Screen shot captured from a SolidWorks top-down design approach. SolidWorks is a, and utilizes a approach which was initially develop by PTC (Creo/Pro-Engineer) to create models and assemblies. The software is written on -kernel. Parameters refer to constraints whose values determine the shape or geometry of the model or assembly. Parameters can be either numeric parameters, such as line lengths or circle diameters, or geometric parameters, such as tangent, parallel, concentric, horizontal or vertical, etc. Numeric parameters can be associated with each other through the use of relations, which allows them to capture design intent. Design intent is how the creator of the part wants it to respond to changes and updates.

For example, you would want the hole at the top of a beverage can to stay at the top surface, regardless of the height or size of the can. SolidWorks allows the user to specify that the hole is a feature on the top surface, and will then honor their design intent no matter what height they later assign to the can. Features refer to the building blocks of the part.

They are the shapes and operations that construct the part. Shape-based features typically begin with a 2D or 3D sketch of shapes such as bosses, holes, slots, etc. This shape is then extruded or cut to add or remove material from the part. Operation-based features are not sketch-based, and include features such as fillets, chamfers, shells, applying draft to the faces of a part, etc. Screen shot captured from a SolidWorks top-down design approach. Building a model in SolidWorks usually starts with a 2D sketch (although 3D sketches are available for ). The sketch consists of geometry such as points, lines, arcs, conics (except the hyperbola), and splines.

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Dimensions are added to the sketch to define the size and location of the geometry. Relations are used to define attributes such as tangency, parallelism, perpendicularity, and concentricity.

The parametric nature of SolidWorks means that the dimensions and relations drive the geometry, not the other way around. The dimensions in the sketch can be controlled independently, or by relationships to other parameters inside or outside of the sketch. In an assembly, the analog to sketch relations are mates. Just as sketch relations define conditions such as tangency, parallelism, and concentricity with respect to sketch geometry, assembly mates define equivalent relations with respect to the individual parts or components, allowing the easy construction of assemblies. SolidWorks also includes additional advanced mating features such as gear and cam follower mates, which allow modeled gear assemblies to accurately reproduce the rotational movement of an actual gear train. Finally, drawings can be created either from parts or assemblies.

Views are automatically generated from the solid model, and notes, dimensions and tolerances can then be easily added to the drawing as needed. The drawing module includes most paper sizes and standards (,,,,, and ). File format [ ] SolidWorks files (previous to version 2015) use the Microsoft file format. This means that there are various files embedded within each SLDDRW (drawing files), SLDPRT (part files), SLDASM (assembly files) file, including preview bitmaps and metadata sub-files. Various third-party tools (see ) can be used to extract these sub-files, although the subfiles in many cases use proprietary binary file formats. See also [ ] • References [ ]. September 27, 2011.

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Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • Windows versions [ ] TurboCAD Pro Basic and Platinum editions contain general drafting tools, as well as tools for 3D and design. Both editions can create ACIS Solids or TC Surface objects, as well as Surface Meshes.

The Basic edition contains a limited set of architectural and mechanical tools, whereas Platinum contains all the tools. For less demanding users, a less expensive TurboCAD Deluxe 2D / 3D version is available. Its 3D tools are TC Surface tools, and it has a limited amount of architectural and mechanical tools. For users needing only 2D functionality, there is the much less expensive TurboCAD Designer. With the exception of TurboCAD Designer, the other TurboCAD releases support both 2D drafting and 3D modeling tools. Mac versions [ ] The Mac versions of the software are built on a separate codebase and are not directly comparable with the Windows versions.

TurboCAD Mac Pro contains both 2D and 3D tools, while the standard version is for 2D drafting only. It is strange to mention that all versions of TurboCAD for Mac does not work with latest MacOS High Sierra, which was released 25 of September, 2017.

As for now (10 of November), there is no new fixed version, patch or even working demo version. TurboCAD History [ ] Early days [ ] TurboCAD was originally developed in by Hendrik Vermooten and Hein Oosthuizen. Initial hardware support was for a specific device configuration:, HP7475 plotters with keyboard for data entry. The first version of TurboCAD fit on a single 360kb floppy disk so that it could run on the original.

The source code also fit on a single along with the 30kb required by the ':. TurboCAD was released around the same time as in the. Doom 3 Timedemo Download Google. Both TurboCAD and Generic CADD’s marketing objectives were the same – create a viable, low-cost competitor to. But because Generic CADD launched in the U.S. Before TurboCAD, it received much more positive press about its low price, (approximately $600 originally), and quickly achieved a large and loyal customer base.

The release of Generic CADD in the PC market was, at that time, the biggest ‘CAD event’ since Autodesk had reinvented CAD pricing with its initial release in 1981. South Africans Philip Copeman and Michael Cartwright worked on redesigning the product. Roy Abrams and Philip Copeman introduced it to the markets as TurboCAD in late 1986. This release was made under the brand Pink Software, with other stake holders; John Glennie, Digby Prior, and Janine Copeman. Support was added for more (EGA,, etc.), input devices (Summagraphics, and later, the first ).

The cost was £99. TurboCAD was a product with limited device support, whereas Generic CADD was strong in this area. The turning point for the product came after Martin Sacks, the first US distributor, was able to get Digby Prior, a ton of plotters and printers, and a driver writing utility in the same room in Los Angeles. Sacks also created the first CAD symbols included with the product.

Initially, in order to be able to support, FPlot was sold as an add-on to TurboCAD. Later, TurboCAD included native printer drivers for a variety of dot matrix, bubble jet, and laser printers. During this period, Rob Berry began working on the product as a Technical Writer. Moving to the US [ ] TurboCAD was first sold in the United States by Milan Systems of America in late 1986, marketed as a stand-alone title for $99 and a bundle with the IMSI (International Microcomputer Software, Inc ) mouse for $149. Both companies shared distribution responsibilities for the bundle. In 1990, IMSI released its self-developed version of TurboCAD, version 2 for DOS. IMSI had licensed the source code from the original developers, Pink Software, and programmer Kurt Diesch fixed bugs and added output support, as well as increased functionality to compete with other CAD programs under $500 - Generic CADD, and.

Later Diesch ported code from the original to the later object oriented version that would eventually morph into. This resulted in a major improvement to the DOS.

In the United States, TurboCAD was initially marketed through high-tech, direct sales publications such as and magazines. Computer Shopper proved to be the consistently profitable publication in which to advertise and monthly full-page ads were run in this publication for the first two and a half years from TurboCAD’s introduction in the U.S. Computer Shopper ads not only established a strong and loyal end user base, but they also helped establish a loyal distribution network. Windows history and sales distribution [ ] With the release of TurboCAD v2 DOS and v1 Windows in 1993, IMSI decided to begin using campaigns as a means of cost effectively increasing its user base and over the next two years became the primary advertising technique. Revenues for direct mail sales of TurboCAD grew to over $20 million annually in 1993, with successful prospect direct mail campaigns being sent out on a nearly monthly basis in the U.S.,, UK and. In 1993, IMSI released the first versions of TurboCAD – Standard retailed for $195, while Professional retailed for $495 and offered 3D, wireframe functionality.

This technology was purchased from Santiago Montufar’s company, Pegasus Software. In 1993, IMSI began to outsource the development of TurboCAD. After a trip to by Martin Sacks, IMSI hired 3 Russian programmers who began work on TurboCAD Windows v2.

Included in these 3 original hires were Victor Bazarov, who later came to work in San Rafael for IMSI and Alex Presniak who went on to start SoftDev on behalf of IMSI. In 1994, Michael Cartwright moved from South Africa to join IMSI in California and, along with Peter Zingg, led the TurboCAD for Windows v3 rewrite, a major architectural shift for the product. Together those two were instrumental in IMSI's early offshore development success.

During the v3 rewrite, the code was ported from Delphi to C++ and the UI was reformed to be 'Office Standard' compliant. IMSI made the strategic decision to release v3 in both 16 and 32 bit versions giving users the best of both worlds during the rocky transition of the market from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95. Since then, Alex Presniak and many of the same Russian developers (Sergey Nazarov, TurboCAD team leader; Leonid Robin, SDK development) continued to work on the TurboCAD code. By late 1994, the success of the direct mailings peaked with an established user base of over a quarter of a million of TurboCAD owners. From that point on response rates and ROIs () for direct mail began to decline due to and increasing printing and postage costs.

As such, IMSI decided to reestablish its presence in the reseller market. TurboCAD quickly became a favorite of the reseller channel, successfully distributed through key software distributors like, TechData and Merisel, and sold in retail locations like MicroCenter, Fry’s Electronics, and. In addition to strong reseller distribution channels, an educational reseller and direct to school marketing possibilities also became available. From 2009 on, there has been a shift out of traditional 'brick and mortar' resellers of TurboCAD, to more online resellers such as,, CAD & Graphics, and Purch, as well as educational and corporate resellers such as,, and Softmart. TurboCAD however continues to be sold in traditional resllers such as,,, and.

More Recent History [ ] In 2006, IMSI/Design, LLC was spun out of IMSI, which had just been renamed 'Broadcaster, Inc', as part of a management buy-out of the TurboCAD product line, several other IMSI products and the IMSI name. The spin-out was led by Royal Farros, Bob Mayer and Greyhawk Capital Management The same Russian development team however continued to work of the TurboCAD code. International sales and localization [ ] TurboCAD was first sold internationally by IMSI in the United Kingdom in late 1986. In 1992, IMSI took over Pink Software’s London office and successfully re-launched the product in the UK marketplace.

Localization into a variety of languages has occurred since then: 1993: first localized version of TurboCAD in both Windows and DOS in 1994: version was created 1995: was launched in partnership with 2001: first version was created for the market by Noah International in 2001 2001-2002: TurboCAD has been localized into,, and 2010: TurboCAD 17 has been localized into. 3D CAD product history [ ] TurboCAD gained limited 3D functionality with v4 in 1995 and a fuller implementation with v5 when ‘Model Space’, ‘Work Plane’, ‘Camera’, and 3D Draggers appeared. Version 6 saw the integration of the solid modeling kernel and the photorealistic rendering engine. In 1999, SoftDev created a -based plug-in known as AnimationLab, which is now up to version 4.

This plug-in module allows users to create scenarios using the Key Frames Editor, assign a soundtrack for each actor, calculate the sound scene taking into account distance to the actors, speed, and overall environment. In collaboration with SoftDev, a Beam Analysis tool (2001) and 2½D CAM plug-in (2002) were developed. 3rd party plug-ins have also been created including a surface modeling and civil engineering tools developed by Jerry Simington (2003, 2016), a Google Maps plug-in developed by SoftDev (2015), and a parametric furniture (cabinets, tables, chairs) generator developed by Spinar Software (2005). From 2003 through 2005 significant enhancements were made to the TurboCAD Professional product. Specifically, Spatial’s Deformable Modeling engine was enabled in version 9.5, while D-Cubed’s 2D Constraint Manager was added in version 10.5. In June 2005, IMSI re-entered the market with the launch of TurboCAD and TurboCAD 3D.

These products were private-label licenses from CADSoft Solutions. In 2006, the ability to unlock additional functionality through special serial number and activation key pairs was introduced with TurboCAD v12. Collections of architectural and mechanical features were ‘packaged’ together and sold successfully to TurboCAD Professional owners.

Architectural features included architectural object types (windows, doors, stairs and rails) based on Autodesk’s ADT product, meaning that while TurboCAD could now read an ADT (DWG) file with these architectural object types, AutoCAD itself could not. TurboCAD 14 was released in 2007 including Terrain Modeling functionality. TurboCAD 15 was released in March 2008. TurboCAD 16 was released in July 2009. TurboCAD 17 was released in March 2010. TurboCAD 18 was released in March 2011 and included a partial implementation of the Redway RedSDK drawing engine. TurboCAD 19 was released in March 2012 and included 64-bit support for TurboCAD Professional.

TurboCAD 20 was released in March 2013, and included the introduction of Surface Mesh (SMESH) tools, as well as 64-bit support for TurboCAD Deluxe and Designer. TurboCAD 21 was released in March 2014. TurboCAD 22 was released in March 2015 and was re-branded as TurboCAD 2015. The rendering module was removed from the program and is now only available as a purchased plug-in. Point cloud viewing and editing functionality was also introduced into this version TurboCAD 2016 was released in February 2016, and included advanced 3D Blending, 3D Law tools and Point Cloud support. TurboCAD 2017 was released in March 2017, and included CAD interoperability, [ ], the improved functionality to both mechanical and architectural areas of design.

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