Useful ShareWare


Ray Morton gave me a couple of files, and said that he'd received permission from the originator to put them up for free downloads; I'm providing scalecalc.exe and APSCU32.zip.

Both of these are Shareware for the PC - unlimited distribution but you can't charge for them.

scalecalc (249K) is a useful tool to compute scales, or to convert dimensions from one scale to another.

APSCU32 (96.1K), once unzipped, is a much more complex program that allows conversions from metric to inches, etc; or allows to computation of "grades" (I think both programs were originally done for model railroaders, but they're useful for model boat builders as well, and the price is right).
{John O. Kopf}


B. Armstrong has provided an Excel workbook which can be used to calculate rigging sizes, number of ropes required, block sizes and cleat sizes (.zip file for PC).

NOTE macros must be turned on for the Excel workbook to operate correctly.
{B. Armstrong}


NOTE: I have received some feedback about my rigging calculator. Security setting for later versions of Excel will not allow the Macro's to run. This can be overcome by setting Macro security to low. I am not in a position to obtain a Digital certificate for the macro's in this program. I am forwarding an unlocked copy of the spread sheet to you. However since this copy is unprotected users should be aware that they could inadvertently corrupt the calculations if they change any information in any cell that is not called out for entry on the USAGE sheet. This unprotected copy should solve the problem if all else fails. Click here (.zip file for PC).
{B. Armstrong}

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