How-to Guides

TurboCADables.com Reference guides to using CAD software, with a focus on TurboCAD. There aren't very many books devoted to TurboCAD. One possibility is to discover the TurboCAD Training Guide. This guide explains many TurboCAD keyboard commands and shortcuts. Another source of information explaining techniques and procedures is the TurboCAD User Group - members' posts on the message board represent a reference knowledgebase. Finally, available as a reference guide is a tutorial that explains how-to create custom hatch patterns for TurboCAD. The number of how-to tutorials are admittedly limited at present, but writing additional tutorials are a future project of mine!


How-to Tutorials

Creating TurboCAD Hatch Patterns

This guide describes how to create, modify, or add custom hatch patterns for use in legacy versions of TurboCAD v3 to v9 including LE. TurboCAD, like most CAD software, has a hatching tool that fills polygons with a brush style pattern - either a hatch or bitmap pattern. These patterns are commonly used to denote a specific property or material - glass, wood, etc. This leads to a common question asked by many users of TurboCAD: is it possible to use custom hatch patterns in TurboCAD? The answer is yes…
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Educational & Training

TurboCAD 2D/3D Training Guide

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The TurboCAD Training Guide teaches new users how to use TurboCAD. The guide is organized into a number of modules, with each module covering a fundamental area of techniques used in CAD. The modules are organized into quick, easy-to-follow lessons that allow you to focus on a single aspect of TurboCAD. Following each lesson is a step-by-step exercise allowing you to immediately apply the information you learned in the lesson. In addition, the training guide contains longer, challenging exercises that are extended projects. As you complete each project at your own pace, you'll find your knowledge and confidence increasing using this guide…
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User Group Knowledgebase

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The TurboCAD-File-Library is the world's largest TurboCAD user group with over 4500 members. The group often discusses techniques on the message board, which is hosted by the Group Listserver. If you are seeking a technique or an answer, try searching the group's message board…
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Summary of Recent Messages

Listed below is a summary of the latest messages posted by members on the group's message board. Members are welcome to post on our publicly accessible message board. To become a member, join or subscribe! The board is intended to be a public repository of peer-to-peer tips and techniques - contribute to the knowledgebase of TurboCAD by becoming a member of the group and communicate with other users…
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Re: widescreen monitors
LaVerne, what you need to do is look at the documentation for your monitor and see what the native resolution is for it...it will be listed in the owners...
Default Reference Point
I've upgraded to TC Pro 16. In earlier versions, the default reference point for any object was always at the centre of the object selected. In my version of...
widescreen monitors
LaVerne, what you need to do is look at the documentation for your monitor and see what the native resolution is for it...it will be listed in the owners...
widescreen
No, I haven't got a driver update yet, thanks for the suggestion. I guess I better go look for one...... LaVerne [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Re: widescreen monitors
I have no problem with 'filling the screen' it's just that the top and sides of the screen are OK but the display is still in the 4:3 format so the bottom is...
widescreen monitors
LaVerne I to got a 26" 16x10 widescreen monitor last year. A recent videocard driver update fixed for me. Now all is well in 1920x1080p standard, no tweeks...
Re: widescreen monitors
Right click somewhere on a blank area of the desktop and pick PROPERTIES. Go to SETTINGS and change your screen resolution until you get all the pixels on the...
widescreen monitors
I recently got a widescreen monitor, apparently you can no longer buy the old 4:3 format, and now the bottom of the toolbar on the left side of the screen is...
Re: Disagreement between Rulers, Coordinate Fields, and the Grid
... Our electrical CAD software was about that. Plus around 10%/year "maintenance" for bug fixes and to renew the timer on the security dongle. ... Whenever a...
Re: Disagreement between Rulers, Coordinate Fields, and the Grid
Thank you, Gerald! That was the key. Obviously, I need to invest the time for a systematic study of 3D drawing. After I got the ruler agreeing the with field...
Re: Disagreement between Rulers, Coordinate Fields, and the Grid
My guess is that you're in a different workplane. You might try clicking on Plane By World (or hit CTRL-ALT-W), and then checking your snaps against the grid...
Re: Disagreement between Rulers, Coordinate Fields, and the Grid
re Turbo Cad, Mike G, Turbo Cad is an inexpensive program. The interface isn't what you 'd call intuitive. CAD programs are extremely complex, so it is not...
Re: Disagreement between Rulers, Coordinate Fields, and the Grid
I'm only a causual user of Turbocad. I have managed engineering groups in the past and my designers never had these kinds of problems with Solid Works. What am...
Re: TurboCAD assistance/Training in NH
Maybe this is options for you. Here's a link to a web site that has step by step tutorials. Every keystroke needed for the drawings. There are many different...
Re: Disagreement between Rulers, Coordinate Fields, and the Grid
Terry, I loaded your file, the workplane was not set to plane by world, I set it to polane by would and the rule & Co-ordinates agreed> Gerald...

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