The Easiest Way to Learn 2D Computer-Aided Design with TurboCAD

The Work Sessions

Each Session contains detailed, illustrated and video-animated instructions of a drawing, using a sequential, task-based structure. All drawings are started and finished in the same Session, allowing you to produce print-ready layouts of your drawings.

What you will learn in this Training Guide

• Setting up a new drawing using  templates

• The TurboCAD User Interface, including  the 2018 Ribbon Workspace Style. 

• Understanding Palettes, Toolbars and  Menus.  

• Interacting with Graphical Information  such as the Status Bar, Inspector Bar, Coordinate Fields and Information  Palettes. 

• Learning how to utilize the power of  Drawing Aids such as Layers, Grid and  Snap Modes.  

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  Sketch tools and the use of 2D Line and Circle Geometry as well as Curved Lines and Contours, Bezier Curves and Construction objects. 

• Understanding the power of Drawing & Geometric Constraints – powerful conceptual design tools which apply measurement and spatial design rules to objects. 

• Object handling, transformation, duplication and modification. 

• Understanding the concepts of Spatial Information and how to draw using Polar or Rectangular Coordinates using either Absolute or Relative coordinate positions.

• Extracting measurement information from objects such as Distance, 

  

• Perimeter, Angle, Area, Curve Length, Volume and Surface area.

• Learn how to fully detail and annotate your drawings using Dimensions, Tolerances, Leader Arrows and how to apply Surface Roughness symbols to annotation objects. Cross-hatching and single, multi-line text and text tables are also instructed.

• Working with Formatted and External objects such as Groups, Blocks and the Library Palette. 

• Understanding the concepts of Externally Referenced source and destination files and how to update all instances of externally referenced blocks in your drawing.

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  Producing print-ready drawing layouts using Viewports with multiple drawing scale and layering capabilities. 

• Architectural tools such as Exterior and Interior Walls, Doors, Windows and Roof Tools are also discussed and demonstrated, including using and applying various Door and Window Styles.

This training program is presented in a browser-based html electronic version which is downloaded and installed onto your PC or Laptop. 

No internet connection is required to view this training guide; it is installed locally onto your device. An internet connection is only required to stream the video content.

All movies are provided in an MP4 format which is compatible with most browsers.

Superior indexing and search facility allows you to quickly find your favourite topic.

Sample drawings are provided in a range of TurboCAD formats so you can check your designs against the recommended standard.

A printable pdf is provided of each Session drawing.

• Pentium IV Processor
• Internet Browser Fire Fox or Internet Explorer
• 512 MB RAM
• 300 MB Free Hard Drive Space, 64 MB of Swap Space
• Super VGA (1024 x 768) display
• High Colour (16 bit) graphics card
• DVD drive