Sunday, 05 October 2008

  • TurboCAD Professional 15 by IMSIDesign

    TurboCAD Professional v15 is the premium design software solution that’s delivered exceptional value to both 2D and 3D users for over 20 years.

    TurboCAD Pro 15 provides greater productivity, stability, and ease of use, with more new features for greater flexibility in design while streamlining your work.

    TurboCAD Pro’s robust set of 2D drafting and 3D modeling tools enable users to create innovative designs for a wide range of industries and disciplines. TurboCAD also includes several industry-leading technologies, such as Spatial Technology’s ACIS® solid modeling engine, LightWork Design’s photorealistic rendering and lighting engine and material libraries, and Siemens PLM Software’s D-Cubed geometric and dimensional constant engine.

    TurboCAD Pro’s incredible flexibility, low learning curve and overall ease of use are hallmarks of this award-winning program. A completely customizable graphical user interface, SEKE’s (Single Entry Key commands), and a Part/History Tree allows for editing of complex designs in any order.

    TurboCAD Pro 15 is incredibly compatible with other CAD and graphics programs and formats, supporting import from over 30 file formats and export to over 25 formats. IMSI's DXF and DWG file translators for AutoCAD® are considered some of the best in the industry.

    Whether you are a professional mechanical engineer, architect or builder, civil engineer, woodworker, hobbyist or student, TurboCAD has you covered! Plus, there are optional, specialized architectural and mechanical toolsets available for purchase, as well as plug-ins that extend TurboCAD’s capabilities into 3D Animation, Furniture Design, Computer Aided Machining (CAM), and more.

    New Environmentally Friendly Content

    • NEW! “Green” Library: Access a library of over 50 Eco-friendly objects along with dozens of materials to help conserve our natural resources.
    • NEW! Materials: Over 300 New Materials have been added, many that are Eco-friendly.

    Enhanced 2D Drafting & 3D Modeling

    • Improved Lofting: Lofting guidelines provide enhanced control of your lofted objects by adding 3D splines and polylines.
    • NEW! Woodworking Layout Tool: Create 2D layouts of 3D models to optimize the cutting and manufacturing of new components.
    • NEW! Dimensions: Get greater flexibility and enhanced 2D drafting ability with New Angular Dimension for Arcs and New Surveyor Linear Dimension.
    • NEW! 3D Drawing Tool – Rotated Box: Create 3D box on any angle from your active workplane.

    Specialized Mechanical Design

    • NEW! Automatic Workplane by Face: Add speed to drawing and editing in 3D. Now all drawing tools will automatically detect and reposition the workplane when mousing over the face of an object.
    • NEW! 3D Assembly Tools: Enjoy easier editing of 3D objects with two new assembly tools – assemble by tangent and assemble by axis.

    Professional Architectural Design

    • Improved Terrain Tool: Create terrain objects from selected points.
    • NEW! Mode in Edit Dragger: Edit Segment – Improve editing of Walls, Slabs and Bulge Polylines (zero width polylines).
    • NEW! 1st Pricing™ Costing Module for Doors and Windows: Instantly obtain online cost quotes for Doors, Windows, and Skylights used in your drawing.
    • Improved Schedule Table: Now includes support for Walls and Slabs.

    Optimized Data Management

    • NEW! Bill of Materials/Parts List: The most effective way to cost your design. Report on all object properties and block attributes, assign custom attributes, or adjust the query to produce custom reports. Then easily convert the report into a table as a new TurboCAD object.
    • NEW! Support of Table Object: In addition to converting a Bill of Materials report into a table, you can also use the new Insert Table Tool to create a table on the fly, or import a table from DWG/DXF files, as Table Objects are now AutoCAD® compatible.
    • NEW! Fill Schedule Wizard: Create and fill the schedule table with drawing information faster and easier.

    Parametric Parts Creation and Management

    • NEW! Parametric Parts and Symbols: Ability to create fully parametric 2D and 3D content – some parts may be used in AutoCAD® as well!
    • NEW! Part and Symbol Library Palette: New Palette allows for easy management of Parametric Parts and symbols.

    Outstanding Compatibility

    • NEW! ASAT File Import/Export: Enjoy enhanced compatibility for 3D solid modeling. Store 3D objects and blocks/inserts in ASAT files.
    • NEW! Collada (DAE) File Export: Experience enhanced operability with virtual worlds and Google™ Earth with this powerful new export option.
    • NEW! OBJ File Import/Export: Obtain OBJ support for polygonal models and free form models such as curves and NURB surfaces.
    • Improved 3DS File Import/Export: Get better interoperability with mechanical and artistic design applications with improved material, texture coordinate, and normal import/export of 3DS files.