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TurboCAD 16 is the premium design software solution that’s delivered exceptional value to both 2D and 3D users for over twenty years. It’s complete 2D drafting and 3D surface and solid modeling toolset includes many of the most advanced technologies in the industry—ACIS solid modeling, D-Cubed constraints, and Lightworks photorealistic rendering. Expert tools for architectural and mechanical design offer greater productivity and enhanced workflow, as does interoperability with nearly 40 CAD and graphic formats.

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Features

Features in all editons

Complete set of Drawing, Editing and Modification Tools

Advanced Drawing Tools

TurboCAD includes over 40 line, arc, curve and spline tools and over 50 Editing and Modification tools; so that no matter the situation you’ve got the right tool for the job. When used with TurboCAD’s snaps, SEKE’s (Single Entry Key commands), dimensions and drawing aids you’ll be able to quickly draft and document your designs with outstanding flexibility.

Constraints

What-if analysis is made easy with 2D geometric and dimensional constraints and is a tremendous time saver as you iterate designs. Apply relationships between two or more objects for accurate designs which can then be adjusted easily. Make a change to one object in a design, and constraints automatically update the drawing based on the user defined parameters. When used in conjunction with TurboCAD’s linear and radial copy tools, constraints allow you to instantly modify entire sets of patterned objects commonly used in mechanical design. Additional constraint options are included in the TurboCAD Pro Mechanical and Platinum Editions.

Select Copy & Editing Tools

TurboCAD comes equipped with tools to allow you to quickly select objects by type, color, entity type, attribute, query, fence or by layer. Coupled with TurboCAD's array & copy tools, you’ll save copious amounts of time editing your design. Handled based editing significantly increases your ability to quickly move, rotate and accurately place any object(s).

Annotation Tools

Dimensioning and Text are vital to any CAD Drawing. TurboCAD includes:

• Smart, Quick and Baseline which allow you to dimension automatically.
• Associative Dimensions - freely move, rotate, or resize the associated objects and the dimension will retain its position relative to the objects, and the dimension text will change automatically to reflect changes.
• Precise Dimensioning up to 10 decimal points.
• Formats include: Architectural, Fractional, Engineering, Decimal, and Surveyor.
• Multi-Text Formatting and Scaling options.
• Format Painter lets you instantly grab and associate any desired format attributes between objects.

Parametric Parts, Blocks & Symbols

Easily create reusable parametrically driven objects, then drag and drop them into your designs, thereby accelerating all levels of design and detailing.. Advanced users can also script their own parametrically driven objects. Part and Symbol Library palettes allow for easier management of your CAD content.

Block Attributes

A block attribute is dynamic AutoCAD-style informational text associated with a block that you can enter whenever you create or insert a block. TurboCAD reads, displays, and allows you to modify block attributes obtained from any AutoCAD drawing (DWG) and DXF files.

NEW XREF Manager

NEW XREF Manager is built in to the Block Palette, managing external references in your TurboCAD drawing more effectively. XREFs can also be exported with DWG or DXF drawings for greater AutoCAD file compatibility.

Hatches Patterns and Line Styles

Apply hatch patterns by object or pick-points to add the finishing touches to your production drawings. Create your own Hatch vector and raster based hatch patterns and gradient fills with the Brush Styles Editor.

Surface & Solid Modeling

ACIS Solid Modeling Engine (IMPROVED)

TurboCAD ACIS Solid Modeling Engine, updated to version 18, provides realistic, complex 3D object creation as well as data crucial for engineers such as Volume, Moments of inertia, Center of gravity and Surface Area through the . Some of the ACIS editing tools are:

• Rail, Sweep and Revolve
• Facet and Edge Modifiers
• Extrusions and Lofts of Compound Profiles
• Face to Face and Branch Lofting
• Section and Slice

Profile Editing

3D objects that are created by performing a function on a 2D profile can be modified to update the 3D object that is based on it.

Assembly Tools

Easily combine multiple components together to create one part.

Part Tree

Go back to any procedural step in your design and make modifications without losing any subsequent work.

Lighting & Rendering

LightWorks (Improved)

Add lighting and luminance to your entire environment and apply bitmap materials to any 3D face for dramatic realism. TurboCAD now includes the Lightworks 7.9 lighting and rendering engine. This major upgrade of the underlying render engine provides global illumination, final gather, tone mapping, gamma correction, and dozens of new material shaders.

• Add ambient, point, directional, headlight, spot and sky light types to your design
• Apply luminance properties to any object to create stunning renderings.
• Choose from over 500 included materials, including over 140 eco-friendly materials like brick, marble, wood and stone.
• Access hundreds of brand name and custom colors, effects and materials through the LightWorks Archive
• Create your own materials with the materials editor
• Add your own notes and descriptions to your Lightworks Elements
• New in v16 - Simply drag and drop materials from the Material Palette onto a 3D object's face
• New in v16 - Material preview allows you to see any selected item with the material and change preview scales.
• New in v16 - Benefit from advanced shader descriptions.

Render Styles and Style Editor (NEW)

TurboCAD Pro now includes preset Render Styles that optimize dozens of settings for specific effects, photorealistic or non-photorealistic (such as oil painting and mosaic). The Render Style Editor allows for unlimited new styles to be created for one-click access to a particular style from project to project.

Publishing, Productivity and Reports

Drafting Palette (IMPROVED)

TurboCAD Pro’s Drafting Palette is exceptionally powerful and unique and expedites the drafting-to-detailing process. It creates associative 2D sections based on standard views or sectional planes of 3D surface or ACIS solid models, including XREFs. You can even create nested, associative sections (i.e., cross-sections of cross-sections). The 2D views may be placed in paper spaces (layouts), hatched, dimensioned, and annotated. Because they are associative, if the model is changed, or the section plane is updated, the 2D profiles, hatches, and fills are also updated automatically.

Dynamic Viewports

Viewports have two components: a boundary and the view that it contains. Any update of the view is instantly applied to the viewport. Viewports can be independently scaled and displayed in hidden line draft and quality rendered modes.

Desktop Customization

TurboCAD’s desktop interface is completely customizable. Add command to any toolbar. Pop-up toolbars let you assign your most used tools to the local menu (right-mouse click), saving you from spending time navigating endlessly to use a tool.

Context Sensitive Help

Click any tool or menu item to instantly pull up the help description.

Database, Reports, Tables (IMPROVED)

Now Connect to any ODBC supported database. Define custom field reports, bill of materials and parts lists. XREF support allows your tables and part lists to automatically sync with external data sources for added efficiency. Table Objects that are AutoCAD compatible.

Outstanding Compatibility

TurboCAD Pro supports nearly 40 popular CAD and Graphic File Formats.

Database Connect Palette (NEW)

Now, set up a data link to any data source (ODBC database, Excel, CSV, SQL, Access, Oracle, Sequel Server…) on either your local machine or company network. Since the data source remains outside of TurboCAD, the drawing file size is not affected maintaining performance. Reference data in a TurboCAD table as well as data associated to objects. The CAD file automatically updates with changes to the external database. Improves bill of material handling, real time pricing…

DWG/DXF Import/Export (IMPROVED)

TurboCAD has always offered excellent compatibility with native AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT files, making it an excellent companion product. A new ability to export XREFs with DWG or DXF drawings offers even greater AutoCAD file compatibility.

Google SketchUp File Import/Export (IMPROVED)

The SketchUp (SKP) file import filter has been greatly enhanced in TurboCAD v16. Not only is more information about the SketchUp model now successfully imported into TurboCAD, but supplemental rendering, lighting and materials information is imported if the SketchUp model has been rendered with IMSI/Design's IDX Renditioner product, a plug-in to SketchUp. Now you can also save your TurboCAD models in the native SketchUp (.SKP) file format, allowing you to seamlessly import your designs into Google SketchUp.

ASAT File Import/Export

Store 3D objects and blocks/inserts in ASAT files and enjoy enhanced compatibility for 3D solid modeling.

Collada (DAE) File Export

Experience enhanced operability with virtual worlds and Google Earth

OBJ File Import/Export

Obtain OBJ support for polygonal models and free form models such as curves and NURB surfaces.

3DS File Import/Export

Get better interoperability with mechanical and artistic design applications. Supports material, texture coordinate, and normal import/export of 3DS files.

Benefits

• Affordable CAD - More professional features per pound than any other 2D/3D CAD application.

• Easy to Learn and Use - Need help with a new feature? Get answers fast. Access context-sensitive help within the software, searchable, indexed help online, free email and web-based support, or give us a call to receive free telephone tech support.

• More 2D Drafting & 3D Modeling in One Application - Now get more precision design and drafting tools including our new dimensioning tools, new roof tool, new eco-friendly content, new “green' materials and more!

• Improved CAD & Graphics Compatibility - Now includes support for 30 of the most popular industry-standard file formats including—AutoCAD and Google SketchUp.

• Proven CAD Solutions for Over 22 Years - Year after year, the industry's most versatile and consumer friendly CAD application, now even better.

Editions

TurboCAD Pro 16

The premium software solution for professional 2D and 3D design.

TurboCAD Pro 16 Mechanical Edition

TurboCAD Pro 16 Mechanical Edition is the ultimate solution for design experts with innovative tools tailored to mechanical engineers and designers.

TurboCAD Pro 16 Architectural Edition

TurboCAD Pro 16 Architectural Edition is a premium solution for design experts, with added tools tailored to ease design for architects, builders, and civil engineers.

TurboCAD Pro 16 Platinum Edition

TurboCAD Pro 16 Platinum Edition is the ultimate solution for design experts.

System Req.

Minimum

• Pentium IV Processor
• Microsoft Windows XP 512 MB RAM, Microsoft Vista 1 GB RAM
• 300 MB of free hard disk space depending on accessory applications installed, 64 MB of swap space
• Super VGA (1024 x768) display
• High Color (16 bit) graphics card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Adobe Reader v6 or higher. Recommended v7 or higher.

Recommended

• 2 GHz Processor, 2 GB RAM
• 3D Graphics accelerator card
• Wheel mouse
• Internet connection
• Microsoft Internet Explorer required for Internet registration
• Macromedia Flash plug-in required for on-line tutorials