TurboCAD 17 Deluxe 2D/3D
is a powerful full-featured CAD and drafting program
TurboCAD
Deluxe gives you unlimited design options with hundreds of professional
drafting and design tools, incredible file support, video and interactive
tutorials, photorealistic rendering and pre-drawn drag-and-drop symbols. It’s
everything you need to create presentation-ready home plans, technical
drawings, mechanical designs, illustrations, school projects and more.
Affordable
– an exceptional value in 2D/3D CAD
Easy
To Learn and Use - Beginner, intermediate and advanced menu settings and
context sensitive help in a familiar Windows® style interface get results fast
2D
Drafting & 3D Modelling In One Application - Packed with 2D drawing,
modifying, and dimensioning tools, plus 3D modelling, photorealistic rendering,
advanced lighting effects, transparency options, camera views and more!
CAD
& Graphics Compatibility - Easily import existing designs from 28 of the
most popular industry-standard file formats including AutoCAD® and Google
SketchUp
Proven
Solution for Over Two Decades - Year over year, TurboCAD has proven itself as
the industry’s most versatile and consumer friendly CAD application
Features
TurboCAD Deluxe 17 has everything you need to
quickly create presentation-ready home plans, technical drawings, mechanical
designs, artistic illustrations, crafts, school projects and much more!
Complete
Set of 2D/3D Drafting, Design, and Modelling Tools – See below
Easy
to Use in a customizable interface
Lightworks
Photorealistic Rendering & Visualization
Architectural
Specific Design Features
Mechanical
Design Features
Support
for 28 industry-standard file formats
TurboCAD
employs a large selection of line, arc, curve, spline tools, and other expected
tools, so that no matter the situation you’ve got access to the right tool for
the job. When used with TurboCAD snaps, modification tools, and drawing aids
you will be able to quickly draft and document your designs. Below is only a
small sample of the drawing, modifying, and dimensioning tools.
Drawing
Tools -Arc, Bezier Curve, Circles,
Command Line, Construction Lines, Double Line, Ellipse, Line, Multiline,
Parallel Line, Perpendicular Line, Points, Polygon, Polyline, Revision Cloud,
Spline Curve, Trim, Wall
Modelling
Tools - Box, Cone, Cylinder, Sphere, Wedge, Prism, Doughnut, Extrude, Helix,
Revolve, Sweep, Mesh, Booleans And Splines.
Editing/Modification
Tools - Align, Array, Boolean operations, Chamfer, Distribute, Double Line
Modify, Erase, Fillet, Join Polyline, Meet two lines, Mirror, Multi
shrink/extend line, Offset, Rotate, Scale, Split, Stretch, Shrink/extend line,
Transform, Trim
Dimension
Types - Angular, Baseline, Continuous, Datum, Diameter, Incremental,
Orthogonal, Parallel, Quick, Radial, Rotated, String, Smart
Context-Sensitive
Help - Right-click to instantly access recently used tools, recently entered
values, and a quick way to change or reset reference points. If a TurboCAD tool
is active, the context menu provides a contextual toolbar as well, with
additional similar tools and functions.
Flexible
User Interface - Turn on and off only
the tools you want to see as you work in a familiar, windows-like, customizable
interface. Display TurboCAD’s comprehensive set of 2D/3D design tools with full
explanations in the beginner mode. Switch to intermediate or expert mode to
gain screen space as you become more familiar with the program.
Page
Set Up Wizard - Breeze through questions
designed to help you define your drawing’s size and orientation, units of measurement,
printing scale and viewpoints
Advanced
Handle-Based Editing - Save time and
draw more accurately, more quickly. TurboCAD provides handles for scaling, but
also for rotating, moving and aligning objects
Snaps
& Geometric Alignment Aids - Draw
lines quickly and let snap tools automatically align them with the closest
center point, end point, or dozens of points you choose. Geometric alignment
aids improve snap indicators.
2D
& 3D Text Editing - Create and edit
text without leaving your drawing. Plus, choose from thousands of colors for
text and background
Colours, Brushes, Bitmap and Gradient Fills,
and Transparency - TurboCAD allows for
hatch patterns and gradients to be layered with transparency. Custom bitmaps,
such as your company logo, may be used as well. This empowers you to much more
clearly and precisely communicate construction or assembly details.
Table
Objects - Create a table on the fly, or
import a table from DWG/DXF files.
Fill
Schedule Wizard - Create and fill the
schedule table with drawing information
Architectural
TurboCAD
Deluxe 17 includes practical tools tailored to architects, builders, and civil
engineers. Design and showcase floor
plans, decks, kitchens, bathrooms, room additions and more!
Intelligent Walls
Self-healing
walls automatically join and intersect as you design in 2D or 3D. View wall
dimensions with a single-click.
Automatic Wall Openings
“Slide”
doors, windows, arches or any shape to create “openings” in walls with linked
2D and 3D views. Set vertical alignment properties for precise placement.
Parametric Doors &
Windows
Window
and Door dimensions can be scaled to meet your design needs. Further customize
with materials and colours.
Hatch Patterns and Fills
Choose
from over 70 hatch patterns (including colors) to visually identify various
components of your drawing. Bitmaps, like your company logo, or gradient fills
may also be used with transparency.
Fractional Dimensions
Display
fractions in stacked, diagonal, or in-line layout to accommodate your personal
preferences.
Point Marker Tool
Automatically
number objects such as rooms, doors or windows. Great for creating legends,
call outs, or simply mapping points and adding notes to your drawings.
Mechanical
Chain
Polyline - Chain Polyline allows for faster design by allowing you to connect
intersecting objects or portions of objects into a single polyline which can be
then extruded, revolved or swept
2D
& 3D Boolean operations - Use two
existing objects and combined, subtracted, intersected, or sliced to create a
new object. Select multiple entities for addition or subtraction.
Revolve
- Move a 2D object around a revolution axis to create a 3D object.
Extrude - Pull complex 3D models from simple 2D
shapes.
Sweeps - Extrude shapes along a path, perfect for
drafting irregular objects.
Chain
Polyline - Chain Polyline allows for faster design by allowing you to connect
intersecting objects or portions of objects into a single polyline which can be
then extruded, revolved or swept
Automatic,
Editable Meshes - Easily create complex
meshes by entering coordinate information or importing matrix data from Excel®,
then view, edit and render.
Colour
Transparency - Screen back the color of
an object in the foreground to display or emphasize hidden details in the
background.
Visualisation
Lightworks
Photorealistic Rendering - TurboCAD
Deluxe includes powerful, easy-to-use rendering and visualization technology by
LightWorks. Define physically accurate materials such as glass, mirrors, and
polished or reflective surfaces with ray tracing, allowing anyone to create
stunning photorealistic designs.
Materials
Library - Choose from or create your own
realistic material patterns, transparency, reflectance, and texture types and
settings as well as multiple wrapping options to make designs look like they
will in real life
Realistic
Lighting Effects - Multiple light types
and settings cast hard and soft shadows and reflect accurately off reflective
surfaces with ray tracing allowing you to create photorealistic designs. Fog
and scattering mediums are also supported.
Design
Director - Organize, access, and explore
design alternatives easily in the Design Director Palette. Create layer
templates, light templates, camera templates and powerful layer for use on
different designs.
Floating
and Shaped Viewports - Create viewports of Model space in multiple Paper
spaces. Edit your viewports by changing their shape or the layers that they
display. You can even render within a viewport.
Multiple
Drawings/Multiple Paper Space - Build
multiple drawings, each with multiple paper spaces, with independent settings
(grid units, etc.); then use tabs to quickly switch between paper spaces.
Compatible
TurboCAD
Deluxe 17 supports 28 industry-standard formats, including AutoCAD and Google
SketchUp making it an excellent companion product.
Google
SketchUp SKP Import/Export - Import
detailed information from your SketchUp model into TurboCAD. Supplemental
rendering, lighting and materials information is also imported if the SketchUp
model has been rendered with IMSI/Design's IDX Renditioner product, a plug-in
to SketchUp. You can also convert your TurboCAD models into native SketchUp
(.SKP) files for seamless import into Google SketchUp.
AutoCAD
DWG/DXF Import/Export - TurboCAD has
always offered excellent compatibility with native AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT
files. There is even the ability to export XREFs with DWG or DXF drawings
offers even greater AutoCAD file compatibility.
Xref
Manager - Manage external references (Xrefs)
like a parts catalog in your TurboCAD drawing. Xrefs can also be exported with
DWG or DXF drawings for greater AutoCAD file compatibility.
PDF
Publishing - Save your drawing as PDF documents for easy sharing. Plus, export
paper spaces, customize your fonts and define your paper widths and heights.
New Features:
IMPROVED
Layer Management – The Design Director simplifies layer management with the
addition of Line Style, Pen Width and Print Style parameters to Design Director
and Drawing Setup.
NEW
Layer Filters - Layer filters, that are .dwg compatible, help you manage large,
complex drawings with ease. Simply organize layers by a defined set of
parameters. All layers which meet the parameters define by the filter will be
grouped in the lower panel of the Design Director.
NEW
Section Detail Tool - Enables closed 2D entities (circles, polygons, polylines)
to act as a cutting contour with other intersecting 2D objects.
NEW
Color Table (CTB) Print Style Support - AutoCAD® Color Table (.CTB) file support
added to existing support of Style Table (STD) print styles.
IMPROVED
Blocks and Groups - In-place editing of blocks and groups. Now can edit and
customize individual Blocks.
NEW
Index Colour Support - Index Colours added to support of True Colours. Includes
proper round-tripping of DWG files and the Colour Dialog’s Index colours match
AutoCAD LT colours 1:1.
NEW
Line Width Scaling - New value “Device width” for TC pen property "Line
Width Scale System" was added
NEW
Multilanguage support - It is now possible to input, edit and visualization
objects name (Layers, blocks, styles, etc.) independent of the current local OS
system settings.
IMPROVED
Meet Two Lines Tool - Bezier and Spline curves are now supported
IMPROVED
Multi-Text, Text - Much easier to now get into edit mode as editing is turned
on when either the MultiText or Text tools are enabled. Able to enter larger
text strings without degradation of performance.
IMPROVED
Paper Space Templates – Now you can insert and extract specific Paper Spaces
from other TCT (TurboCAD templates), TCW and DWG files. Also, define different
printers and printer setting for each Paper Space in a drawing.
IMPROVED
Pick-Point Hatching - Redesigned tool that streamlines the pick point hatch
process
IMPROVED
Shrink/Extend Tool - Bezier and NURBs curves are now supported.
IMPROVED
Templates - Improved Architectural and Metric templates.
IMPROVED
Walls - New Link Wall Segments option added; new property, Autocleanup added.
IMPROVED
.DWG/.DXF Filters - Ability to define line weights during file import; define
how arc elements convert during export. Ability to read Multi-Leader objects
and styles. Now possible to control Xrefs through Xref Layers.
IMPROVED
.EPS Filter - Updated and improved file import capabilities.
IMPROVED
.SKP (Google SketchUp) Filter – Better .SKP file export.
System Requirements:
Windows XP/ Vista / 7, Pentium IV processor, 300MB
hard drive space, Super VGA 1024 x 768 display, 16-bit high colour graphics
card, DVD-Rom drive.
This
software comes in a retail box.
