IMSI Design TurboCAD 2024.1 Now Available

IMSI Design, developer of CAD software solutions, has released TurboCAD 2024.1, including Platinum, Professional, Deluxe and Designer versions for Windows desktop PCs. The TurboCAD team has crafted this follow-up Service Pack.

This Service Pack features the integration of TurboCAD Copilot and over 50 tweaks and bug fixes.

AI-Powered TurboCAD Copilot Technology

The TurboCAD Copilot feature introduces an AI-driven companion that serves four primary purposes:

• Responding to help-related queries on how to use the software
• Delivering data-driven insights about CAD files
• Using an AI knowledge base for questions
• Using Text to Image AI to create textures and backgrounds for photo rendering
• This integrated AI tool streamlines navigation, expedites the project's progress, and enhances design endeavors with analysis.

TurboCAD Copilot supports two levels: TurboCAD Copilot Help (free 1-year-subscription for all TurboCAD® variants) and TurboCAD Copilot Professional (available as 1-year-subsription service).

TurboCAD Copilot Help uses retrieval-augmented generation and documentation to search for content relevant to questions. TurboCAD Copilot Professional includes Help features and offers capabilities such as “Talk to your CAD Data”, general AI access, and Text to Image. It handles multilingual requests, such guiding through the initial steps of using TurboCAD.

“With the introduction of TurboCAD Copilot, we are entering a new era of CAD that allows the designer not only the ability to talk to documentation but to talk directly to their CAD data. Talk to CAD revolutionizes how AI can interact directly to data in the context of CAD objects, geometry, topology, parameters, and custom attributes. Designers can now ask questions that were previously constrained by traditional UI conventions—questions like ‘Examine my file for 3D printing suitability and suggest ways to reduce printing costs’—providing a new way to enhance quality and productivity,” says Tim Olson, vice president of IMSI Design”

TurboCAD 2024.1’s New Features

Check out enhancements of TurboCAD 2024.1 with the video overview.

To view new and key features in TurboCAD Platinum, TurboCAD Professional, TurboCAD Deluxe 2D/3D and TurboCAD Designer 2D, check out TurboCAD 2024 New Feature Comparison and TurboCAD 2024 Key Feature Comparison.

Availability and Pricing

This Service Pack is available for free for existing TurboCAD 2024 users. For those using older versions of TurboCAD, upgrade pricing is available.

“Our commitment to delivering top-tier design tools is evident in the TurboCAD 2024.1 Service Pack, which not only introduces TurboCAD Copilot but also includes numerous enhancements, over 50 bug fixes, and critical maintenance updates,” says Rita Buschmann, senior product manager, CAD and Home Design.

The product lineup includes:

• TurboCAD Platinum: Premium package, priced at $1,499.99
• TurboCAD Pro: Advanced tools for detailed design work, available for $999.99
• TurboCAD Deluxe: Offers a toolkit for design projects, for $299.99
• TurboCAD Designer: Dedicated to 2D design, tailored to beginners, at $99.99
• TurboCAD Copilot Professional is offered with a 1-year-subscription for $199.99.

Additionally, training guides, add-ons and symbols are designed to complement and expand capabilities when working with TurboCAD 2024.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.