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IMSI/Design, LLC, a private company headquartered in Novato, CA, is the global leader in retail CAD (Computer Aided Design). IMSI/Design products include the award-winning TurboCAD®, TurboFLOORPLAN™, TurboSketch™, and DesignCAD™ families of precision design applications.
Originally named International Microcomputer Software, Inc., the company was founded in 1983 by Bob Mayer as a publisher of popular graphics software such as PC Paintbrush and Dr. Halo. IMSI branched into the precision drawing marketplace with TurboCAD in the late 80's and FloorPlan and DesignCAD in the early 90's. IMSI/Design, LLC was formed in 2006 when an investor group led by software industry veteran Royal Farros purchased the precision drawing group from Broadcaster, Inc. (formerly known as IMSI). Look to IMSI/Design to bring leadership to new, innovative areas of CAD, such as support for the exploding metaverse and popular platforms such as AutoCAD. |
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Do more, faster than ever before with new TurboCAD® 18!
IMSI/Design is happy to announce to our affiliates that TurboCAD 18 is now available. New TurboCAD 18 offers significant improvements to just about every area in the application…including 2D and 3D performance.
Smarter TurboCAD 18 improves productivity with new automated tools that allow for design, modification, presentation, and documentation in an integrated fashion.
Faster TurboCAD 18 provides improved tools that speed design, while taking full advantage of the latest in hardware technologies, UP TO 60x FASTER!
Compatible TurboCAD 18 is designed to provide excellent workflow to and from other applications, including AutoCAD® 2011 and Google™ SketchUp™ v8. Collaborating with others has never been easier.
Affordable TurboCAD 18 continues to provide tremendous power at an always affordable price compared to many other CAD brands.
Three Versions TurboCAD 18 is currently available in three different versions (TurboCAD Designer 2D to come), depending on your customers' needs, as well as their price point. TurboCAD Deluxe is the #1 CAD software in retail, and comes with more professional features per dollar than any other CAD product. TurboCAD Pro and Pro Platinum offer more advanced tools for design, drafting, detailing, and modeling.
NEW FEATURES
- NEW GPU-Accelerated Drawing Performance
up to 60x faster in Hidden Line & Draft Render modes
- NEW Multi-Threading Support
- NEW Assembly by Axis Modes
- NEW Dynamic Dimensions for Doors and Windows
- NEW Block Attachment Doors & Windows
- NEW House Wizard
- NEW Multi-Add Tool
- NEW ‘On Polyline’ Pattern Tool
- NEW PDF Underlay
- NEW Database Options
- NEW LightWorks 8.3 Engine
- NEW Ruby Scripting
- NEW Network License Support…and much more!
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TurboCAD® Pro Platinum is our most comprehensive CAD
product for 2D and 3D design, documentation, detailing, and modeling.
In addition to including all the tools found in TurboCAD Pro, the Platinum
version includes additional advanced mechanical and architectural design tools
such as:
- Pattern tool to create 3D generative and
parametric patterns
- Bend/Unbend tool, Sweep, Extrude, and
imprint tools for 3D modeling
- Easy to use Quick Pull tool
- Advanced Pattern Constraints
- History enabled editing of ACIS objects
- Numerous parametrically controlled modifiers
including new ‘On Polyline” tool
- Advanced Parametric Parts, and parametric
symbols including the Weld Tool, Adhesive Tool, and Geometric Tolerance Tool
- Door and Window objects now offer the
ability to add blocks to their definition, which adds unparalleled
customization capabilities to these object types.
- Parametric Stairs, Rails and Rail Styles
- and so much more
In TurboCAD Pro you will find many of the most
advanced technologies in the industry: 3D ACIS® Modeler from Spatial, D-Cubed™
2D DCM constraint manager from Siemens Industry Software Limited, the Redsdk
drawing engine for GPU-accelerated 2D and Wireframe display modes from
Redway3d®, and LightWorks photorealistic and non-photorealistic artistic
rendering capabilities from LightWork Design.
The Platinum product includes all of the advanced features necessary for both
architectural design and more specific mechanical design tasks. Because of the
breadth of mechanical and architectural tools, the Platinum Edition also is
perfectly flexible for users whose projects cross disciplines:
- Designer-builders and Contractors
- Electricians and Plumbers
- Structural and HVAC Engineers
- Plant Designers
- and more!
TurboCAD Pro Platinum functionality can of course be
extended through one of the many plug-ins for TurboCAD such as Animation Lab,
CAM, Furniture Maker, or the Beam Analysis Tool. In addition, there is a
Software Developers' Kit (SDK) and Ruby Scripting for TurboCAD Pro Platinum to
allow you to create your own tools and customize behaviors.
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TurboCAD Pro is an advanced general purpose CAD
product for design, drafting, detailing, and modeling. TurboCAD Pro appeals to
numerous professionals and others interested in power mechanical and
architectural design capabilities at an attractive and affordable price.
TurboCAD Pro features are extensible by upgrading to the Platinum Edition as
well as by adding any of a number of plug-ins. In addition, there is an SDK for
those wishing to extend its functionality in a custom manner.
TurboCAD Pro includes all the basic drawing and modification tools needed to
draw nearly anything you can imagine. TurboCAD Pro's powerful tools for 2D or 3D
design include 2D parametric constraints, 3D solid and surface modeling, robust
photorealistic rendering ray tracing, lighting and materials, and extensive CAD
and graphics file interoperability.
TurboCAD Pro advances productivity with tools that allow for design,
modification, presentation, and documentation in an integrated fashion. And
because we know that most people use a number of tools or collaborate with
others frequently, TurboCAD Pro is designed to provide excellent workflow to and
from other applications.
Open, insert, or embed up to 35 file formats and export up to 28, including
.DWG, .DXF, .SKP (Google™ SketchUp™), .3DM (Rhinoceros®), .3DS (Autodesk® 3ds
Max®), IGES, STEP, .OBJ, COLLADA (.DAE – export); vector formats including .EPS
and .SVG; raster formats including .BMP, .GIF, .JPG, .PNG, .TIF, and more.
Click here to see a PDF of compatible file formats.
TurboCAD Pro reads and writes .DWG and .DXF files from R14 through 2010
including AutoCAD® Architecture extensions. This broad range of support helps to
maintain your intellectual property investment by supporting older files,
models, and parts. It also makes it easy to access parts from vendors or posted
on model exchange sites like the Google 3D Warehouse. |
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