IMSI TurboCAD Pro 15 - new features

 

    

 

TurboCAD Pro 15 is the premium design software solution that’s delivered exceptional value to both 2D and 3D users for over 20 years.

TurboCAD Pro 15’s robust set of 2D drafting and 3D modeling tools enable users to create innovative designs for a wide range of industries and disciplines. TurboCAD Pro 15 also includes several industry-leading technologies, such as Spatial Technology’s ACIS® solid modeling engine, LightWork Design’s photorealistic rendering and lighting engine and material libraries, and Siemens PLM Software’s D-Cubed geometric and dimensional constraints engine.

TurboCAD Pro 15’s incredible flexibility, low learning curve and overall ease of use are hallmarks of this award-winning program. A completely customizable graphical user interface, SEKE’s (Single Entry Key commands), and a Part/History Tree allows for editing of complex designs in any order.

TurboCAD Pro 15 is incredibly compatible with other CAD and graphics programs and formats, supporting import from over 30 file formats and export to over 25 formats. Our DXF and DWG file translators for AutoCAD® are considered some of the best in the industry.

 

Whether you are a professional mechanical engineer, architect or builder, civil engineer, woodworker, hobbyist or student, TurboCAD Pro 15 has you covered! Plus, there are optional, specialized architectural and mechanical toolsets available for purchase, as well as plug-ins that extend TurboCAD Pro 15’s capabilities into 3D Animation, Furniture Design, Computer Aided Machining (CAM), and more.

 

 

 

NEW! “Green” Library

Access a library of over 50 Eco-friendly objects along with dozens of materials to help conserve our natural resources.

 

 

 

 

NEW! Materials

Over 300 New Materials have been added, many that are Eco-friendly.

 

    

Enhanced 2D Drafting & 3D Modeling

Improved Lofting

Lofting guidelines provide enhanced control of your lofted objects by adding 3D splines and polylines.

NEW! Woodworking Layout Tool

Create 2D layouts of 3D models to optimize the cutting and manufacturing of new components.

NEW! Dimensions

Get greater flexibility and enhanced 2D drafting ability with New Angular Dimension for Arcs and New Surveyor Linear Dimension.

 

NEW! 3D Drawing Tool – Rotated Box

Create 3D box on any angle from your active workplane.

Specialized Mechanical Design

NEW! Automatic Workplane by Face

Add speed to drawing and editing in 3D. Now all drawing tools will automatically detect and reposition the workplane when mousing over the face of an object.

 

 

 

 

NEW! 3D Assembly Tools

Enjoy easier editing of 3D objects with two new assembly tools – assemble by tangent and assemble by axis.

 

 

 

 

Professional Architectural Design

Improved Terrain Tool

Create terrain objects from selected points.

 

NEW! Mode in Edit Dragger

Edit Segment – Improve editing of Walls, Slabs and Bulge Polylines (zero width polylines).

NEW! 1st Pricing™ Costing Module for Doors and Windows

Instantly obtain online cost quotes for Doors, Windows, and Skylights used in your drawing.

Improved Schedule Table

Now includes support for Walls and Slabs.

    

Optimized Data Management

NEW! Bill of Materials/Parts List

The most effective way to cost your design. Report on all object properties and block attributes, assign custom attributes, or adjust the query to produce custom reports. Then easily convert the report into a table as a new TurboCAD object.

 

NEW! Support of Table Object

In addition to converting a Bill of Materials report into a table, you can also use the new Insert Table Tool to create a table on the fly, or import a table from DWG/DXF files, as Table Objects are now AutoCAD® compatible.

NEW! Fill Schedule Wizard

Create and fill the schedule table with drawing information faster and easier.

Parametric Parts Creation and Management

NEW! Parametric Parts and Symbols

Ability to create fully parametric 2D and 3D content – some parts may be used in AutoCAD® as well!

 

 

 

 

NEW! Part and Symbol Library Palette

New Palette allows for easy management of Parametric Parts and symbols.

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding Compatibility

 

NEW! ASAT File Import/Export

Enjoy enhanced compatibility for 3D solid modeling. Store 3D objects and blocks/inserts in ASAT files.

NEW! Collada (DAE) File Export

Experience enhanced operability with virtual worlds and Google™ Earth with this powerful new export option.

NEW! OBJ File Import/Export

Obtain OBJ support for polygonal models and free form models such as curves and NURB surfaces.

Improved 3DS File Import/Export

Get better interoperability with mechanical and artistic design applications with improved material, texture coordinate, and normal import/export of 3DS files.

 

    

    

   

         

 

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IMSI TurboCAD 15 Deluxe

 

 

TurboCAD 15 Deluxe in its various iterations is easily one of the longest running CAD software programs ever created with a product lifespan in excess of twenty one years — and resulting in claimed sales of 2 million copies. Its not difficult to see why it's been so successful as this latest, version, TurboCAD 15 Deluxe, costs just US$129.95.

 

 

TurboCAD 15 Deluxe is a versatile piece of computer-aided design (CAD) software as it can not only do standard 2-D/3-D technical drawings in AutoCAD's .DWG format and .DXF drawing exchange format files (amongst many others) but is also handy in many other areas of design. It can turn its hand to product design, furniture design, kitchen and micro engineering detail design in 3D. It features good quality rendering with colour shading and lighting effects.

 

  

Included in the TurboCAD 15 Deluxe package is an useful roster of library samples, consisting of building construction, electrical, circuit boards and furniture. There are also many examples of component templates which are really useful for quick visualisations and as comparative tools against which to assess new designs.

 

    

The creation of colour transparencies with either 2-D or 3-D designs aids its functionality and gives professional results when crafting graphic design, logos and even brochures for all these newly designed products.

 

However, all this versatility and generous-for-the-price specification may be somewhat lost on the beginner as TurboCAD 15 Deluxe user interface is not the slickest. It cannot compare to AutoCAD or even Photoshop, for instance — TurboCAD 15 Deluxe is a bit messy and non-intuitive as a result.

 

 

A further limitation for the novice is the printed user guide, which at 470 pages long and about the thickness of a paperback novel isn't the easiest read. It has a dry-looking layout that even some intermediate users could find convoluted. Much better would have been split up volumes of user manuals, with quick reference guides printed in larger format paper with colour screenshots.

 

TurboCAD 15 Deluxe is a versatile tool for mechanical design, architecture and much more.

 

    

   

         

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PC Tools Internet Security 2009 - new features

PC Tools Internet Security 2009 combines the award-winning security technologies from PC Tools, including Spyware Doctor AntiSpyware, AntiVirus, Firewall Plus and Spam protection, to provide complete integrated protection for your PC.

New features of PC Tools Internet Security 2009:

• Latest protection from unknown threats - PC Tools Internet Security 2009 now has Behavior Guard, providing you with the latest pro-active behavioral-based technology against zero-day (never seen before) threats. Built on the award-winning ThreatFire technology, Behavior Guard has been seamlessly incorporated into PC Tools Internet Security to offer you leading protection. This new technology protects you when some anti-virus products give up! Read more about behavior-based protection.

• Improved detection capabilities - PC Tools Internet Security 2009 has been enhanced to improve detection effectiveness. In particular, each individual signature created in the threat database is optimized so that it is capable of detecting multiple variations of malware threats (threat variants) while maintaining minimal system resource usage (memory footprint).

• Internet browsing protection - Browser Defender™ toolbar - Your Microsoft Internet Explorer can take advantage of this optional feature in PC Tools Internet Security 2009 called Browser Defender. If offers website safety alerts to provide peace of mind as you surf the Internet.

  • Checks downloads for viruses, adware, spyware or other possibly unwanted programs

  • Allows you to surf safely by displaying website ratings as you browse the Internet

  • Integrates with the search results provided by popular search engines such as Google and Yahoo! so you can see if it is safe to continue even before you visit a website

  • Alerts you about websites with annoyances such as excessive pop-ups, phishing or browser exploits

  • Checks downloads for viruses, adware, spyware or other possibly unwanted programs

• Swift clean-up for heavily infected computers - PC Tools Internet Security 2009 is able to detect and remove threats on heavily infected computers faster and easier than ever before. Sometimes your computer is so highly infected that you may find yourself unable to install or run security software except when in the ’safe mode’ of Windows. In these cases, malware consumes computer resources so resulting in lengthy scanning and removal times. PC Tools Internet Security is now armed with the technology to scan in safe mode faster and more effectively by forcing your computer to take a higher priority over the scan than the malware and other software attempting to run on your system.

• Improved Hacker Defense (Windows Vista only) - Further improvements have been included to enhance our own defense against malware threats attempting to interfere with the effectiveness of PC Tools Internet Security 2009. Our hacker defense system means you can rest assured that your computer system has the most comprehensive protection while ensuring that malware threats don’t impede on the functionality or effectiveness of PC Tools Internet Security 2009. The new hacker defense utilizes a particular feature available in Windows Vista (known as ASLR) to make it difficult for hackers to exploit or gain control over PC Tools Internet Security 2009.

• Enhanced spam detection - The anti-spam component of PC Tools Internet Security has been optimized to quickly process incoming and outgoing emails and has improved learning capabilities to distinguish spam email from legitimate email. PC Tools Internet Security 2009 not only supports Microsoft Outlook, but now supports Mozilla Thunderbird, Eudora, and any other email client that uses either the POP3 or IMAP email standards.

• Firewall Enhancements - The firewall component of PC Tools Internet Security 2009 has been upgraded to offer your computer better protection. It provides a defense against malware attempting to bypass the firewall and transmitting unauthorized data, such as your personal information, to an unauthorized third party, (hackers!).

• Other enhancements

  • Support for Windows Security Centre in Windows Vista Service Pack

  • The real-time protection module is now referred to as Intelli Guard

  • Enhanced error reporting to assist with diagnosis of program crashes.

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IMSI TurboCAD Mac Deluxe

 

 

 

 

Powerful Tools to Bring Your Ideas to Life

TurboCAD Mac Deluxe is packed with the highest quality drafting tools and the latest ACIS® realistic rendering engine. Create 3D models and precise 2D drawings, enjoy 11,000+ 2D/3D symbols, and easily import/export to the most common file types. Anything you can dream up, TurboCAD Mac Deluxe brings to life. The simple user interface combined with intuitive tools and integrated dimensioning make it easy to make your dreams reality.

Create

• Floor Plans
  
• Landscapes
  
• Diagrams
  
• Circuit Boards
  
• Toy Models
  
• Electronics
  
• Maps
  
• Logos
  
• Illustrations
  
• and more!

Perfect For:

• Architects
  
• Engineers
  
• Builders
  
• Designers
  
• Contractors
  
• Illustrators
  
• Educators
  
• Students
  
• Hobbyists

Design in 2D and 3D in one easy to use application

TurboCAD Mac Deluxe has all the powerful 2D drafting and design features of TurboCAD Mac Designer, as well as additional tools for creating 3D models and realistic renderings. Plus, TurboCAD Mac Deluxe comes with a complete 2D/3D parts and symbols library to drag and drop into your drawing and speed up the design process.

Complete Set of 2D Drafting Tools

• Line tools
  
• Arc tools
  
• Curve tools
  
• Circle tools
  
• Ellipse tools
  
• Polygon tools
  
• Spline tools
  
• Text tools
  
• Dimensioning tools
  
• Fillet & Chamfer tools
  
• 2D Modifier tools
  
• Transformation tools

 

Advanced Tools for 3D Design & Rendering

• Mesh tools – create 3D mesh designs from multiple points
  
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  Surface modeling - primitive, complex and advanced surface tools, as well as surface modifiers and transformation tools are all included
  
  
• Updated ACIS® 18 Solid modeling technology

1,000 Floor Plans

Start from scratch or choose from any one of these pre-designed floor plans you can customize to make each one your own.

Over 11,000 2D/3D symbols and parts

Choose from thousands of parts and symbols to effortlessly add to your design including electrical, mechanical, bathroom, kitchen, construction, LAN, CMOS, doors, windows, counters, fasteners, HVAC and more.

Snaps

Quickly locate x, y coordinates, tangents and perpendiculars.

NEW! Drafting Assistant

The Drafting Assistant thinks like a drafter. It automatically knows where construction lines are typically wanted and displays them temporarily when necessary.

Click on image to enlarge

NEW! File Convert

Convert single images to other file formats or convert groups of images using the powerful new batch conversion tool.

Click on image to enlarge

NEW! Multi-Sheet PDF

Save your designs as single or multi-page PDFs in standard or custom sizes for sending via email.

Click on image to enlarge

NEW! Model to Sheet

View your drawings and designs in up to 4 different angles and views – all on the same page.

Click on image to enlarge

Improved AutoCAD® Compatibility

Enhanced DXF/DWG translator for increased compatibility.

NEW! ACIS 18

Move up to the latest 3D solid modeling engine from Spatial.

And more...

• NEW! Symbol Browser
  
• NEW! Right-Click Popup Menu
  
• NEW! Trim Solid
  
• NEW! Cylindrical & Spherical Duplicate Tool

System Requirements

Minimum

• G4
  
• 256 MB of RAM
  
• 200 MB Free on Hard Disk
  
• DVD-ROM Drive
  
• Macintosh OS X (10.4 or greater) 32 MB Accelerated video card with OpenGL support

Recommended

• G5
  
• Mac OS X 10.4.5+ or later PPC/Intel
  
• 512 MB RAM
  
• 250 MB Free Hard Drive Space
  
• 1 GB Allocated Virtual Memory
  
• Internet connection and service to access some online content

 

 

 

 

 

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PC Tools Spyware Doctor v6 launched

PC Tools Spyware Doctor v6 is a top-rated malware & spyware removal utility that detects, removes and protects your PC from thousands of potential spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, spybots and tracking threats. PC Tools Spyware Doctor v6 has been downloaded over 125 million times with millions of additional downloads every week!

New features of PC Tools Spyware Doctor v6:

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  Improved detection capabilities - PC Tools Spyware Doctor v6 has been enhanced to improve detection effectiveness. In particular, each individual signature created in the threat database is optimized so that it is capable of detecting multiple variations of malware threats (threat variants) while maintaining minimal system resource usage (memory footprint).
  
  



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  Swift clean-up for heavily infected computers - PC Tools Spyware Doctor v6 is able to detect and remove threats on heavily infected computers faster and easier than ever before. Sometimes your computer is so highly infected that you may find yourself unable to install or run security software except when in the ’safe mode’ of Windows.
  
  



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  Improved Hacker Defense (Windows Vista only) - Further improvements have been included to enhance our own defense against malware threats attempting to interfere with the effectiveness of PC Tools Spyware Doctor v6. Our hacker defense system means you can be rest assured that your computer system has the most comprehensive protection while ensuring that malware threats don’t impede on the functionality or effectiveness of PC Tools Spyware Doctor v6.
  
  



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  Behavior Guard (BETA add-on) - Behavior Guard provides leading edge protection from zero-day (never seen before) threats, built on the award-winning ThreatFire™, technology. Behavior Guard is currently available in the form of an optional add-on at: www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/addons/
  
  



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  Other enhancements
  
  
  
  
  
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    Support for Windows Security Centre in Windows Vista Service Pack 1
    
    
  
  
  
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    The real-time protection module is now referred to as Intelli Guard®
    
    
  
  
  
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    Enhanced error reporting to assist with diagnosis of program crashes.
    
    
  
  
  
  

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PC TOOLS Registry Mechanic v8 - new features

Registry Mechanic 8.0 is an advanced registry cleaner for Windows® that can safely clean, repair and optimize your registry in a few simple mouse clicks! Registry Mechanic is one of the most popular and easy to use registry cleaners on the market today, with 300,000+ downloads per week!

New features of Registry Mechanic 8.0:

• New Plug-in architecture - Registry Mechanic 8.0 has been re-designed to have a new plug-in framework which means that additional features and tools can be easily incorporated into Registry Mechanic 8.0.

• New User Interface (clean & clear design for simple navigation) - The interface in Registry Mechanic 8.0 has been re-designed to provide a clean, clear structure along with easy access to a selection of the most commonly used Windows features and Registry Mechanic 8.0 powerful features and tools. The new interface takes advantage of its latest plug-in technology, allowing for components and tools to be logically categorized and refreshed for easy accessibility. Furthermore, new features can be easily downloaded as soon as they are available via Smart Update.

• Tune-up your services (improve system performance) - By tweaking the Microsoft® Windows® services, the service tuner feature has the ability to improve the performance of your computer and provide better start-up times. This feature changes the preference of non-essential Windows services which can result in fewer system resources being consumed to help your software run more efficiently.

• Windows Management tools - Registry Mechanic 8.0 has incorporated a range of some of the most useful and popular Windows management tools in an easily accessible format. You can now access several useful Windows management components in one place at one time to take control of configuring your system simply and quickly. The Windows management tools are grouped into three categories – Computer, Security and System, each with their own set of related tools. For example, the Computer category includes access to the Windows tools:

  • Computer management

  • Windows Update

  • System Restore

  • System Properties

  • System Information

  • Control Panel

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