What’s the Right Software for Your Needs

Posted by Paul The CAD | General News

Please download the Excel table of a comparison between TurboCAD, DoubleCAD and AutoCAD.

TurboCAD, DoubleCAD and AutoCAD Comparison

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  1. Comment by elliott — March 5, 2010 @ 3:40 pm

    I’ve been an autoCAD LT user for about 10 years. I’ve been looking at Turbocad with a view to producing some 3d work. Would the Deluxe version be a good starting point? If so can you supply this and some training media?

  2. Comment by Paul The CAD — March 5, 2010 @ 3:45 pm

    Elliott

    I offer TurboCAD Deluxe v16 plus a 2D training book, including 114 training videos for £100. It’s the bundle that most choose when starting off in 3D.

    Just give me a call and I’ll get it sent 01962 835 081 (1)

    Paul

  3. Comment by elliott — March 5, 2010 @ 5:21 pm

    Thanks – I’ll call you on monday.

  4. Comment by Raj — March 9, 2010 @ 3:03 pm

    Hi, I have been using a a few softwares in the past for designing kitchens and now I want to buy one. i want one which can be used to design kitchen, in both 2d and 3d, and has an appliance brochure or a library. Can you please tellme the best starting point. I have been looking for some other compnaies but they are way up my budget. Can you please help?

  5. Comment by Paul The CAD — March 10, 2010 @ 2:47 pm

    Raj,

    I’d recommend one of two choices.

    Firstly as shown on my front page here, you can have TurboCAD professional v14, architectural or mechanical, plus the training books for £130.

    However a better deal would be TurboCAD v15 professional platinum with the training books for £300. V15 has a good few extra tools and the ability to import SketchUp files which would be very useful for you.

    Paul

  6. Comment by Caroline — April 19, 2010 @ 12:36 pm

    Hi, after some advice please, i work for a Landscape Design and contracting company and until now have produced all the drawings by hand. We have a couple of new clients (housing developers) who have asked for CAd drawings. I have a bit of experience of AUTOCAD from 15 years ago and have downloaded a trial version of Autocad LT – I now remember why I prefer the drawing board !!

    Would Turbocad be a good option ? I would really prefer something that was simpler than Autocad.

    Thanks. Caroline

  7. Comment by Paul The CAD — April 26, 2010 @ 12:16 pm

    Caroline

    AutoCAD LT is a clumsy package and very limited, you’d be much better served with TurboCAD. TurboCAD works with all the file formats that AC LT does plus several others and you get the chance to progress to 3D if you so wish, which is the way forward. You also get me one the other end of the phone line, if you get stuck.
    TurboCAD v17 is just out and is £995, however I still have stock of v16 which I’m now selling at half price, i.e. £500. A couple of excellent training books will cost another £50, these include over 400 video training films. And then once you feel that you’re getting the hang of it, book a training day in Winchester for £170 net and by the end of the day you’ll have it cracked. You’ll be about £500 better off than if you’d gone down the AC route and you’ll not have any of the headaches that come packaged with AC.
    I have several personal customers in the landscaping and garden design business that I’ve been looking after for a few years, D F Clark, http://www.dfclark.co.uk being the biggest.

    Paul

  8. Comment by Martin — May 10, 2010 @ 9:56 am

    I run a small bespoke kitchen design and installation company and up until now have been doing my drawings by hand i’m aware that I really need to get into cad designing, I recently bought a new Mac computer, could you please advise what is the easiest and most cost effective route to take.
    Thanks Martin

  9. Comment by Paul The CAD — May 12, 2010 @ 12:02 pm

    Martin

    For Apple Mac TurboCAD comes out in three lines. The 2D version is about £50, the Deluxe, which is 2D and 3D is about £100 and the professional is £300, although I can give you 25% off these prices. I’m reasonably new to the Apple Mac versions and still learning, as they are very different from the PC version. I’d advise that you start with the Deluxe version and a 2D training CD. There are training books as well, but there is more content on the CD. We don’t have a version comparison chart of the Mac products, but the main differences are that Pro has full photorealistic rendering, sketch rendering and some advanced Surface modeling tools. Once you get the hang of it you can decide whether you need these.
    Paul
    01962 835 081 ex 1

  10. Comment by Nicola Dolman — June 9, 2010 @ 6:54 am

    Hi

    I have been using the student version of AutoCAD 2010 (I graduated last year so was able to get it for a year) to produce drawings for household extensions i.e. planning permission and building regulation drawings. My student version is about to expire and so I have been looking into buying some software, I have been looking at AutoCAD Architecture but can’t afford the astronomical prices. Would TurboCAD be suitable and what would be the main differences v. AC Architecture?

    Many thanks.

    Nicola

  11. Comment by Paul The CAD — June 10, 2010 @ 1:43 pm

    Nicola,

    See the home page on this site, there are a few simple comparisons. The article below it is about Ty Whiston who has for years been teaching AutoCAD, but is now noticing so many requests for TurboCAD raining that we are now combining our strengths.
    For the work you mention, there is absolutely no need whatsoever to buy AutoCAD, it would just be a needless waste of your money.
    You are welcome to call me to go through the issues any time.

    Paul
    01962 835 081

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