Comments on: AutoCAD LT 2011 v TurboCAD Professional Platinum v17 http://paulthecad.co.uk/autocad-lt-2011-v-turbocad-professional-platinum-v17/ TurboCAD, DoubleCAD & Google SketchUp, Sales & Advice Mon, 14 May 2012 06:31:54 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul The CAD http://paulthecad.co.uk/autocad-lt-2011-v-turbocad-professional-platinum-v17/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Paul The CAD Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:07:45 +0000 http://paulthecad.co.uk/?p=949#comment-302 Dave, Of course you’re right, Inventor is an excellent product. The snag is its cost. TurboCAD Professional Platinum is less than £1,000 and Inventor, once you’ve bought all the extras you need and the ‘support’, is more like £6,000. An Animation plug in for TurboCAD is £120 and it has all the renderings that you could want, plus others are easy to import. You are also correct and very kind and polite to say that LT is a different product. I’ve heard plenty of people put it rather stronger. The point with TurboCAD is that it is an inexpensive CAD system that punches far above its weight in terms of its price and for the majority of companies using a CAD system it does everything they need. Paul Dave,
Of course you’re right, Inventor is an excellent product. The snag is its cost. TurboCAD Professional Platinum is less than £1,000 and Inventor, once you’ve bought all the extras you need and the ‘support’, is more like £6,000. An Animation plug in for TurboCAD is £120 and it has all the renderings that you could want, plus others are easy to import.
You are also correct and very kind and polite to say that LT is a different product. I’ve heard plenty of people put it rather stronger.
The point with TurboCAD is that it is an inexpensive CAD system that punches far above its weight in terms of its price and for the majority of companies using a CAD system it does everything they need.
Paul

]]> By: Dave Cambridge http://paulthecad.co.uk/autocad-lt-2011-v-turbocad-professional-platinum-v17/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Dave Cambridge Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:40:58 +0000 http://paulthecad.co.uk/?p=949#comment-295 I thnk you are better off with a more advanced prototyping tool like Autodesk Inventor. You will also be able to pull out renderings and animation to show your customers and non technical people can see how the design comes together. As for LT its a different product and not in the same league as other products working in 3D. I thnk you are better off with a more advanced prototyping tool like Autodesk Inventor. You will also be able to pull out renderings and animation to show your customers and non technical people can see how the design comes together. As for LT its a different product and not in the same league as other products working in 3D.

]]> By: Paul The CAD http://paulthecad.co.uk/autocad-lt-2011-v-turbocad-professional-platinum-v17/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Paul The CAD Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:44:21 +0000 http://paulthecad.co.uk/?p=949#comment-287 George, I don’t know Cinema 4D, but there really is no contest between AutoCAD LT and TurboCAD. AutoCAD LT is a dog and best avoided. Essentially you have two choices, as long as your Mac has intel. Firstly stick with Mac software. The top of the range on our site is £300 and a 2D training guide CD to get you going is £35. Direct via me I can do the two for £280. It works with DWG and DXF so there should not be any compatibility problems and we sell quite a lot of it. You can download a trial version from our site and there are training videos on youtube. The second path is the PC software under Parallels on the Mac. I have found that to be a bit programmatic, although nothing I couldn’t solve. I only found out the snags five weeks after I’d loaded TC under Parallels and then the Parallels support team refused to talk to me, emails were not as clear and as comprehensive as they could have been. Same old problem – once they have your money, it’s lip service to support. As an overall, the PC version is more powerful and if you can’t afford the latest Professional, then buy last year’s and just stay a year behind, you save a lot of money that way. Paul 01962 835 081 ex 1 George,
I don’t know Cinema 4D, but there really is no contest between AutoCAD LT and TurboCAD. AutoCAD LT is a dog and best avoided. Essentially you have two choices, as long as your Mac has intel.
Firstly stick with Mac software. The top of the range on our site is £300 and a 2D training guide CD to get you going is £35. Direct via me I can do the two for £280. It works with DWG and DXF so there should not be any compatibility problems and we sell quite a lot of it. You can download a trial version from our site and there are training videos on youtube.
The second path is the PC software under Parallels on the Mac. I have found that to be a bit programmatic, although nothing I couldn’t solve. I only found out the snags five weeks after I’d loaded TC under Parallels and then the Parallels support team refused to talk to me, emails were not as clear and as comprehensive as they could have been. Same old problem – once they have your money, it’s lip service to support.
As an overall, the PC version is more powerful and if you can’t afford the latest Professional, then buy last year’s and just stay a year behind, you save a lot of money that way.
Paul
01962 835 081 ex 1

]]> By: George Shaw http://paulthecad.co.uk/autocad-lt-2011-v-turbocad-professional-platinum-v17/comment-page-1/#comment-285 George Shaw Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:39:15 +0000 http://paulthecad.co.uk/?p=949#comment-285 Hi Paul, I went to college and was using Cinema 4D, do you think this will give a good heads up with turbo cad. I have started to build bespoke hand built kitchens (Real wood!!) and Bathrooms and need to be able to help my clients see my ideas. I have a G5 Mac, what version do you suggest I get, is it worth getting a basic version and then upgrading, when I am more proficient? My clients are quite up market so the professional look is a must. Many Thanks George Hi Paul, I went to college and was using Cinema 4D, do you think this will give a good heads up with turbo cad. I have started to build bespoke hand built kitchens (Real wood!!) and Bathrooms and need to be able to help my clients see my ideas. I have a G5 Mac, what version do you suggest I get, is it worth getting a basic version and then upgrading, when I am more proficient? My clients are quite up market so the professional look is a must.

Many Thanks George

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