TurboCAD 19 Pro Platinum

TurboCAD Pro Platinum is comprehensive, professional architectural and mechanical CAD software for drafting, detailing, and modelling. Robust, powerful tools provide greater control and flexibility. Advanced mechanical tools include parametric control over parts, 2D and 3D symbols, patterns, and constrained arrays. TurboCAD Pro Platinum also includes an integrated suite of architectural tools that are AutoCAD® Architecture compatible. These tools include compound walls, doors and windows with muntins, slabs, roofs, stairs, rails, schedules, and powerful section and elevation tools. Because of the breadth of mechanical and architectural tools, the Pro Platinum Edition is also perfectly flexible for users whose projects cross disciplines.

Now fully 64-bit compatible, TurboCAD Pro Platinum 19 takes advantage of expanded computer memory, so you can load, process, and render CAD files of nearly any size. In addition, improved design engines, including an updated ACIS® solid modelling engine and improved LightWorks v8.3 and Redsdk v3 rendering engines, offer dramatically better performance. New smooth, surface mesh 3D modelling and editing tools allow for easier, rapid creation of organic shapes, while new features like ePack file packaging improve workflow. Plus, experience smoother interoperability and easier rendering and visualisation to share your work.

NEW & IMPROVED Superior Performance

• NEW 64-Bit version addresses up to 32GB of memory to load, process, and render larger CAD files.
• NEW User Interface with contemporary menu colours and icons with option to return to the classic UI.
• IMPROVED Design Engines including updated ACIS® v22, LightWorks® v8.3 and Redsdk v3 Rendering.

NEW & IMPROVED Powerful Modelling & Architectural Tools

• NEW Smooth Surface Mesh 3D Modelling Tools allow for easier, rapid creation of organic shapes.
• NEW Editing Tools for Smooth Meshes offer greater control. The new SMesh edit tools include Move Face, Extrude Face, Tessellate Face, Refine Face, Merge Facets, and Crease.
• NEW Geo-Location and Compass Rose specify location to 6-point accuracy and display orientation.
• NEW & IMPROVED 1st Price Palette obtains online, real-time price quotes for windows, doors and skylights.
• IMPROVED Standard modify tools (Trim, Split, Meet 2 lines) now works with walls.

NEW & IMPROVED Rendering & Visualisation

• NEW Material Editor lets you lets you locate, select, apply and edit materials, luminance, and more.
• NEW Hatch Pattern Creator for quickly creating custom, repeating hatch patterns.
• NEW Redsdk Support in Quality Render Mode.
• NEW Drawing Compare to visually detect differences in drawings.
• IMPROVED The powerful LightWorks® photorealistic and artistic rendering engine has been updated to version 8.3.

NEW Drafting & Detailing

• NEW ePack File Packaging packs up everything associated with a CAD file for easy distribution.
• NEW Page Layout Wizard for rapid creation of 2D layouts from an existing 3D model.
• NEW ‘Draw By Layer PLUS’ allows users to apply general property changes to all tool presets. Once activated, when changes are made to the properties (Layer, Pen, and Brush) of a selected tool, those changes are applied to all tools.
• NEW ‘Keep Centre of Extents Edit Tool’. This new selector mode option scales around the centre point of an object making changes symmetric.
• IMPROVED Drafting object properties and palette options.

IMPROVED Interoperability

• NEW 3D Print option outputs a part directly to 3D System’s BFB 3D printer software.
• NEW & IMPROVED DGN Filter to open & save MicroStation files through v8.
• IMPROVED DWG/DXF Filters - Updated filters offer a range of continued enhancements for working with the latest AutoCAD® and AutoCAD LT 2010 / 2011 / 2012 files.

In order to run TurboCAD® Pro Platinum 19, your system must include the following:

Minimum TurboCAD Pro 32-bit System Requirements:

• Pentium® IV Processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with 512 MB RAM, or Windows Vista or Windows 7 with 1024 MB RAM
• 300 MB of free hard disk space
• Super VGA (1024 x768) display
• High Colour (16 bit) graphics support

Minimum TurboCAD Pro 64-bit System Requirements:

• Pentium® IV Processor
• Microsoft ® Windows Vista 64 bit or Windows 7 64 bit with 2 GB RAM
• 1 GB of free hard disk space
• Super VGA (1024 x768) display
• High Colour (16 bit) graphics

Recommended:
Your experience with TurboCAD Pro will be greatly enhanced with a newer generation, higher speed CPU, 4 GB RAM, and larger display resolution and graphics support.

The optional GPU-accelerated Redsdk render modes require a supported graphic processing unit (either a chip on the board, or on a video card) and the turning off of aero mode. The latest video drivers are typically required. Newer boards with more power and VRAM generally provide greater performance.

Recommended GPU-accelerators:

• NVIDIA® Quadro FX 1000 & up*
• NVIDIA® GeForce FX & up*
• NVIDIA® GeForce 6, 7, 8 & up*
• AMD-ATI Radeon 9500 & up*
• AMD-ATI Radeon X, HD 2000, 3000, 4000
• AMD-ATI FireGL X
• AMD-ATI FireGL V 3000 & up*
• INTEL® Integrated graphics series: GMA 3000 & GMA X3000.

*based on Feb 2012 testing

For advice on the best TurboCAD product for your needs call Paul Tracey on 01962 835 081 (1), or e-mail ptracey@avanquest.co.uk.

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