3D Modeling & Mechanical
Tips, Tricks & Tutorials especially for BricsCAD users, on 3D Modeling, assembly design, and design & technology trends.
3D Modeling
Halloween Pumpkin CADing
Forget pumpkin carving, get pumpkin CADing with this simple Halloween CAD tutorial? No knife required! The Body Begin by importing a sketch. Use Attach Raster…
Tuesday Tips – ‘api-ms-win-crt-runtime-dll’ Error while starting BricsCAD
When you start BricsCAD software on legacy operating systems, you may run into the ‘api-ms-win-crt-runtime-dll’ error. By legacy operating systems, I mean Windows 7 or…
Free 2D & 3D Models
There are plenty of websites where you can find free 2D and 3D models to add to BricsCAD. BricsCAD Shape, BricsCAD BIM, and BricsCAD Mechanical…
2D, 3D, BIM – 11: Create your own components
Last week, I showed you how to get started with BricsCAD’s free CAD library. Stay tuned this time to learn how to create your own…
Mechanical Modeling
Sheet Metal Tips – BricsCAD Mechanical
When it comes to sheet metal and BricsCAD, there are so many options it’s hard to know where to get started. Well, start here! Bricsys…
Array Path
Arrays can be super useful for creating copies. BricsCAD V19 brings you the option to array objects along a path. Copy blocks, shapes, lines and…
Introducing BricsCAD® Mechanical – Mechanical Browser
Let me introduce you to the small and mighty Mechanical Browser. What is the Mechanical Browser? The Mechanical Browser adds to the Mechanical workspace to…
Introducing BricsCAD® Mechanical – Animation
Did you know you can animate your designs in BricsCAD? CAD animation is not just a fun toy for animators and game developers. It also…
Mechanical Trends
The Bézier curve – How car design influenced CAD
The bézier curve and the bézier surface were used to create the iconic designs of Peugeot and Renault cars, as early as the 1960s. They…
Pimp My Garage
Forget pimping your ride. Why not pimp your garage? Now you can with Aston Martin’s Galleries and Lairs. Is this automotive architecture at its finest?…
Jetpack Racing is Coming Soon
By now you’ve all heard about the flying car racing concept: Airspeeder. But there’s a new kid on the block: Gravity. This English based company…
Design your own hybrid drone, even with no experience!
You could now design your own hybrid drone and control system, even with no knowledge of aerodynamics, thanks to the work of the Massachusetts Institute…
Design Trends
The US Air Force 3D prints a toilet seat
The US Air Force has just announced it can now 3D print aircraft parts. So what was the first thing they printed? A toilet seat…
Laser Cut Art
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of laser cut art. Sometimes CAD means nuts and bolts and sometimes it means bright and creative artwork….
Bioprinting makes leaps in progress
A research team has developed a way of 3D printing organs without the need for scaffolding. Exciting news in the world of 3D bioprinting! The…
Imperial versus Metric
Imperial or metric? The choice seems simple, but it’s not! Learn how the french revolution created the metric system and why your tallest friend should…
Tech Trends
A CAD Display for Blind and Visually Impaired Users
This University is creating a display that allows users who are blind and visually impaired to design in CAD! This could also have a knock-on…
AI designed material means a bicycle that could fold into your pocket
Scientists have used AI to design a foldable material that could allow you to put a bicycle in your pocket, all using only a simulation….
AI Architecture Generative Design Housing
Will architects one day be replaced by computers? That’s the idea being put forward by Stanislas Chaillou. But, is AI architecture really practical. If so,…
AI bicycles that “think like humans”
Forget apes and robots taking over, the future dictatorships could be run by super-smart, self-driving, AI bicycles! A bicycle has been fitted with the latest…
3D Product News
Introducing BricsCAD® Mechanical V20
BricsCAD® Mechanical V20 offers new and extended workflows for 3D direct parametric modeling, assembly and sheet metal design. As a part of the BricsCAD® Ultimate…
Welcome to BricsCAD® BIM V20
Now in its fifth release, BricsCAD® BIM V20 software significantly improves on our solids-based concept-to-documentation workflow to create CAD-accurate Building Information Models in record time….
BricsCAD® V20: the ultimate CAD workflow
Introducing the latest release from the global leader in .dwg-based Computer-Aided Design solutions. Download it free for 30-days at bricsys.com Enhanced by new productivity tools…
The BricsCAD Maintenance Value Proposition
Last year, with the shipment of BricsCADⓇ V19, Bricsys changed the way that we calculate the cost of BricsCAD Maintenance offering. Rather than being a…
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