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CADSHELL: THE CAD FILE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
Drawing File Management Systems vary in several ways.
Enclosed in this package, you will find Cadshell 2.1. In the
January 1991 issue CADENCE Magazine tested 5 Cad Management
Systems. We invite you to read the article, analyze these
softwares; then compare them to Cadshell 2.1. I personally have
managed an Autocad based office of 10+ draftsmen and found this
type of software a must to maintain order. In nearly two years
of using this software we have not lost a single drawing due to
someone failing to back-up, or two people working on a drawing
simultaneously. The system simply makes simultaneous usage
impossible, and drawings requiring a backup plainly visable.
Four of five systems in the article require your fileserver
to be setup in the way that they see fit. For instance some of
the other softwares only allow a drawing to be edited from the
fileserver (i.e. no downloading to a local harddrive). This can
create unwarranted network traffic and slow everybody down. Some
people prefer to check out the drawings and download them to a
local drive permitting users to continue to operate even when the
network is down. This presents a drawing management headache,
who has what drawing and what is the latest copy of it? Enter
Cadshell 2.1 the drawing management solution. With Cadshell
drawings are monitored and checked in and out just as you would a
book from a library. Cadshell becomes your company's Cad police.
Three of five softwares were able to launch Autocad. Of
course, Cad-Shell has this capability also. Most of the systems
performed basic Dos copies, formats, etc. Cadshell works as a
windowing environment allowing you to use the Dos-Shell of your
choice for your Dos utilities. Cadshell also features "smart"
back-up and clean-up of your hard-drive. Cadshell knows if
drawings are properly backed-up. If not you will clearly see that
they are still checked out and should be backed up.
Most of the systems in the article require networking.
Cad-Shell is equally at home on a network system or your local
sneaker network. Some of the other systems feature a built in
drawing viewer program.
Cadshell 2.1 is able to access any optional viewer program like
AutoVue from Cimmetry Systems for example. Simply enter the path
to the favorite viewer of choice in your Cadshell configuration
and Cadshell will use that viewer. Cadshell 2.1 is the only
system available with 2-way data flow into and out of the
drawings. Cadshell features a built in drawing data manager
that will extract and return Database information directly into
your drawings. This information may then be exported to an
external database manager such a Dbase IV or Paradox for further
processing. What about handchanges? Every office gets
in a panic now and then and must hand modify a plot directly.
Only Cadshell 2.1 offers a built in handchange flag that tags
these drawings and presents a warning screen to the next user
that a drawing has been hand-modified. This prevents changes
from being accidently lost.
Overall, you will find that Cad-Shell offers the most
in capabilities as well as flexibility; bringing you, the
user the most control possible. All of this for only
$99.95, a substantial savings over all the others. More for your
money and a better price too. Isn't that the best of both
worlds? But I don't need a drawing management system you say.
That's why we are offering this Shareware version of Cadshell
because many companies do not realize the lost productivity due
to not having this type of system installed. We all know that
lost productivity is lost profit. So here it is play
with it and decide for yourself if this system might not be the
answer to some of your cad management headaches.
* SUMMARY CHART *
SOFTWARE USER CONFIG LAUNCHES 2-WAY FLOW REQUIRES PRICE
SCHEMA AUTOCAD DATABASE NETWORK
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CADSHELL YES YES YES NO $99.95
AUTOBASE NO YES NO NO $2795.00
AUTOEDMS YES YES NO NO $3495.00
OPMAN NO NO NO YES $8000.00
NETMANAGER NO NO NO YES $1995.00
DRAWINGMANAGER NO YES NO YES $2995.00
LANCAD NO NO NO YES $5495.00
** Note prices of other software may vary these are as accurate as we could
find for early 1990.
A brief note about this shareware version of Cadshell. Some
of the items under the utility menu may not function in the demo
version. Other than this Cadshell 2.1 should be fully functional.
We hope you will find this a truly useful drawing management
system and will register your copy. With your $99.95
registration you will receive the full documentation, support and
a fully functional disk from Southland Computer Consultants.
You will also be eligible for an upgrade to Cadshell 3.0,
expected out some time in mid 1992. Version 3.0 will be
discounted to all registered users of 2.1. It will have many new
features, include a mouse driven interface, and many new
utilities additions.
Registration
_________________________________________________________________
Yes, please register me and send full documentation and support.
* CADSHELL 2.1 DRAWING MANAGER *
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Company Name______________________________________
Contact Name______________________________________
Address___________________________________________
___________________________________________
City,State Zip_______________________ ________
Phone ( )______-__________
_______________________________________________________________
Enclose $99.95 and mail to: Joe Backes/Southland Computer
6256 Southcrest Drive
Shreveport, La. 71119
(318) 635-5503
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* HISTORY *
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RELEASE 1.0.............Beta version premiered at Dallas Autocad
user's group. Good response from all who
attended.
(Spring 1990)
RELEASE 2.0.............First production version. Featured entirely
revamped interface. Cadshell became a
graphical front end for Autocad as well
as a complete drawing manager.
(Fall 1990)
New features............New Interface
Notecards
Handchange Flags
Smart Backups
Misc. Utilities
RELEASE 2.1.............General update to version 2.0. Additional
utilities added including exporting of
comma delimited file of all filecard info.
Allowed three different formats to display
drawing listings in Window 3.
Added System Status Menu to show key system
statistics
(Fall 1991)
New features............Export to Database
Text Editor Utility
Configurable Directory
[ UPGRADES BEING CURRENTLY CODED ]
RELEASE 2.2.............Plot Configuration feature to launch Autocad
using scripts graphically assembled by Cadshell
NEW UTILITIES ADDITIONS
(SPRING 1992)
RELEASE 2.3.............dBASE IV COMPATABLE DATA FILES AVAILABLE
(SUMMER 1992)
RELEASE 3.0.............Complete upgrade to user interface including
mouse support.
(FALL 1992)
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Notes: AID & TBC_ATT are copyrighted terms as follows. These may be used
in conjunction with Cadshell. Since Cadshell is developed as an open
system additional software may be developed by third parties and used
to access this information. We do reserve the right to alter the
standard and add to it with future releases of Cadshell.
Documentation on these structures is available with registration.
AID..............Autocad Interface Data (File Card text file)
TBC_ATT..........Title Block Control Attributes(Attributes system developed
for extracting Title Block
information automatically.)
Registered users only!!!!
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