TurboCAD

Score9 out of 10

13 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for TurboCAD are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Powerful 3D Tool: Many users have found TurboCAD to be a very powerful 3D tool, with its physics engine and realistic manipulation of materials receiving high praise. It has been recommended by numerous reviewers who emphasized the importance of taking advantage of the tutorials and training offered to fully utilize the software's capabilities.

Simple and Accessible: Users appreciate TurboCAD for its simplicity and inclusion of basic features like project, extrude, explode, and dimensions. They find that it has all the CAD functionality needed for day-to-day work tasks. Additionally, TurboCAD is highlighted as extremely simple and easy to use for both drawing and 3D modeling, making it accessible to a wide range of users.

Affordable and Cost-effective: Many reviewers mention that TurboCAD is an affordable option compared to other CAD software programs. Its one-time payment licensing model, flexible import/export file format support, and availability of knowledge bases, video tutorials, and active user forums contribute to its cost-effectiveness. Users find that it provides good value for money without compromising on essential design tools.

Reviews

4 Reviews

TurboCAD is Great for Environmental Mapping

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

January 24, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use TurboCAD to create scale maps of lakes and ponds with multiple layers highlighting different forms of information. We choose to use TurboCAD because of the compatibility with Google Earth to ensure we have accurate representation of the water bodies.

Pros

The range of possibilities for layers
It gives precise measurements
The UI is user friendly

Cons

Some of the load times are lengthy is there a way to streamline this?
Path Hatching and Object Trim could use a hot key
More intuitive layer management system

Likelihood to Recommend

TurboCAD in our opinion is best used in the commercial world or where projects are being completed. We think that TurboCAD can be a bit intimidating and overkill for the standard user or "DIYer"

Dalton Sink

Aquatic Biologist in Professional Services at Aqua-Weed Control (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

7 years of experience

TurboCAD, Real CAD or Not?

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

May 12, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

TurboCAD came in at a great price with a relatively small learning curve. We use TurboCAD in our day-to-day operation where we do drawings for clients' approvals and for production via our laser cutters. This package has addressed things like errors in design by having a blocks feature that once drawn and correct will remain so throughout the design process.

Pros

Easy to use
Detailing is simple
Toolbar is easy to understand and navigate.

Cons

Shortcut keys more in line with AutoCAD.
3D rendering could be simpler.
Updated interface.

Likelihood to Recommend

TurboCAD is well suited to a smaller budget, it is by no means the best there is but for the money, it fills the gap. Being an AutoCAD & Draftsight user I find the user interface a little old and the lack of common drafting industry shortcut keys a bit of a hindrance. However this product, TurboCAD gets the job done, other packages like Draftsight do not even come with an active 3D option on the cheaper end, standard license whereas TurboCAD does, even though it's a little clumsy to use.

Daryl Garner-Savory

General Manager at Elemod Electronics (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

15 years of experience

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Just my thoughts on TurboCAD

Rating: 6 out of 10

Incentivized

January 30, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I used this mostly for getting the scale of real-life buildings and cars, from the wheels to the bolts used inside the car. The program really helps with that type of scale and size above a lot of other programs.

Pros

Good scale tools
Easy to pick up
The exporter

Cons

Hard to get onto your computer
Bad UI
Rendering

Likelihood to Recommend

Not for rendering or anything really interactive, more for layouts to me.

Verified User

Employee in Manufacturing (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Turbo Cad Pro Platinum is a really professional engineering program!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 30, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I started with TurboCAD Pro Platinum in 2016 and it has become an excellent asset to the products we produce. It is actually easy to use once you take some time to understand the tools and menus. It does require a good high-end computer to run the model renderings, but they are extremely helpful for new factory workers to see the products clearly and to be able to assemble them with the least amount of management time. We use it also for the design of new products and there is not much you cannot do with it after you "play" with all the tools and understand how to use them. And I still have not used all the toolset. I try to learn at least one new tool for each project. I cannot see going with another program, even for complex design work. The accuracy of the drawings and the ability to bring in all sorts of manufacturer's parts to scale and place them in the drawings is easy to do. The vector x,y,z controls are exacting. Using the "extents" to manipulate the position is very precise.

Pros

Produces accurate drawings to scale, and with several ways to show the "views" to people in need of them at our factory.
Relatively easy to use, once you understand the toolset. You can draw anything with it.
Sending files to CNC machine shops to produce parts is easy with this program.
Sending to mold making companies works out well. Just ask them what file format they want and TurboCAD can give it to them.

Cons

It would be good to have some standardized rendering, lighting and color schemes to make rendering faster. But once you learn how to place lights and adjust the shadows, it works fine. For some projects, I just want to send a color rendering faster.
Turbo CAD Pro Platinum is not for people who require an easy "intuitive" learning. You have to study the manual and the TC tutorials. There are plenty of free youtube videos to show how to do it, but it does take some learning.
This program has been around since the 1980s, as a good alternative to the high-end programs. Now it has expanded into a huge full-featured engineering program. Sometimes it has glitches with color rendering, and you have to work at it.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is fully capable of all the design work you can give it. I have even designed houses with it. Turbo CAD Pro Platinum is all I have used for going on 3 years now. I don't know if other versions can do or can't do. If you are a graphic designer, you would need to port the files to a higher end program to manipulate the colors and renderings. For engineering and in-house work it is perfect.

James Arjuna

Factory Engineer, Design Engineer, Research and Development Engineer in Manufacturing at HavenMade Colorado, SilverSpas, Netherlands (11-50 employees)

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2 years of experience

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Turbo Cad Pro Platinum is a really professional engineering program!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 30, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

Produces accurate drawings to scale, and with several ways to show the "views" to people in need of them at our factory.
Relatively easy to use, once you understand the toolset. You can draw anything with it.
Sending files to CNC machine shops to produce parts is easy with this program.
Sending to mold making companies works out well. Just ask them what file format they want and TurboCAD can give it to them.

Cons

It would be good to have some standardized rendering, lighting and color schemes to make rendering faster. But once you learn how to place lights and adjust the shadows, it works fine. For some projects, I just want to send a color rendering faster.
Turbo CAD Pro Platinum is not for people who require an easy "intuitive" learning. You have to study the manual and the TC tutorials. There are plenty of free youtube videos to show how to do it, but it does take some learning.
This program has been around since the 1980s, as a good alternative to the high-end programs. Now it has expanded into a huge full-featured engineering program. Sometimes it has glitches with color rendering, and you have to work at it.

Likelihood to Recommend

James Arjuna

Factory Engineer, Design Engineer, Research and Development Engineer in Manufacturing at HavenMade Colorado, SilverSpas, Netherlands (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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