3D Modeling & Mechanical
Tips, Tricks & Tutorials especially for BricsCAD users, on 3D Modeling, assembly design, and design & technology trends.
3D Modeling
How to put yourself or your clients into BricsCAD®
Ever wished you could put yourself or even your clients into your BricsCAD® designs? Well, the good news is: you can! In BricsCAD you can…
Easy builds – Tutorial: Model a Chess Set
In this series, you will learn how to work with CAD by following easy projects. Use only simple commands to build almost anything! For this…
Tuesday Tips – OSnap, Temporary Tracking & 3D Snaps
Did you now that BricsCAD provides you will a whole toolset of intelligent snaping and tracking systems that speed up your 2D and 3D drafting?…
Why Rendering Adds Value to Your CAD Models
One of the hardest parts of design is presenting a concept in a way that the client can understand. Although it may be easy for…
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 telephone? – A Brief History
Who invented the telephone? Why is the invention of the telephone such a scandal? Why does the horse not eat cucumber salad? What was the…
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?…
Design Trends
7 Home Office Design Ideas for Improved Productivity
Getting the perfect work from home setup can be a challenge. There’s no shortage of distractions and obstacles to overcome. However, more of the workforce…
How Covid-19 is fueling creativity in CAD design
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll probably have noticed things are a little different at the moment. There is no arguing that Covid-19…
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….
Tech Trends
Who invented the light bulb?
Who invented the first electric light bulb? Who invented the fluorescent lamp? And who invented the LED lamp? For those of you looking for a…
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…
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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