WHAT IS NEW IN TurboCAD PRO PLATINIUM V.19 ?

SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE
New 64-Bit Version

New 64-Bit Version of TurboCAD addresses up to 32GB of memory, compared to 2GB on the 32-bit platform, so RAM-intensive processes are much quicker. Load, process, and render much larger CAD files. The 32-bit version is still available if it’s required by your hardware.
 

Updated Design Engines

Update your design technology with the updated ACIS® v22 solid modeling engine, plus LightWorks® v8.3 and Redsdk v3 rendering engines.

MORE POWERFUL TOOLS

NEW Smooth Surface Mesh 3D Modeling Tools

Now you can use existing 3D modeling tools like the Box and Sphere tool to create a smooth surface mesh. Users can set values to specify the tessellation, or resolution, of the resulting smooth mesh. This new form of 3D object creation allows for easier and more rapid creation of organic shapes. There are also a number of editing tools for greater control over a 3D model.
 

NEW Smoothness Setting

This new setting allows users to control the smoothness level on a smooth mesh.
 

NEW Smooth Surface Mesh Moving Tool

This editing tool allows users to move the edges and faces of smooth meshes.
 

NEW Smooth Surface Mesh Crease Tool

Pick an edge between contiguous faces and create a crease or sharp edge in a smooth mesh.
 

NEW Smooth Surface Mesh Refine Face Tool

Sub-divide any selected face or faces to create higher local resolution for modeling.
 

NEW Smooth Surface Mesh Merge Facets Tool

Merge selected contiguous faces into a single face.
 

NEW Smooth Surface Mesh Extrude Face Tool

Use this tool to extrude the face of a smooth mesh.
 

New/Improved 1stPricing Palette

Back by popular demand, the 1stPricing Palette has returned, so architectural symbols can be added to the TurboCAD drawing and then an online, real-time price quote can be obtained through the 1stPricing palette. This latest version now includes support for parametric windows, doors, and skylights.
 

Improved Standard Modify Tools

Most standard modify tools, such as Trim, Split, and Meet 2 Lines, will now work with walls.
 

New Geo-Location

Assign longitude and longitude to a point in your drawing – useful for surveyors and civil engineers for location of drawing elements.

USER INTERFACE

New Compass Rose

New compass rose icon can now be placed in your design to displays north direction.
 

Modern Look

We’ve completely updated program icons and menu colors to a more contemporary look. But you’re not locked in. If you’re happy with the ways things are, we’ve included the option to return to our classic UI.

GREATER WORKFLOW

NEW ePack File Packaging

Use the new ePack file packaging feature to collect all associated files, fonts, and Xrefs into a common folder for easy distribution.
 

NEW Page Layout Wizard

New wizard makes for rapid creation of 2D layouts from an existing 3D model. Two modes are provided to facilitate optimum results for either Architectural or Mechanical models. Layout preferences can be saved for later use.
 

NEW Draw by Layer PLUS

This new setting allows users to apply general property changes to all tool presets. Once activated, when changes are made to the properties (Layer, Pen, and Brush) of a selected tool, those changes are applied to all tools.
 

NEW “Keep Center of Extents” selector mode option

New selector mode option scales around the center point of an object making changes symmetric.
 

NEW Drawing Compare

Instantly identify the difference between two CAD drawings, raster images, or PDF files from dozens of different applications. Now included with TurboCAD Pro, this utility lets you simply select two drawings and perform a visual comparison of the two. Compare differences in 3D files, as well as 2D, in a variety of ways. Select “Zoom to Differences” to quickly spot updates, or use the toggle feature to locate changes. Once you’ve identified them, there are options to switch from one image to the other, to show only the differences, or to have the differences blink, quickly highlighting where changes have been made. You can even create an animated .gif of the differences in the two files in order to share these with others.
 

New Drafting Object Options

Two new drafting object options are now available. The “Curve Segments Amount” is a memory saving option that defines the number of segments between adjacent control points and applies to all of the curves inside of the drafting object. New “Don’t Show Hidden Lines” option allows users to show/hide all hidden lines of Drafting Objects, for more predictable behavior as invisible Hidden Lines will not interact with SNAPs
 

Improved Drafting Palette Option

Use ACIS references to save memory when creating a drafting object.
 

Improved Join Polyline

Join polyline sow supports the ability to join arcs, bulge polylines and 3D polylines with fillets.

EASIER RENDERING AND VISUALIZATION

Upgraded LightWorks Rendering Engine

The powerful LightWorks® photorealistic and artistic rendering engine has been updated to version 8.3. Some of the enhancements include new styles and shader, as well as HTML documentation.
 

NEW Material Editor

New Material Editor has streamlined material location, selection, application, and editing. Its ease of use applies to luminance, environments, and render styles, since it’s completely integrated into one common universal editor for LightWorks®.
 

Upgraded Redsdk Rendering Engine

The Redsdk engine from Redway 3D, which takes advantage of GPU-based graphics cards for faster design navigation, has been upgraded to new version 3. Now rendering can be isolated to selected objects in a drawing, instead of all objects in Model Space, saving time. Specifically, if at the time of switching to the RedSDK Draft or Hidden Line render mode, there are selected items in the drawing, then the rendering will be applied only to those selected objects. Redsdk is also now the default draw mode instead of OpenGL.
 

NEW GPU-Accelerated Drawing Performance in Quality Render Mode

The updated Redsdk engine is now supported in Quality Render mode, as well as Wireframe, Hidden Line, and Draft Render modes. Speed drawing performance up to 60 times faster! Background rendering has also been implemented.
 

NEW Hatch Pattern Creator

Now included with TurboCAD Pro, this tool provides an easy and fast way of creating repeating patterns to be used as Brush Patterns in your designs. Create custom hatch patterns by symbol and by sample. Using the tool you can also select existing patterns, adding several together, accumulating patterns and creating more complex designs. As you create new patterns, save them to the Brush Style Table and they will be available for repeated use.

SMOOTHER INTEROPERABILITY

IMPROVED DWG/DXF Filters

Updated filers offer a range of continued enhancements for working with the latest AutoCAD® and AutoCAD LT 2010 / 2011 / 2012 files.
 

NEW/ IMPROVED DGN (MicroStation) Filter

The DGN file filter for working with MicroStation has been completely re-written to open and save DGN files through v8.
 

NEW 3D Print Option

New print option allows you to output your 3D solid model directly to the Axon software used with 3D System’s Bits From Bites 3D printers, including the 3D Touch and RapMan 3D printers sold separately here on TurboCAD.com.

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