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Features
Familiar and compatible CADBricsCAD is built entirely on the industry standard DWG format, with full command, script, macro, and menu compatibility. BricsCAD feels like home!
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Intelligent and efficient 2D CADBricsCAD offers unique tools to help you get more work done quickly. With commands powered by advanced machine-learning technologies, users can accelerate tasks and remove hours of manual repetition.
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Convert repeated geometry to Block Definitions BLOCKIFY automatically creates a block definition and replaces all matching sets of entities with block references throughout your entire drawing. You can reduce DWG file size up to 90% by using BLOCKIFY to find repetitive geometry and converting it into block references. |
The Quad: drawing, editing, and information near the cursor BricsCAD’s unique Quad is a ‘head-up’ command palette that predicts your command usage and offers one-click access to the command you’ll likely need next. Powered by machine learning, the Quad predicts the commands you will need based on the unique way you use BricsCAD. |
Automatically align copied entities COPYGUIDED automatically aligns copied entities to relevant geometry using machine-generated guide curves. You can explicitly select entities to use as guide curves or let BricsCAD determine them based on the drawing elements in your selection. |
Parametric Blocks: a dynamic approach to creating 2D Blocks Parametric Blocks automates repetitive tasks by allowing users to create one block instead of lots of similar, separate block definitions. You can create 2D block definitions using the same set of tools and workflows that you are familiar with. |
Adaptive grid snapping BricsCAD’s dynamic snap to grid changes to reflect your zoom level. The adaptive grid snap feature lets you create, edit, nudge, and manipulate entities using precise values without the need for keyboard entry. The snap step size adapts based on the current screen zoom factor. |
Dynamic UCS: the power of the Shift key With BricsCAD’s Dynamic UCS, the coordinate system is aligned automatically with the entity under your cursor. Tap the shift key to unlock the UCS, allowing you to start drawing outside of the selected entity or face. 2D users can increase their drawing productivity further by automatically aligning the UCS with selected entities for both 2D and 3D. |
Autoconstrain 2D drawing elements When creating parametric 2D drawing elements, BricsCAD enables you to intelligently and automatically apply parameters and constraints with just one click, applying geometric control quickly and easily for fast design changes and reuse. |
Optimize drawing quality OPTIMIZE corrects your drawing issues by automatically finding and healing inconsistancies such as gaps and misalignments which may otherwise be difficult to see, improving drawing accuracy and giving you a cleaner, more efficient result. |
Manipulator The Manipulator is a versatile tool that lets users move, rotate, scale, and mirror selected entities. When you hold down the Control key on starting an action, the Manipulator will keep the original entities and automatically create copies. The Manipulator can act on single or multiple entities simultaneously |
What’s New
Improved functionality and compatibility
- New out of the box experience – Improved user experience with an intuitive set-up for new installs of BricsCAD.
- Dynamic Block Convertor – PARAMETRICBLOCKASSIST command converts dynamic blocks to BricsCAD’s superior Parametric Blocks. (BETA)
- Parametric Blockify for 2D Geometry – The Parametric BLOCKIFY command now recognizes plain 2D geometry variations of parametric blocks with 2D parameters, constraints, and flip lines.
- Large table performance – Increased usability and performance when working with large tables.
- Sheet Set Manager – The SHEETSET command offers a variety of new, time-saving functionality.
- PUBLISH Dialog – New updated user experience when using the PUBLISH dialog.
- PURGE Dialog – Improved usability for PURGE command with new dialog feature.
- OPTIMIZE 2D – Refinements to the OPTIMIZE command to fix small gaps between arcs and lines faster and more effectively.
New tools, features & performance enhancements
- Drawing Recovery Manager – DRAWINGRECOVERY command provides reassurance of recovering a drawing quickly in the event of an unforeseen issue.
- Drawing Health Management – Brings together all existing optimization tools in a single, convenient place to make it easier to keep drawings healthy.
- Improved Tool Palettes Panel – TOOLPALETTES command now has a new user experience for the Tool Palettes Panel.
- Command Assist Ribbon Panel – AI-powered assist ribbon panel suggests commands a user will likely need next based on typical workflow patterns.
- Express Tools – Express Tools, a popular third-party app, is now part of the native functionality of BricsCAD.
- Ribbon Foundation (Qt) – BricsCAD’s Ribbon UI has been completely reworked to provide a better user experience.
Optimized commands and workflows
- CONNECT – The CONNECT command joins two entities not touching.
- ARRANGE – A new user-interface and performance enhancements improve the usability of the ARRANGE command.
- FINDOUTLIERS – The FINDOUTLIERS command helps users find stray data that lies outside of their primary drawing area, improving graphic performance.
- BLOCKIFY – BLOCKIFY now detects repetitive elements more accurately, thanks to our new symmetry-detection engine.
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Which version of BricsCAD is right for you?
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Drawings | ||
Native DWG file format (through Autodesk® 2022) | ✔ | ✔ |
Password protection | ✔ | ✔ |
eTransmit | ✔ | ✔ |
Sheet Set Manager | ✔ | ✔ |
Geographic location | ✔ | ✔ |
Drawing Compare | ✔ | ✔ |
Cloud collaboration | ✔ | ✔ |
Interface | ||
Dark and light color themes | ✔ | ✔ |
Industry standard commands, aliases, and variables | ✔ | ✔ |
Command line (Autocomplete/Midstring/Clickable options | ✔ | ✔ |
Start tab | ✔ | ✔ |
File (Drawing) tabs | ✔ | ✔ |
Model and Layout tabs | ✔ | ✔ |
Menu bar | ✔ | ✔ |
Toolbars | ✔ | ✔ |
Ribbon | ✔ | ✔ |
Tool Palettes | ✔ | ✔ |
Contextual right-click menus | ✔ | ✔ |
Contextual Quad menu | ✔ | ✔ |
Status bar | ✔ | ✔ |
Workspaces | ✔ | ✔ |
Searchable Settings (Variables) Dialog Box | ✔ | ✔ |
Lockable Interface | ✔ | ✔ |
Clean Screen Mode | ✔ | ✔ |
Drawing Explorer | ✔ | ✔ |
Customizable User Interface (CUI) | ✔ | ✔ |
Structure Browser | ✔ | ✔ |
Layout Manager | ✔ | ✔ |
Selection, Snap and Track | ||
Selection Filtering (QSELECT) | ✔ | ✔ |
Add Selected | ✔ | ✔ |
Select Similar | ✔ | ✔ |
Selection Cycling | ✔ | ✔ |
Entity Snaps (Osnaps) | ✔ | ✔ |
Polar Tracking | ✔ | ✔ |
Zintersection 3D snap | ✔ | ✔ |
Nearest Distance | ✔ | ✔ |
Adaptive Gridsnap | ✔ | ✔ |
Real-time boundary detection | ✔ | ✔ |
2D Dynamic UCS | ✔ | ✔ |
3D Dynamic UCS | ✔ | ✔ |
Drawing Tools | ||
Line, Polyline, 3D Polyline, Spline, Ray, Xline | ✔ | ✔ |
Multiline and Multiline Styles | ✔ | ✔ |
Circle, Arc, Ellipse, Eliptical Arc | ✔ | ✔ |
Polygon, Rectangle, Region, Donut, Point | ✔ | ✔ |
Helix | ✔ | ✔ |
2D Parameters, Constraints | ✔ | ✔ |
Annotation Tools | ||
Text, Multiline Text, Text Styles, Text Editor | ✔ | ✔ |
Dimensions, Dimension Styles | ✔ | ✔ |
Multileaders, Multileader Styles | ✔ | ✔ |
Single and Multiline Text, Text Styles, Text Editor | ✔ | ✔ |
Hatches, Gradients, Hatch/Gradient Editor | ✔ | ✔ |
Wipeouts | ✔ | ✔ |
Revision Clouds | ✔ | ✔ |
Attributes, Attribute Editor | ✔ | ✔ |
Tables, Table Styles | ✔ | ✔ |
Fields | ✔ | ✔ |
Date Extraction | ✔ | ✔ |
Data Linking | ✔ | ✔ |
Annotation Scaling | ✔ | ✔ |
Spell Check | ✔ | ✔ |
Editing Tools | ||
Move, Copy, Rotate, Scale, Stretch, Mirror, Align | ✔ | ✔ |
Trim, Extend, Lengthen, Break, Join | ✔ | ✔ |
Fillet, Chamfer | ✔ | ✔ |
COPYGUIDED | ✔ | ✔ |
MOVEGUIDED | ✔ | ✔ |
Grip Edit | ✔ | ✔ |
Properties Panel | ✔ | ✔ |
Manipulator (3D Gizmo) | ✔ | ✔ |
Draworder | ✔ | ✔ |
Undo Per Entity (property history) | ✔ | ✔ |
ARRANGE | ✔ | ✔ |
OPTIMIZE | ✔ | ✔ |
SIMPLIFY | ✔ | ✔ |
FINDOUTLIERS | ✔ | ✔ |
Reference Tools | ||
Blocks, Block Editor | ✔ | ✔ |
Dynamic Blocks | ✔ | ✔ |
Camera-facing Blocks | ✔ | ✔ |
BLOCKIFY | ✔ | ✔ |
Associative Arrays | ✔ | ✔ |
DWG (XRef) Attach, Clip, Bind, Edit | ✔ | ✔ |
PDF Attach, Clip | ✔ | ✔ |
Image Attach, Clip, Adjust, Transparency | ✔ | ✔ |
Point Cloud Preprocess, Attach, Crop, Colormap | ✔ | |
Visualization Tools | ||
Layers, Layer States | ✔ | ✔ |
Transparency | ✔ | ✔ |
Visual Styles | ✔ | ✔ |
LookFrom (ViewCube™) | ✔ | |
Match Perspective | ✔ | |
Lights | ✔ | |
Sun properties | ✔ | |
Materials | ✔ | |
Render | ✔ | |
Animation Editor | ✔ | |
Walkthrough navigation | ✔ | |
ANIPATH command | ✔ | |
Modeling Tools | ||
ACIS Modeling | ✔ | |
Solid and Surface Modeling | ✔ | |
Solid Primitives | ✔ | |
Mesh Primitives | ✔ | |
Polysolid | ✔ | |
Union, Subtract, Intersect, Interfere | ✔ | |
Extrude, Revolve, Loft, Sweep, Thicken | ✔ | |
Twist | ✔ | |
Fillet, Chamfer | ✔ | |
Slice | ✔ | |
Multislice | ✔ | |
T Connect, L Connect, Connect with Nearest | ✔ | |
Extract Edges | ✔ | |
Direct Modeling | ✔ | |
Deformable (Freeform) Modeling | ✔ | |
Audit, SIMPLIFY | ✔ | ✔ |
Stitch | ✔ | |
3D Parameters, Constraints | ✔ | |
3D Autoparametrize | ✔ | |
3D BLOCKIFY and Parametric BLOCKIFY | ✔ | ✔ |
3D Parametric Design Tables | ✔ | |
Section planes | ✔ | |
Drawing Views | ✔ | |
3D Threads | ✔ | |
Point Cloud Align | ✔ | |
Point Cloud Bubble Viewer | ✔ | ✔ |
Civil Tools | ||
TIN Surface Modeling | ✔ | |
Civil Points | ✔ | |
TIN Volume Surface | ✔ | |
Grading | ✔ | |
Alignments | ✔ | |
Profiles (Vertical Alignments) | ✔ | |
Corridors | ✔ | |
Autodesk® Civil 3D Object Enabler | ✔ | ✔ |
Boundary Trim | ✔ | |
Label Styles | ✔ | ✔ |
Import, Export and Output | ||
Print/Plot | ✔ | ✔ |
Publish/Batch Plot | ✔ | ✔ |
CTB & STB Table Files | ✔ | ✔ |
PC3 Printer Configuration Files | ✔ | ✔ |
Named Page Setups | ✔ | ✔ |
PDF Import, Export | ✔ | ✔ |
DAE Import, Export | ✔ | ✔ |
3DM Import, Export | ✔ | |
GEOMAP (insert Google and Bing map data into drawings) | ✔ | ✔ |
GISEXPORT | ✔ | ✔ |
LandXML Import, Export | ✔ | |
Import Autodesk® Civil 3D Data | ✔ | |
SKP Import | ✔ | |
DGN Import | ✔ | ✔ |
DWF Export | ✔ | ✔ |
SVG Export | ✔ | ✔ |
FBX Export | ✔ | |
STL Export | ✔ | |
Point Cloud Export (.LAS and .PTS) | ✔ | |
Point Cloud import (.LAS, .LAZ, .PTS, .PTX, e57, .RCS, and .RCP) | ✔ | |
Additional formats available in BricsCAD Communicator | ✔ | |
Programming | ||
ActiveX | ✔ | ✔ |
Entity data editor | ✔ | ✔ |
Script Recorder | ✔ | ✔ |
Full LISP Support (vl, vlr, vla and vlax) | ✔ | ✔ |
Solutions Development System (SDS/ADS) | ✔ | ✔ |
DCL engine | ✔ | ✔ |
COM API | ✔ | |
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) | ✔ | |
VBA DVB projects support | ✔ | |
.NET | ✔ | |
BRX (ARX) | ✔ | |
TX (Teigha eXtensions) | ✔ | ✔ |
CUI menu files support, with Diesel expressions | ✔ | ✔ |
Manufacturing Tools | ||
Mechanical Browser | ✔ | |
Parts Library | ✔ | ✔ |
Piping | ✔ | |
Assembly Modeling | ✔ | |
Kinematic Analysis | ✔ |