TurboCad Designer

Easy, Precise 2D Drafting at its Best!
TurboCAD Designer is easy to use 2D CAD software, perfect for creating precision home plans, technical drawings, illustrations, maps, school projects, flow charts and more. With all the 2D CAD tools you demand at a great price, it’s no wonder award-winning TurboCAD is the market leader in consumer-friendly CAD.

Affordable CAD
TurboCAD Designer offers all the professional features you demand from a 2D CAD application at a great price.

Easy To Learn And Use
Regardless of your skill level, you can get productive immediately using the setup wizard, interactive tutorials, and context-sensitive help. Simply customize your menu settings to beginner, intermediate and advanced mode in a familiar Windows® style interface to get results fast.

Complete 2D Drafting & Detailing
No matter the situation, you’ve got the right tool for the job. Quickly access hundreds of drawing, modifying, dimensioning and annotation tools. Use with snaps and drawing aids to speed design.

CAD & Graphics Compatibility
TurboCAD Designer makes it easy to import exiting designs, or share your work with others. Import and Export AutoCAD® DWG/DXF files (now compatible through AutoCAD 2011), save to PDF and more! Over 20 of the most popular industry-standard file formats are supported.

Proven CAD Solution for Over 20 Years
TurboCAD is a name you can trust. Year over year, it’s the industry’s most versatile and consumer friendly CAD application, with over 2 million sold worldwide.

• Flexible User Interface 
  Display tools with full explanations in the beginner mode. Switch to intermediate or expert mode to gain screen space as you become more familiar with TurboCAD.
• Setup Wizard
  Breeze through questions designed to help you define your drawing’s size and orientation, units of measurement, printing scale and viewpoints.
• A Complete Set of 2D Drafting and Detailing Tools
  TurboCAD Designer employs a large selection of line, arc, curve, and spline tools, you’ve always got the right tool for the job. When used with TurboCAD’s snaps, modification tools, and drawing aids you will be able to quickly draft and document your designs with no restrictions.
  -Arcs, Bezier Curve, Circles, Ellipses, Construction, Lines, Double Lines, Irregular, Polygon, Lines, Multi-Lines, Parallel Lines, Perpendicular Lines, Points, Polygon, Polyline
  -Point Marker Tool
  -Chamfer/Fillet, Assemble, Align, Trace by Point, Trace by Rectangle
  -Insert Picture, Text, Object, Brush Style 
  -Transform: Move, Rotate, Scale 
  -Revision Cloud 
  -2 Types of Spline Curves 
  -Array Copy for Drafting Repeating Objects 
  -Boolean Add, Subtract, Intersect 
  -Multiple Object Trim and Extend 
  -Stretch, Split, Trim, Meet Two Lines, Break, Extend 
  -2D Measurements - Angle, Area, Coordinates, Distance
  -Wall
• Annotation Tools
  Dimensioning and Text are vital to any CAD Drawing. TurboCAD Designer includes:
  -Smart, Quick and Baseline which allow you to dimension automatically.
  -Associative Dimensions - freely move, rotate, or resize the associated objects and the dimension will retain its position relative to the objects, and the dimension text will change automatically to reflect changes.
  -Precise Dimensioning up to 10 decimal points.
  -Formats include: Architectural, Fractional, Engineering, Decimal, and Surveyor.
  -Multi-Text formatting and scaling options.
• Pick Point & Path Hatching, Bitmap Fills, and Transparency 
  TurboCAD allows for hatch patterns and gradients to be layered with transparency. Custom bitmaps, such as your company logo, may be used as well. This empowers you to much more clearly and precisely communicate construction or assembly details.
• Advanced Handle-Based Editing 
  Save time and draw more accurately, more quickly. TurboCAD provides handles for scaling, but also for rotating and moving objects.
• Context-Sensitive Help 
  The TurboCAD context menu (right-click) provides access to recently used tools, recently entered values, and a quick way to change or reset reference points. If a TurboCAD tool is active, the context menu provides a contextual toolbar as well, with additional similar tools and functions.
• PDF Publishing
  Save your drawing as PDF documents for easy sharing. Plus, export paper spaces, customize your fonts and define your paper widths and heights.
• CAD and Graphics Compatible 
  Sharing your files with others and among other programs is easy. TurboCAD supports the most current and popular industry-standard file formats including AutoCAD®.
• Earth-Friendly “Green” Design
  TurboCAD offers a complete set of pre-drawn, eco-friendly details that you can drag and drop into your design. Access the Green Building Design Center for a comprehensive list of earth-friendly building and design ideas, solution and supplies. Dozens of links will help you locate energy wise and environment friendly doors, windows, natural lighting and much more
  

Minimum System Requirements:

• Pentium IV Processor
• Microsoft® Windows XP, Microsoft® Vista, Windows 7
• 300 MB of free hard disk space depending on accessory applications installed, 64 MB of swap space
• Super VGA (1024 x768) display
• High Color (16 bit) graphics card
• CD-ROM drive
• Adobe Reader v6 or higher. Recommended v7 or higher. 

Recommended System Requirements:

• 2 GHz Processor, 2 GB RAM
• 3D Graphics accelerator card
• Wheel mouse
• Internet connection
• Microsoft ® Internet Explorer™ required for Internet registration
• Macromedia ® Flash™ plug-in required for on-line tutorials