Overview
Advanced technology—a powerful drafting palette, D-Cube constraints, and ACIS engine —enhance productivity. Advanced architectural and mechanical design tools add even greater flexibility and control, while superior rendering controls produce powerful presentations. Plus TurboCAD Platinum is programmable and supports over 40 file formats including .DWG, .DXF, .SKP, 3D .PDF, 3MF, FBX and .STL for 3D printing. |
TurboCAD Platinum can help you design projects such as:
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What’s new
The latest release of TurboCAD Professional includes 2D drafting, 3D surface modeling, photorealistic rendering, and additional professional features to enhance productivity and interoperability. Users already familiar with AutoCAD® will find it to be a powerful and affordable alternative. It includes a customizable Ribbon Interface with 4K monitor support to optimize productivity and readability on higher resolution displays.
Performance, User Interface & Usability
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2D Drafting and Editing
FIND AND REPLACE TEXT A new Tool “Find and Replace Text” has been added to the Edit menu. User can find a specific text in the drawing and replace it with another word with one click. With a wide number of advanced search and text options, user can search for the specific text easily and replace it with less effort. |
AUTOMATIC CALLOUTS A new tool “Automatic Callouts” has been added to the Dimension menu in TurboCAD 2023. The purpose of this tool is to automatically add callouts (leader dimensions) to the drawing in just a few clicks. These callouts can be arranged in circular formation or along a polyline. After callouts are generated, a BOM table is created with callout details. |
HIDDEN LINE REMOVAL FOR BLOCK INSERTION A new option “Remove Hidden Line” has been added to the Block insertion properties. On enabling this property, the removal of the hidden rows is applied to the block content. Two other properties, “Show Invisible Lines” and “Show Intersections”, become available on activating “Remove Hidden Line”. |
DRAFTING OBJECT DIMENSION IMPROVEMENT A new property, “Show actual dimensions” has been added to the drafting object properties. This property gets enabled if drafting object has break lines. Previously, dimensions for a Drafting object with break lines used to be specified without taking into account the break line. For showing the actual size with no break lines, this property is checked. |
JOIN POLYLINE TOOL A new local menu item “Unmatched connections” has been added to the Join Polyline tool. This tool provides an ability to join polylines that do not have exact connections i.e., the ends of the adjacent polylines either have an intersection or a gap between them. On enabling the option, the maximum distance between the polylines in the Tolerance field need to be defined for connection. |
3D Design and Modeling
EXPLODED VIEW A new menu item “Exploded View” has been added to the Format menu. This tool creates exploded view for a layout. User is able to pull apart the component along defined axes, X, Y and Z. In case of two axes, then the exploded view will be created along a plane, whereas, in case of 3 axes defined, the exploded view will be created in a 3D space. As a result, a block of the view is created in the blocks palette. |
Rendering and Visualization
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Lightworks
LIGHTWORKS PLUGIN TurboCAD now supports LightWorks plugin as an additional render mode option. LightWorks is activated using the IDRM via Install Shield custom action. The LightWorks Plug-in for TurboCAD Deluxe enhances the program’s lighting, luminance, and photorealistic rendering capabilities for more robust, high-powered renders. This plug-in integrates directly with the TurboCAD material editor and Desgin Director. TurboCAD supports updated version of LightWoks Author 9.3 SP7. TurboCAD LightWorks plugin supports Resource Pack. These are the additional resources (images, maps etc.) that the user can optionally install on their computer. |
Visualize
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Architectural
ROOF – NEW TYPE OF CUT EDGE: HORIZONTAL New roof cut edge type, Horizontal, has been added to the roof properties page. |
MULTI-LEVEL ROOF (GAMBREL ROOF) New roof properties have been added to TurboCAD. Now, every roof is a Gambrel roof with roof levels. Roof level has two properties, “Angle” and “Height”. User can edit levels, angle, and height. Gambrel roof properties can be accessed from properties page and selection Information palette. |
ABILITY TO CONTROL DRAWING UNITS WHEN OPENING A DWG/DXF FILE TurboCAD now has an ability to control units when opening a AutoCAD file. Previously, TurboCAD did not understand the original scale of the drawing and used to assume units in English|Architectural with a strange scale. As a solution, a new option “Use plot units as drawing units” has been added to the dwg/dxf import setup dialog. |
AUTOCAD 2023 SUPPORT ODA has been updated to 23.8 version in TurboCAD. |
Key Features
- PROFESSIONAL 2D/3D CAD SOFTWARE: TurboCAD Platinum is professional 2D/3D CAD software for users who need advanced capabilities at an affordable price. This product has an unparalleled selection of tools to create everything from advanced mechanical design to musical instruments. Some of our key features include
- 2D DESIGN AND EDITING: TurboCAD is rich in professional 2D/3D design tools and drawing aids that speed design. Create views and viewports of any size and shape. Access extensive paper space and printing options. Multi-select drawing tool, dimension tools, and more. Read more about 2D Design in TurboCAD
- 2D GEOMETRIC AND DIMENSIONAL CONSTRAINTS: By setting up Constraints in a drawing, TurboCAD users have greater control to enforce design intent, as 2D Constraints typically drive 3D model design. Read more about Parametric Constraints. Read more about Parametric Constraints
- PART TREE/HISTORY TREE: Maintains your design history. Return to any procedural step in your design and make modifications without losing subsequent work. Works like a Selective UNDO/REDO. Read More about the Part Tree
- ACIS SOLID MODELING / ADVANCED MECHANICAL DESIGN: TurboCAD Platinum provides advanced 3D surface and ACIS® solid modeling tools. The thread tool, twisted extrude, extrude to face, imprint tool, parametric holes, imprint and more enable the easy creation of your more complicated professional designs. Access advanced modification tools like bend, unbend, and facet offset make it easier to modify existing geometry. Smooth surface mesh / sub-D modeling tools are also available allowing for the creation of more organic shapes. Read more about TurboCAD Solid Modeling. Read More about TurboCAD Solid Modeling
- ARCHITECTURAL & GIS TOOLS: An integrated suite of architectural tools are included, such a parametric architectural objects that are AutoCAD® Architecture (ACA) compatible so that .DWG models with ACA extensions may be read, modified, and documented as needed. Read More about TurboCAD Architectural Tools
- POWERFUL DRAFTING PALETTE: Create associative views, 2D sections, and detailed views that can be updated in real-time – even from an Xref. Works with both ACIS® Solids and Surface models. Read More about the Drafting Palette
- ADVANCED 3D SURFACE MODELING: Includes a complete set of 3D surface modeling and editing tools making it ideal for both single part and small assembly mechanical designs. Platinum has advanced surfaces, and also smooth surface meshes. Read more about 3D Surface Modeling in TurboCAD. Read more about Advanced 3D Surface Modeling
- PROFESSIONAL MECHANICAL CAD NATIVE FILE TRANSLATORS: Import 3D model designs from enterprise CAD Modelers such as CATIA, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, Inventor, NX and ProE
- PROGRAMMABLE (SDK & RUBY SCRIPTING): Extend the functionality by developing new tools, functions, and behaviors. Custom routines that are performed on a regular basis can be automated. Specific tools for vertical applications can be created and added. Read more about Programming for TurboCAD
- POINT CLOUD SUPPORT: Use your 3D scanner to collect data about an existing object’s dimensions, and import the point cloud files into a drawing in TurboCAD 2020 Platinum.
- DESIGN DIRECTOR PALETTE: Provides advanced controls for Layers, Layer Filters, creating Layer Sets, setting and saving Work Planes, controlling Named Views, and more to streamline work and enhance productivity. Read more about the Design Director Palette. Read More about the Design DirectorP
- PHOTOREALISTIC RENDERING & VISUALIZATION: The LightWorks® rendering engine creates stunning presentations. Render management of materials, luminance, environments, and advanced render styles give you truly photorealistic results. An optional rendering plug-in from Redway takes advantage of your computer’s GPU and produces faster, stunning photorealistic images. Read more about TurboCAD Visualization features. Read more about TurboCAD Visualization
- COMPATIBILITY AND FILE SHARING: Whether you’re a team of one or many, you’ll have the interoperability needed to collaborate. We’ve ensured that TurboCAD is compatible with a wide variety of popular CAD and Graphics formats. You will be able to deliver files that can be opened and edited by users of AutoCAD® and other popular design software. Your team will be running like a well-oiled machine. • TurboCAD provides compatibility with AutoCAD® DWG and DXF files, from R12 to 2023
- STL Import/Export for 3D printing
- SVG Export
- 3MF Import/Export
- VMRL Worlds Import/Export
- OBJ Import/Export
- Adobe Illustrator® Import
- PDF Export
- SketchUp 2023 Import/Export
- Collada™ (DAE) Import/Export
- Professional, Mechanical CAD Import from CATIA, Solidworks and more
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Which version of TurboCAD is right for you?
TurboCAD Platinum |
TurboCAD Professional |
TurboCAD Deluxe |
TurboCAD Designer |
2D Drawing, Editing & Modifying | 2D Drawing, Editing & Modifying | 2D Drawing, Editing & Modifying | 2D Drawing, Editing & Modifying |
AutoCAD® File Compatibility | AutoCAD® File Compatibility | AutoCAD® File Compatibility | AutoCAD® File Compatibility |
3D Modeling & Editing | 3D Modeling & Editing | 3D Modeling & Editing | – |
Photorealistic Rendering | Photorealistic Rendering | Photorealistic Rendering | – |
3D Printing Support | 3D Printing Support | 3D Printing Support | – |
Architectural Tools | Architectural Tools | Architectural Tools (Limited) | Architectural Tools (Very Limited) |
2D Drafting Interface Options | 2D Drafting Interface Options | ||
Internal & External Database Connectivity | Internal & External Database Connectivity | ||
Point Cloud & Terrain Data Support | Point Cloud & Terrain Data Support | ||
ACIS® Solid Modeling | |||
2D Geometric & Dimension Constraints | |||
Part Tree/History Tree |
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Support & Maintenance
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