I can attest to the fact that TurboCAD Pro is a viable solution when it comes to getting our designs to manufactures for production. Although most manufactures do not use TurboCAD in their process they do use other formats that TurboCAD can export to when electronic CAD files (drawings) and/or 3D models are required. When file export will be required a user must give careful consideration to the whole drawing process to minimize translation issues.
Occasionally, some overseas manufactures require only product drawings printed to PDF format. They simply build from the provided drawings or recreate the drawings with their own software based on the supplied data. The processes used for drawing in this case (and I am not talking about precision here, but rather tool usage) are far less critical since no consideration need be given to what text is used, whether or not someone else's format will be able to view TurboCAD's viewports and drafting palette objects correctly or whether the assembly needs to be exploded down to its constituent parts.
While constructing the grommet illustrated on the cover of this tutorial I will attempt to address some of the issues that I have come upon while venturing into the world of manufacture. I have chosen the grommet as it is a fairly simple construct that can be created in 3D quite quickly, so that much time can be spent in paper space creating a title block and the required drawings.
I would like to mention that I am not a formally trained draftsman. As such, I am not familiar with standard drawing conventions so the layout I use within the tutorial may not conform to industry standards. I can state, however, that I have not had any complaints to date with any of the drawing that I have supplied to the world of manufacture.
I hope that you enjoy the tutorial.
Best wishes,
Don Cheke
Notes:
- All tutorials are for the PC version of TurboCAD only.
- Only Electronic Versions Available - No Printed Book shipped with purchase.
- All Textual Creations TurboCAD tutorials are based on the versions for which they were written. Although users of previous versions are welcome to try the tutorials it cannot be stated what results will be achieved.
