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News Release from: Avanquest UK | Subject: TurboCAD
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 November 2006
TurboCAD for the Builder
Designer and builder Bruce Spenser considers TurboCAD the superior CAD package on the market.
As a designer and builder Bruce Spenser needs a top quality CAD system that can solve the complicated challenges that his work often entails It must also be compatible with the other systems commonly used in the building industry and be totally reliable
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 28 Apr 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Bruce considers TurboCAD is the superior CAD package on the market.
Bruce has been using TurboCAD since the very first editions first came on the market over ten years ago.
Bruce says that as with all computer software, the package will give back in proportion to what the user is willing to put in.
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Bruce combines his building commissions with a lectureship at the College of North West London.
Here TurboCAD is a vital tool in his teaching.
The 3D rendering aspects can easily provide a realistic representation of the project making variations of surface and colour simple to vary and very effective.
"I have learnt the software since its inception and have followed and been excited by it's every development - it allows me to maintain the excellence which a chartered builder strives for".
And for the Landscape Gardener Peter Thomas has been using TurboCAD as his basic design tool ever since starting to work for a landscaping company as their garden designer.
Already proficient in CAD and other design software it soon became his preferred method of working.
Peter has been using the software now for almost six years.
"Although I did not have any specific problems which needed a software solution to help solve, it was imperative that I develop a work flow which was time-efficient and using CAD allows for very efficient editing and flexibility for producing drawings to different scales and formats".
"It took me 2 days to be using the software to a reasonable speed and proficiency".
"I have since taught it to other designers and one day of tutorials seems to be sufficient to get someone up and running".
"My 'Favourite Feature' changes quite regularly".
"At the moment, I it would have to be the tabs at the bottom for generating multiple paperspace windows".
"Overall, the best thing about the program is its flexibility for customizing".
"Designing is all about 'what if' scenarios and using TC makes that part of a project very easy to work through".
"The main benefit to using the software is cost".
"I save money on the initial purchase, the production and storage of drawings, the amount of workspace I need and the time it takes to complete projects".
"I use TC together with other imaging programs such as Photoshop, it integrates easily into my website and I am able to utilize printing services in the next town".
"The export and import functionability of TC allows me to work and exchange information with other professionals across a broad range of software ".
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