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Counting down to the Bricsys 2017 Conference

25 October in Paris – will you be there? We’re quickly approaching the day of the Bricsys 2017 Conference. We’ll take over the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris in just one week! We’re planning an entire day of information and...

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The Case for Using LISP Today, Part 2

Copy & rotate the easy way with LISP In contrast to the .NET example I pointed you to in the last episode of this blog, here is a simple example of a LISP command used to Copy & Rotate objects: (defun c:copyrotate (/ slset pt1 pt2) (prompt...

Vince Aman

October 10, 2017

Insights and Stories Programming

The Case for Using LISP Today, Part 1

LISP: What is old is still very new Welcome to Part 1 of my first post on the Bricsys Blog! I’ll be writing about LISP programming and transitioning your existing code into the BricsCAD environment. I’ll review implementation, differences from other...

Vince Aman

October 2, 2017

Applications

IRRICAD Link now runs on BricsCAD

IRRICAD Link brings irrigation system design to BricsCAD! Lincoln Agritech Limited, of Christchurch, New Zealand is announcing a major upgrade to IRRICAD – the world’s leading irrigation system design CAD (computer-aided design) software. IRRICAD...

Don Strimbu

September 19, 2017

Subdivision design with Civil Site Design

Applications Insights and Stories

Better Subdivision Design in BricsCAD

Subdivision design software should help, not hurt! We first evaluated BricsCAD in 2015 (Is BricsCAD a Real Alternative to AutoCAD?) and were intrigued with a product that replicated virtually all of the functionality of AutoCAD™ at a fraction of the...

Lance Maidlow

September 13, 2017

Drawing Tutorials

Using the DimBreak Command in BricsCAD

DimBreak helps improve drawing clarity If you draw in BricsCAD, you probably need DimBreak. Have you noticed how quickly dimension and extension lines can get crossed up? It’s a common situation as you add additional dimensions to your drawing...

Ralph Grabowski

September 6, 2017

Interface Tutorials

On-screen Tips Widget in BricsCAD

The on-screen Tips widget Many CAD systems – including BricsCAD – use the Ctrl key to change how a drawing or editing command operates. But how do you know when more options are available? BricsCAD provides a on-screen Tips widget that...

Ralph Grabowski

August 30, 2017