3D Modeling & Mechanical
Tips, Tricks & Tutorials especially for BricsCAD users, on 3D Modeling, assembly design, and design & technology trends.
3D Modeling
What is an ACIS solid & why should you care?
What is an ACIS solid, what is a geometric modeling kernel and why should you care? Well, for starters, BricsCAD uses ACIS as its geometric…
Make a Drum Kit With Parametric Modeling – Easy Builds
Parametric modeling is a great way of streamlining your CAD work. However, it’s easy to feel daunted by tables, formulas, constraints and parameters. With that…
2D vs 3D CAD
Increasingly, it seems that people are expecting 3D CAD models over 2D drawings. For this reason, you might be wondering if it’s time to make…
Split Views with Viewports – Tuesday Tips
You might be surprised to learn that, in BricsCAD®, you can split the Model Space drawing view into two or more viewports. This allows you…
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? The wheel might not actually be as old as you think! Did you know: art, pottery, the flute, wine…
The Bézier curve – How car design influenced CAD
A Bézier curve is a parametric curve – a way for a computer to draw a curve and it is infinitely scalable. If you’ve ever…
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
5 Tips To Get More Clients As A Freelancer (CAD Drafter)
For some people, having a steady 40 hours a week kind of job is comforting and easy to handle but for quite a few, being…
New 3D Bioprinting Method Uses Light to Grow Ears in Mice
It could let doctors bioprint new body parts for people right where they’re needed. Using a new 3D bioprinting technique, scientists have grown the shape…
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…
Tech Trends
Who invented computers?
Computers, love them or hate them, we rely on them every day. In fact, you’re using one right now! But, have you ever stopped to…
5 Things to Implement in a Productive Remote Work Policy
As the Covid-19 pandemic progresses, more companies are opting for a remote workforce. As well as protecting clients and workers, remote working also has many…
5 Security Considerations For CAD Files in The Age of Remote Work
Ensuring CAD files are safe is incredibly important for any business operating online and that job is made even harder in the age of remote…
How to Streamline Project Collaboration in the CAD Design Process
Even before the pandemic, many engineers, architects, designers, and product developers using CAD already worked on highly dispersed and globalized initiatives. What COVID-19 and the…
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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