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Free TurboCAD V10 Pro Webinars

Click Here to go to the CADCourse.com Training Center - a high speed Internet connection is highly recommended.

Register now for FREE ONLINE DEMONSTRATIONS of TurboCAD and related CADCourse training materials. You will see live demonstrations featuring the products you will even be able to ask the EXPERT PRESENTER questions related to your specific CAD needs during the Q&A sessions.

Be sure that TurboCAD has the potential to save you money and make you more productive by understanding how CADCourse can help you achieve those goals. You will be able to make the correct informed purchasing decision. The Webinar demonstration is FREE with absolutely NO OBLIGATION to purchase. You decide if TurboCAD is the right choice for you!

The CADCourse Webinar is presented live online via WebEx Training Center using Internet phone. It requires that you install the small plug-in and you will need high-speed broadband Internet access and at least a set of speakers to hear the presentation. A headset microphone is recommended for the ability to ask questions verbally as opposed to writing questions in the live chat window.

For more information call us at 707.588.2777 or email us at sales@cadcourse.com

"Your Web-Ex based course is a great training venue. It enables a two way graphic conversation, a free flow of thoughts and ideas, and is truly the shortest distance between two points. In less than 2 hours after hanging up, I was able to express and print my latest design of an oxygen conserving device in 3D graphics. Thank you!” Brian L Tiep, MD - Medical Director, Respiratory Disease Management Institute

Live Online Training

Join one of several targeted online training seminars covering specific trouble areas in TurboCAD such as:
1. Basic Tools
2. Handle Based Editing and Transformation Tools
3. Using Design Director and the Pallets
4. Workplanes
5. 3D Conceptualization

Each hour long training session covers the fundamental concepts of the listed categories. The expert trainers will make sure that you have a working knowledge of the concepts by the end of the session. During the class you will complete example exercises in TurboCAD on your own machine and submit the results online. Multiple-choice tests are presented at the end of each session to ensure that you have grasped the content of the course.

The cost of each course is $40 per hour. Classes are usually limited to five students per session.

Click here to view the scheduled training classes. You must register to attend.

For more information call us at 707.588.2777 or email us at sales@cadcourse.com

Click Here to go to the CADCourse.com Training Center - a high speed Internet connection is highly recommended.

"Your Web-Ex based course is a great training venue. It enables a two way graphic conversation, a free flow of thoughts and ideas, and is truly the shortest distance between two points. In less than 2 hours after hanging up, I was able to express and print my latest design of an oxygen conserving device in 3D graphics. Thank you!” Brian L Tiep, MD - Medical Director, Respiratory Disease Management Institute

Broadband Support/Training

CADCourse is proud to now offer one-on-one online training and support at the affordable rate of $75 per hour or at $25 per 15 min (or part thereof). This is a particularly useful service if you are having trouble with a drawing and require some quick help. With the Online WebEx Training Center you will be able to show us the specific drawing by sharing your application online. You will be able to discuss the problem with us as we both watch the program simultaneously. You will then even be able to pass us control of the mouse cursor so that we can fix the problem online while you watch what we do on your system. This is by far the best way of communicating the problem and allowing us to provide you with a quick solution. We guarantee that you will find this service to be extremely useful, saving you hours of valuable time.

For more information call us at 707.588.2777 or email us at sales@cadcourse.com

Click Here to go to the CADCourse.com Training Center - a high speed Internet connection is highly recommended.

With over 15 years of experience in teaching TurboCAD, CADCourse is in a position to be able to offer the most comprehensive on-site training available for TurboCAD v7 and V8.

Training classes include full multimedia training materials that the students can use as revision to reinforce the ideas they learned during class. Each student will receive a full copy of CADCourse Essentials CAD A, covering the vital topics necessary to create precision 2D drawings, as well as the CADCourse Space Station Episode I, highlighting the most important 3D features of TurboCAD as they learn how to model the International Space Station. The instructor will use these materials as a basis for the class, pinpointing areas relevant to the students' particular field, enabling them to become productive in the shortest time possible.

The instructor is Rob Berry of CADCourse, who has given TurboCAD training and presentations worldwide to clients such as the US Government, Boeing, Rio Tinto, South Texas Project, Eskom, high schools and other corporations.

The cost of training is $1,500 per day plus travel and accommodation expenses. Classes are usually limited to ten people and run from approximately 8:30 am to 4 pm. The price includes full training materials for each member of the class and backup support for attendees for three months after completion of the training course. For additional charge the students can get large discounts on further training material from CADCourse such as the Mastering TurboCAD and TriCAD Lesson Plans.

It is highly recommended that the training facility is equipped with a computer and headphone for each student enabling them to work at their own pace as the class progresses. Further there should be a projector (minimum 800x 600 resolution) that links to the instructors' laptop so that demonstration can be given to the entire class. TurboCAD should be installed on each machine prior to the training class.

The recommended course outline is as follows:

Day 1 - Precision Two Dimensional Drawing

Introduction and Overview
What is CAD and how does it differ from other graphics programs. Manual drafting verses CAD. Discussion of the TurboCAD program interface, highlighting similarities to other programs such as MS Word. Set goals that the students can expect to achieve during the course.

Prepare Hands-on Training
Learn how to use the training material interactively. Students start to use the program themselves by using the interactive training material. Instructor makes sure each student understands how to follow the exercises and switch between the TurboCAD and ScreenCam programs. Instructor also ensures the correct tutorials drawings and interfaces are loaded by each student ensuing that they can progress with the exercises.

Drawing Tools Discussion of the basic drawing tools in TurboCAD and hands on exercises to become familiar with the tools. Also learn how to apply snap modes to ensure accuracy.

Editing Tools
Become familiar with the Editing or Modification tools in TurboCAD. Learn to join, trim and extend existing lines. Discuss drawing techniques to exploit these tools.

Transformation Tools
Learn to use the linear, radial and array copy tools. Never draw the same objects twice, rather use the objects already drawn and make modifications if required. Create and reuse symbols. Exercises and skill practice Draw a sample exercise - either the same as in the notes or a customized version for the specific group of students and their related field.

Tests and Review Questions
Students complete tests from the workbook and instructor tracks progress of each student.

Day 2 - Creating Three Dimensional Drawings

Revision
Revisit 2D tools learned on Day 1 and discuss how these tools can be used as the basis for 3D objects

Creating 2D Profiles
Learn how to design the closed 2D profiles in preparation for the 3D modeling. Import bitmaps from any source. Scale the bitmaps them to the correct size. Create layers for the bitmaps and move them onto the locked layers. Trace over the bitmaps to create the precision 2D profiles.

Understanding the 3D Interface
Learn how to use the TurboCAD interface to full interact with a 3D model viewing it from all angles and standard isometric views.

Turning a 2D drawing into 3D
Learn techniques to take standard top, left and side views and create 3D objects from the 2D profiles.

Rendering in Hidden Line
Render the 3D model in hidden line an draft modes. Spin and rotate the 3D model in space.

Workplanes and the 2D/3D selector Change workplanes to suite the design of additional 2D profiles. Understand how the different options for the selector change the methods of object manipulation.

Layer and Categories
Learn how to effectively use layers and categories to make simplify the drawing process.

Assembling the model
Use block and import symbols to assemble different 3D objects in the drawings.

Specific Questions and Answers
An opportunity to ask the instructor specific advanced questions. Get suggestions as how to solve specific design requirements.

We are offering one-on-one telephone training and support at the affordable rate of $50 per hour. This is a particularly useful service if you are having trouble with a drawing and require some help. The drawing can be emailed to us and we will then work with you over the phone to discuss the best way of solving your particular requirements. Customers that have used this service have found it to be extremely useful saving them hours of valuable time.

This training method also works very well as an introductory course for novice users where the most important issues are covered upfront and the potential pitfalls are highlighted.