TurboCAD Formats

There are three TurboCAD file formats, TCW, TCT, and TCX, that you can use for saving vector graphics from within TurboCAD.

TCW: (TurboCAD for Windows) - a file format for saving vector graphics from within TurboCAD.

TCT: (TurboCAD Template) - a file format for saving TurboCAD drawings as templates. TurboCAD uses a template for starting a new drawing. You can save any drawing as a template.

TCX: A file format for saving a TurboCAD drawing as an ASCII file.

Note: If you need to save a drawing that is to be opened by an earlier version of TurboCAD, you can save as Version 8.

TCW, TCT, TCX Import Setup

TCW, TCT, TCX Export Setup

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Other CAD Formats

The following formats can be read by TurboCAD, either for import, export, or both. Some formats have a Setup in which you can set certain parameters for conversion. If you do not specify conversion parameters, the defaults will be used. (If no Setup is indicated, the conversion requires no additional input.)

Note: Some of these formats are available in TurboCAD Professional only.

3DS: AutoDesk 3D Studio format. See 3DS File Import Setup or 3DS File Export Setup.

3DV: VRML Worlds (import only)

BMF: FloorPlan format (import only).

BMP: Bitmap format, TurboCAD for Windows (export only). A bitmap is a representation of a graphic image consisting of rows and columns of dots. See BMP Export Setup.

CGM: Computer Graphics Metafile (import only)

DC, DCD: DesignCAD (import only)

DGN: Intergraph Standard file format. See DGN Import Setup or DGN Export Setup.

DWF: Drawing Web format. See DWF Export Setup.

DWG: AutoCAD native format for vector graphics. See DXF (DWG) Import Setup or DXF (DWG) Export Setup.

DXF: Drawing eXchange format, used by AutoCAD to interact with other applications.

EPS: Encapsulated Post Script format. See EPS Import Setup or EPS Export Setup

FCD: FastCAD DOS format (import only)

FCW: FastCAD Windows format (import only). See FCW Import Setup.

FP3: FloorPlan format (import only). See FP3 Import Setup.

GEO: VRML Worlds (import only)

IGS: IGES format. See IGS Import Setup.

Note: IGS is a file format for a public domain called IGES which is actually a neutral file format intended as an international standard for the exchange of data between different CAD/CAM systems. IGES is an ANSI standard maintained by the IGES/PDES Organization (IPO), under the direction of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The National Computer Graphics Association (NCGA) acts as the administrator of the standard.

JPG: JPEG image compression standard, full 24-color. TurboCAD for Windows (export only). See JPG Export Setup.

JPG: JPEG format, SDK sample filter (export only)

MTX: MetaStream format. This format enables the creation, delivery, and viewing of scalable 3D graphics. It enables you to view images with Web browsers equipped with 3D plug-in software, and to interact with 3D Web graphics in real time by zooming, panning, or rotating objects within a Web browser. It also scales objects in real time to match the performance of your system. MetaStream compresses 3D geometry and texture information, so that files can be delivered quickly to your machine.

PLT: Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language. See PLT Import Setup or PLT Export Setup.

SAT: ACIS solid modeling file format for storing graphics as ASCII (SAT - Save As Text) files. See SAT Import Setup or SAT Export Setup.

SHX: Format that saves selected entities as a single shape, that can be used in a line style (export only). This is not the same as *.shx font format. See SHX Export Setup.

STL: Stereo Lithograpy format. See STL File Export Setup.

STP: Step format.

WMF: Windows MetaFile format, saves graphics as a series of records that correspond to graphics function calls, such as drawing straight lines, curves, filled areas, and text. WMF Import Setup or WMF Export Setup

WRL: Format for saving graphics as a Virtual Reality Model Language (VRML) description. See WRL Export Setup.

WRZ: VRML Worlds