During this stop on our BricsCAD journey, we’ll explore the user interface. The appearance of the BricsCAD application window varies slightly depending which profile you selected. The main user interface elements, however, apply across profiles even...
The first thing you’ll notice when you launch BricsCAD, after installing, is the Welcome window. Initially the Welcome window has only 3 tabs: Profile Presets, What’s New, and Tutorials. A fourth tab, Get Started, is added based on your profile...
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...
Introducing BricsCAD V18 for Linux BricsCAD V18 represents the future of the .dwg format, and now it’s available for the Linux operating system. V18 for Linux offers workflows for general design, mechanical design and BIM. We’ve made all of these...
All of us at Bricsys are very excited to welcome Heidi Hewett as our new User Success Manager. She joins the Bricsys global team to assist our customers in moving to the next level of productivity with the best dwg-based CAD applications available...
The BricsCAD User Interface What’s different versus AutoCAD®? (This article is part two in a series on migrating from AutoCAD to BricsCAD. Part one is here.) You may have heard phrases like “muscle-memory compatible” to describe the BricsCAD user...
Preliminary subdivision design does not have to be hard! Although most civil design programs have tools (of varying complexity) to support detailed subdivision design and documentation, they tend to ignore the critical preliminary design process...
BricsCAD V18.2 is available today! Sander, our VP of Marketing, asked me to write a blog post to announce the release of BricsCAD V18.2. You’ll be happy to know that V18.2 is a no-cost upgrade for all BricsCAD V18 license owners. Job One for me was...
BricsCAD® Migration – Leaving OtherCAD Welcome to the BricsCAD migration series! We’re here to help you move from AutoCAD® to the latest version of BricsCAD. Why did we create this series? First of all, you work a day job, and we know that...
Customize mouse buttons in BricsCAD easily Like almost everything else in BricsCAD, you can customize mouse buttons to increase your productivity. The left mouse button, of course, performs the most important CAD function – selecting entities...
Heidi Hewett
Don Strimbu
Sander Scheiris
Lance Maidlow
Ralph Grabowski