TurboCAD Mac PowerPack

 

PowerPack is an addon module to the TurboCAD MAC products that extends the standard functionality of TurboCAD with tools for 3D printing, mesh verification and repair, and conversion of meshes to precise solids (analytics/NURBS).

Power Pack Documentation

3D Printing Tools 

  • 3D Print Check

  • Preview Slices

  • Overhang Analysis

  • Wall Thickness

  • Surface Normals Check

Utilities

  • Assorted Colors

  • AutoLayer

  • Preview Layers

  • Change File Units

  • Show Only By Name

  • Rename

  • Spell Check

Mesh Tools

  • Part Analysis 

  • Auto Repair

  • Show Free Edges

  • Reduce Triangles

  • Convert To Quads

  • Coordinate Compare (Pro Only)

  • Align Mesh to Part (Pro Only)

  • Convert Mesh to Analytic (Pro Only)

  • Convert Mesh to NURB (Pro Only)

Curve, Surface, and Solid Modeling Tools

Draw

  • Line Bisector

  • Line Best Fit

  • Line Normal To Surface

  • Line Perpendicular to Two Curves

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  • Circle Best Fit

  • Circle Normal to Curve

  • Average Curve

  • Curve From Two Views

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  • Plane Best Fit

  • Surface Grid

  • Shadow Projections

Modify

  • Repair Profile

  • Simplify Profile

  • Create Outline

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  • Remove Duplicate Entities

  • Remove Zero Length Curves

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  • Convert To Spline Surface

  • Simplify Solid

  • Part Repair

Verify

  • Show Overlaps

  • Show Gaps

  • Locate Inflections

  • Check Curve Tangency

  • Locate Minimum Curvature

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  • Show Surface Free Edges

  • Show Non-Manifold Edges

  • Identify Suspect Edges

Feature Selections

  • Select Blend Network

  • Select Protrusion Network

  • Select Depression Network



PowerPack

General utilities to manage CAD entities along with tools to validate and repair mesh objects for 3D Printing.

  • Quickly color, layer, and preview files

  • Slice and preview meshes

  • Spell Check text and dimensions

  • Mesh Analysis (degenerative facets, areas, volumes)

  • Show Free edges

  • Simple Close Hole

  • Separate, Combine, Weld, Compact Meshes

PowerPack Pro (Not Available)

  • The Pro configuration includes all the features in standard plus:

  • Conversion from general mesh to analytic solids\

  • Convert from quad meshes to NURBs surface or solids

  • Precise coordinate comparison between mesh and NURBS

  • Alignment tools between mesh and NURBs

  • Profile repair and validate

  • Video: Mesh To NURB Solid + Features
     

Demonstrates the creation of a piggy bank using a variety of PowerPack tools. The design starts from a quad mesh that is converted into a precise NURB solid. Downstream modeling operations such as shelling, splitting, booleans, and blending are then added to achieve the final design.