DesignCAD 2025.1 Update Now Available!

IMSI® Design, a global leader in CAD software solutions, is pleased to introduce DesignCAD 2025.1, a maintenance release focused on improving stability, compatibility, and overall reliability. This update delivers a range of refinements across the application, addressing user-reported issues and enhancing the quality and consistency of everyday drafting and modeling workflows.

DesignCAD 2025.1 Service Pack Highlights:

The DesignCAD 2025.1 maintenance release delivers a broad set of refinements across the application. This update improves overall usability, enhances interface consistency, and resolves issues related to file handling, import/export reliability, customization options, licensing behavior, and system stability. It also includes corrections in drawing and parametric functions, updated localization components, and behind-the-scenes improvements to ensure smoother performance and a more reliable user experience.

Executive Quotes:

Tim Olson Vice President, IMSI Design
“DesignCAD 2025.1 reflects our ongoing commitment to delivering dependable, high-quality tools that professionals can trust. Even in a maintenance release, our focus remains on strengthening the foundation of the product so users experience smoother performance, greater stability, and a more refined workflow every day.”

Rita Buschmann Vice President of Product Management, CAD and Home Design
“This update is the result of close collaboration with our users and development teams. By addressing real-world feedback and refining core functionality, DesignCAD 2025.1 reinforces our dedication to precision, reliability, and continuous improvement across the entire product line.”

A Closer Look at DesignCAD 2025

Explore the innovative enhancements of DesignCAD 2025 in our comprehensive video overview. This visual guide highlights the features that make DesignCAD 2025 an ideal solution for beginners, hobbyists, makers, and DIY enthusiasts.

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TurboCAD 2025: AI-Powered Design for the Future

TurboCAD 2025 introduces AI-driven tools that revolutionize the way designers work, making workflows smarter, faster, and more intuitive. With Smartly Organized Workspaces, users can access pre-configured environments tailored for drafting, 3D modeling, and architectural design, reducing setup time and boosting efficiency.

The TurboCAD Copilot Professional plug-in enhances rendering workflows, providing deeper design insights and facilitating part creation. The Rendering Scene Analysis tool delivers detailed scene insights, optimizing materials, lighting, and textures for photorealistic results.

TurboCAD Copilot Professional is an AI-powered design assistant that enhances workflows, navigation, and analysis within TurboCAD. It integrates with both TurboCAD for Windows and Mac, offering features like Talk to Your CAD Data, General AI Access, and Text to Image.

With Instant Answers and Data Insights, users can interact naturally with CAD data, ask questions, and receive intelligent responses to streamline their design process. The Visual Content Generation feature introduces photorealistic textures and environments, elevating presentations.

Additionally, AI-Powered Basic Text-to-CAD allows users to create CAD objects using natural language commands, making design more intuitive.

Mechanical designers will appreciate the a Part Creator and Part Editor, enabling parametric creation and non-destructive editing of components. Architects can leverage the Curtain Wall tool, supporting grid-based facade design and material assignments.

With AI-powered search and instant previews, TurboCAD 2025 ensures that essential tools are always within reach, streamlining navigation and enhancing productivity.

Key New and Improved features include:

Performance, User Interface & Usability

TurboCAD^® 2025 introduces Smartly Organized Workspaces, organizing tools into dedicated environments tailored to specific tasks. Whether drafting technical drawings, modeling complex 3D designs, or creating architectural blueprints, TurboCAD^®’s pre-configured workspaces ensure optimal tool availability, minimizing setup time and maximizing productivity.

The Redesigned Start Page offers workspace selection, professional templates, theme customization, and instant previews of recent files. The Command Finder enables quick tool searches and direct command execution, reducing navigation time while keeping essential functions accessible.

AI-Powered Features

The optional TurboCAD^® Copilot Professional plug-in introduces new AI-driven tools to enhance rendering workflows, provide deeper design insights, and facilitate part creation. The Rendering Scene Analysis tool delivers detailed scene insights, including inventories, material properties, light sources, and other critical data for photorealistic results. Enhanced reporting includes color marks, texture links, a dark theme, and raw HTML previews for optimized workflows. TurboCAD^® 2025 introduces a Part Creator and Part Editor for parametric creation and non-destructive editing of mechanical components.

Rendering and Visualization

TurboCAD^® 2025 builds on its robust TurboLux Rendering engine with new features like adjustable Ground Shadows, precise Tone Mapping for scene brightness, and improved defaults optimized for architectural visualization.

Architectural Tools: Curtain Walls

Architects can design complex building envelopes using the Curtain Wall tool, which supports grid-based facade design, nested divisions, material assignments, and compatibility with industry-standard formats.

File Interoperability

TurboCAD^® 2025 ensures reliable collaboration with enhanced file handling capabilities, including ODA STEP Support, Teigha (ODA) 25.7 Update, and SketchUp 2024 Support.

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TurboCAD 2025.1 Update Now Available!

IMSI^® Design, a leading developer of CAD software solutions, announced today the release of TurboCAD^® 2025.1, including Platinum, Professional, Deluxe and Designer versions for Windows^® desktop PCs. Our dedicated TurboCAD^® team has meticulously crafted this follow-up Service Pack, tailored specifically for our loyal community.

Executive Quotes

Tim Olson, Vice President of IMSI Design

“TurboCAD^® 2025.1 is focused on refinement. By strengthening graphics performance, adding smarter crash diagnostics, and improving rendering compatibility, we’re giving designers a more stable and transparent environment. These updates ensure that TurboCAD continues to deliver both innovation and reliability.”

Rita Buschmann, Vice President of Product Management, CAD and Home Design

“This Service Pack highlights our dedication to continuous improvement. Floating license support, enhanced license visibility, and more than 50 targeted fixes make everyday use of TurboCAD clearer, faster, and more predictable. TurboCAD^® 2025.1 provides the consistency and detail our users expect in a professional design tool.”

TurboCAD^® 2025 Feature Videos

Explore the new features in our Comprehensive Video Overview.

See full feature lists here:

• TurboCAD^® 2025 Feature Comparison
• TurboCAD^® 2025 File Format Comparison

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IMSI Design Releases TurboCAD® Mac 16

Introducing New AI-Powered Tools and Major Performance Upgrades

NOVATO, Calif. June 19, 2025 – IMSI^® Design announced today the release of TurboCAD^® Mac 16, available in four editions: Designer, Deluxe, Pro, and Platinum. Built for mechanical designers, architects, makers, and professionals across industries, TurboCAD^® Mac 16 introduces over 100 new features and performance improvements, including advanced AI-powered tools, design enhancements, and faster workflows. This update builds on the success of last year’s Copilot feature, expanding its capabilities and delivering major enhancements across modeling, interoperability, and user interface design.

New Features in TurboCAD® Mac 16

AI & Automation Enhancements

A new AI-powered Part Creator is now available exclusively through TurboCAD^® Mac Copilot Professional, enabling users to generate intelligent parametric parts such as gears, screws, nuts, and threaded components with customizable parameters like diameter, helix angle, and tooth count, significantly reducing time spent on repetitive mechanical design tasks.

Performance Improvements

TurboCAD^® Mac 16 delivers substantial performance gains across file handling and rendering, offering up to 12× faster redraws, 22× faster file loads, 5× faster PDF/DWG imports, and 25× faster printing of large files, making complex projects more manageable and responsive than ever before.

Design & Modeling Updates

Sheet metal tools now include Base, Flange, Hem, Rolled Hem, and Unbend functions that simulate real-world fabrication processes. The Arc Slot Polygon Tool allows creation of polygons using arcs as defining edges, adding flexibility to organic shape creation. An integrated ISO Part Library gives direct access to standardized 3D components, while batch export enables saving individual parts from multi-part files for better organization and sharing.

User Interface & Customization

The custom tools interface has been redesigned to support larger m×n icon arrays such as 3×20 or 10×10 layouts, improving accessibility and workspace customization. Additionally, a new edit dialog simplifies tool modification, making adjustments more intuitive and efficient.

Interoperability & File Support

The SketchUp importer now supports the latest versions of SketchUp, with automatic glass shaders applied to transparent materials for more realistic rendering.

Language Support

TurboCAD^® Mac 16 now supports English, French, and German languages, ensuring broader accessibility for international users and allowing designers from different regions to work comfortably in their preferred language without translation barriers.

Executive Quotes

“The AI-powered Part Creator in TurboCAD^® Mac 16 significantly reduces the time needed to build mechanical components. With just a few parameter inputs, users can generate highly accurate parts that fit seamlessly into complex assemblies. ”
— Tim Olson, Vice President of IMSI Design

“The Sheet Metal Tools and Arc Slot Polygon Tool open up new possibilities for industrial design. These features bring precision and flexibility together in ways that were not possible before. ”
— Rita Buschmann, Vice President of Product Management, CAD and Home Design.

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IMSI Design Releases FloorPlan 2025

Revolutionary Tools for Landscape Design and Photorealistic Rendering

NOVATO, Calif. June 12, 2025 – IMSI^® Design, a leading software developer of Home Design and CAD titles for over 30 years, is proud to announce the launch of FloorPlan^® 2025, the latest iteration of its award-winning Home & Landscape Design software suite. Available now on www.imsidesign.com, this release ushers in a new era of creativity and precision for architects, designers, and DIY enthusiasts alike.

Key New and Improved features include:

FloorPlan^® 2025 debuts a range of powerful, each crafted to address the needs of modern designers and DIY enthusiasts:

• Green Region Tool: This feature allows users to define and customize areas with natural ground cover such as grass, foliage, or scattered elements like leaves and clover. With adjustable settings for size, density, and texture, users can create lifelike landscapes ranging from lush gardens to subtle accents.
• LuxCore Depth of Field Camera Control: Advanced camera controls enable users to adjust focus depth, creating realistic foreground or background blurs. Automatic focal point detection ensures accuracy when emphasizing specific elements within a scene.
• LuxCore PBR (Physically Based Rendering) Materials Support: Hyper-realistic material rendering is achieved through support for Normal, Bump, Alpha, Roughness, and Specular maps at up to 2K resolution. From glossy finishes to weathered surfaces, every detail is rendered with remarkable accuracy.

• LuxCore High-Resolution Rendering Export: Users can produce ultra-detailed visuals with export capabilities up to 8K resolution. Enhanced options include render time estimates and customizable filename suffixes, making high-quality output faster and more organized.
• PBR Content Packs: A library of over 2,000 high-resolution textures optimized for Physically Based Rendering provides endless creative possibilities. These downloadable packs ensure every project benefits from lifelike materials.

“FloorPlan^® 2025 represents a bold step forward in design innovation,” says Syed Gilani, President of IMSI Design. “With tools like the Green Region Tool and LuxCore’s advanced rendering capabilities, we’re giving users the ability to create projects that are both visually striking and technically precise.”

“Listening to our users has been key to this release,” adds Rita Buschmann Vice President of Product Management, CAD & Home Design. “FloorPlan^® 2025 combines intuitive functionality with cutting-edge technology, delivering a solution that meets the needs of professionals while inspiring new levels of creativity.”

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IMSI Design Releases TurboCAD 2025

Redefining Precision and Creativity in CAD Design

NOVATO, Calif. – June 17, 2025 – IMSI^® Design, a leader in CAD software solutions, is excited to announce the launch of TurboCAD^® 2025, a transformative release that redefines precision, productivity, and creativity in computer-aided design. With over 70 new features and improvements, TurboCAD^® 2025 equips professionals and designers with tools to tackle projects efficiently.

Key New and Improved features include:

Performance, User Interface & Usability

TurboCAD^® 2025 introduces Smartly Organized Workspaces, organizing tools into dedicated environments tailored to specific tasks. Whether drafting technical drawings, modeling complex 3D designs, or creating architectural blueprints, TurboCAD^®’s pre-configured workspaces ensure optimal tool availability, minimizing setup time and maximizing productivity.

The Redesigned Start Page offers workspace selection, professional templates, theme customization, and instant previews of recent files. The Command Finder enables quick tool searches and direct command execution, reducing navigation time while keeping essential functions accessible.

AI-Powered Features

The optional TurboCAD^® Copilot Professional plug-in introduces new AI-driven tools to enhance rendering workflows, provide deeper design insights, and facilitate part creation. The Rendering Scene Analysis tool delivers detailed scene insights, including inventories, material properties, light sources, and other critical data for photorealistic results. Enhanced reporting includes color marks, texture links, a dark theme, and raw HTML previews for optimized workflows. TurboCAD^® 2025 introduces a Part Creator and Part Editor for parametric creation and non-destructive editing of mechanical components.

Rendering and Visualization

TurboCAD^® 2025 builds on its robust TurboLux Rendering engine with new features like adjustable Ground Shadows, precise Tone Mapping for scene brightness, and improved defaults optimized for architectural visualization.

Architectural Tools: Curtain Walls

Architects can design complex building envelopes using the Curtain Wall tool, which supports grid-based facade design, nested divisions, material assignments, and compatibility with industry-standard formats.

File Interoperability

TurboCAD^® 2025 ensures reliable collaboration with enhanced file handling capabilities, including ODA STEP Support, Teigha (ODA) 25.7 Update, and SketchUp 2024 Support.

Executive Insights

“The release of TurboCAD^® 2025 marks a pivotal step in enhancing the connection between designers, their tools, and their data,” states Tim Olson, Vice President of IMSI^® Design. “With the newly introduced features in TurboCAD^® Copilot Professional, we’re taking AI-driven design to the next level. From rendering scene analysis to advanced part creation tools, these innovations provide deeper insights and streamline workflows, empowering users to focus on creativity and innovation.”

“We are committed to addressing the evolving needs of our users,” says Rita Buschmann, Vice President of Product Management, CAD and Home Design. “The redesigned Start Page exemplifies this commitment, offering professional templates, customizable themes, and instant access to recent files. Combined with smartly organized workspaces and the Command Finder, TurboCAD^® 2025 delivers faster, more intuitive workflows than ever before.”

Contact Details:

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TurboCAD 2025 for Windows: Elevate Your Design Game

TurboCAD 2025 is almost here, bringing over 70 new features and improvements to empower architects, engineers, and designers with cutting-edge tools. Whether you’re crafting intricate mechanical designs or architectural masterpieces, this latest release enhances sheet metal design, CAD interoperability, and rendering capabilities to streamline your workflow.

Buy now and get 20% TurboCAD 2025 full licenses and upgrades. Introductory offers valid for a limited time only! With a one-time purchase, you own your license forever—ideal for professionals who prefer stability over yearly upgrades.

Explore the different editions, from Platinum to Designer, tailored to fit your needs. Plus, existing TurboCAD users can upgrade at a discounted rate, ensuring you stay ahead without breaking the bank.

Quickly see the feature differences of TurboCAD 2025 Platinum, TurboCAD Professional, TurboCAD Deluxe, and TurboCAD Designer in our comparison table below.

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NOVATO, Calif. – June 4, 2025 – IMSI^® Design, a global leader in CAD software solutions, is pleased to introduce DesignCAD 2025, an updated release designed to improve processing speeds, expand compatibility, and refine precision tools. Featuring over 50 key improvements, this version offers smoother interactions and stronger performance across drafting, modeling, and design workflows.

Key New and Improved features include:

Performance, Stability & Usability

DesignCAD 2025 features 7x faster redraw speeds, reducing delays when zooming, panning, or making complex edits. The Draw Polyline tool now operates with significantly improved responsiveness, while stability updates resolve crashes, freezing issues, and optimize PDF imports, layer management, and block editing.

The new DesignCAD Updater automatically checks for updates upon startup, ensuring users always have the latest improvements. A manual Check for Updates button allows for flexible software management.

Expanded Compatibility & File Interoperability

• ODA Version 25.7 Support: Broader compatibility with AutoCAD^® files (R12–2025), refined APIs, and improved industry-standard file handling.
• SketchUp 2024 Integration: Users can import, edit, and export SketchUp 2024 files with improved geometry handling, texture mapping, and scaling options.

Innovative Tools for Precision Design

• Points on Path Tool: Enables precise placement of points along curves, splines, arcs, polygons, and circles, with options for uniform spacing or custom distribution.
• Basic Shapes: Newly introduced parametric basic shape geometries expand DesignCAD’s drawing and modeling capabilities, providing more versatility in drafting and structured design work.

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NOVATO, Calif. July 2, 2024 – IMSI^® Design, a leading developer of CAD software solutions, announced today the release of the TurboCAD^® Mac 15 family of products. This latest release encompasses a range of editions for the Macintosh platform: Designer, Deluxe, Pro, and Platinum. TurboCAD^® Mac continues to provide innovative tools for mechanical, 3D printing, hobbyist, makers, and architectural design communities.

TurboCAD^® Mac 15 comes with more than 100 new features and improvements.

AI-Powered TurboCAD^® Mac Copilot Technology

The TurboCAD^® Mac Copilot feature introduces an AI-driven companion engineered to elevate the design journey. It serves four primary purposes:

• Responding to help related queries how to use the software.
• Delivering data-driven insights about CAD files.
• Utilizing an extensive AI knowledge base for a wide range of questions.
• Using Text to Image AI to create textures and backgrounds for photo rendering.

This integrated AI tool streamlines navigation, expedites the project’s progress, and enhances design endeavors with insightful analysis. TurboCAD^® Mac Copilot supports two levels: TurboCAD^® Mac Copilot Help (free 1-year-subscription for all TurboCAD^® variants) and TurboCAD^® Mac Copilot Professional (available as 1-year-subsription service).

TurboCAD^® Mac Copilot Professional includes “Talk to your CAD Data”, general AI access, and Text to Image. TurboCAD^® Mac Copilot Professional is adept at handling diverse multilingual requests, from guiding through the initial steps of using TurboCAD^® Mac to sharing intriguing details about a file or providing insights on design trends and principles.

“TurboCAD^® Mac Copilot supports queries not only into documentation but also into the mathematical properties and attributes unique to CAD objects in a file. TurboCAD^® Mac Copilot can find problems, locate unusual values, or create custom tables of any property. TurboCAD^® Mac Copilot enables a full interrogation of the design to a specific query, moving beyond the limitations of user interface buttons and menus,” said Tim Olson, Vice President of IMSI Design.

“With the launch of TurboCAD^® Mac and the new TurboCAD^® Mac Copilot feature, we’re not just participating in the technological revolution; we’re leading it. Artificial Intelligence represents a seismic shift in how we interact with technology, a leap forward that will transform every aspect of our lives. Our mission is to empower our users with the most sophisticated and user-friendly design tools available. By weaving AI into the fabric of our products, we’re not merely adapting to a new era—we’re crafting it. Our passion for innovation is relentless, and through AI, we’re unlocking a realm of potential that was previously beyond reach,” outlines Rita Buschmann, Senior Product Manager, CAD and Home Design.

Introducing TurboCAD^® Mac Platinum

TurboCAD^® Mac 15 introduces Platinum as an enhanced option for mechanical design, catering to those needing more sophisticated surface and solid modeling tools. The Platinum edition includes additional blending options such as curvature, three-face, and thumb weights. Enhanced edge treatments are available with features like flange, lips, and grooves. Surface modeling now includes commands such as tangent n-sided covers, pressure deform a surface/face, curvature blends, curvature edge matching, rebuild, insert know, and elevate. TurboCAD^® Mac Platinum also offers more file support options including import options for CATIA v4, Pro-E, and VDA.

Precision Tools and Enhanced Modeling Capabilities

TurboCAD^® Mac 15 includes numerous new and improved features to enhance precision and efficiency:

• Split at Discontinuity: Intelligently splits curves at points of discontinuity to ensure smooth modeling operations.
• Blend Version Control: Revert to previous blend settings for more control over design processes.
• Convert Text to Surface: Easily transform text into ACIS surface faces, expanding creative possibilities.
• Shear Transform: Apply shear transformations to curves, surfaces, and solids with precision.
• Verify Clearance: Accurately calculate the spatial clearance between solids for perfect component fits.

Advanced Layer Management

New to TurboCAD^® Mac 15, Layer Sets allow for seamless management of layers, view orientations, and zoom levels, enhancing project transitions.

Fastener Library

The Fastener Library, now integrated within the Symbol tab, simplifies the insertion of ANSI-standard nuts, bolts, and washers into designs.

Enhanced User Experience and Interoperability

The in-app help system has been significantly updated. Clicking on a tool now displays associated help context in a dedicated help palette. The new startup screen and default-enabled Gripper enhance accessibility and user-friendliness, streamlining the design process. Additionally, new filters were added to support CATIA v4, PRO-E, and VDA.

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