The IMSI/Design Store
Free Downloads
This free download page was one of the very first I ever posted on the web back
in 1996. Many of the free downloads you'll find here are for TurboCAD. Get
free trial downloads
so you can play with TurboCAD before you decide to buy it. Scroll down to find
out more about free TurboCAD LE. Hatch patterns and
color palettes for
legacy
versions
of TurboCAD are also available on this page. Or visit the
current catalog to find out about the
latest fully supported design products direct from the publisher - popular
choices include training guides and
CAD symbol
bundles.
Page Contents :
Free Software -
Free Hatch Patterns & Color Palettes
Free Software
Free Trial Software
Download free trial software courtesy of IMSI/Design: TurboCAD
, DesignCAD
,
TurboFLOORPLAN
, AnimationLab
, IDX Renditioner for Google SketchUP
, IDX Beam Analysis
Tool
, and the CAM Plug-in for TurboCAD Pro
. Why buy software without first
"kicking the tires?" No obligation to purchase - download
a software product and try it out…
Free Trial Downloads - see if there is a product you can use
Free TurboCAD LE 2D (Learning Edition)
TurboCAD LE 2D (Learning Edition) is largely based on
TurboCAD v4 and been around for a long, long time. TurboCAD LE runs
best on early versions of Windows. You will find it
to run unreliably on Windows XP, and it will NOT run properly, if at all, on Vista.
TurboCAD LE is NOT supported to any extent by IMSI/Design.
I am providing it as a free download*, as is…
Free TurboCAD LE 2D - download zip file (about 16.1 Mb)
*NOTE: After downloading, unzip the file
to extract the setup folder, then run setup in the extracted folder.
(If the download is not successful - try again later at an off-peak time.)
If you do not require all the features that most
CAD software offers -
rather than downloading quirky TurboCAD LE - consider inexpensive
TurboCAD Designer…
TurboCAD Designer 2D - and other types as well
If you have limited experience using
CAD software, find out more about
the following helpful educational materials. As an alternative to books, training
guides are quite effective when learning to use TurboCAD…
TurboCAD Training Guides - read more about 2D and 3D guides
Free Hatch Patterns & Color Palettes
67 Hatch Patterns
Interested in hatch patterns? This is a collection of 67 hatch
patterns for legacy
versions of TurboCAD -
wood, siding, shingles, glass, water, stipples, textures, circles, and various
geological map patterns are some of the hatches. Instructions on how to install the
hatch patterns are included in the zipped download. These hatch patterns can be used
in legacy
versions of TurboCAD
from v3 to v9 including LE…
Free 67 Hatch Patterns - download zip file (about 10 Kb)
TurboCAD, like most CAD software,
has a hatching tool that fills polygons with a brush style pattern; either a hatch or
bitmap pattern. Such patterns are commonly used to denote a specific property or
material - glass, wood, etc. This guide describes how to create, modify, or add
custom hatch patterns for use in legacy
versions of TurboCAD v3 to v9 including LE…
How-to Tutorial - creating hatch patterns
Tweaked BrushStyle Table
This is an optional tweaked version of the TurboCAD brush style table that
fixes some hatching anomalies. For legacy
versions of TurboCAD v3 to v9 including LE. Instructions on how to install the
tweaked brush style table are included in the zipped download…
Free BrushStyle Table - download zip file (about 10 Kb)
Four Color Palettes
This download contains an additional four color palettes for TurboCAD.
The Hewlett-Packard DesignJet 750C Plus 256-color "Palette Demo", the
Netscape-named 140-color (Windows) palette, a cross-platform (browser-safe) version of
the TurboCAD 67-color palette, and a RGB version of the early ACAD 256-color palette.
Instructions on how to install the color palettes are included in the zipped download.
These color palettes can be used in all legacy
versions of TurboCAD from v2 to v9 including LE…
Free 4 Color Palettes - download zip file (about 10 Kb)
