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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 23:10:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Carl Andrew Johnson <[e-mail]>
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Subject: I have MacroForm
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I bought MacroForm about two months ago. The ad for it doesn't do it justice.
There are a set of productivity tools included that are indespensible.

There is a scaling macro that allows you to pick the size of the object. No
more fiddling around and scaling an object by 1.1 and then .999 and then
1.001. With MacroForm you simply tell it you want an object to be 6 feet
tall or 4 feet wide and it does it!

Also there are a series of Centering macro that are pretty useful. If you
want to aling an object so that it sits flat on the X and Z axis you can
easily do this. No more manually fiddling around with an object to get it
to sit flush. You can also align one object on the center or edge of another
object.

There are also some pretty good subdivision tools. They are MUCH better than
the standard ones that come with modeler. Without them, I never would have
been able to do a certain effect on my nearly complete demo reel.

There are also macros for organizing your macros and function keys. I never
remember what function key I have assigned to what. Now i I don't
remember, just hit F1 and I get a menu. I can also EASILY load in
different macro and function key sets. The only function key you'll ever
have to remember now is F1.

Oh yeah, and then there are also the rail tools. Yes, you can use a spline
to bevel or scale or twist an object. This is NOT as easy as it sounds,
but it is still better than anything you can do without it.

For the productivity tools alone, it's worth the money. I personally
don't use the rail tools that often, but I use the productivity macros
just about every day.

The manual is well written, but needs more tutorials. It's more of a
reference book than a book on how to use the product. But still, I remember
the documentation I got on Imagine 1.1. This book is a blessing in
comparison.

>From what One and Only software tell me you can only buy it two places.
Direct from them and from Antigravity product. I've had a few problems with
AntiGravity, and my purchase of MacroForm was no exception. I recommend
getting it direct from One and Only.

If any of you have questions on the product, feel free to e-me and ask away.

-Carl Johnson
Pyramid Media Group
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http://www.crl.com/~cjohnson
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