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TurboCAD v18 New
and Improved
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Description |
New,
Improved |
Pro Basic |
Pro
Platinum |
Deluxe |
Designer |
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Drafting/Detailing: |
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| 2D Constraints |
Updated D-Cubed v57 DCM engine integrated into TurboCAD. |
Improved |
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| Blocks |
New button "Sync
block attributes" has been added to the Block Palette.
At any time, you can select any block(s) and
press the Sync button to reset attributes
in all block(s) instances. The attribute's
value will be stored if the attribute definition with
its corresponding tag exists in the block and
all attribute properties will be reset from the block attribute
definition. |
New |
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| Construction
Lines |
Now use
Construction Lines as cutting edge for Trim Tool |
Improved |
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| Construction
Lines |
Edit tool now works
with Construction Lines and Rays allowing you to rotate and reposition. |
Improved |
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| Construction
Lines |
Now use the Split
tool on Construction Lines to create Rays. |
Improved |
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| Copy in Place Tool |
Works on all 2D and 3D objects |
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| Drafting
Palette |
Distinction between
'Surface' and 'ACIS Body' removed - simplified operation. New check box
'Lock When Inactive' of Drafting Palette properties window, adds the
ability to disable updates of drafting objects when Drafting Palette is
not visible on screen. This
option turned ON excludes all possible but not necessary drafting
recalculations on each step when user changes the model priorities
and/or working with another palette.
If the model is complex, this option can save a lot of time in
redrawing the model.
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| Fillet (2D)
tool |
New ability to
fillet bulges (polyline comprised of line and arc segment ). Plus new
ability of re-filleting previously filleted segments. |
Improved |
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| Layers |
Layers are more
AutoCAD compatible, including having a new layers dialog based upon
'Design Center'. |
Improved |
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| Mirror tool |
Text or multiline
text can be mirrored. Block
attributes work with Mirror tool in the same fashion as AutoCAD.
Specifically, the objects are not flipped if the drawing variable
$MIRRTEXT is 0, and are flipped otherwise.
The drawing variable is set in the TCExplorer palette, under
Drawing Defaults |
Improved |
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| Measurement |
Show measurement
history (previous distance, area, etc.) |
Improved |
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| Multi-select
Drawings |
Ability to open
multiple drawings with Open command. |
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| Ray Tools |
New ability to
create Rays. Rays can be created
from scratch or by using the Split tool on an existing Construction
Liner. |
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| Stretch tool |
Improved
Rubber-banding of objects.
Improved visualization for more precise control of stretched objects |
Improved |
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| Text |
Allow Enter key to
have text wrap to next line; pick
position on screen to start new line. |
Improved |
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| Trim tool |
Now tool works with
Multilines |
Improved |
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| 3D Modeling: |
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| 3D Fillet |
New
tool for filleting 3D polylines |
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| Graphic on Path |
New tool located on
Modify/Assemble menu, allows you to place a selected graphic (or
graphics) at a clicked point on a
path perpendicular to path at point click. Placement of graphic
is defined by the matrix of the graphic and its reference point. |
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| Multi-Add Tool |
New
tool that allows user to select by fencing multiple objects to do
Boolean adds |
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| Simple Extrude |
Ability to use a
Text object as a Compound Profile with the Simple Extrude
tool. |
Improved |
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| Sweep
tool |
Ability to now sweep along any object's Edge or along a Loop (a closure
of edges on a 3D surface). |
Improved |
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| Sweep
tool |
Sweep tool now works with 3D
curves and the new 3D Fillet tool |
Improved |
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| Architectural |
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| Dimensions |
Dynamic dimensions are displayed when doors/windows are inserted
(showing distance from door/window to wall ends. Plus, corresponding
fields are added to the Inspector Bar |
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| House Wizard |
Time-saving tool
used to create a preliminary room-by-room design of a home. |
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| Doors and Windows |
Ability to attach a block(s) to a selected door
or window style. Blocks
are added via the Style Manager. |
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| Roof |
New property of
Roofs, Roof Components, which allows for application of different
Materials to each component of the roof.
Components are defined as Top, Bottom, Gable and Fascia |
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| Walls |
Automatic top wall
modification when changing roof slope.
For instance for a Gable Roof (90 degree Roof Slope)user has to
use the Wall Modifier to close the space (freeze) left by the gap
created with this move |
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| Interoperability,
Programmability: |
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| DWG/DXF Filters |
Continued
enhancements and bug fixes to
2010/2011 filters. |
Improved |
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| Network License Support |
The
network-enabled SNAK allows a company to purchase a license for an
arbitrary number of copies of TurboCAD. The number of copies is embedded
into the activation code for the software, so it must be specified when
the activation code is created. Each user installs using the same SNAK.
As each copy of TurboCAD starts up, it checks the network to see how
many other copies of the program are running. As long as that number is
less then the licensed number, the new copy will be allowed to run. If
the number of running copies is the same as the licensed number, no more
copies will be allowed to run until one of the other copies shuts down. |
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| PDF
Underlay |
Ability to import (raster)PDF and
use it as a tracing layer with snaps |
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| Ruby Scripting Language |
New
scripting language compatible with SketchUp Ruby scripts. Use the Ruby
Scripting Console for writing program scripts suitable for both
mechanical and architectural design |
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| SDK |
Updated with new samples and .NET support. |
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| SKP (Google SketchUp) Filter |
SketchUp v8 Read and Write
support added |
Improved |
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| Mechanical: |
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| ACIS®
multi-thread support |
Use
multi threading abilities to perform ACIS operations with two and more
bodies. (like Boolean add, subtract, face to face loft, extrude to face,
imprint etc.) so these operations are done much faster now. |
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| Assembly tools |
New
assembly modes -Ability to move bodies along an axis by definition of
two faces and the distance between them; ability to rotate a body over
the axis by definition of two faces to coincide with their normals;
rotation of bodies over the axis by definition two additional axes which
must be coincidental. These 3 new modes of Assembly By Axis tool makes
assembling much faster. Also, new ability to work with Xrefs and
insertions. Assembly by Facet was moved into Assembly By Tangents tool
as new mode. |
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| Bend/Unbend tool |
More
accurate bending and unbending of objects. |
Improved |
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| Imprint tools |
Ability to use a Text object as a Compound Profile with the Imprint
tool. |
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| Pattern tools |
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additional Pattern tool have been added - Pattern on Polyline |
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| Pattern tools |
Pattern tie -pattern can now be associative with the object with which
it was set up. Also, placement of objects along a curve on the surface
will be normal to the surface. |
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| Rendering and
Visualization: |
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| LightWorks |
Updated LightWorks 8.3 engine integrated into TurboCAD.
This will give ability to new progressive, ray-traced rendering ,
including early preview of the progressive render.
Also improved anti-aliasing for geometry and materials.
Progressive rendering enables improved workflow by generating a
fast approximation of the image, allowing early preview of lighting
settings of the render.
Multi-threading support (Pro versions only) .
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| Render Geometry |
A
new set of properties was added to 3D Properties page to speed up
rendering and have more efficient memory use. The section is called
‘Render Geometry’, and the properties that are there work only in render
modes and do not affect wireframe modes. |
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| UI/Performance: |
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| Bi-Directional
Selector |
Left and Right
Drag selection of objects with mouse, comparable to AutoCAD and
DoubleCAD. Left drag selects all
objects contained completely within the selection
fence; while Right drag selects any object partially enclosed within the
selection fence. |
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| Database |
New options to
Database tool are Extract Attributes, including Blocks and Xrefs, and
Show Visible Properties only. |
Improved |
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| Drawing
Performance |
Redway speed
improvement now implemented in both Hidden Line and Draft Rendering
Modes |
Improved |
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| Multi-threading support |
ACIS operations that include two and more objects (i.e. Boolean
operations, face to face lofting, extrude to face, imprint,
etc.) now support multi-threading, so these operations execute
much faster now |
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| Purge |
New tool to remove
unused objects from Model Space and Paper Space |
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| Redsdk |
Ability to customize the auto regeneration mode for arcs, brush styles,
construction lines, curves, line styles, and any other black or white
colored objects supported by Redway. |
Improved |
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| Redsdk |
Support of the visual settings for the selection highlight in Redsdk
mode. |
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| Redsdk |
Support of Hidden Line and Draft Render modes with Redsdk engine |
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