2D drafting and 3D modeling in one easy to use program
With advanced precision 2D and 3D design tools, photorealistic rendering, and unsurpassed file compatibility, TurboCAD Mac Pro delivers the highest quality drafting available for creating complex, precision drawings.
TurboCAD Mac Pro 2008 has all the powerful drafting and design features of TurboCAD Mac, plus additional powerful tools for creating complex 3D models, 3D OpenGL renderings, and over 11,000 2D/3D symbols and parts.
Adobe® Illustrator® Import & Export
AutoCAD® Compatible
Over 275 Design Tools & 11,000+ Symbols
2D Drafting & 3D to 2D Conversion
Simple to use
Intuitive command tools, automated user tips and customizable keyboard shortcuts make it easy to get started and offer superior speed and efficiency in your design process.
TurboCAD Explorer - Manage your design with the intuitive Layer Manager. Effortlessly add content using the Symbol Palette with access to over 7,000+ drag and drop symbols.
Multiple User Settings - Customize your preferences from unit measurements, colors settings, and display options, to grid conditions, snaps, keyboard short cuts and dialog positions. Perfect for multi-user situations such as computer labs, schools, and station sharing.
Icon based Show/Hide menu makes it easy to toggle between various parts of your design.
Wheel Scroll Direction - Reverse the direction of your zoom with the simple roll of your mouse wheel.
Partial Selections - Easily perform a partial selection by simply selecting from right to left.
Skin Folder - Easily create and replace tool icons with externally located Skins folder.
Built Specifically for your Mac
TurboCAD Mac was built from the ground up to run on Apple computers, so you’re always sure to get the top performance you’ve come to expect on your Mac.
- Universal Support - Operate on both Intel and Power PC based Mac computers. Get peak performance especially on Intel Core Duo, with up to four times the previous processing speed.
- Leopard OS X Support – Whether you’re already upgraded or you’re waiting to move up to the next generation Apple operating system, don’t worry. TurboCAD Mac is Leopard compatible.
Benefits
Graphic Design Compatible
Turn your Illustrator® designs into CAD drawings with dimensions, or import CAD files from AutoCAD®, STEP and SAT into Illustrator images you can use in brochures and marketing materials. Perfect for importing technical drawings into desktop publishing format.
NEW Updated DXF/DWG Support - Read/Write AutoCAD® files through v2008 with updated DXF/DWG translators. Includes support for model and paper space.
Complete Design & Editing
TurboCAD Mac v3 offers comprehensive drawing and editing tools for producing anything from simple hobby sketches to fully dimensioned, standards-compliant, production ready drawings.
Over 275 Drawing Tools. A comprehensive set of 2D drafting and 3D design tools are all grouped logically for easy access.
IMPROVED Solid Modeling Engine. Design in 3D with the newly updated ACIS 17 solid & surface modeling engine.
Over 11,000 Drag-and-Drop Symbols. Choose from thousands of symbols to effortlessly add content including electrical, mechanical, bathroom, kitchen, construction, LAN, CMOS, doors, windows, counters, fasteners, HVAC and more.
NEW Tape Measure Tool. Measure from one object to another quickly and easily.
Snaps. Quickly locate x, y coordinates, tangents and perpendiculars with TurboCAD Mac’s snapping technology. Transparent window overlays can even be used to snap text right where you want them.
Fractional and Dimension Display. All data entry fields support measurements in feet and inches and display the data in the same format.
Double Line Tool. The double line tool is perfect for drawing walls in architectural drawings. The double line automatically offsets to your chosen thickness.
Easy to Share
TurboCAD Mac makes it easy to store information with your design and export designs in a variety of formats, print, or publish to the web.
NEW Export Options. Export your designs to BMP and JPEG raster formats. TurboCAD Mac now supports the export and import of the most popular formats.
NEW Publish to Web. Save and share your file as HTML for use on the web.
Bill of Materials. Assign a specific Material, Price, Part #, Vendor #, Size, Weight, and Volume to any component of your drawing. Display the data in a table format within TurboCAD or export it to Microsoft Excel® for easy sharing.
IMPROVED File Properties. Save additional information with your file—user and company name, file properties and design notes. The information can be used to automatically file title blocks in your printed designs.
New Features
- Improved DWG/DXF AutoCAD® 2008 filters
- ACIS® 17 solid modelling engine
- Leopard compatible
- Save user details, design notes etc in Document Properties
- Publish screen image to HTML
- Tape measure – measure distance in 2D and 3D space
- Export additional Raster formats JPG and BMP
Intuitive Tools - Over 275 design tools, each with tips and keyboard shortcuts to bring you speed and efficiency in your design process
2D Drafting - tools perfect for producing anything from simple sketches to standards compliant drawings.
3D modelling - Packed with OpenGL rendering, the latest ACIS® 17 surface and solid modelling engine, and 3Dconnexion® support
Snaps – Quickly locate x, y coordinates, tangents and perpendiculars plus transparencies let you snap text displays as smooth, anti-aliased text in all situations
Conversion Tool - Create precise 2D wireframe and hidden line drawings
Multiple settings - Save keyboard short cuts, dialog positions, colours, font sizes and other preferences for each user
Bill of Materials – Assign a specific Material, Price, Part No. Manufacturer No, Size, Weight, and Volume to any component of your drawing
Symbols Palette – Effortlessly add content using the Symbol Palette with access to 11,000+ drag and drop symbols – CMOS, LAN, HVAC and more
Interoperability - Import/Export 19 common file types; CGM, DCD, DXF, DWF/DWG [AutoCAD® 2008], EPS, HPGL, IGES, PICT (Mac format), PNG, WMF, JPG, BMP as well as other bitmapped formats. |
