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TurboCAD Deluxe V16
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Price:
$99.99
$34.50*
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| Part No: | B0022VMT68 |
| Manufacturer: | IMSI |
| MFG Part: | 35956 |
| Customer Rating: | 4.0 / 5.0 |
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- System Requirements -
- Windows 2000 (SP4)/XP/Vista
- Pentium IV Processor
- 300 MB of free hard disk space, 64 MB of swap space
- 512MB RAM
Precision 2D Drafting and 3D ModelingProduct InformationWith TurboCAD 16 Deluxe 2D/3D your options are unlimited. Hundreds ofprofessional drafting and design tools incredible file support video andinteractive tutorials photorealistic rendering and drag-and-drop symbolsprovide everything you need to create presentation-ready home plans technicaldrawings mechanical designs artistic illustrations crafts school projectsand more. Compatible with AutoCAD Google SketchUp and more. New Features Filleted Corners - TurboCAD 16 offers the ability to add filleted corners automatically from the local menu streamlining the process of filleting corners when drawing polygons irregular polygons rectangles and irregular rectangles. Font - Hebrew support of Text Multiline Text and SHX fonts. Now properly annotate drawings with Hebrew text. Mesh Simplifier Tool - This tool degenerates (simplifies to a specific number of triangles) TurboCAD Surfaces. It’s useful for simplifying large imported meshes that will subsequently be rendered as render times will be less. Helix - New tool to quickly draw 2D and 3D spirals 3D Mouse Support - TurboCAD now works with the Sandio 3D Mouse. Speed design as you move along and rotate about your drawings X Y and Z axes without having to also use your keyboard or other on-screen navigational aids. It makes for more efficient drawing and viewing of 3D objects. Design Director - The Design Director lets you organize access and explore design alternatives easily in the Design Director Palette. You can create Layer Templates Light Templates and Camera Templates that you name and save for use on different designs. With Categories and Graphics you can select view and assign properties without the constraint of Layers. Switching between design alternatives has never been easier! Google SketchUp File Export - Convert your TurboCAD models into
| Affordable, versatile, easy to use. | 2010-08-21 | 5 / 5 |
| | As a computer science professor, I keep in mind how useful products are for my students as well as how well they satisfy my own requirements. TurboCAD Deluxe V16 excels in ease of use and learning support. The tutorials and documentation are clear and easy to follow, giving quick access to the product features. 2D and 3D features are straightforward, and the teaching examples show how easy it is to create complex designs. I recommend this product to anyone trying to create visual images of either flat or 3D designs, especially those requiring precision. The draw features of TurboCAD make it easy to define snap tolerances, and the software does the tedious fitting tasks for you. The manual also emphasizes the availability of online help from the company's software support professionals. |
| Powerful, BUT. | 2010-03-31 | 3 / 5 |
| | TurboCAD 16 for the price is powerful. I never used TurboCAD before and it is not intuitive on commands. I fumbled for commands and their usage as well as edits/constraints. It has a manual included in the software but is not convenient for use, 600 pages. A print version is available from an authorized 3 party for about 1/2 the cost of the software. Training manuals with exercises are also available from , more cost. It will take a while to absorb all it has to offer unless you are already familiar with TurboCAD. Again, I wasn't. I will persist. |
| Good CAD for the price | 2010-03-25 | 4 / 5 |
| | Good CAD software for the price. tudor is good. a good CAD software package to learn CAD and for CAD drawing for home projects |
| A user Review | 2010-02-10 | 4 / 5 |
| | My biggest complaint is the Help Manual not being extensive enough. It is very weak on examples, plus step by step instructions. They could learn a lot by looking at MS help for any of their user products. Tech support was very helpful the one time I did call in. |
| A Good Buy! | 2009-12-28 | 5 / 5 |
| I purchased TurboCAD as a Christmas present for myself, for the casual drawing of parts and around-the-house projects. I haven't touched a drafting program since the early '90s, when I used AutoCAD 12 & 13 for MS-DOS and early versions of SmartCAM for Windows (when it was still owned by Point Control, and the rendering of materials, parts, & cuts was first introduced). With it having been so long since I've used a CAD program, and because most of my drafting experience is from two dimensional blue prints for parts to be manufactured in a machine shop, it is taking some effort to "get back in the saddle". That said, the menu options in TurboCAD are intuitive and the software came with a small (70 page) "Getting Started Guide" which walks you through exercises in some of the basic uses of the application. There is a fairly comprehensive "TurboCAD User Guide" of 682 pages available as a PDF through the "TurboCAD Help Topics" on the Help drown-down menu. The context-sensitive help, available through the F1 key, opens the User Guide to the page which is applicable to the option or feature for which you are requesting help. There are quite a few TurboCAD "tips & tricks" and tutorial type videos available on YouTube, if you search for them. There is also a forum/community available on the TurboCAD website for asking questions. I've only had the program installed for a few days and I'm obviously still (re)learning how to navigate & draw, but I am pleased with the program and features. I have not purchased any tutorials (yet); however, such training material is available for purchase on the TurboCAD website and through . The program and the training materials, together, still come in well below the ~$1,000+ for AutoCAD Lite. This makes it perfect for me, as a DIY'er on a budget.
I'm running TurboCAD on Windows Vista (32 bit) with 1G of RAM and a 3GHz processor. Although the installation requires administrative privileges, I have had no problems running the program as a regular, non-privileged, user. According to the EULA, "IMSI grants to you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable, and non-exclusive license to use the object code of the Software on a single machine and to make a single copy of the Software for backup purposes only." Based upon that, it would not appear that you can legally have the software installed on a desktop and a laptop at the same time (unlike the old days of dongles). There is a registration process, which utilizes your Internet connection, and provides you with an activation key which must be entered into TurboCAD in order to activate it. The manual does provide an 800 number for activation if you don't have an Internet connection available. I had no problems activating over the Internet. The program created a ~300mb folder named "IMSIDesign" in Program Files with a full install. At the time of this review, you may also download an evaluation copy of TurboCAD from their website.
Edit (03/25/2010): I'm a little disappointed that the drawing of threads is only available in TurboCAD Pro. If you need threading capabilities, this version does not provide it. |
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