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24 Tips for Moving from AutoCAD® to BricsCAD®
If you’re thinking about making the switch to BricsCAD for AutoCAD® users, even with minimal AutoCAD® experience, the transition is easy and painless. BricsCAD works…
Tuesday Tips – Transform 2D Entities with Stretch
If you’re looking to transform 2D entities in a nonuniform manner then you need Stretch. Use it to change the size, shape and non-uniform deform…
Tuesday Tips – BricsCAD Trial Versions
If you download a BricsCAD trial, you will notice that you automatically have access to BricsCAD Ultimate, free for 30-days. But BricsCAD comes in many…
How to use point clouds in BricsCAD V20
We received many requests for a guide to the new features of point clouds in BricsCAD V20. So here’s a quick ‘How to use Point…
2D Tips
How To Create Your Own Blocks – Blocks in BricsCAD® – P5
In this series you will learn about CAD blocks: what they are, why we use them and how to create, edit, and insert them in…
Manage Blocks With the Drawing Explorer – Blocks in BricsCAD® – P4
In this series you will learn about CAD blocks: what they are, why we use them and how to create, edit, and insert them in…
Lineweights in BricsCAD – Tuesday Tips
For some people, lineweights can seem a little tricky, but in BricsCAD it’s really very simple to edit and manipulate lineweight. How to display lineweights…
Scale to Reference – Tuesday Tips
I’m sure that most of you are aware of the Scale command by now, but did you know that you can scale objects to a…
User Stories
BricsCAD®: Connecting 2D and 3D at Mazda
Originally known for its innovative rotary engine technology, Mazda Motor Corporation has become one of the premier automakers in the world. Mazda’s plant design efforts…
Takamiya Group builds value with BricsCAD®
Takamiya Co. Ltd uses BricsCAD® to design, build and rent out, falseworks and scaffolding, essential for construction sites and engineering projects. It has sales offices…
IQTA gains the advantage with BricsCAD®
Bastiaan van der Steen is a busy and versatile entrepreneur in the real estate world. But he is involved in much more than buying and…
BricsCAD® Student Licenses at Odisee University College
With approximately 17,000 students, Odisee University College is among the largest educational institutions in Belgium. For more than 15 years, Peter Denie, a lecturer at…
2D CAD Product News
Tuesday Tips – Working from Home With BricsCAD
As a global provider of computer-aided design (CAD) tools, all of us at Bricsys understand our duty to our customers and partners. We’re here to…
Floating Command Line – New for BricsCAD V20
BricsCAD V20 has had a facelift. Even the Command Line has a new look! In BricsCAD V20 the new-look command line is transparent and floats…
BricsCAD V20.2 is available now – download it today!
Following the Bricsys tradition of continuous product improvement, we’re announcing the immediate availability of BricsCAD® V20.2 for Windows, macOS and Linux. More than a “dot…
A Smarter Way to Copy Entities with CopyGuided – New for BricsCAD V20
CopyGuided enables you to copy 2D geometry, but it’s much more than that! It’s a smarter way to copy entities accurately. Watch the 3-minute demo…
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