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Which TurboCAD Mac is right for you?
The Mac line compared against itself, rather than against the Windows editions - four editions built for macOS, on the same DWG and DXF file format.
Feature by feature
The full comparison
| EditionPerpetual, per seat | Designer2D drafting$199.99 | Deluxe2D + entry-level 3D$399.99 | ProFull 3D + ACIS$999.99 | Most capablePlatinumProduction + constraints$1,499.99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64-bit Compatible | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 26 Dimension Types | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 250+ Drafting Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2D Dimensional and Geometric Constraints | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Angular Tolerance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Best Fit Line and Circle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bill of Materials | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CutList BOMs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BOM Notes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Conic Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Duplicate Layer Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Precise Model to Sheet - for automatic 2D Drawing Generation | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Save Layers with Views | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete Duplicates Supports Polygons | — | PowerPack Plug-In required | PowerPack Plug-In required | ✓ |
| Auto 3D to 2D (Polylines) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto 3D to 2D (Precise) | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Curves | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Section/Detail/Auxiliary Views | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| File Referencing | — | — | — | ✓ |
| GD&T | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Markup and Redline | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Simplify Curve Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Arc Slot Polygon Tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Copilot Professional | Copilot Professional | Copilot Professional | Copilot Professional | Copilot Professional |
| Copilot Render | Copilot Professional | Copilot Professional | Copilot Professional | Copilot Professional |
| Copilot Mechanical Parts & CAD Content Library | Copilot Professional | Copilot Professional | Copilot Professional | Copilot Professional |
| Part Creator (AI-Powered) | — | — | Copilot Professional | Copilot Professional |
| IMPROVED: Modernized User Interface | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| IMPROVED: Support for Dark Theme | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Intelligent Snap Cursor | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Part Tree | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gripper tool – for transforming objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Inspector | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Navigator | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Customizable Tool Palettes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Customizable Grids | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Redesigned Custom Tool Creation and Editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multilingual Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video Tutorials | 7 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| 3D Connexion Mouse Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Draw View Type - for easily scaled Prints | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drawing Wizard | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open Backup | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Print by Layer tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Print Window | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Print Large Plot Sizes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Repeat Previous Command | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Save for Review | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Selection Tools - Lasso, Feature, Mesh | Lasso Only | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tool Icon Sizing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| User Guide | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Viewport Layouts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Doors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Make 3D | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Roofs | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Slabs | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Walls, Multi-Walls | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ACIS® Solid Modeling Kernel | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Basic Solids | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Basic Surfaces | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Feature Based/History Tree | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mesh Booleans | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Move Face | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Push/Pull Modeling | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shelling, Blending | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Show/Hide Face | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Center Line Skin | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Split Mesh | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weight and Volume Tables | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sheet Metal Tools (Base,Flange,Contour Flange,Partial Flange,Hem,Rolled Hem,Unbend) | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Sheet Unfold | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clash Detection | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compare Parts | — | PowerPack Plug-In required | PowerPack Plug-In required | ✓ |
| Gear | — | PowerPack Plug-In required | PowerPack Plug-In required | ✓ |
| Explode | — | PowerPack Plug-In required | PowerPack Plug-In required | ✓ |
| Add Loop Tool | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Advanced Surface Tools | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bending Along Curve | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Boolean Edge Treatments | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bridge Tool | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cover Surface with Guides | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Cylinder SubD Primitive | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deformations | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Draft Surfaces | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Feature Patterns | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fill Hole | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Flanges | — | — | — | ✓ |
| G2 Continuous Edge Blending | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Infinite Plane Objects | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Inset Quad Mesh Modifier | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lofting with Guides | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Magnet Tool | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mesh Symmetry | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pipe Cross Sections | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MicroScribe Digitizer | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pocket Hole for Woodworking | — | — | — | ✓ |
| PowerPack Design and 3D Printing Tools | — | PowerPack Plug-In required | PowerPack Plug-In required | ✓ |
| Quad Mesh Tools | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Repair Curves | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rib/Lip Feature | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Skin Surface with Guides | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Subdivision Tool | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Surface Booleans | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Surface Extend | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Surface Analysis | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Surface Lofting | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Surface Utilities – including Cut Section, Curved Surface and Explode Curve | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tangent Covers | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Three Face Blends | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Thumbweight Blending | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Trim/Join Surface | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Woodworking Joint Tools | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wrap - Imprint, Emboss, Engrave | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data Display | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Environment Maps | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| HDRI Support | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| KeyShot Rendering Live Linking | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| IMPROVED: Wood Materials | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Material, Decal Library | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| OpenGL Rendering | — | — | — | ✓ |
| OpenGL Materials/Textures | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Carbon Fiber Textures | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Photorender Spot Light | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Poster Size File Export | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| QuickTime Video Recorder | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rapid Render Tool for Woods | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ray Tracing, Shadows, Transparency | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sketch Rendering | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Special Lighting Effects | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Strip, Dome and Area lights | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Studio Backgrounds | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Object Time Lines/Paths | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Panoramic & Object Virtual Reality | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Walk Through, Flyby | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto Position | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Overhang Analysis | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Preview Slices | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Printer Definitions | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sample STL files | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Show Printer Volume | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support Structure | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Surface Normals Check | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wall Thickness | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Advanced MCAD Native Translators* | — | — | — | ✓ |
| 2D PDF Import | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3D PDF Export | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3MF Import/Export | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ACIS® R26 Kernel | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Adobe Illustrator™ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Batch File Converter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Batch Export Single Parts from Multi-Part Files | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| BMP Import | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Collada (DAE) Import | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| IMPROVED: DXF/DWG (supports latest Version) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DXF/DWG (supports latest Version) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| IGES, STEP, SAT | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| OBJ Import/Export - with Texture support | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rhino™ 3D Import | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SAB Export | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| IMPROVED: SketchUp Import/Export (supports latest Version) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| STL Import/Export | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SVG Import/Export | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| IMPROVED: XREF Management | — | — | — | ✓ |
| 2D/3D Part Library: 26,000 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ISO Part Library | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple ViewPorts (Draw Views) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Add to cart$199.99 | Add to cart$399.99 | Add to cart$999.99 | Add to cart$1,499.99 |
167 rows, taken from the published TurboCAD Mac feature comparison. Prices and licence terms come from the master price list.
File formats
What it opens and saves
✓ import and exportIn import onlyOut export only— not supported
| Format | Designer | Deluxe | Pro | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TurboCAD Mac - Native project format for saving TurboCAD drawings and models. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3D Studio - 3D modeling format for geometry and animations. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3MF - Drawing Exchange Format | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ACIS SAT - High-precision 3D modeling kernel format. | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ACIS SAB - Binary version of ACIS SAT for faster loading. | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Adobe Illustrator 8 (EPS) - Vector graphics format for illustrations. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Adobe Illustrator 9 (PDF) - PDF-based vector graphics format. | In | In | In | In |
| Adobe PhotoShop - Raster image editing format (PSD). | In | In | In | In |
| BMP - Uncompressed bitmap image format. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CATIA v4 - Legacy CAD format for aerospace/automotive design. | — | — | — | ✓ |
| CGM - Computer Graphics Metafile for vector/raster graphics. | Out | Out | Out | Out |
| 3D PDF - PDF format with embedded 3D models. | Out | Out | Out | Out |
| DAE - Open standard for 3D asset exchange. | In | In | In | In |
| DWG/DXF - Native AutoCAD formats for 2D/3D designs. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| EPS - Encapsulated PostScript for vector graphics. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Facet - Mesh-based 3D modeling format. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FACT - Facet-based 3D modeling format. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| IGES - Neutral format for CAD data exchange. | — | — | — | ✓ |
| JPG - Compressed image format for photos. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grid Surface - Mesh surface format for terrain modeling. | * | In | In | In |
| Macro - Script file for automating TurboCAD tasks. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PICT - Legacy Macintosh vector/raster graphics format. | In | In | In | In |
| PDF 2D - 2D vector graphics in PDF format. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ply - Polygon file format for 3D scans/meshes. | In | In | In | In |
| Pro-E - Legacy CAD format for engineering designs. | — | — | — | In |
| GIF - Lossless compressed image format. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TIFF - High-quality image format for printing. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PNG - Lossless compressed image format. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| RAW - Unprocessed image data format. | — | Out | Out | Out |
| Rhino 3DM - Native format for Rhinoceros 3D models. | — | — | In | In |
| SketchUp - 3D modeling format for SketchUp projects. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spline - Curve-based 2D/3D design format. | In | In | In | In |
| SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics for web-friendly designs. | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| STEP - ISO-standard format for CAD interoperability. | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| STL - Standard format for 3D printing. | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Text - Plain text file format. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VDA - German automotive industry CAD format. | — | — | — | ✓ |
| VRML - Web-based 3D graphics format. | — | Out | Out | Out |
| Truespace COB - Legacy 3D modeling format. | In | In | In | In |
| Wavefront OBJ - Universal 3D geometry format. | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
40 formats, from the published TurboCAD Mac file-format comparison. A format listed as import only can be opened but not written back.
In their words
What owners say
TurboCAD Designer is an excellent program for both experienced and non-experienced users. It is easy to use for me with no previous experience. I have been able to work things out without having to ask for support.
As a professional design engineer, TurboCAD won me over, not only because it is value for money, but also because of the high adaptability in 2D drafting as well as in the 3D design
I must say that I am totally impressed with your product. After reviewing the tutorial provided I was drawing professional quality drawings within minutes.
Still not sure?
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