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RedSDK
Now that in TurboCAD 2018 LightWorks is back as default, RedSDK can be bought as a plug in. The cost is £100, I will not keep a stock of them, but can obtain licenses within 24 hours. Email or call me to order.
Paul
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TurboCAD 2018 The Return of LightWorks
I’m very pleased to say that LightWorks is returning to TurboCAD, RedSDK is now an optional plug-in. I have not yet seen the new version, but I’d presume that LW will be its old easy to use self.
2018 is due out at the end of March, but experience tells me that this will be delayed, release dates for all sorts of software often are, so I’m sure it will be here by the end of April.
Paul
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Faceting
If your cylinders are showing as facets rather than smooth surfaces, you can change this in the dialogue box as below.
At the top go to – OPTIONS – ACIS
It is also here where you turn on Editing History.
These are Pro options and not in Deluxe.
Paul
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Solid White Fill
Solid White Fill
If you try to colour a closed shape in 2D white, the shape comes out as black. To make it white:
Select the shape
Right click.
Choose Properties – Brush.
Select ‘No’ in the box, as below.
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Windows 10
A customer has passed this on to me – anyone got any ideas, let me know at [email protected].
Paul, I’d just like to report my experience with Windows 10 Creators Update (I guess I am not alone). After this Windows update installed I randomly lost some lines on my monitor. I tried various adjustments to the Options/Display settings without success. The only cure I found was to roll back from Windows Creator to Windows Anniversary – This fixed the problem. Is this a known issue? Is there any solution available? Thanks, Mike
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Problem Seeing Training Films
The files that my training films are saved in are avi and some computers will not read them. So if you have purchased training films from me on a USB stick, but can hear me but not see anything then you need to download the VLC Player, it only takes seconds to download and is free.
​You can get VLC Player from here: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.en-GB.html
If when you select the file, it still does not work, it’s because your computer it not choosing the right player, so right click on the file and select Open With, then choose VCL Player.
Paul
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A New Twist on Loading TurboCAD for Mac
I had a customer who recently had a lot of trouble loading TurboCAD Mac Deluxe because of the security that Mac imposes. When he eventually succeed, he was good enough to send me the solution – which is a new one on me.
Hi Paul,
The guy from Apple spent nearly an hour an a half on the phone to me but could not track down the source of the persistent “Mimecast” intervention, which should theoretically have been impossible. He did, however, provide a fix for the download.
For future reference for any of your customers with a similar problem, it was:
Don’t left click on the download. Right click and copy it, BUT DO NOT PASTE DIRECTLY TO THE BROWSER. Instead paste it somewhere bland (in my case to “Notes”) then copy it afresh from there and paste into browser.
That worked and download completed successfully!
Thanks for your help,
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TouchPad
A Touchpad tool is now available for the latest TurboCAD. At present, it is a free extra, although I understand that it will be in the programme as standard when the next version comes out next year. I presume that you would need win 10 for it to work, as it involves touching the screen, but then that is something I try to avoid. I’ll stick to my mouse.
So, if you would like the tool and are a customer of mine, then send me an email requesting it and I’ll send you the link. There is no serial number involved it just downloads straight away and appears as a small icon at the top of your screen. Click on the icon and a panel appears on the right of your screen as below.
I can’t guarantee that it works like touchpads in other CAD software, I never use them, but if you try it and have any comments, then please let me know so that I can send feedback to IMSI.
Paul
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Black Screen
Any time the screen goes black there is a conflict with Redsdk. The solution is to run in GDI mode.
The dynamic cut plane is redsdk only. In 2017 there is a message that appears when user’s drivers do not specifically support the cut plane functionality. If this is the only time the user gets the corruption when they can run Redsdk but will have to do so without using the cut plane.
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SketchUp Upgrades
After the 21st April, 2017, SketchUp will cut off the ability of SketchUp users of versions 6, 7 and 8 to buy the latest SketchUp at an upgrade price.
After that date SketchUp will treat these users as new customers who have to pay the full price if they want the latest version.
Paul
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