Product category: CAD draughting software
News Release from: Avanquest UK | Subject: TurboCAD Mac 2007
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial Team on 12 December 2006
Avanquest launch Turbocad for Mac 2007
Leading retail CAD software updated as a universal APP for Intel-based Macs and includes over two dozen new features and enhancements
Avanquest UK, a leading developer and publisher of business and consumer software for the global PC market worldwide announces the release of TurboCAD 2007 for Mac from IMSI/Design, a US based publisher of precision design software. TurboCAD Mac 2007, created by IMSI/Design and published by Avanquest, is the application of choice for comprehensive technical drawing producing anything from simple hobby sketches to fully dimensioned, standards-compliant, production ready drawings.
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 12 December 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Released as a Universal application for Mac OS X, it will run natively on both the Power PC and Intel-based Macs.
Intuitive command tools, automated user tips and customisable keyboard shortcuts make it easy to get started, and advanced level features and functionality deliver limitless design possibilities.
TurboCAD Mac 2007 is perfect for designing Floorplans, Landscapes, diagrams, circuit boards, toy models, electronics, maps, logos, illustrations, technical drawings and CAD TurboCAD Mac 2007 is capable of extracting precise 2D drawings from imported 3D files.
Fully design compatible, it can easily turn Illustrator designs into CAD drawings with dimensions and import popular CAD file formats into Illustrator - perfect for converting technical drawings into desktop publishing formats Over 7000 drag n drop symbols are included, from electrical, HVAC, mechanical, construction, LAN, CMOS, doors, windows and more.
Two versions of the product are available:.
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TurboCAD Mac 2D 2007 offers powerful functionality whether used as a hobbyist tool or professional design.
With intuitive snaps, alignments, prompts, hints and online help even beginners can get up to speed quickly and easily.
- 2D Drafting elements - Translating - Rotating - Scaling - Filleting - Smoothing - Chamfering - Trimming - Breaking - Elevating - Extending - Lines - Splines - Arcs - Circles Ellipses - Tangents - Curves - Snaps.
- Features - 7000 Symbols and parts - Bill of Materials - 3D to 2D conversion - multi user preferences - Layer Manager - Paper Space support.
- Enhanced DXF/DWG filters provide increased compatibility with the ability to import SAT, Catiav4, IGES, Pict, ProE, Rhino 3DM, Step, Truespace and more.
TurboCAD Mac 2007 PRO sets new standards in design for the Mac! Packed with the highest quality drafting tools and powerful 3D functionality with the latest ACIS R16 rendering engine, it makes short work of complex 3D models and has standard features such as an editable feature tree, curves, surfaces, solids, shelling, lofting, extrude, Booleans and more.
The program is fully icon based whether using 2D or 3D tools, model and paper space, customisable work preferences, tool tips and SEKE, multiple user settings and layers/sub layers.
- Graphic design compatible - you can easily turn Adobe Illustrator designs into CAD drawings with dimensions, and import popular CAD formats into Illustrator.
Perfect for converting technical drawings into desktop publishing formats.
- 2D Drafting - NEW double line tool, points, lines, eclipses, arcs, circles and polygons, Bezier and spline curves with control points, offset by value or location, trim, extend and correct curves, dimension tools, hatching and fill patterns.
- 3D modelling - NEW ACIS R16 rendering engine, editable feature tree, Surfaces [17 types], solids - primitives, profile and surface based, fillet, chamfer, shell, boss, holes, protrude, cutout [solids and surfaces], Warp [bend, twist and stretch NURB bodies independent of history], deform [inflate and deflate], constant and variable filleting and chamfering, Booleans [subtract, add, union], lofting between faces and inflate/deflate face.
'So much of what's included in TurboCAD for Mac 2007 was inspired by our enthusiastic Mac customers,' said Bob Mayer, Chief Operating Officer of IMSI/Design.
'It's fun working with such an active and involved CAD community'.
'We are pleased to deliver TurboCAD Mac as a Universal application so that these customers can take advantage of the high performance and optimum productivity of the latest Intel-based Apple hardware'.
Jon Silvera, Managing Director of Avanquest UK Consumer Division commented 'I am very pleased to be working with IMSI and Apple to bring yet another fantastic product for the Mac to the UK market'.
'This release is full of new tools and features that have been long awaited by the CAD community and can run on the very latest Intel-based Macs'.
'I expect this product will do well'.
Whether you're a beginner or a pro, TurboCAD offers you versatile, professional level tools and the highest file compatibility of any Macintosh CAD software on the market.
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