With Autodesk resolutely moving away from perpetual licenses and toward server-based CAD that's only rented for a time, some users find themselves looking for replacements to the aging AutoCAD warhorse. If you prefer to work natively in DWG, then the company offers TurboCAD LTE, software "that works like AutoCAD LT." But it uses the same Teigha libraries as nearly all other CAD programs, and so opens files made by AutoCAD or IntelliCAD, and can export drawings in DWG format. Instead, TurboCAD uses its own TCW format for storing drawings. It may come as a surprise that DWG is not its native file format. The software runs on Windows Vista, 7, and 8 computers. Should you not need all the functions of Pro Platinum, IMSI/Design offers versions of TurboCAD at lower price points: 2D/3D Pro ($1,495) without enhanced mechanical and architectural functions, 2D/3D Deluxe ($129), and the 2D-only Designer ($39). This is a better than other CAD vendors who charge full price for the CAD system upfront, and then tack on annual subscription costs. It is priced at $1,695 for a perpetual license or $499 a year on subscription. The one I am reviewing here is TurboCAD 2015 Pro Platinum, and it is the top-end version of TurboCAD. IMSI/Design software has one of the largest ranges of CAD software, with multiple products for Windows, Mac OS X, and iOS. Today it is a program that handles nearly every aspect of 2D drafting, 3D solids and surfaces through history as well as direct editing, constraints and parameters, BIM design, visual styles and rendering, and programming. I've been looking at TurboCAD ever since the days it ran on MS-DOS and so watched its progression to Windows, and then to Macs and iPads.
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