The Open Design Alliance (ODA) is a non-profit technology consortium founded in 1998 to provide the CAD industry with an open solution for .dwg interoperability. It was created as a different kind of standards organization. Rather than focusing on...
Each week on Facebook LIVE, members of our staff present the BricsCAD® Unplugged webinar series. BricsCAD Unplugged brings interesting people together to share their experiences with Computer-Aided Design software – especially our very own...
I follow Seth Godin’s writing daily. I like the tone of his words; simple yet highly focused and solidly concrete. At the end of July, he posted about what he calls “Our Engineering Ratchet”. I printed this post (on paper) and stuck it on my wall...
“Can we talk?” Every computer program needs a place to store the data you create with it. The native file format of any program is optimized for program speed and read/write performance. When a user of a program wants to share their data...
In our previous post, we compared a conventional 3D BIM workflow to the historical 2D drafting-centric method of architectural design. In this edition, we’ll explain how and why the Bricsys approach to Building Information Modeling is unique...
In our last BIM article, we discussed the business value proposition of a real, 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflow. Next, let’s roll up our virtual sleeves and talk about the benefits of conventional 3D BIM vs historic 2D drafting...
We will make a safe bet that your firm has not yet made the transition to Building Information Modeling (BIM). That’s OK – 4 out of 5 companies have not. There are hundreds of reasons to not adopt BIM – both business and technical. You can probably...
I’m a bit overwhelmed with all of the amazing news we’ve been able to share over the last few weeks. But this is the article that I’ve been dreaming of writing for several years, now. And today is the day! All of us at Bricsys...
We are happy to announce the availability of BricsCADⓇ Shape for macOS. The best solid-based schematic modeler is here for your Mac, and it’s free. Download it here. What is BricsCAD Shape? BricsCAD Shape is our conceptual modeler for architects...
Geometry First? I was wandering the streets of Brugge with Hans De Backer, the head of software development for BricsCAD core. As we are both senior geeks, it goes without saying that he and I were talking about the Bricsys approach to BIM. I’ve...
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