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- Thank you for choosing MegaCad.
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- MEGACAD INSTALLATION:
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- Perform the following to install MegaCad:
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- 1) Start the Microsoft Windows operating system.
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- 2) Insert the MegaCad disk into floppy drive A: (or B:). Skip this
- step if MegaCad was downloaded from a bulletin board.
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- 3) If MegaCad was downloaded from a bulletin board de-compress the
- archive file (PKUNZIP MGCAD10.ZIP).
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- 4) In Program Manager choose Run from the File menu. If installing
- from a floppy disk type A:SETUP (or B:SETUP) in the Command Line box.
- If MegaCad was downloaded from a bulletin board type the complete path
- name to the SETUP.EXE file. Then click the OK button with the mouse.
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- 5) Follow the on-screen instructions to install MegaCad.
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- MegaCad is a powerful, easy to learn CAD (Computer Aided Design)
- program designed to meet all of your CAD needs. It can produce
- accurately scaled architectural or mechanical drawings, or just
- pretty pictures to paste into your favorite word processor.
- MegaCad is more than just a paint program, because you can edit,
- scale, move, rotate, copy, etc. individual objects, not just paint
- pixels. MegaCad allows you to zoom in to draw fine details or
- zoom out to see the whole drawing.
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- MegaCad can be used for Drafting, House plans, Decks, Landscape
- design, Graphs & Charts, Presentations, Office or Furniture
- Layouts, Business Cards, Forms, Signs, Labels, Organization
- Charts, Flow Charts, Home or School projects, Maps, Schematics,
- Pretty Pictures, etc.
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- MegaCad includes the following features:
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- 1. Simplified user interface makes it easy to learn and use.
- 2. On-Screen instructions help guide the user.
- 3. Context sensitive help system.
- 4. Draws accurately scaled pictures with absolute precision.
- 5. Draws points, lines, circles, ellipses, arcs, splines, text,
- dimensions, squares, rectangles, triangles, or any misc.
- shape (Filled or Empty).
- 6. Pastes pictures into your favorite word processor.
- 7. Creates solid, hidden, center, phantom, cutting, break,
- stitch, arrow, or double arrow lines.
- 8. Easily Zoom in and out and move to any part of the drawing.
- 9. Object snapping makes it easy to create drawings exactly
- to scale.
- 10. Edit, move, copy, mirror, rotate, scale, change color,
- change line type, change line weight of any object.
- 11. Undo the last operation with a single key stroke.
- 12. Edits any two lines to create a corner, radius, or chamfer.
- 13. Draws on up to 256 layers.
- 14. Comes complete with many sample drawings and libraries.
- 15. Supports Metric or English units in decimal or fractions.
- 16. Reads and writes .DXF files for compatibility with other
- CAD programs.
- 17. True 32 bit program for improved performance.
- 18. Print Preview shows what the print will look like.
- 19. Rubber banding helps show how objects will look as they
- are being drawn.
- 20. Objects may be grouped into a single object to save memory,
- and simplify the drawing. Groups may be easily edited
- or ungrouped.
- 21. Create Bill-of-Materials from grouped objects.
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- MegaCad is shareware and you are encouraged to pass a copy
- of MegaCad along to your friends for evaluation. Please
- encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can
- use it. All registered users will receive a copy of the latest
- version of MegaCad, a printed manual, and an authorization
- code to prevent MegaCad from displaying registration
- reminder messages.
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- The printed MegaCad manual contains the same text as the
- MegaCad on-line help system, except the manual contains a
- tutorial to help you learn MegaCad, and the manual contains
- many pictures and figures for clarification.
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- To register a copy of MegaCad pick Register from the Help
- menu, fill in all of the information, pick the OK button to
- print your registration sheet, then mail the registration sheet
- and a proper remittance to the address shown.
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- Except for the registration reminder messages the shareware
- and registered versions of MegaCad are identical. This allows
- you to try the actual product, not just a demo version.
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- ASSOCIATION OF SHAREWARE PROFESSIONALS
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- Midnight Software, Inc. is a member of the Association of
- Shareware Professionals (ASP). 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 545 Grover Road, Muskegon,
- MI 49442-9427 USA, FAX 616-788-2765 or send a CompuServe message
- via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
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- The Association of Shareware Professionals requires that all
- programs produced by its members are not "crippled". This allows
- you to test out the actual product, and assures you that the
- program will not quit working after a period of time.
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- DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE
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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. 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.
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- 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.
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- 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 system 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.
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- DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
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- Users of MegaCad must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
- MegaCad is supplied as is. Midnight Software, Inc. disclaims all
- warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation,
- the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose.
- Midnight Software, Inc. assumes no liability for damages, direct
- or consequential, which may result from the use of MegaCad.
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- MegaCad is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge
- to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your
- friends, but please do not give it away altered or as 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 incentive for programmers to
- continue to develop new products. If you find this program
- useful and find that you are using MegaCad and continue to use
- MegaCad after a 30 day trial period, you must make a registration
- payment of $49.95 to Midnight Software, Inc. The $49.95
- registration fee will license one copy for use on any one
- computer at any one time.
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- Commercial users of MegaCad must register and pay for their
- copies of MegaCad within 30 days of first use or their license
- is withdrawn.
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- If MegaCad is used for more than 30 days on a computer network,
- then each computer which has access to MegaCad must register a
- copy of MegaCad
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- Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting
- Midnight Software, Inc., P.O. Box 77352, Seattle, WA 98177-0352,
- FAX 206-361-0796, or by picking "Register" from the "Help" menu
- and entering the number of computers at your site in the "Quantity"
- box.
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- Anyone distributing MegaCad for any kind of remuneration must
- first contact Midnight Software Inc. at the address shown above for
- authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted
- to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines
- for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering
- MegaCad immediately (However Midnight Software, Inc. must still be
- advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the
- latest version of MegaCad.).
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