TurboCAD Deluxe 2D/3D v12 for Mac

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PLATINUM

PROFESSIONAL

DELUXE

DESIGNER

UI & PERFORMANCE

Audit System - locate 'bad' or out-of-rage objects based upon user criterion

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AutoCAD^®-like 2D Drafting Interface Options

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Command Line with Dynamic Input Cursor

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Easy, Handle-Based Editing

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Command Line - 4K monitors and dark theme support

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Text Dragger - Ability to use degree, plus/minus, diamenter signs at text typing

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ePack with New Intelligent File Send

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PDF Underlay Tool

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Purge Tool

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Windows 64-bit and 32-bit Compatible Versions

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Design Director - for object property management

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Layer Filters

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Layer Management

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Conceptual Selector

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Timestamp

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Confirm replace warning message - Added in warning dialogue

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Customize Ribbon Configuration

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Named View Enhancements

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Reset All Button in UI Theme Dialog Box

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Ribbon UI Theme Support

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Ribbon Large/Small icons, available space icon sizing

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Repeat Last Command

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Improved 3D Snap

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UI Scale Slider in "Customize" Dialog Box and 4K monitor support

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2D DRAFTING & EDITING

2D Drawing, Editing and Modifying

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Drafting Palette Layer Sets

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Advanced Drawing Tools (Gear, Surface Tolerance, Text along Curve)

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Drafting Palette Performance Improvements

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2D Edit Mode

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Way to insert a Point of Intersection for Dimensioning

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Mass Properties

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Section Properties

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Generate Weight Report

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Best Fit Circle

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Best Fit Line

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Openings Modifier Automatic Calculation

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Auto Numbering Feature

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Paper Space Viewport Explode Improvements

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Drafting and Detailing Palette - create associative sections and cut planes

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2D Geometric and Dimension Constraints

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Associative Arrays and Pattern Tools

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Arrow tools

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Auto Tools (for Scaling, Sizing, Positioning, Rotating, and Movement)

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Bezier and Fair Curves

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Centerline and Center Mark

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Hatch Pattern Creator & Gradient Fills

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Smart and Quick Dimension Tools

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Relative Angle Field

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Angular dimension tool improvement

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Construct Similar

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Highlight End Points

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Improved Inspector Bar functionality.

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Open/Close property for Polyline

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PDF /Insert/Underlay - New for TurboCAD Deluxe

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Pick Point Hatch Improvement

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Remove Overlapping Entities Tool

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Select by Similar - Select objects with shared or similar properties

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Shape filter added to Select by Similar

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Trace Tools - Trace By Point and Trace By Rectangle incorporated to 64-bit

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FlatShot (PHLV5, tcHidden)

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Constraint Animation

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Quick Dimension improvements

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3D DRAWING, MODELING, & EDITING

3D Surface Primitives

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3D Booleans - Add, Subtract, Intersection

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3D Helix

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Select Feature or Defeature Part

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Facet Editor: Copy, Delete Faces

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Facet Editor Enhancememnt: Work in Multiple Windows

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An Option to bypass functionality of assigning materials to faces

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3D Splines and Polylines

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Extrude (simple)

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Assembly Tools

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Sweep

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Revolve

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Advanced Blending Functionality

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Slot Tools

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3D Patterns from Compound Profiles

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Mirror Copy Tool for 3D Objects

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3D Slice by Facet

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ACIS® Faceter Surface Tolerance

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Extrude Improvement - Surface extrude for flat 3D polylines or 3D curves

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Fillet Edges (blend) tool improvements

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Flange Sheet improvement

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Unbend Tool improvement

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Advanced Cover/Guides

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3D Print Repair Tool

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SOLID MODELING & ADVANCED MECHANICAL DESIGN

Part Tree/History Tree

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ACIS® Solid Modeling

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Thread tool

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Stretch Entity

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Extract Entity

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Push/Pull Tool

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Imprint

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Law Tools - Curve from Law; Surface with Laws; Offset with Law; Warp Entity by Law

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Lofting

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NURBS Support

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Sheet Metal Tools (bend and unbend, flange, gusset and rib)

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Smooth Surface Meshes (SMesh)

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Tweak Face and Revolve Face

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Twist Entity

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Twisted Extrude, Extrude to Face Tools

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ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN & GIS

House Builder Wizard

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Simple BIM via IFC Support

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Intelligent (Parametric) Attribute-rich, Architectural Objects*

Walls (Self-Healing; Straight, Curved; Block Insert)

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Compound Wall Definitions / Multi-Component Walls

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Windows & Doors

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Muntins - for Windows & Doors

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Roofs

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Slabs (Floor and Roof Slabs, now with openings)

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Stairs

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Rails

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Markers

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Schedule

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Schedule Tool and Wizard

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Architectural Sections and Elevations (3D-to-2D documentation)

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Style Manager

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Self-Trimming and Self-Aligning Blocks

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Geolocation of Drawings, Compass Rose

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"Array tools" improvement for ADT (Architectural Desktop) objects.

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BIM Tool Improvement - BIM palette for show/edit BIM data

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Removal of lines between Floors of multi-story houses

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PHOTOREALISTIC RENDERING AND VISUALIZATION

3D Photorealistic Rendering

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Customizable Luminances and Material Libraries

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Drafting Palette Scale Improvement

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Selector Tool Performance (Drag Selection) Improvement

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Block and Group Editing Indicator Bar

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GDI Redraw speed improvement in case of a lot of small graphics

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Advance Rendering

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Caustics for Sun Lights

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Customizable Environments Library

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Luminance of Objects, Shadow Casting, Anti-aliasing

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OpenGL & Hidden Line Rendering

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Ray Tracing

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Render Manager

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Shared Shader Sets - support of legacy drawings

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UV Mapping - now includes SMesh Objects

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Volumetric Rendering Effects

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Dynamic Cutaway Plane

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Geo-located Sun & Physical Sky Lighting

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LightWorks 9.3

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RedSDK to Lightworks converter improvements

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New Sun and Sky shader

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Option to turn on/off assignment of materials to Face with color 

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DATABASE AND PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT CONTENT

Show Block insertion tree 

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Blocks, Block Editor and Xref Support

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Internal Database and Custom Data; External Database Connectivity

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Parametric Parts Editor for 2D and 3D parts creation and management

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Programmable SDK & Ruby Scripting (Compatible with SketchUp Ruby Scripts)

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Symbols, Part Library

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Table Styles with Property Set Definitions

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INTEROPERABILITY

Adobe 3D PDF (.U3D and .PRC) Export

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U3D only

3D Printer Support via .STL Import and Export

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AutoCAD (DXF, DWG, and DWF) File Compatibility

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Import and Open File Formats

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Export of Coordinate Data

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Export, Save As, and Publish File Formats

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Enhanced SketchUp File (SKP) Import - geometry, views, materials, components

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File Conversion Tool with Batch File Conversion

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Open and Save ASAT, SAT,IGS, STP mechanical drawings

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Open and Save 3DM (Rhino), OBJ, SHX (save only) , STP files

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OBJ, SHX only

TAP File Import - Import TurboApp files from mobile devices

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Google Earth (KML and KMZ) File Support

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Terrain Data (XYZ) File Import and Export Support

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3DM, 3DS

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3MF Filter

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Point Cloud Support (PCD, PCG, XYZ, ASC)

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SAT/SAB/IGES/STEP - Support for Interop Face Color

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DWG/DXF filter

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FBX Filter - Textures and Materials support

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STL Improvement - 3D Print check

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SAB Filter

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SAT Filter - Support for Curves

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Spatial InterOp (Catia V4/V5/V6, Inventor, NX 5, Parasolid, Pro/E/Creo, Solid Edge, SolidWorks, VDA-FS)

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OTHER

Point Cloud Triangulation

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Subset Point Cloud

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Network License Support

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Spatial ACIS update for 28.0/29.0

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