaders. (Original version, back to DataCAD 5, always messed up the first arrow.) Free with 5 item purchase, $5 CTW dollars or $5.00.

S131 Knoppix Bootable Rescue CD
by Knoppix.org. (Mail only, no Internet Delivery)
This bootable rescue CD, Knoppix <www.knoppix.org>, will boot your computer to a Linux operating system and interface. It does not require that you install any software or files to your hard drive, it operates totally from the CD. Once you boot to this CD, you will be able to access your hard drive files to delete a pesky troublemaker virus or to copy data files to a CD or DVD burner. See Cheap Tricks Dr. OPs February 2006 for more details. $5.00 distribution fee (Note: no additional postage/media charges required for any US address.)