NOVATO, Calif., May 17, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- IMSI(r)/Design, the #1 best-selling CAD in retail, announced today that it is shipping its flagship product, TurboCAD(r) Professional Version 14, and is redefining what CAD professionals should expect in a powerful CAD application.
"We are blurring the lines between the architectural and mechanical CAD worlds," stated Bob Mayer, COO of IMSI/Design. "TurboCAD Professional 14 has it all: powerful 2D drafting, powerful 3D solid and surface modeling, blazing performance, and award-winning ease-of-use."
Architectural CAD improvements include:
* New Parametric Stairs. Straight stairs can now be created in just 3 clicks and are fully parametric. Specify material, stair dimensions and more. * New Window & Door Schedules. Adding a window or door into a drawing dynamically updates the schedule. User has complete control over how text will appear. * Terrain Tool. Place home or building design on a hillside or uneven terrain by creating terrains from scratch or by importing Triangular Irregular Network (TIN) data from standard file formats.
Mechanical CAD advancements include:
* New Face-to-Face Lofting. Select two faces on different 3D objects and instantly build a lofting body to unite them. * New Branch Lofting. Manage both simple and compound profiles for one trunk and two (or more) branches, minimizing what once took several operations. * Latest ACIS(r) v16 Solid Modeling Engine. * New Improved Part Tree. Suppress any operation and delay update for quick "what if" scenarios. Hide portions of the Part Tree for re-rendering. * New Constraint Tool -- Angular Dimension for Arcs. Change the value of the angular dimension and watch it automatically update.
Performance and other enhancements include:
* Selection Information Palette. Put all information about an object
into one palette for quick access, making it even easier to see the
properties of any object in your design. Now integrated with the
Part Tree as well.
* Compound Profiles in Blocks. A major enhancement to block handling,
Compound Profiles can be generated, stored, and edited in a block
section, saving valuable time.
* Smart Dimension Tool. Faster, more efficient annotation of
drawings. Automatically recognizes and creates the correct
dimension type for:
- Linear dimensions for parallel and orthogonal lines
- Angular dimensions for any angle
- Radial dimensions for arcs
- Diameter dimensions for circles
- Even add dimensions to 3D objects in Rendered or Hidden Line
modes
* Geometric Alignment Aids. Offers superior auxiliary line
presentation and improved snapping to speed design. Improved snaps
include:
- Tangent snaps
- Projection snaps
- Parallel line snaps
- Perpendicular line snaps
- Point Tangent to arc or curve snaps
* Wall Dimension Tool. Quickly assign dimensions to any straight wall,
including thickness. Place dimensions in parallel or at an angle
from wall.
* Delayed Paperspace Render. Control when and how your Viewports in
Paperspace will render.
* Dimension & 3D Layers. Created by default and can be turned off/on
easily to hide the information.
* Chamfer Angle Option. Specify the exact angle to be used in
the Chamfer Command.
* Multi-line Text. Indent lines and paragraphs or create any number
of tab stops.
* Region Improvement. Creating a region from selected objects or by
2D Boolean operations is now up to 8x faster.
* Extended Node editing for Cubes, Cylinders, & Cones.
* Foreground Hidden Line. Open up a world of presentation
possibilities by overlaying hidden lines on top of draft and quality
rendered images.
* Improved Linear Dimensions Import from DWG. Better, more enhanced
conversion of linear dimensions from an AutoCAD drawing into a
TurboCAD drawing.
* Compatibility. Over 30 popular formats, including the new Microsoft
Vista, AutoCAD(r) 2008 (Nasdaq:ADSK), and Google(tm) SketchUp
(Nasdaq:GOOG).
Availability and Pricing
TurboCAD Professional 14 is now available at a suggested retail price of $1,295. Current TurboCAD users can purchase upgrades directly from IMSI/Design by calling 1-800-833-4674 or online at http://www.TurboCAD.com.
About IMSI/Design
IMSI/Design, a private company headquartered in Novato, CA, is the #1 best selling CAD in retail. Products include the award-winning TurboCAD(r), DesignCAD(tm), TurboSketch(tm), and FloorPlan(r) families of precision design applications.
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