Version 1.1- May, 1991 INFORMATION Free evaluation version. Registered version ($59.00) The Draftsman's Companion Copyright 1991 Blueline Development Inc. All rights reserved. _______ ____|__ | (tm) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| APPLICATION PENDING Thanks for looking at our program. We feel that this group of macros provide the best under ($100.00) productivity enhancement to AutoCAD that exists today. It certainly is priced right! We will send the SOURCE CODE when you send in your registration fee. We are always adding programs as we develope them. The utility requires AutoCAD release 10 or 11. We find running any kind of Autolisp program on a system without at least a 386 processor inefficient and slow. If you are making a living using AutoCAD we suggest you spend your money upgrading AutoCAD to at least release 10c on a 386. Then purchase the utility next. For directions on use of the programs use the quick commands in the file QUIKCMD.DOC. A full manual is included when you send in your registration fee. What does the Draftsman's Companion do? The Draftsman's Companion provide a set of utilities that make AutoCAD less prompt and input device intensive. The Copies, Moves and Stretch commands allow you to simply move, copy or stretch by distances without specifying from and to points. For instance if you use the HM (Horizontal Move) the routine will prompt you to select your entities and then you provide a distance (EX: -1) which would move the geometry one unit to the left. The layer commands allow you to manage layers without remembering the cryptic commands that AutoCAD uses, typing "N" gives you the AutoCAD layer dialog box. The PT command puts points where you need them. How many times have you needed a point located 5/8" horizontally from your last point. FC finds the center of any two lines or line segments. The one letter commands "L" and "E" for Line and Erase are tremendous time savers and well worth the registration fee alone if you do not already have something like it. By reducing the most needed commands to two letters you will find yourself doing many things faster once you become familiar with the names. It does not take long to memorize them. Paste the Quick Command Guide somewhere so you can quickly see what you are looking for in the beginning. Installation Instructions: Make a directory called DC. For those unfamiliar with dos attach to your disk usually C: and type: MD DC |Makes the directory CD DC |Attaches to the directory Copy all the lisp programs into the DC directory. Copy a:\*.* Enter AutoCAD as you usually do. Any individual lisp program can be loaded by typing a load command at the command prompt as follows: (LOAD "/directory/lisprogram") So to load the Horizontal Move Command you would enter: (LOAD "/DC/HM") We have included a program called ULOAD.LSP which loads all thirtysomething macros at one time. The program has been coded to load all the programs from a directory called DC on the current drive. The sequence to loading the software from the DC directory is as follows: (load "/dc/uload") AutoCAD responds: C:ULOAD You can then enter: ULOAD Blueline will load all 30+ macros. NOTE: THE REGISTERED VERSION OF THE PROGRAM DISABLES THE OPENING REGISTRATION REMINDER SCREEN AND REGISTRATION ENCOURAGEMENT INFORMATION. Other Products from Blueline Development Inc. Our mission is to provide the best low cost add on software for AutoCAD available. If you have a pet routine you would like to bring to market please call us and we can add it to our products we do pay royalties and commisions for third party developers (No Macro to small!). If you want something developed we do that too. If we can resell it the fees are lower. In addition to the draftsman's companion we have several other products. Blueline The Blueline Construction system adds guide line capabilities for fast layout and design. Blueline eliminates the need to ever have to type @4'6.1/2<-270 again. Ideal for projecting elevations and details for any discipline. Construction lines have been a big selling point of other CAD systems for quite some time but as far as we know we are the only ones who have added it into AutoCAD. ($149.00). Limited working version ($10.00) The limited version is included if you register the Draftsman's Companion. XY-Explode Explodes blocks that have different X and Y scale factors as well as blocks having been mirrored or mirrored and scaled. The program works in both release 10 & 11 versions of AutoCAD but only on 2D blocks. Please let us know if we should do a 3D version. ($79.00) Xtracter Extracts entities from blocks without destroying the integrity of the block. ($79.00) Xporter Allows the user to interactively create template files without leaving AutoCAD. Scans the drawing and provides the user with a list of blocks and their attributes to select from a screen menu and builds the template file. Also allows you to save and edit both the template and the extract files in any text editor. ($119.00) AutoARC The AutoARC draws an ARC tangent to an existing line or Arc. The user supplies the Radius and either the Angle or the length of the Chord. AutoArc does the rest. ($99.00) REGISTRATION INFORMATION You may review this program for 30 days. If you desire to become a registered user, the fee is $ 59.00 plus $5.00 Shipping and handling. If you want to order any of our products with a credit card call Public Software Library @ 1-800-2424-PSL; MC/VISA accepted. For information on orders processed through PSL call 1-713-665-7017. You may also register by mail. Just send a check or money order to: Blueline Development Inc. P.O. Box 212 Millwood NY 10546 Registered users receive: 1. The most current version full program including source code with a manual. (A Registered version does not have registration encouragement information.) 2. Any updates to the executable program for one year (subsequent years are $ 29.00); all monthly updates to the data for one year 3. Support: During the first 30 days of ownership, we provide up to 1/2 hour of telephone support; Unlimited support via US postal mail of course; 4. EXTRA ADDED SPECIAL BONUS!!! Our registered users receive a limited version of the Blueline Construction Line System that draws construction lines. DISCLAIMER- AGREEMENT The Draftsman's Companion is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but you may not give it away altered or as a part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentives for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you are using this program and continue to use it after a reasonable trial periodof 30 days, you must make a registration fee payment of $59 to BLUELINE DEVELOPMENT INC. The $59.00 registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at one time. Site licenses are available for multiple stations starting at 5 users ($250) or 10 users ($350) please call us at (914) 762-4390 for more details. Anyone distributing this program for any kind of renumeration must first contact BLUELINE DEVELOPMENT INC. at the address below for authorization. You are encourage to pass a copy of this program or to upload it to your favorite BBS for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users will receive the benefits stated above. REGISTRATION FORM FOR THE DRAFTSMAN'S COMPANION Please remit to: Blueline Development Inc PO Box 212 Millwood NY 10546 (914) 762-4390 LIMIT OF LIABILITY The draftsmans companion is distributed as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied. The author will assume no liability for damages either from the direct use of this product or as a consequence of the use of this product. Please register one copy of the Draftsman's companion for each user at your site. Call for site pricing. THE DRAFTSMAN'S COMPANION Qty. _____ @ $59.00 ea. = __________ NY State residents add 5.75% Tax + __________ Total Payment:______________ Only $2.50 shipping charge if ordered from Blueline Direct. 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Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. (Our policy is listed above.) Individual programs differ on details-- some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with printed manual. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software. either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware. (Our policy allows persons or user groups to freely distribute the shareware version of the program. Commercial disk vendors must contact us first.) Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware systems makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee-- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. ASP MEMBERSHIP We are applying for membership in the Association of Shareware Professionals. This is a standards making body to improve and encourage shareware. Although this program is not produced by a curent member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). We intend to abide by their rules and ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at P.O. Box 5786, Bellevue, WA 98006 or send a Compuserve message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536