TurboCADables

This free download page was one of the very first I ever posted on the web back in 1996. Many of the free downloads you'll find here are for TurboCAD. Get free trial downloads so you can play with TurboCAD before you decide to buy it. Scroll down to find out more about free TurboCAD LE. Hatch patterns and color palettes for legacy versions of TurboCAD are also available on this page. Or visit the current catalog to find out about the latest fully supported design products direct from the publisher - popular choices include training guides and CAD symbol bundles.

Free Trial Software

DesignCAD MAX Bundle!



The IMSI/Design Store

Download free trial software courtesy of IMSI/Design: TurboCAD, DesignCAD, TurboFLOORPLAN, AnimationLab, IDX Renditioner for Google SketchUP, IDX Beam Analysis Tool, and the CAM Plug-in for TurboCAD Pro. Why buy software without first "kicking the tires?" No obligation to purchase - download a software product and try it out…
Free Trial Downloads - see if there is a product you can use

Free TurboCAD LE 2D (Learning Edition)

TurboCAD LE 2D (Learning Edition) is largely based on TurboCAD v4 and been around for a long, long time. TurboCAD LE runs best on early versions of Windows. You will find it to run unreliably on Windows XP, and it will NOT run properly, if at all, on Vista. TurboCAD LE is NOT supported to any extent by IMSI/Design. I am providing it as a free download*, as is…
Free TurboCAD LE 2D - download zip file (about 16.1 Mb)
*NOTE: After downloading, unzip the file to extract the setup folder, then run setup in the extracted folder. (If the download is not successful - try again later at an off-peak time.)

If you do not require all the features that most CAD software offers - rather than downloading quirky TurboCAD LE - consider inexpensive TurboCAD Designer…
See all types of TurboCAD - Designer 2D is one of several

If you have limited experience using CAD software, find out more about the following helpful educational materials. As an alternative to books, training guides are quite effective when learning to use TurboCAD…
TurboCAD Training Guide - read more about this 2D/3D guide

67 Hatch Patterns

Interested in hatch patterns? This is a collection of 67 hatch patterns for legacy versions of TurboCAD - wood, siding, shingles, glass, water, stipples, textures, circles, and various geological map patterns are some of the hatches. Instructions on how to install the hatch patterns are included in the zipped download. These hatch patterns can be used in legacy versions of TurboCAD from v3 to v9 including LE…
Free 67 Hatch Patterns - download zip file (about 10 Kb)

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The IMSI/Design Store

TurboCAD, like most CAD software, has a hatching tool that fills polygons with a brush style pattern; either a hatch or bitmap pattern. Such patterns are commonly used to denote a specific property or material - glass, wood, etc. This guide describes how to create, modify, or add custom hatch patterns for use in legacy versions of TurboCAD v3 to v9 including LE…
How-to Tutorial - creating hatch patterns

Tweaked BrushStyle Table

This is an optional tweaked version of the TurboCAD brush style table that fixes some hatching anomalies. For legacy versions of TurboCAD v3 to v9 including LE. Instructions on how to install the tweaked brush style table are included in the zipped download…
Free BrushStyle Table - download zip file (about 10 Kb)

Four Color Palettes

This download contains an additional four color palettes for TurboCAD. The Hewlett-Packard DesignJet 750C Plus 256-color "Palette Demo", the Netscape-named 140-color (Windows) palette, a cross-platform (browser-safe) version of the TurboCAD 67-color palette, and a RGB version of the early ACAD 256-color palette. Instructions on how to install the color palettes are included in the zipped download. These color palettes can be used in all legacy versions of TurboCAD from v2 to v9 including LE…
Free 4 Color Palettes - download zip file (about 10 Kb)