TurboCAD 2019 Key Feature Comparison

TurboCAD Windows Feature Comparison

Get a quick overview of TurboCAD Windows features by product level.

Platinum Professional Deluxe Designer
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UI & PERFORMANCE
Audit System – locate ‘bad’ or out-of-rage objects based upon user criterion ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
AutoCAD®-like 2D Drafting Interface Options ✔ ✔ – –
Command Line with Dynamic Input Cursor ✔ ✔ – –
Easy, Handle-Based Editing ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
ePack with New Intelligent File Send ✔ – – –
PDF Underlay Tool ✔ ✔ – –
Purge Tool ✔ – – –
Windows 64-bit and 32-bit Compatible Versions ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Design Director – for object property management ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Layer Filters ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Layer Management ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Conceptual Selector ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Timestamp ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Confirm replace warning message – Added in warning dialogue ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Customize Ribbon Configuration ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Named View Enhancements ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Reset All Button in UI Theme Dialog Box ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Ribbon UI Theme Support ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
UI Scale Slider in “Customize” Dialog Box and 4K monitor support ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
2D DRAFTING & EDITING
2D Drawing, Editing and Modifying ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Advanced Drawing Tools (Gear, Surface Tolerance, Text along Curve) ✔ – – –
Drafting and Detailing Palette – create associative sections and cut planes ✔ – – –
2D Geometric and Dimension Constraints ✔ – – –
Associative Arrays and Pattern Tools ✔ ✔ – –
Arrow tools ✔ ✔ – –
Auto Tools (for Scaling, Sizing, Positioning, Rotating, and Movement) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Bezier and Fair Curves ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Centerline and Center Mark ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Hatch Pattern Creator & Gradient Fills ✔ ✔ – –
Smart and Quick Dimension Tools ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Relative Angle Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Angular dimension tool improvement ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Construct Similar ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Highlight End Points ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Improved Inspector Bar functionality ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Open/Close property for Polyline ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
PDF /Insert/Underlay – New for TurboCAD Deluxe and Designer ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Pick Point Hatch Improvement ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Remove Overlapping Entities Tool ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Select by Similar – Select objects with shared or similar properties ✔ – – –
Trace Tools – Trace By Point and Trace By Rectangle incorporated to 64-bit ✔ ✔ ✔ –
3D DRAWING, MODELING, & EDITING
3D Surface Primitives ✔ ✔ ✔ –
3D Booleans – Add, Subtract, Intersection ✔ ✔ ✔ –
3D Helix ✔ ✔ ✔ –
3D Splines and Polylines ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Extrude (simple) ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Assembly Tools ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Sweep ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Revolve ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Advanced Blending Functionality ✔ – – –
Slot Tools ✔ ✔ ✔ –
3D Patterns from Compound Profiles ✔ – – –
Mirror Copy Tool for 3D Objects ✔ ✔ ✔ –
3D Slice by Facet ✔ – – –
ACIS® Faceter Surface Tolerance ✔ – – –
Extrude Improvement – Surface extrude for flat 3D polylines or 3D curves ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Fillet Edges (blend) Tool Improvements ✔ – – –
Flange Sheet Improvement ✔ – – –
Unbend Tool Improvement ✔ – – –
SOLID MODELING & ADVANCED MECHANICAL DESIGN
Part Tree/History Tree ✔ – – –
ACIS® Solid Modeling ✔ – – –
Thread tool ✔ – – –
Stretch Entity ✔ – – –
Extract Entity ✔ – – –
Push/Pull Tool ✔ – – –
Imprint ✔ – – –
Law Tools – Curve from Law; Surface with Laws; Offset with Law; Warp Entity by Law ✔ – – –
Lofting ✔ – – –
NURBS Support ✔ – – –
Sheet Metal Tools (bend and unbend, flange, gusset and rib) ✔ – – –
Smooth Surface Meshes (SMesh) ✔ – – –
Tweak Face and Revolve Face ✔ – – –
Twist Entity ✔ – – –
Twisted Extrude, Extrude to Face Tools ✔ – – –
ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN & GIS
House Builder Wizard ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Simple BIM via IFC Support ✔ Import only Import only –
Intelligent (Parametric) Attribute-rich, Architectural Objects*
Walls (Self-Healing; Straight, Curved; Block Insert) ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Compound Wall Definitions / Multi-Component Walls ✔ – – –
&nbps;&nbps;&nbps;&nbps;Windows & Doors ✔ ✔ ✔ –
&nbps;&nbps;&nbps;&nbps;Muntins – for Windows & Doors ✔ – – –
&nbps;&nbps;&nbps;&nbps;Roofs ✔ ✔ ✔ –
&nbps;&nbps;&nbps;&nbps;Slabs (Floor and Roof Slabs, now with openings) ✔ ✔ – –
&nbps;&nbps;&nbps;&nbps;Stairs ✔ – – ✔
&nbps;&nbps;&nbps;&nbps;Rails ✔ – – –
&nbps;&nbps;&nbps;&nbps;Markers ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Schedule ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Schedule Tool and Wizard ✔ ✔ – –
Architectural Sections and Elevations (3D-to-2D documentation) ✔ ✔ – –
Style Manager ✔ Limited Limited –
Self-Trimming and Self-Aligning Blocks ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Geolocation of Drawings, Compass Rose ✔ ✔ ✔ –
“Array tools” improvement for ADT (Architectural Desktop) objects. ✔ ✔ ✔ –
BIM Tool Improvement – BIM palette for show/edit BIM data ✔ ✔ – –
PHOTOREALISTIC RENDERING AND VISUALIZATION
3D Photorealistic Rendering ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Customizable Luminances and Material Libraries ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Advance Rendering ✔ – – –
Caustics for Sun Lights ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Customizable Environments Library ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Luminance of Objects, Shadow Casting, Anti-aliasing ✔ ✔ ✔ –
OpenGL & Hidden Line Rendering ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Ray Tracing ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Render Manager ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Shared Shader Sets – support of legacy drawings ✔ ✔ ✔ –
UV Mapping – now includes SMesh Objects ✔ – – –
Volumetric Rendering Effects ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Dynamic Cutaway Plane ✔ – – –
Geo-located Sun & Physical Sky Lighting ✔ ✔ ✔ –
LightWorks 9.3 ✔ ✔ ✔ –
RedSDK to Lightworks converter improvements ✔ ✔ ✔ –
New Sun and Sky shader ✔ – – –
DATABASE AND PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT; CONTENT
Blocks, Block Editor and Xref Support ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Internal Database and Custom Data; External Database Connectivity ✔ ✔ – –
Parametric Parts Editor for 2D and 3D parts creation and management ✔ – – –
Programmable SDK & Ruby Scripting (Compatible with SketchUp Ruby Scripts) ✔ – – –
Symbols, Part Library ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Table Styles with Property Set Definitions ✔ ✔ – –
INTEROPERABILITY
Adobe 3D PDF (.U3D and .PRC) Export ✔ U3D only – –
3D Printer Support via .STL Import and Export ✔ ✔ ✔ –
AutoCAD (DXF, DWG, and DWF) File Compatibility ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Import and Open File Formats 41 25 22 15
Export of Coordinate Data ✔ ✔ – –
Export, Save As, and Publish File Formats 34 27 23 16
Enhanced SketchUp File (SKP) Import – geometry, views, materials, components ✔ ✔ ✔ –
File Conversion Tool with Batch File Conversion ✔ – – –
Open and Save ASAT, SAT,IGS, STP mechanical drawings ✔ – – –
Open and Save 3DM (Rhino), OBJ, SHX (save only) , STP files ✔ OBJ, SHX only – –
TAP File Import – Import TurboApp files from mobile devices ✔ ✔ ✔ –
Google Earth (KML and KMZ) File Support ✔ ✔ – –
Terrain Data (XYZ) File Import and Export Support ✔ ✔ – –
3DM, 3DS ✔ – – –
3MF ✔ ✔ – –
Point Cloud Support (PCD, PCG, XYZ, ASC) ✔ ✔ – –
DWG/DXF filter ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
FBX Filter ✔ ✔ ✔ –
STL Improvement – 3D Print check ✔ ✔ ✔ –
OTHER
Point Cloud Triangulation ✔ ✔ – –
Subset Point Cloud ✔ ✔ – –
Network License Support ✔ ✔ ✔ –