TurboCAD PRO Changelog

What's new in TurboCAD PRO 10.0.6

Jan 26, 2018
  • Updates to support Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra
  • Updates for DWG/DXF import/export
  • STEP Import Updates
  • BOM Left/right toggle correction
  • Issue corrected with gripper and user position option
  • Increased inspector height for gripper
  • Correction to AI imports with degenerative slopes
  • Updated help and support links
  • Corrected issue with mate offset and units
  • Minor corrections

New in TurboCAD PRO 10.01 (Mar 21, 2017)

  • Updates for extruding text
  • Increased number of selectable profiles for skinned solids and skinned surfaces
  • Copy/Paste walls with doors/windows now implemented
  • Correction for Edit :Change Resolution and precise option
  • Facet calculation correction if threaded implementation fails due to zero polygons in a face
  • Correction for repeated facet generation of bad NURB surface (unneeded spinning)
  • Undo now does regens only objects impacted by undo
  • SketchUp 2017 Import now supported
  • SketchUP Import now supports Image Entities
  • Change Line Style now supported in Context Sensitive Menu
  • Change Line Width now supported in Context Sensitive Menu
  • Corrected Animation Save
  • Corrected crash with selecting walls with undefined window heights
  • Corrected extra regen from Inspector
  • Correction for transformation grouped ordinate dimensions
  • Copy/paste hatches now preserving color/font
  • Correction for remove extra hatch resulting from Copy/paste
  • Corrected Issue regening polygons derived from curves
  • Correction for the Transform along path, align, and stretch icons in 2D
  • Correction for drag/dropping symbol into empty file and layer reset

New in TurboCAD PRO 9.1.0 Build 1204 (Jun 28, 2016)

  • Dimension diameter, plusminus, degree characters now use AutoCAD character codes instead of font code for DWG export
  • Flattening a draw view with a scale, now scales the dimension balloon width
  • DWG export now preserves text location for angular, horizontal/ver/dim, and radial dimensions
  • DWG block text now preserves left/right/center justification
  • Mesh parameter dialog updates
  • Updates for Mac multi monitor support
  • Correction for selected Regens and missing a child add from surface object
  • Photorender curves option would display extra large dimensions in printed drawings
  • Updated hatching logic to ignore small length curves < 0.001
  • Correction for Draw Views and large solids which were getting clipped by OpenGL
  • Corrected issues flattening Draw Views with hatches inside section view with phong
  • Added new option key to create area hatch only for section views
  • Gripper now attaches and aligns to Infinite plane orientation.
  • Updated varaible radius/chamfer by position to show value along edge.
  • Exploding/converting hatches to lines now preserves line weights
  • Correction for always regening hatches that did not close on repaints
  • Correction for exploding section dimensions
  • Correction for union of multiple solids within Detail Views
  • Detail Views now retain individual part colors
  • Updated support for Show Only with Draw Views
  • Correction for zooming extent while Draw Views is active
  • Updates for offset section Views and Phong display method
  • Updated drag arbitrary Section View
  • Correction for line styles potentially switching styles after regen with Detail Draw Views
  • Undo/Redo of Draw View properties such as line styles now supported
  • Flag a Draw View for regen if an object deleted from drawing was also in the Draw View
  • Corrected an issue deactivating all activated Draw Views if nothing selected on mouse click
  • Corrected an issue with Model to Sheet Polylines and line font styles on Draw View regen
  • Correction for hatches regening in Draw Views where parent was deleted.
  • If you inadvertently trim a hatch curve, the hatch is exploded into an unassociative hatch.
  • Undo support of hatches converted to unassociated hatches.
  • Updated logic to no longer reverse scale dimensions when you change scale of a Draw View
  • Added support to clip walls in Draw View
  • Correction for drawing 2D text within a Draw View if it is outside the bounds
  • Walls text and dimensions now use a display link instead of copy for Draw Views
  • DWG Imported leader lines now honor the no arrows attribute
  • DWG Imported leader lines now support leaders with more then 2 points
  • Correction for groups in different Model layers for imported DWG files
  • Update for ellipse scaling when in a scaled block imported from DWG
  • Updated an issue where a solid used in a model to sheet now creates a container if not already present
  • Update to support delete spline or polyline point from deep select tool
  • Update for push/pull unassociative surfaces and turning off the surface
  • Deep Select a face of a surface and deleting the face, now correctly updates the color or subtype name.
  • Correction for a specific instance of LogiCursor center snaps staying on the screen on Mac.
  • Using the Right Click Menu to Change Layer for group now changes all elements in group, similiar to Edit : Change Layer.
  • Lower facet counts created for printing in TurboCAD Deluxe 2D3D
  • Removed extra polygon draw while printing
  • Update polygon fill logic to find correct outer boundary for polygons with inner holes. Inner holes are not supported.
  • Auto mesh refinements now correctly scale parameters and reduce large facetted meshes
  • Correction for black alpha with TurboCAD Deluxe 2D3D
  • Read file performance boost up to 5X when reading parts with large number of faces and edges
  • Gripper now attaches to the text location of a dimension when one point is selected
  • If a boolean does not have a child, the type is not changed, and just copy the type back into tree

New in TurboCAD PRO 8.0.4 Build 1146 (May 8, 2015)

  • Improved STL export
  • Several stability fixes added
  • Correction for improved planar covers with inner holes
  • Correction for modifying arcs where start = end angle
  • Improved project curve procedures for very small curves projections
  • Added support to zebra /environment render without edges
  • Align Left/Right were flipped in the View Left Side orientation.
  • Corrected round off error with grid spacing
  • Updated Set Defaults command to copy all dimension attributes back to Inspector
  • Updated the Spline File Format to read either xyz or xy data points
  • AI export improvements
  • Solid Extrude to Object now works with text
  • Solid Lathe now works with text.
  • The Work Plane now displays in the active draw view
  • Join surfaces now allows joining two meshes.
  • Gripper correction for leaving faces selected for next command
  • Push/Pull Enhancements
  • Fixed polygons printing problem
  • Filled polygons displaying in opengl 3d views
  • Draw View enhancments
  • Updated the Solid Lathe tool to support group selections
  • Updated dwg import/export
  • Corrections for CutOut Solid tool.
  • Corrected an error dialog when generarting model to sheet and ellipses projected into points.
  • Export STL now supports groups
  • SketchUp Import for Mac added
  • Corrects issue when offsetting polyline groups
  • 3DS Import improved
  • Allow Show Work plane menu item in 2D
  • Bend along curve now has a edit page
  • improved groups with associativity
  • Improvements for small font size printing (size < 5 points) (Mac)
  • Text glyphs to 3D up to 40x faster

New in TurboCAD PRO 8.0.2 Build 1137 (Oct 24, 2014)

  • AutoSave now enabled for Mac App Store Builds
  • DWG/DXF now supports importing Subdivision mesh types
  • DWG/DXF now supports importing Stacked fraction dimensions
  • DWG/DXF now supports importing filled circle/elliptical hatches
  • Drag and Drop now supports multiple files
  • Corrections for importing images on retina screens
  • Correction with rounded rectangles changing radius value
  • Gripper now has category for assigning keys in Short Cut Manager
  • Mesh extrude now has a thickness attribute
  • Minor corrections

New in TurboCAD PRO 8.0.0 Build 1118 (Jun 10, 2014)

  • NEW & IMPROVED 3D MODELING FEATURES:
  • New ACIS R24:
  • The powerful ACIS 3D solid modeling engine and file filters in TurboCAD Mac Pro have been upgraded to R24. The version fully supports 64 bit DLLs for better performance. This update also enhances several of the 3D solid modeling features based on this engine as well as the core translators for improved interoperability when file sharing.
  • New Quad Mesh Tools: 
  • A new tool palette has been added to TurboCAD Mac Pro v8 with an entirely new set of tools for creating quad mesh primitives, extrusions, coverts, lathes, and meshes by points.
  • New Subdivision Modeling Tools:
  • With a few clicks, the new subdivided mesh tool will smooth a quad mesh. Use in conjunction with the gripper tool for direct manipulation allowing you to easily create more organic shapes.
  • Improved Associative Mesh Booleans:
  • Boolean functions performed on Mesh objects are now recorded and accessible via the part tree.
  • New Woodworking Joint Tools:
  • TurboCAD Mac Pro makes it easier to visualize your next woodworking project with a suite of new woodworking joint tools.
  • Improved 3D Linear Duplicate: 
  • The Linear Duplicate tool creates copies of an object based on specifying rows, columns, and spacings.
  • Improved 3D Polar Array:      
  • For more challenging design tasks, the Linear Duplicate tool can be used to create patterns of 2D or 3D objects in relation to a primary point or object. Apply elevation offsets to quickly create a more complex design, like a spiral staircase.
  • NEW & IMPROVED RENDERING & PRESENTATION:
  • New Special Lighting Effects:
  • We’ve added support for Special Lighting Effects including Lens Flares and Global Illumination.
  • New HDRI Support:
  • TurboCAD Mac Pro 8 now supports High Dynamic-Range Images (HDRI). This significantly improves the lighting of photo rendered images with the click of a button.
  • Improved Render to File:
  • We’ve boosted the rendering size in TurboCAD Mac Pro 8 so now you can export poster size images!
  • Improved Photorealistic Rendering:
  • Added secondary file recognition for advanced photo render dialog box.
  • Improved QuickTime Recording:
  • Record Screen now includes audio capture for creating user videos and tutorials.
  • PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS:
  • 64-Bit Compatible:
  • TurboCAD Mac 8 is now fully 64-bit compatible, so you can load, process, and render much larger parts and models, as previously you were limited to around 2.3 GB of model data in virtual memory. The result is smoother workflow, faster drawing display and manipulation, and the ability to work with parts and models of nearly any size.
  • Enhanced Printing:
  • TurboCAD Mac Pro 8 greatly increases your ability to print much larger, more data intensive files.
  • Improved Deep Select:
  • This improvement allows you to independently select and modify elements within a group.
  • New Cut List BOMs:
  • Now you can assign Cut List Properties (Description, QTY, Length, Width and Thickness) to a BOM. The new Cut List Properties template as been added to the predefined BOM data set tables. Objects assigned this set of attributes will display them when the BOM is placed into the drawing or model sheet.
  • Customizable Grids:
  • You now have an option to display the workplane grid as a polar or ISO grid. You can also change the grid orientation by any angle. Use the new Grid Properties dialog box under the Workplane menu to explore the different options.
  • Improved Space Mouse Support:
  • Updated support for a SpaceMouse using the latest drivers.
  • Improved Keyboard Shortcuts:
  • You can now use shortcuts keys within the Concept Explorer, to set the gripper location, and for toggling mesh controls.
  • Stability Enhancements:
  • TurboCAD Mac Pro v8 now uses Cocoa Compiled Code and CoreGraphics. This major code rewrite replaces the old Carbon framework, phased out by Apple, resulting in a more stable application.
  • NEW & IMPROVED INTEROPERABILITY:
  • DWG/DXF Read/Write filters:
  • Files filters have been updated to support import and export of the latest AutoCAD 2013/2014 file formats.
  • Improved STL filter:
  • Better support of collapsed facets for more reliable output to 3D printers.

New in TurboCAD PRO 7.5.3 Build 1109 (Apr 16, 2014)

  • Improved - Added support for reading colors from obj mtl files
  • Improved - Gripper Updates
  • Improved - Updated animation technology (replaced QuickTime with AVFoundation)
  • Improved - DWG Write now saves unit hint
  • Improved - Scaling a wall now scales the component thickness
  • Improved - Corrected an issue where the STL binary header contained a different facet count Improved - Added more info to "could not save data file" message
  • Improved - Added display of detailed log file if Step/IGES import fails
  • Fix- You can now cut and paste using keyboard within text edit fields
  • Fix - Corrected naming issue preventing SpaceMouse and TurboCAD ESD builds
  • Fix - Corrected issue with STL export and facet counts with collapsed facets
  • Fix - Print By Layers was not using SubLayers in drop down
  • Fix - Pasting groups was leaving extra objects around
  • Fix - Save image to render material working
  • Fix - Issues selecting instances of objects
  • Fix - The degree symbol was not reading in correctly via dwg/dxf import
  • Fix - Corrected file crash when reading .3DM files
  • Fix - Corrected a space mouse activation issue
  • Fix - Corrected issue with splines on surfaces, esp 2 point splines
  • Fix - Updates to points connected and repair profile logic
  • Fix - Corrected an issue with mirror undo of an unassociative acis part.
  • Fix - Mac was not collapsing dialogs to the right correctly.
  • Fix - Corrected crash importing iges files and event clashing
  • Fix - Corrected issue printing to pdf fill patterns.
  • Fix - Changed the BOM Qty field to display as integer instead of a floating point using the Export command
  • Fix - Bom qty field needed a tolerance to avoid garbage in 15-16 digit locations.
  • Fix - Corrected an issue where a zero area cover surface would return as valid.
  • Fix - Walls now export out as trimmed
  • Fix - Walls now honor unit settings
  • Fix - Print to PDF updates for fill patterns
  • Fix - Corrected iges import issue with the Heal option
  • Fix - Added tolerance checks to BOM QTY calculations (QTY fields now accurate)
  • Fix - Previews are no longer stretched on mac
  • Plus 15 additional minor corrections

New in TurboCAD PRO 6.0 Build 980 (Jul 8, 2011)

  • New AutoCAD .DWG 2011 Support:
  • Work with the latest AutoCAD® files. We’ve added support for .DWG 2011 file format so that you can collaborate with people using even the latest Autodesk® software versions.
  • New 3D Architectural Design:
  • TurboCAD MAC smart walls, windows and doors can now be drawn and displayed in 3D, as well 2D. Simply enter a value for the wall height.
  • Improved Door and Window Representation:
  • Parametric door and window symbols now offer greater detail. Rather than just showing the opening made in the wall, details such as the frame and direction of the door opening are displayed.
  • New Architectural Format of Objects and Dimensions:
  • Now architectural formatting of objects and dimensions have been enhanced with a new option to display dimensions in fractional feet and inches.
  • New Automatic Wall Dimensions:
  • Auto dimensions now work on all wall segments. Snap to either endpoint (inside or outside) as well as the midpoint of any wall’s width for optimal dimensioning accuracy.