Features
New Interface options
TurboCAD's customisable tool environment now lets
you select to display only those tools you want and need, freeing
up your valuable screen space for designing. Choose from a
variety of collapsible, drag and drop menus with tools that are
intuitively grouped and organised, and offer display options
ranging from simple icons, to icons with full explanations. Plus,
TurboCAD's all new, context sensitive tools eliminate unnecessary
prompts and steps by making intelligent assumptions about you
desired outcomes, resulting in increased speed and productivity
in all aspects of drafting and design. And if you're not ready to
make the switch, there is even an option to remain in the
"classic" interface.
Advanced
Architectural
Drafting
Create parametric doors and windows, and drag and drop them
directly into the walls of your 3D drawing. Define the exact
parameters of these objects by choosing from dozens of window and
door types. Plus, select the specific properties of each object,
including frames, hinges and knobs. Easy to use drop-down menus
and a properties editor make this a snap. TurboCAD will even
automatically generate the appropriate symbol for the 2D version
of the drawing. And, architectural drawing is a cinch with these
latest
additions:
New: Point Marker tool lets
you automatically number objects such as rooms, doors or windows
and is great for creating legends, call outs, or simply mapping
points and adding notes to your
drawings
New: Auto
generated symbols of chosen door or window for 2D version of
drawing
New: LightWorks Archives of brand-name
interior and exterior
materials
New: Three options for displaying fractional
dimensions (stacked, diagonal,
in-line)
New: Create parametric walls,
doors, and windows, and choose from dozens of architectural and
material properties to create thousands of style combinations.
Plus choose different materials for frames, hinges and
knobs.
New Architectural
add-on Pack
includes;
New: Edit
Profile tool. Create custom Doors and Windows from any 3D
object
Additional: Parametric Window and Door types
and shapes. 18 door types, 6 door shapes, 13 window types and 13
window shapes make your design possibilities
limitless!
Improved: TurboCAD Architectural Tutorial
teaches you how to design a home from scratch to
finish.
Drag and drop Parametric doors and windows into your
walls
Superior Mechanical
Design
With our latest release, you
can now apply material properties to individual facets of the
same object and preview blends before committing to them. More
geometric constraints have been added that improve the
relationship between 2D constraints and the resulting 3D derived
designs. And a rebuilt Part Tree now gives you a more complete
view of your part's history and parameters. Plus, mechanical
drafting is even easier with these
advancements:
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New: Ability
to define horizontal and vertical
constraints
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New: Hover cursor over an object to preview a blend, before
committing to
it
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Improved: Redesigned "part-tree" for quick,
easy parametric modeling and
editing
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Improved: Create automatic
and precise tangencies where splines meet other
objects
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Improved:
Define constraints for objects in parallel planes with just one
click.
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Improved: Apply different materials to
different facets of the same
object
More constraint options
with D-Cubed's latest Constraint
Manager
Packed with more than 15
constraints for 2D lines, arcs, circles, splines and dimensions,
you can now also apply horizontal and vertical constraints to
lines located on the same plan, as well as lines located in
parallel planes. Plus, quickly and easily locate and even delete
existing constraints within a drawing via an easy to use
constraints palette. You can even generate spline tangents with
just one click and TurboCAD automatically calculates the precise
spline connection points. Plus, powerful new Pattern Constraints
enable repeated geometries to be fully constrained within 2D
primitives. This tool is especially powerful when 2D entities are
used with different
transformations.
Simplified Text
Editing
Offering a newly simplified
approach, TurboCAD's text editing tools now mirror those found in
other graphic applications. Simply select the text box you want
to edit and the text editing palette is automatically called up.
Extrapolate text to create 3D text for effects such as embossing.
And make edits to 2D and 3D text, directly on screen. Plus choose
from thousands of colors for text and
background.
New and Improved 3D
Tools
Newly integrated 3D tools now
offer rigid and normal sweeps, including options for doing simple
extrudes where the extrude originates bi-directionally from a
user defined central
point.
All new
visual
possibilities
 Hundreds of brand name and custom
designed, interior and exterior materials andeffects are now
available through LightWorks Archives. Or create your own custom
materials and effects through our enhanced Materials Editor that
lets you overlay multiple materials and transparencies on top of
each other to create amazing custom surfaces. Plus, choose custom
density levels for scattering mediums, and go even further with
all new Decal Reflectance filters. And enjoy all new flicker free
drawing and fluid camera
views.
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New: Access
hundreds of brand name and custom designed, interior and
exterior materials and effects through LightWorks Archives
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New: LightWorks 7.5 with real time render and "pre-cache"
rendering for faster previewing of 3D models and rapid editing
while in render
mode
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New: "Flicker Free" rendered views while
moving, rotating and
zooming.
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New: "Reflected" gradient
brush for 2D rendering (similar to "Cylinder" in
AutoCAD)
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New:
Saturation parameter for Simple Environment
Luminances
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New: Set custom density levels for scattering mediums such
as
fog
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New: Layer multiple materials and effects on
top of each other
(Decal)
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New: Scaled image backgrounds
including "stretch", "preserve", "letterbox", "view" and
"center" for scaled image
backgrounds
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New: Export to
GIF and PNG files with transparent areas (Alpha
Channels).
Revamped PDF
Features
The redesigned PDF file export
features now let you export paper spaces, customize PDF fonts,
True Type, SHX, paper widths, and paper heights
sections.
Expanded
Interoperability
TurboCAD now supports 28 of the
most popular industry-standard file formats, including DWG, DXF,
IGES, STEP, DGN, STL, 3DS, and DCD. Plus, you can now export you
3D files into DWF format or publish your designs into HTML, JPG
and now newly supported PNG and GIF file formats with included
Alpha Channel for
transparencies.
Added
Programmability
TurboCAD Professional Version
12 even includes a complete software development kit. (SDK). And, TurboCAD's Software Development Kit now
offers XML-based
definitions.
...and there's
more
Full of industry's leading
tools and options not found even in higher priced software,
TurboCAD gives you more features per pound than any other CAD
programme on the market. With significantly advanced parametric
modeling, superior artistic and visual options, comprehensive and
time saving drafting tools, intuitive and customisable user
interface, and the most cross-compatible file publishing options
on the market, TurboCAD Professional Version 12 is the tool that
CAD professionals worldwide have turned to for significant
productivity and dramatic
results.
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