New TurboCAD Deluxe v21

TurboCAD Deluxe v21 is now in and shipping. Below is the official changes/improvement list from IMSI.

PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENTS

• New Edit Tool option “Node Filter” lets users select a subset of nodes on objects with a large number of nodes to optimize performance and ease of use.
• New option “On/Off ‘Workplane by 3D object'” was added to the Edit Tool.

NEW DRAFTING AND DETAILING TOOLS

• New Arrow Tool rapidly draws line arrows with options to specify the head and tail.
• New Auto-Shapes allow users to quickly sketch out standard shapes (arc, line, box, etc.) and automatically create the precision shape.
• Improved Area Units discretely specify Area Units from Linear Units.
• New Custom Text Formatting for Dimensioning includes bolding, superscript, subscript, italics, support for multiple font scales, and multi-line.
• New Delta Distance and Delta Move Angle(s) allow users to move a selected object simply by specifying distance and a direction.
• New Rotate View with Viewport option synchronizes the rotation of viewports and views while retaining the possibility of discreet rotation.
• New Move Dimension Text adds flexibility by allowing users to edit dimension text from inside the dimension tool using the local menu.

INTEROPERABILITY UPDATES

• Improved AutoCAD® (DWG/DXF) read/write filters for 2013/2014 files.
• New SketchUp (SKP) read/write filter based on new 2013 APIs.