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I have been using IMSI TurboCAD Deluxe v4 and v10 (Mac) for a few simple Shapeways projects, and received notice today about a v11 upgrade sale. Don't know what the difference is between v11 and "2018", but I suppose the upgrade info will cover that. Free demo, $149 to buy. They have $$$$$ pro packages, but the cheapest "Deluxe" seems to do everything needed so far.TurboCAD seems OK enough, but like @Mark W said in the other thread about CAD software in general, the learning curve is not quick. I do a small project, a few months go by before the next, and then discover I've forgotten half of what was learned the previous time.
With Sketchup pro. What types of CAD files can you import?
Mike, this is the reason I've stuck with sketchup. And as Mark said about trying different ones, you got to forget about what you learned when you try something different. That is why I'm afraid to something new.
In Sketchup to scale something I just put a 1" long line somewhere. Then measure the line. It will say 1" and you type in the new size you want. When you're all done size that line back to 1".With Sketchup pro. What types of CAD files can you import?
Please, please, PLEASE. Everyone. Make life easier for yourself and use METRIC!!!
.dwg, .dxf, .3ds, .dae, .ddf, .ifc, .kmz, .stl, .bmp, .jpg, .png, .pst, .tif, .tga,
OK so just now I made a 1" square box in AutoCAD saved as a .dwg and imported it to Sketchup. The 1" square shows up in Sketchup, but then what? It seems I have to trace over that same square to make it active in Sketchup to be able to push/pull it.