TurboCAD® 2023 Deluxe is the essential 2D Drafting and 3D Modeling solution for individuals, small businesses, students and educators. This software continues to be the best solution on the market for new 2D/3D CAD users and incredible collection of 2D drafting, 3D surface modeling, photorealistic rendering, and support for popular 3D printing and file formats.
TurboCAD 2023 Deluxe includes 2D drafting, 3D surface modeling, photorealistic rendering, and additional professional features to enhance productivity and interoperability. Users already familiar with AutoCAD® will find it to be a powerful and affordable alternative. It includes a customizable Ribbon Interface with 4K monitor support to optimize productivity and readability on higher resolution displays.
TurboCAD 2023 Deluxe can help you design projects such as:
• Advanced mechanical designs • Architectural drawings • Remodeling plans • Inventions and patent designs • Prototyping with 3D printers • Mechanical drawings • Furniture design, woodworking, and cabinetry • Musical instruments • Graphics and technical illustrations • Product and Packaging design • 2D drafting, diagraming and schematic drawings • Custom manufacturing from CAD to CNC
We will help you learn:
TurboCAD includes set up wizards, context-sensitive help, snaps, alignment aids, handle-based editing, and a flexible user interface. These will shorten your learning curve, and improve your productivity and design efficiency. Your purchase includes 6 months of free technical support, as well as access to our training tutorials, so you will not have to learn through trial and error. We are experts at creating CAD software and our tutorials will help you to become an expert user quickly. Plus, Context Sensitive help and a choice between using offline PDF manual and our Online help portal.
Simple and flexible pricing:
We offer TurboCAD 2023 Deluxe in two different pricing models to best suit your needs.
Permanent License
Download once and own it forever. Ideally suited for users who need a single license or users who feel they may not need to upgrade each year.
Annual Subscriptions
This is ideal for multiple user seats. With an active subscription, you will always be receiving the latest enhancements and new functionality.
Key Features
Essential 2D CAD Software:
TurboCAD® 2023 Deluxe includes all the essential 2D Drafting tools you need for beginner to intermediate needs. It’s ready-to-use with a customizable interface that adapts to your needs and workflow. Learn quickly with set-up wizards, snaps, and alignment aids.
A Complete Set of 2D Drafting and Detailing Tools:
TurboCAD Deluxe 2023 employs a large selection of line, arc, curve, and spline tools, so that 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.
Annotation Tools Including Dimensioning and Multiple Text Display Options:
A complete set of Dimensions and Text tools allows for better communication of design intent.
Pick Point & Path Hatching, Bitmap Fills, and Transparency:
Choose from over 70 hatch patterns (including colors), unlimited bit-mapped fills and 100 levels of transparency to better visually identify various components of your drawing.
Comprehensive Layer Management:
Gives more options to control the appearance, editing, and printing of the drawing entities. Set visibility, line style, color and more to create professional drawings.
Publish to PDF and Import and Export Popular CAD and Graphics Formats:
Save your Designs for sharing to this application standard format - includes support of both Model and Paper Spaces; insure accurate 'round-tripping' with industry-standard AutoCAD DWG.
Compatibility and File Sharing:
Whether you’re a team of one or many, you’ll have the interoperability needed to collaborate. We’ve ensured that TurboCAD is compatible with a wide variety of popular CAD and Graphics formats. You will be able to deliver files that can be opened and edited by users of AutoCAD® and other popular design software. Your team will be running like a well-oiled machine.
• TurboCAD provides compatibility with AutoCAD® DWG and DXF files, from R12 to 2023 • VMRL Worlds Import/Export • PDF Export
New Features
Overview of TurboCAD 2023 New Features
Performance, User Interface & Usability
Update Thumbnails in Blocks Palette
A new option “Update Thumbnails” has been added to the local menu of the blocks in the blocks palette. Blocks Thumbnails can be updated in terms of rendering and views. All views list and rendering types with rendering modes are available in the Update Thumbnail dialog box.
Library Palette – Update Thumbnail dialog
Update Thumbnail dialog in the Library Palette has been improved. Previously, the dialog used to open in classic UI despite of being in default UI. Now, the Update Thumbnail dialog opens up in default UI.
Blocks Palette – Block Insertion Parameters
Block insertion parameters have been improved in TurboCAD 2023. Now user can define the blocks insertion parameters before inserting the blocks into the drawing. The parameters include rotation and scaling along X, Y, and Z axis.
Blocks Palette – Block Preview
Block Preview option has been added to the Blocks Palette options. Now user can preview the block without inserting it into the drawing. Blocks can be previewed in all views and render modes.
Isolate/Hide Tools
A couple of improvements in Isolate/Hide tools have been made in TurboCAD 2023.
Inverse Isolation Tool
A new tool “Inverse Isolation” has been added to the Edit menu. Clicking this tool makes the hidden objects visible and vice versa.
Isolate/Hide Tools improvement
Previously, End Isolation tool remained activated even without using Hide/Isolate Tool. Now, End Isolation tools gets activated only if its pre-requisite tools are activated. Also, it is possible to show the hidden objects in Selection Information Palette in “All Drawing” mode.
Objects’ hidden state can now be saved when saving a .tcw file.
Library Palette – Preview Render Modes
New preview render modes have been added to the symbol preview dialog for library palette in TurboCAD 2023. Now, it is possible to preview symbols in different render modes in Library Palette.
Tools Palette – Resizing icons when changing Toolbar icon size
Icon sizes in Tools palette can now be resized when scaling the toolbar icon sizes in Customize window.
Style Manager Palette – Search Option added
A new Search bar has been added to the Style Manager Palette, which allows user to find the various options contained in the properties. The search bar makes it easy for the users to search for different options available in the palette rather than finding them manually.
Selection Information Palette – Search Option added
A new Search bar has been added to the Selection Information Palette, which allows user to find the various options contained in the properties. The search bar makes it easy for the users to search for different options available in the palette rather than finding them manually.
Clash Detection Tool
A new tool, “Clash Detection” has been added to the Tools menu. The purpose of this tool is to detect any clashes in the drawing with multiple entities. If any clash is detected, it prompts user to save the excel file where it stores details of all the clashes detected.
TC Explorer Palette – Selected Layout Selection Improvement in Default UI
A new improvement in the selected layout dialog box has been added to the default UI. Radio buttons have been added to the Layout and Visibility sections of the TC Explorer Options dialog box. Previously, the selection of the layouts was not clear in the Default UI.
Render Manager Update
Render Manager has been updated for TurboCAD 2023. Following changes have been made to the Render Manager.
A new mode, “Active Drawing” has been added to the Render Manager. Activating this mode applies changes directly to the active drawing.
A new mode, “Highlighting” has been added to the Render Manager. This mode highlights the selected material within the active drawing.
A new model, “LuxBall” has been added to the standard models (cube, sphere, cylinder).
“Check Consistency” dialog has been improved for retaining the dimensions after resizing.
Material, Luminance, and Environment Selection dialog box sizes have been increased.
Materials and Luminances Palette – New local menu items
New local menu items have been added to the Materials and Luminance Palette.
New local menu items have been added to the "Materials" palette, which are, "Add LightWorks Material", "Add RedSDK Material ", "Add TurboLux Material”, and "Add Visualize Material".
New local menu items have been added to the "Luminances" palette, which are, "Add LightWorks Luminance", "Add RedSDK Luminance", "Add TurboLux Luminance", and "Add Visualize Luminance".
Save/Load Engine and Scene Preferences
TurboCAD 2023 has made it easy for the users to copy TurboLux and Visualize settings from one computer to another. Ability to save and load render engine and scene preferences to/from a text file has been added to this version. This allows the user to edit the settings manually in the text editor.
2D Drafting and Annotation
Find and Replace Text
A new Tool “Find and Replace Text” has been added to the Edit menu. User can find a specific text in the drawing and replace it with another word with one click. With a wide number of advanced search and text options, user can search for the specific text easily and replace it with less effort.
Automatic Callouts
A new tool “Automatic Callouts” has been added to the Dimension menu in TurboCAD 2023. The purpose of this tool is to automatically add callouts (leader dimensions) to the drawing in just a few clicks. These callouts can be arranged in circular formation or along a polyline. After callouts are generated, a BOM table is created with callout details.
Hidden Line removal for Block insertion
A new option “Remove Hidden Line” has been added to the Block insertion properties. On enabling this property, the removal of the hidden rows is applied to the block content. Two other properties, “Show Invisible Lines” and “Show Intersections”, become available on activating “Remove Hidden Line”.
Drafting Object dimension improvement
A new property, “Show actual dimensions” has been added to the drafting object properties. This property gets enabled if drafting object has break lines. Previously, dimensions for a Drafting object with break lines used to be specified without taking into account the break line. For showing the actual size with no break lines, this property is checked.
Join Polyline Tool
A new local menu item “Unmatched connections” has been added to the Join Polyline tool. This tool provides an ability to join polylines that do not have exact connections i.e., the ends of the adjacent polylines either have an intersection or a gap between them. On enabling the option, the maximum distance between the polylines in the Tolerance field need to be defined for connection.
3D Design and Modeling
Exploded View
A new menu item “Exploded View” has been added to the Format menu. This tool creates exploded view for a layout. User is able to pull apart the component along defined axes, X, Y and Z. In case of two axes, then the exploded view will be created along a plane, whereas, in case of 3 axes defined, the exploded view will be created in a 3D space. As a result, a block of the view is created in the blocks palette.
Exploded View – Visualize Render Support
Exploded View is now supported in Visualize Render. The exploded view can now be rendered in Visualize Render mode.
Shell Tool Improvement
Shell tool has been improved for TurboCAD 2023. Previously,Shell tool used to create a thin-walled solid shell from a solid body, with the same offsets for all facets. Now, it has been improved to create a solid shell with different offsets for selected facets.
Facet Offset Tool Improvement
Facet Offset tool has been improved for TurboCAD 2023. A new local menu item “specific Offset” has been added to the Facet Offset tool. This gives user a possibility to define specific offset for face.
ACIS® 2023 Update
ACIS® has been updated to the latest version ACIS2023.
Rendering and Visualization
All Renders
Unification of option names for all types of renders
The names of the menu items for all types of renders in 'Program Setup' and 'Drawing Setup' have been updated to the correct names. In Program Setup, 'Visualize Preferences...' has been updated to 'Visualize Engine...'. In Drawing Setup, 'RedSDK...' has been updated to 'RedSDK Scene...', and 'Visualize...' has been renamed to 'Visualize Scene...'.
Render Palettes
Show and edit Luminance/Materials/Environments with non-active providers
TurboCAD 2023 has updated Luminance, Materials, and Environments Palette for showing and editing their relevant attributes with non-relevant providers. Following new menu items have been added to the palettes:
New local menu item 'Show Materials from non-active Render Engines' has been added to the Materials palette. This option allows user to edit and assign materials even if the appropriate render is not installed.
New local menu item 'Show Environments from non-active Render Engines' has been added to the Environments palette. This option allows user to edit and assign Environments even if the appropriate render is not installed.
New local menu item 'Show Luminances from non-active Render Engines' has been added to Luminances palette. This option allows user to edit and assign luminances to the objects even if the appropriate render is not installed.
Show and edit Render Styles with non-active providers
TurboCAD 2023 has updated Advanced Render Styles Palettewith a new local menu item 'Show Rendering Styles from non-active Render Engines'. This option allows user to edit and assign rendering styles even if the appropriate render is not installed.
Dynamically Update Render Palettes after Native Draw Switching –
TC2023 update render palettes dynamically after Native Draw Switching. Previously, application restart was required to update materials set in the palette after native draw switching. Now these changes are applied dynamically while switching in native draw. Also, scalable render engine icons have been added to the flyout palette.
LightWorks
LightWorks Plugin
TurboCAD 2023 now supports LightWorks plugin as an additional render mode option. LightWorks is activated using the IDRM via Install Shield custom action. The LightWorks Plug-in for TurboCAD Deluxe enhances the program’s lighting, luminance, and photorealistic rendering capabilities for more robust, high-powered renders. This plug-in integrates directly with the TurboCAD material editor and Design Director.
Use TurboLux Materials
A new option “Use TurboLux Materials” has been added to the Material Options in Visualize Engine dialog. If this option is switched on, the TurboLux materials will be used in Visualize Draft render mode. Visualize materials support parameters like color, transparency value, texture map, transparency map, bump map, which can be imported from TurboLux materials.
TurboLux, RedSDK, and LightWorks Materials to Visualize Materials converter
A converter for converting TurboLux, RedSDK, and LightWorks materials to Visualize materials has been added to TurboCAD 2023. “Porting Options” dialog has been added to TCW 'OpenSetup' dialog. All parameters related to render attribute converter have been moved to ‘Porting Options’ dialog. New section ‘Porting materials to Visualize’ added to ‘Porting Options’ dialog.
Luminance Support & “Use Luminance” option
Three types of visualize light shaders have been added to TurboCAD 2023, i.e., point, spot and directional.
New option “Use Luminance” has been added to “Visualize Scene” property page. When this option is turned on, it enables using the drawing luminance.
Environments Support
Four types of environment shaders have been added to Visualize in TurboCAD 2023. i.e., Plain, Image, Environment Map, and Gradient. Visualize root category has been added to the Render Manager.
Visualize Environment library with 7 categories and 66 environments has been added to the new version. Visualize environments settings have been added to the Advanced Options in Render Manager. Also, Visualize Render has been added to the Render Scene Environment page in Drawing Setup.
Visualize environments support gradient shader. A gradient background is a blend of 3 different colors, bottom, middle, and top colors. Environment map shader is supported in Visualize now. An environment background is a type of background with a raster image on a static background and material reflections in a graphics scene.
Add Material Library
Brick
- 10 materials
- Category: Brick
- Render engines: TurboLux, Visualize
- Model units: mm
- TurboLux Metal
- 36 materials
- Category: Metal
- Render engines: TurboLux
- Model units: mm
- Default Colors
- 66 materials
- Category: Matte Colors
- Render engines: Visualize
Model units: In
Light Support – New Options
Support for regular light sources has been added to TurboCAD 2023. The light types include Distant Light, Spot Light, and Point Light. New option “Use Lights” has been added to the “Visualize Scene” property page. This enables using drawing lights when switched on.
New light property page, “Visualize specific” has been added to the light properties dialog.
New option “Shadow” has been added to the Camera Properties dialog. This option, when checked, enables shadow in the view.
“Shadow Receive” and “Shadow Cast” Options
Two new shadow options. “Shadow Receive” and “Shadow Cast”, have been added to the object properties page. When “Shadow Receive” is disabled, it indicates that the primitive will no longer receive any shadows for Visualize render. When “shadow Cast” is disabled, it indicates that the primitive will no longer cast any shadows for Visualize render.
New Visual Styles
New visualize visual styles, “Realistic”, “Gouraud”, “Sketchy”, and “Shaded” have been added to the render modes in the Camera Properties dialog box. Realistic visual style is for the most realistic rendering including lighting and shadows. Gouraud and Shaded are with the middle lighting quality, whereas, Sketchy is used to extend geometry edges during rendering.
Architectural
Roof – New type of Cut Edge: Horizontal
New roof cut edge type, Horizontal, has been added to the roof properties page.
Multi-Level Roof (Gambrel Roof)
New roof properties have been added to TurboCAD 2023. Now, every roof is a Gambrel roof with roof levels. Roof level has two properties, “Angle” and “Height”. User can edit levels, angle, and height. Gambrel roof properties can be accessed from properties page and selection Information palette.
Interoperability/Data Sharing
Ability to control drawing units when opening a dwg/dxf file
TurboCAD 2023 now has an ability to control units when opening a AutoCAD file. Previously, TurboCAD did not understand the original scale of the drawing and used to assume units in English|Architectural with a strange scale. As a solution, a new option “Use plot units as drawing units” has been added to the dwg/dxf import setup dialog.
AutoCAD 2023 Support
Support has been updated in TurboCAD 2023.
System Requiremnts
TurboCAD Platinum is delivered in a 64-bit version to take full advantage of your hardware’s available computer memory to load, process, and render CAD files.
CPU Type
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
64-bit System Requirements:
Microsoft Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8* 64-bit, Windows 7 (64-bit) - 8 GB RAM.
Recommended:
Your experience with TurboCAD Platinum will be greatly enhanced with a newer generation, higher speed CPU, 8+ GB RAM.
GPU Support:
The TurboLux™ Rendering engine is now included in all 2D/3D versions of TurboCAD 2023. When running TurboLux, the OpenCL (GPU-based) modes require an NVIDIA graphics card or GPU that supports either OpenCL 1.2 or later, or NVIDIA’s CUDA version 10.0 or later. It is recommended that you install the latest driver updates before using TurboLux rendering.
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