Learn to use TurboCAD from the AutoCAD user's perspective
TurboCAD for AutoCAD Users e-book is for users of AutoCAD wanting to learn TurboCAD Professional. The 168-page PDF book features five lessons:
Setting Up 2D Drawings
Inserting Objects
Applying Finishing Touches
3D Design
DWG Import & Export
The book provides you with:
- Comparisons and contrasts between AutoCAD and TurboCAD
- Command cross-reference
- Jargon dictionary
- All illustrations in full color
- Formatted for printing on standard 8.5x11 paper
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Table of Contents: TurboCAD for AutoCAD Users
Introduction
What TurboCAD Offers the AutoCAD User, File Compatibility, The TurboCAD User Interface, Repeating Commands, Local Menus, Coordinate Bar, Inspector Bar, Palettes, Editing with Select Cursor, How TurboCAD Differs from AutoCAD, What’s Missing from TurboCAD, Jargon, TurboCAD Drawing Commands, Node Editing, What’s Unique to TurboCAD, Raster-to-Vector Conversion, Constraints, Mechanical Tools, Architectural Tools, Lower Price, When You Need More Help.
Chapter 1 — Setting Up Drawings
About the Tutorials, Starting AutoCAD, AutoCAD: Advanced Setup Wizard, Starting TurboCAD, TurboCAD: Page Setup Wizard, AutoCAD: Creating Layers, TurboCAD: Creating Layers, TurboCAD’s Property Toolbar, TurboCAD’s Layers, AutoCAD: Setting the Snap and Grid Spacing, TurboCAD: Setting the Snap and Grid Spacing, AutoCAD: Saving the Drawing, TurboCAD: Saving the Drawing, TurboCAD’s Snap Modes, Summary
Chapter 2 — Inserting Objects
Starting to Draw, AutoCAD: Drawing Construction Lines, TurboCAD: Inserting Construction Lines, AutoCAD: Drawing Rectangles, TurboCAD: Inserting Rectangles, AutoCAD: Drawing Circles, TurboCAD: Inserting Circles, AutoCAD: Copying and Mirroring Entities, TurboCAD: Copying and Mirroring Entities, AutoCAD: Drawing Arcs, AutoCAD: Drawing Lines, TurboCAD: Inserting Arcs, TurboCAD: Inserting Lines, AutoCAD: Filleting Corners, TurboCAD: Filleting Corners, AutoCAD: Making and Inserting Blocks, TurboCAD: Creating and Placing Blocks, AutoCAD: Changing Linetypes and Layers, TurboCAD: Changing Linetypes and Layers, TurboCAD’s Entity Styles, Summary.
Chapter 3 — Applying the Finishing Touches
Activities in this Lesson, Dimensioning with TurboCAD, AutoCAD: Drawing Dimensions, AutoCAD: Object Dimensions, TurboCAD: Inserting Dimensions, TurboCAD: Entity Dimensions, AutoCAD: Segment Dimensions, TurboCAD: Segment Dimensions, AutoCAD: Switching to Paper Space, TurboCAD: Switching to Paper Space, AutoCAD: Drawing Text, TurboCAD: Inserting Text, AutoCAD: Plotting Drawings, TurboCAD: Plotting Drawings, Summary.
Chapter 4 — 3D Design
AutoCAD: Preparing for, 3D Modeling, TurboCAD: Preparing for, 3D Modeling, AutoCAD: Simple Extrusion, TurboCAD: Simple Extrusion, AutoCAD: Extrusion of Regions, TurboCAD: Two-sided Extrusion of Compound Profiles, AutoCAD: Unioning and Subtracting Solids, TurboCAD: Adding and Subtracting Solids, AutoCAD: Model Assembly, TurboCAD: Model Assembly, AutoCAD: Filleting the Edges, TurboCAD: Blending the Edges, Summary.
Chapter 5 — DWG Import & Export
Accurate DWG Translation, Objects Changed from DWG, Formats Imported and Exported by TurboCAD, Importing AutoCAD Drawings, DWG File Import Options, Post-translation Checking, Exporting in DWG Format, DWG File Export Options, Embedding and Linking Objects, Inserting Objects, Summary.
Appendix A — Command Cross-reference
AutoCAD-TurboCAD Commands, Summary of AutoCAD Keyboard Shortcuts, Summary of TurboCAD Keyboard Shortcuts.
Appendix B — TurboCAD-AutoCAD Dictionary
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