There is also a docked command window, just like AutoCAD, and a Status bar across the bottom of the screen.īut the interface is chameleon-like. A Properties panel is docked to the right of the drawing window. Tabs at the bottom of each drawing let you switch between Model space and various layouts. Like AutoCAD, each open drawing has its own document tab across the top of the drawing area, which you can use to easily switch between drawings.
When you first start the program (in its Drafting workspace), the interface consists of a Menu bar across the top of the screen, with an Access toolbar (similar to AutoCAD’s Quick Access toolbar) and a ribbon docked below.
Chameleon-Like InterfaceĪlthough BricsCAD is an AutoCAD workalike, it isn’t a look-alike. There is also an active developer network with hundreds of add-on programs available. The program is available for Windows, MacOS and Linux and features near-complete compatibility with AutoCAD, including scripts, menus, LISP routines and customizations. Tools in BricsCAD Mechanical let you create associative exploded representations of assemblies. Although BricsCAD duplicates most AutoCAD features, it then goes well beyond AutoCAD by serving as a platform for BIM and mechanical product design.D
As a founding member of the Open Drawing Alliance (ODA), much of the Bricsys code is now also available for use by other ODA member companies.BricsCAD uses DWG as its native file format for 2D drafting and 3D modeling. But after acquiring intellectual property from the Russian software company LEDAS, Bricsys went on to rewrite BricsCAD using its own code. Early versions of BricsCAD were essentially rebranded releases of IntelliCAD, an early AutoCAD workalike. But BricsCAD is also a great tool for general CAD and mechanical design.īricsys was founded in 2002. That stature changed last year when Bricsys, its Belgian-based developer, was acquired by Hexagon AB, a publicly traded Swedish company with more than 19,000 employees and revenue of more than $4 billion (compared to Autodesk’s 9,000 employees and $2.57 billion revenue for fiscal 2019).Īlthough BricsCAD development remains based in Ghent, Belgium, the acquisition gives Hexagon an end-to-end platform from conceptual design to building information modeling (BIM) to construction execution and reality capture. BricsCAD has stood out for many years as a low-cost alternative to AutoCAD, coming from a small privately held company able to devote its attention to a single product.
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