Movie 01
Introductions to Rob Berry and Brian Carter
Brian is Senior Product Manager for Product Development for IMSI/Design
He has been working for IMSI for +-12 years
How are customers receiving TurboCAD v14?
System runs faster and is more robust
New IMSI Design Products
TurboSketch as an add-on for Sketch Up
Bridge between TurboCAD and FloorPlan v11
Patch for FloorPlan just released for Vista
Future ideas for FloorPlan
Movie 02
New Smart Dimension Tool
Automatic 3D dimensions
Automatic Radius and diameter dimensions
Angle measurements
Wall Dimension Tool
Movie 03
New Style Manager for wall dimension styles
Measuring to the outside and center of openings
Wall intersections
Significant improvements for wall dimensions
Text Styles enable global text changes
Creating new styles
Style now work for text already in the drawing
Style Manager also used for Schedules Stairs and Railings
Creating a Stairs and Railing
Using styles for preset variations in production environments
Additional Stairs styles in Architectural pack
Movie 04a
Branch Lofting
Selector Properties to control Inspector Bar Fields
Using Delta to move objects along the objects axis
TurboCAD is flexible
Changing the inspector bar field width via options
Changing the Z position
Warning Dialogs and how turn them on/off
Moving object by dragging the axis selection handle
Branch lofting good for organic and mechanical forms
Lofting from one face to another
Using the facet editor to loft
Restrictions on lofting
Improved Part Tree and Selection Info Palette
Combined palettes
Part tree – Delay Update tool
Suppress Boolean operations
Boolean Subtract
Slice Tool
Part Tree limitations
Undo restores part tree
Node Editing 3D objects
Node Editing a Wall
Movie 04b
Squashing a Sphere into an egg shape
Deformable molding
Exploding the Sphere remains as an ACIS object
Resizing using the invisible selection handles
Improved selection handle manipulation
Built in Stretching and Scaling ability
Movie 05
Bend Tool
Distance from edge for bend
Specify starting point of the bend
Flange tool
Bending a tube
Circular profiles
Piping or duct work
Tube Flange/Extend Tool
Adds sections of pipe
Faster LightWorks Engine
Updated ACIS Engine
Materials on Surfaces
Using 2D blocks to create 3D objects
Landscapes Mesh
Editing Nodes of the mesh
Importing Terrain via spreadsheet
Changing lights to white
Changing softness of the landscape
Automatic2D Contour maps
TurboCAD Designer is 2D only
Deluxe has LightWorks version with Materials
Pro, Mechanical, Platinum Edition
Architectural and Mechanical Editions