This examination will test the working knowledge of a TurboCAD user at a 2D level. Purchase this product and submit your answers via e-mail at the end of the test.
TurboCAD concepts that are covered in the test
This examination will test the working knowledge of a TurboCAD user at a 2D level. The test directly or indirectly tests the following TurboCAD concepts:
• Accurate Measurement of lengths and angles • Units and Scaling • Functional knowledge of most of the 2D drawing tools including lines, arcs and splines • Paper Space and Model Space • Named Views and Viewports • Page Setup options and scale • How to change properties • Layers • Modification tools • Groups, Blocks and Regions • Copy commands • Text
Take the test now. Reserve about an hour of your time to be able to answer the 20 questions. For a small fee you can submit your answers for grading. If you score 75% or higher you will receive an electronic Certificate of Competence showing your name and grade.
This set of training movies describes how to print properly in TurboCAD. The product contains a PDF printer driver with detailed step-by-step movies teaching you to create large-format PDF files for easy reproduction at your local printing company.
Movies one through thirteen teach a user how to correctly use the TurboCAD tools such as Model Space and Paper Space with Viewports. The aim of the course is to enable the user to create large-format printouts by taking a professional PDF file to the local print shop. Each of these movies includes full captioning which can easily be used later as a printable reference.
Movies fourteen through twenty two are related to the functionality of the Solid PDF Creator Plus program.You will learn how to easily create PDF files from any of your Windows applications.Further you will enjoy the ability to create Secure or PDF-A (archive) files with the ability to rotate, join and delete pages between PDF files, plus much more!
Movies twenty three through thirty one originally shipped as the CADCourse Print Solution.These movies were recorded in the TurboCAD version 10 program and even though these files are out of date (and do not use the same PDF driver) they still offer valuable insight into the functionality of TurboCAD and PDF files.
So pick up this valuable set of movies and extremely powerful PDF creation program now and never have trouble printing in TurboCAD again!
Table of Contents
Movie 01 – Introductions and Overview What is PDF?
Movie 02 – World and Page Setup CADCourse Interface, Paper Space vs. Model Space, Page Setup Movie 03 – Named Views and Viewports Layout and Margins, Creating Named Views, Inserting Viewports in Paper Space, Scaling Viewports and Viewport Properties, Selecting Viewports Movie 04 – Positioning and Scaling Viewports What is Scale?, Architectural vs. Metric Scales, Changing a Viewports Scale, Entering a Scale in a Title Block, Using the Stretch Tool to Modify the Title Block, Positioning the Viewport within a Title Block Movie 05 – Multiple Shapes and Scales of Viewports Multiple Scales on one page, Creating Shaped Viewports Movie 06 – Polygonal Viewports
Movie 07 – Layers and Viewports Layers, Adding Paper Spaces Movie 08 – Dimensions and Title Blocks Using Blocks in Title Blocks, Dimensioning in Viewports Movie 09 – Using Layers in Viewports for 3D Objects Creating a 3D Box, Dimensioning 3D Objects in a viewport, Creating Top, Left, Front and Isometric Views, Duplicating Viewports, Using Layers in Viewports Movie 10 – Rendering Viewports Options Rendering Viewports, Rendering Options in Viewports, Floating Viewports Movie 11 – Scaling the Drawing Page Scaling without Viewports, Choosing a Standard Scale, Title Blocks on Scaled Pages Movie 12 – Creating the PDF File Choosing the ARCH Template, Creating a Drawing, Inserting the Viewport and Setting Page Size, Choosing the PDF Printer Driver, Choosing a Scale, Printing to File Movie 13 – Printing Colors in Black Movie 14 – Installing and Registering Solid PDF Creator Plus Downloading from the Web, Installing the Software, Support Services, Registering the Software, Receiving an Unlock code via the Web Movie 15 – Introductions and Overview Introductions, Launching the Software, Overview of the program, PDF Archive Format, Deleting pages from a PDF, Saving PDF files Movie 16 – Manipulating PDF Files Rotating Pages, Extracting Pages, Reordering Pages Movie 17 – Passwords and Permissions Document Properties, Password Permissions Movie 18 – Watermarks Applying Watermarks, Watermarks Options Movie 19 – Toolbars Open PDFs, Undo Redo, Multiple Windows/Split screen, Dragging and Dropping between Windows Movie 20 – Toolbars Continued Search, Insert Pages, Copy and Paste, Selecting multiple pages, Zooming In and Out, Zooming to Fit and 1:1, Two Page View, Rotate Pages Movie 21 – PDF Printer Properties Target Folder, PDF A Compliance, Document Information, Security Settings, Page Setup, Custom Pages Sizes, Default View Settings, Print Quality, Color and Grayscale Settings, Embedding Fonts Movie 22 – Creating PDFs from Applications or Files Drag and Drop, Print to PDF driver, Conclusions, Bonus Movies Movie 23 – History of PDF Movie 24 – Paper Space and Scale Movie 25 – Model Space and Viewports Movie 26 – 3D Views in Paper Space Movie 27 – Title Blocks Movie 28 – Layers in viewports Movie 29 – Layer sets in viewports Movie 30 – Multiple pages Movie 31 – Printer Scaling
The CADCourse team of Rob Berry and Dave Taylor have joined with IMSI's TurboCAD Director Mauritz Botha and the original TurboCADCAM brainchild Mike Keeney to create great new training movies for this amazingly powerful new third edition of the program. The experts joined in an online meeting to discuss the essential concepts required to machine metal either on a mill or lathe.
Over two hours of recorded movies introduce the fundamental concepts of TurboCADCAM by emulating the common procedures encountered in a typicalputs workshop environment. Firstly you will learn to set up specific tools to accomplish common milling operations such as pocket milling, drilling and even lathing. An example drawing (containing errors) is then imported from an externally created source via the DWG file format. Then typical design errors, such as gaps and lines not meeting properly, are quickly corrected with the help of TurboCADCAM's powerful constraint tools. The closed profile is then easily used as an outline for the milling and drilling operations. The resultant part can be visualized in 3-D simulation, along with its automatically generated g-code. Once you're happy with the code, you can then send it to your CNC machine via the COM port.
These training movies will teach you everything you need to know about creating g-code right from the setup of the machines, through the creation of the part with its associated tool paths, to sending the operation to the machine. You will get all the help you need from the IMSI experts including the original and current developers, as well as benefit from the added perspective of the support and training specialists from CADCourse.com!
Highlights of the course include:
Preparing the machine to generate g-code by setting up the tools for the specific job.
Parametrically change the geometry of the object with the constraint engine.
Detailed tool paths with color-codes to represent either rapid moves, cuts or drilling operations.
You're shown how to use the CAD/CAM wizard to setup the size of your stock.
How to setup tools for the specific job.
Set the origin in relation to the physical piece of metal in the machine, making sure to avoid the clamps that secure the object.
Use both fractional and metric settings for specific tools.
Use the constraint engine to generate parametric designs.
Setup the size of the stock and position the origin.
View your model in 3-D with full cutting path simulation.
Learn about pocket milling.
Visualize tool paths by selecting the g-code.
Learn time-saving techniques with different entry and exit methods.
Learn how to make changes for customer requests that come in at the last minute.
Save the g-code and send it directly to the machine.
Use the join polyline command to create sophisticated cutting paths.
See examples of side, thread and chain offset milling
Learn to use the engraving tool.
See an example of a lathing operation with full simulation in 3-D.
Quickly create threads and grooves.
Create photorealistic renderings to send to your customer.
Customize g-code for your specific machine including water cutters or even sewing machines.
Discover the advantages of a preprocessor as opposed to a proprocessor.
Learn to change g-code for the same part to apply to different machines.
Whatever your level of expertise with TurboCADCAM, you are sure to benefit with these excellent new training movies!
The CADCourse Essentials series teaches the student the fundamental concepts involved in using both the 2D and 3D tools in TurboCAD. The most important tools contained in TurboCAD are covered as longtime TurboCAD expert Robert Berry records his online discussions.
Listen along as the team shares their in-depth knowledge of how the TurboCAD program works. You will quickly pick up many useful techniques as they cover the basic building blocks through to how to create photo realistic rendering and much more!
CADCourse's Robert Berry gets to together with experienced woodworking tutor Geoff Malthouse and discovers many woodworking gems within Geoff's woodworking chest. Watch as he shares his years of woodworking experience and how it applies to TurboCAD. You will see all manner of tips and tricks including how to create traditional dovetails in 3-D and realistically rendered wood grains. Further Geoff discusses his TurboCAD FAQ website where he has been collecting treasured TurboCAD tips from the user forum for years. He also shares with us his wealth of woodworking resources such as materials, textures, cheat sheets, example drawings, symbols and much more!
New to this release are Closed Captions below the video allowing viewers to read the dialogue. We hope this added medium allows for a clearer understanding of our international accents. Another new added feature is a table of contents along the left allowing you to easily navigate through headings tagged in the movie.
We invite you to view the following sample movies. You will see Geoff Malthouse introduced as he shares his noteworthy credentials in the woodworking industry. We hope this will help you get a good feel for what is covered in the training courses. Remember however the movies you purchase have much higher resolution than sample movies below. Enjoy!
Woodworking in TurboCAD with Geoff Malthouse Sample Movies
Also included in this package is CADCourse's Woodworking in TurboCAD v11/12 where Robert Berry describes how to draw a cupboard in 3D. Spend less time designing and more time making sawdust! With these latest set of training movies from CADCourse you will quickly learn the design techniques in order to be more productive in your work shop. The collective knowledge of both TurboCAD and woodworking experts is presented in over four hours of movies as they join to discuss TurboCAD solutions specifically for the woodworker! For more information that portion of the product see the following links.
The following is a table of contents of movies titles contained in the product:
01 Loading the CADCourse Interface 02 Introductions 03. FAQ Web Site 04 Starting with a Plan 05 Creating Dovetails and Sockets 06 Profile of Front with Dovetails 07 Creating the Sides of Chest in 3D 08 Wood Working Resources 09 Components of the Chest 10 Symbols and Layers 11 Rendering Wrapped Images 12 Using Seeds to Transfer Grain Orientation 13 Using the Material Editor to Create Wood Grain 14 Realistic Wood Colors
Get all the very best training material from CADCourse for TurboCAD. With the full set of training movies for you will have all the information you need just a click away. Includes:
Many CADCourse customer’s request the ability to change the TurboCAD interface to match that of our training movies. The following movie is applicable for all versions of TurboCAD even the more recent version 16 which contains an interface similar to that found in version 14. Earlier versions of TurboCAD such as 11 or 12 need to download specific configuration files that can be found at about 6 minutes into the movie. You will be able to click a link in the movie to download the file and the movie wil explained how to copy it to the correct location.
