Free Macros from Other DesignCAD Users

This macro will make section arrows. It will ask for the type and direction of the arrow, and then ask how many character to fit within the arrow. Most of the time it would be two or three character.

The program will ask you to set a point for the right corner heal.
CHANNEL.BSC will draw any Channel or Miscellaneous Channel as listed in the Manual of Steel Construction ninth edition. The Channel can be entered in capital or lower case letters without any spaces. 

EXTEND2 uses the EXTEND command to trim or extend multiple lines at once rather then one at a time. Set a point on the lines to extend or trim. The last point is the line to extend or trim to.
Tap ENTER after the last point.

The program will ask you to set a point at the corner of the angle. The program will search the LSHAPE.DTA file which should be in the same directory as LSHAPE.BSC . If the angle you typed in is not found then you will be informed. If it is found a menu will pop up asking for the direction of the angle. Type in a number that matches the direction on you want. If the angle you typed has unequally legs, you will be asked if you want the long leg vertical.

New command - old favorite! PAINT will do what the old paint command use to do. It uses the hatch fill and the "Win Solid" to fill the painted area.

Here is a simple macro to put the path of the current drawing into the drawing as text like AutoCad. You must save the drawing before running the macro. 

The program will ask you to set a point at the center of the top flange. SSHAPE.BSC will draw any of the S SHAPES as listed in the Manual of Steel Construction ninth edition. The Channel can be entered in capital or lower case letters without any spaces. 

This BasicCad program takes the TRIM BETWEEN TWO LINES one step farther. It will trim up to 22 lines at once. In the above example, click on the 5 lines to be trimmed, Then click on the lines you want to trim back to. When done TAP the ENTER KEY.

If you draw structural steel beams then you will love this program. It will draw all of the W shapes listed in the Manual of Steel Construction. Ninth Edition. All the dimensions used to draw these shapes are taken from the "inch" columns. The decimal columns are not used. To use this click on the MICRO EXECUTE COMMAND then DRAWBEAM.

These two macros will align one side of a polygon to another side (Fit 2D) or one facet of a polyhedron to another facet (Fit 3D). They can be used in other ways as well to align objects on one plane to another plane. Experiment.

Ring.d3m allows user to draw hollow circular planes as one piece by entering a few values.