3D Modeling & Mechanical
Tips, Tricks & Tutorials especially for BricsCAD users, on 3D Modeling, assembly design, and design & technology trends.
3D Modeling
Tuesday Tips – Move, Edit and Change Entities at Hyper Speed with BricsCAD®
Use the Manipulator to edit, move and change entities in BricsCAD® at hyper-speed. With the Manipulator, you can move, rotate, scale, copy and even mirror…
Import and Export files with the Communicator for BricsCAD®
Looking for a way to import or export STEP, CATIA, SLDASM and more file formats from and into BricsCAD®? Then you need the Communicator for…
Tuesday Tips – Everything you need to know about Render Materials in BricsCAD
As standard, BricsCAD comes with a large number of free materials and textures but even with all these materials at your fingertips, you might still…
7 Must-Have Free CAD Programs and Online Tools
Here’s my list of top 7 free CAD programs and online tools every CAD user should know: 1 Voronator Voronator is a free online tool…
Mechanical Modeling
Moving from Autodesk® Inventor to BricsCAD® Mechanical
If you’re familiar with Autodesk® Inventor and are looking to switch to another CAD software it can feel a little daunting, so here are a…
Parametric 2D & 3D Animation – New for BricsCAD V20
You can create a 2D or 3D animation in BricsCAD Mechanical by animating parameters with the new Animation Editor panel. Once the animation is finished,…
Explosive Bill of Materials management – New for BricsCAD V20
Managing your BOM (Bill of Materials) just got easier with BricsCAD thanks to the new Bill of Materials Panel for BricsCAD Mechanical V20! Watch the…
Annotated, Exploded, Isometric Drawing In Under 1:30 Minutes!
BricsCAD Mechanical V20 reduces the time spent generating a complex, technical, multi-axis exploded, isometric drawing from 3 hours to just 1:30 minutes. All without any…
Mechanical Trends
Who Invented the Wheel? – A Brief History
Who invented the wheel and when? Well, the wheel might not actually be as old as you think! Did you know: art, pottery, the flute,…
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 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
5 Reasons Why Every Gamer Should Learn CAD
People tend to think that CAD is just a tool to help in the design process, but it’s so much more than that! CAD is…
Women in CAD
In honor of International Women’s Day, let’s explore the topic of women in CAD. Sorry fellas, you’ll have to wait, Internation Men’s Day isn’t until…
An Interview with Marpi – Digital Art That Deifies Explanation
Marpi Studio, based in America, is a digital design studio that creates art that defies definition. There’s a little Virtual Reality, a little Augmented Reality…
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…
3D 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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