Overview
With TurboCAD® Deluxe 14 your options are unlimited. Packed with hundreds of professional drafting tools, incredible file support, video and interactive tutorials, photorealistic rendering and millions of symbols, TurboCAD Deluxe delivers everything you need. Quickly create presentation-ready home plans, technical drawings, mechanical designs, artistic illustrations, crafts, school projects and more.
TurboCAD is Right for You
TurboCAD Deluxe 14 is packed with hundreds of advanced design tools typically found in programs costing hundreds or even thousands, but is simple enough for anyone. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced CAD designer, TurboCAD Deluxe is the smart choice.
2D Design Tools included
Arcs, Bezier Curve, Circles, Ellipses, Construction, Lines, Double Lines, Irregular, Polygon, Lines, Multi- Lines, Parallel Lines, Perpendicular Lines, Points, Polygon, Polyline
Point Marker Tool
Chamfer/Fillet, Assemble, Align, Trace by Point, Trace by Rectangle
Insert Picture, Text, Object, Brush Style
Transform: Move, Rotate, Scale
Revision Cloud
2 Types of Spline Curves
Array Copy for Drafting Repeating Objects
Boolean Add, Subtract, Intersect
Multiple Object Trim and Extend
Stretch, Split, Trim, Meet Two Lines, Break, Extend
2D Measurements - Angle, Area, Coordinates, Distance
3D Photorealistic Rendering
Powerful 3D rendering defines physically accurate materials such as glass, mirrors, and polished or reflective surfaces with ray tracing – allowing you to create photorealistic designs.
Dimensions
Angular, Baseline, Continuous, Datum, Diameter, Incremental, Leader, Radius, Orthogonal, Parallel, Quick, Rotated, Associative, Fractional, Non-Associative
Paper & Model Space
Paper & Model Space Support – build multiple drawings with multiple paper spaces with independent settings.
Snaps
Center, Center of Extents, Divide Point, Grid, Intersection, Mid-point, Nearest on Facet, Nearest on Graphic, Quadrant, Tangent to an Arc, Vertex, Orthogonal, Workplane Intersection
2D & 3D Text Editing
Create and edit text without leaving your drawing. Plus, choose from thousands of colors for text and background.
Import/Export support for over 30 file formats from the most popular applications
3DS - 3D Studio (Import only)
3DV – VRML Worlds
BMF – FloorPlan (Export only)
BMP - Windows Bitmap
CGM – Computer Graphics Metafile (Import only)
DC, DCD – DesignCAD™
DGN - Intergraph, Microstation (Import only)
DWF - AutoDesk® Drawing Web Format
DWG - AutoCAD Native Format
DXF - Drawing Exchange
FCD, FCW – FastCAD (Import only)
FP3 – FloorPlan (Import only)
GEO – VRML Worlds (Export only)
GIF - Graphics Interchange (Export only)*
JPG – JPEG (Export only)
PLT - HP Graphics Language (Export only)
PDF - Adobe® Acrobat Page Description Format
PNG - Portable Network Graphics* (Import only)
SKP - Google Sketchup (Import only)
TCW - TurboCAD Native Format
WMF - Windows Metafile
WRL - VRML Worlds
WRZ - VRML Worlds
* Now with alpha channel support -- optional transparent backgrounds for easy placement into other images
3D Design Tools included
Box, Polyline, Sphere, Hemisphere, Cone, Prism, Wedge, Cylinder, Polygonal Prism, Torus, Doughnut
3D Mesh
Extrudes & Sweeps
3D Booleans and Splines
Camera Views: Top, Bottom, Back, Right, Custom
Link camera views together to simulate video fly-by/fly-through
Zoom
Walkthroughs: Walk, Slide, Turn, Roll, Examine
Light: Ambient, Point, Directional, Headlight, Spot, Sky
Define shadow softness and fall-off
Brush Style Editor
OpenGL and LightWorks® 7.5 Rendering Engine
Architectural Design Features
Innovative Architectural Tools
TurboCAD’s architectural tools let you design floorplans, decks, kitchens, bathrooms, room additions and more. Start in 2D and then easily convert your finished drawings into photorealistic 3D spaces. Plus, apply light effects and camera views to simulate video fly-through of your finished spaces
Intelligent Parametric Walls
Self-Healing 2D & 3D Walls - Walls automatically join and intersect, and update automatically
Single-Click Wall Dimensions - One-step incremental and overall dimensions
Wall Openings for Doors/Windows - “Slide” doors, windows, arches or any shape to create “openings” in walls with linked 2D and 3D views for correct representation in any view.
NEW Parametric Doors & Windows
Create parameter driven doors and windows in TurboCAD. Design multiple combinations by choosing the architectural style, material, and specific properties of each object including frame, hinges and knobs. Then simply drag and drop them as objects into the self healing walls of your 3D drawing. TurboCAD will even automatically generate the appropriate symbol for the 2D version of the drawing.
TurboCAD Deluxe offers 2 types of parametric doors and windows. For additional types and shapes and more architectural functionality, consider TurboCAD Pro 14 Architectural Edition
Automatic 3D Roofs
Add a 3D Roof just by selecting wall perimeters. Easily specify or edit the thickness, slope angle or overhang.
Fractional Dimensions
Display fractions in stacked, diagonal, or in-line layout to accommodate your personal preferences
Point Marker Tool
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
Mechanical Design Features
Sophisticated Mechanical Tools
TurboCAD’s mechanical drafting tools let you design everything from engines and mechanical parts, to circuit boards, technical drawings and more. Create complex 3D shapes simply by extruding (pulling) them from your 2D shapes. Edit directly in 3D mode and apply colors , brush styles and lighting effects to create stunning visual presentations.
2D and 3D Boolean Operations
Create complete 3D objects easily with one-step 3D shape tools, or extrude, revolve, and more. Even the most complex designs are easy. Simply transform primitive objects into sophisticated 3D models with Boolean operations like add, intersect, subtract, and slice.
Revolve
Create a 3D object by revolving a 2D object around a revolution axis.
Extrudes & Sweeps
Create complex 3D models by simply extruding (pulling) them from simple 2D shapes. Or use Sweeps to extrude complex shapes along a path that you define. Perfect for drafting irregular objects such as pipes that must be routed around other objects.
Automatic, Editable Meshes
Easily create complex meshes by entering coordinate information or importing matrix data from Excel®. Then view, edit and render the mesh directly into TurboCAD.
Snaps – New and Improved
Draw lines quickly and let snap tools automatically align them with the closest center point, end point, or dozens of points you choose. Plus new geometric alignment aids offer improved snap indicators and superior auxiliary line presentation for:
Improved Tangent Snaps
Improved Projection Snaps
Improved Perpendicular Line Snaps
Improved Parallel Line Snaps
Improved Tangent from Arc Snaps
Floating and Shaped Viewports
Create multiple viewports of Model space in multiple Paper spaces. Then edit your viewports by changing their shape or the layers that they display. You can even render within a viewport.
Multiple Drawings/Multiple Paper Space
Build multiple drawings, each with multiple paper spaces, with independent settings (grid units, etc.); then use tabs to quickly switch between paper spaces.
Photorealistic 3D Rendering Brings Ideas to Life
LightWorks 7.5 Photorealistic Design Technology
Previously only available in software costing hundreds of dollars more, now TurboCAD Deluxe includes the LightWorks 7.5 photorealistic rendering engine. This valuable technology lets you match lighting with real-world backgrounds for stunning, photorealistic results. Its dynamic range compensates for extreme contrasts of lightness and darkness that are more like the human eye, so that your designs will show with maximum realism and clarity. Plus you can access hundreds of brand name and custom colors, effects and materials through LightWorks Archives, or create your own with our Materials Editor.
Transparency
One of the options in the materials editor is transparency. This example shows a glass object where the transmission factor has been set to 90 percent to represent almost clear glass. The refraction is set to be larger than air causing realistic bending of the objects in the background. Total internal reflection is also visible.
Luminance
Apply light properties to any object to create stunning renderings. Load, edit, and save Luminance settings on the Luminance Palette. Just click on the preview to apply it to an object!
The luminance editor allows you to create your own luminances and includes a preview window, on the right, to show the effect of the different parameters.
Luminances extend the functionality of lights, they offer a full range of customizability, allowing you to create hyper-complex, super-realistic lighting effects.
Render-Scene Environments
Implement Atmospheric effects (Foreground, Background, Fog…) with ease. Load, save, edit and preview in the Environment Palette.
Materials
Import bitmaps, load pre-defined materials, edit existing materials and create your own materials. The preview function in the materials editor shows how the material will be mapped to different types of geometry.
TurboCAD comes with a vast library of materials, organized in 10 different categories. Just click on a material and apply it to a 3D object.
Realistic Lighting Effects
Define light from numerous realistic sources including:
ambient light that illuminates the whole scene
point lights radiating uniformly in all directions
directional lights to illuminate from specific directions
spot lights with adjustable angles that will radiate a cone of light, and more.
Brush Style Editor
Use the Brush Style Editor for Bitmap Fills and put a photo or another graphic element inside your design. Choose the Gradient Fill option to fade from light to dark along radial, linear, diamond or custom paths from one part of your design to another.
Bonus: Free TurboCAD 14 Fundamental Training CD
Interactive and Video Tutorials with over 200 lessons to help you understand and become proficient in CAD design. $50 retail value free with purchase from CAD and Graphics Inc.
System Requirements
Minimum:
Intel® Pentium® IV processor• Microsoft® Windows® XP
Professional, Home Edition 512 MB RAM, Vista 1GB RAM • 300 MB free disk space for installation • 1024x768 VGA display • Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6 or higher • Internet connection and service required
Recommended:
2 GHz Processor, 2 GB RAM • 3D graphics accelerator card • Wheel mouse
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