TurboCAD Versus AutoCAD Comparison Chart
Check out the chart below to see how TurboCAD measures up against the competition.
| TurboCAD Pro 21 | TurboCAD Pro Platinum 21 | AutoCAD 2014 | |
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| USABILITY & INTERFACE | |||
| Fully Customisable User Interface & Preferences |  |
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| Easy Handle-Based Editing | |
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| Performance Enhanced via Integrated Redway3d Drawing engine | |
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| Draw Order by Layer | |
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| Explode Viewports | |
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| Layer Filters | |
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| Smart Dimension Tool | |
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| SNAPrioritisation | |
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| Transparent & Bit-mapped Fills | |
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| 2D DRAFTING & EDITING | |||
| Auto Tools (Scale, Size, Position, Rotation, Movement) | |
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| 2D Drawing, Editing & Modifying | |
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| Drafting Palette (Create associative sections & cut planes) | |
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| Copy In Place Tool | |
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| PDF Underlay Tool (32-Bit version only) | |
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| Smart & Quick Dimension Tools | |
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| XcliSupport | |
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| 3D MODELLING | |||
| 3D Solid Modelling & Editing | |
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| 3D Terrain Modelling | |
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| 3D Shelling, Lofting & Surfaces | |
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| Smooth Surface Mesh Tools | |
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| 3D Deformable Modelling | |
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| 3D Pattern Copy Tools | |
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| History Tree with Editor | |
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ARCHITECTURAL |
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| Walls (Self-Healing; Straight, Curved; Block Insert) | |
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| Windows & Doors | |
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| Muntins – both Doors & Windows | |
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| Roofs, Slabs, Stairs & Rails | |
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| House Wizard | |
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| Component Walls | |
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| Architectural Sections & Elevations (3D-2D documentation) | |
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| Self-Aligning Blocks | |
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| Geo-Location of Drawing | |
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| Style Manager | |
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| MECHANICAL | |||
| 2D Geometric & Dimension Constraints | |
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| Branched Lofting & Face-to-Face Lofting | |
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| Geometric Tolerance Tool | |
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| 3D Fillet | |
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| 3D Thread & Hole Tools | |
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| PHOTOREALISTIC RENDERING | |||
| Photorealistic Rendering & Materials with Open GL (Draft) Rendering | |
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| Advance Rendering – customisable ray tracing, sketch rendering, depth of field | |
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| Material Library | |
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| Ray Tracing | |
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| Radiosity | |
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| PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT & CONTENT | |||
| Blocks, Block Editor & Xref Support | |
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| Ruby Scripting | |
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| Drawing Compare | |
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| Programmable SDK | |
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| INTEROPERABILITY | |||
| AutoCAD® (.DWG™, .DWF & .DXF) File Compatibility | |
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| Import & Open File Formats 40 40 10 | 40 | 40 | 10 |
| Export, Save As & Publish File Formats 31 31 16 | 31 | 31 | 16 |
| Google™ SketchUp™ (SKP) Import (geometry, views, materials, components) & Exports | |
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| Open & Save 3DM (Rhino), IGES, OBJ, SAT, STL, STmechanical drawings | |
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| Terrain Data (XYZ) File Import & Export Support | |
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