BricsCAD V25 isn’t a cosmetic update. Our latest version lands more than twenty workflow changing tools and enhancements that are marked improvements upon V24. Below, you’ll find a fast and practical tour of those V25-only improvements so you can judge for yourself if it’s time to move your production work forward with BricsCAD’s latest edition.

12 Upgrades You'll Notice Right Away

  1. Table Tools Drag Fill: Excel-style autofill and one click row/column selection speed up schedules and takeoff tables.
  2. SELECTIONCYCLING: Modern toggle that resolves overlapping entities with ease.
  3. New Open-File and XRef Search: Fresh dialog with filters, sorting, and typeahead makes finding drawings easier.
  4. Experimental Feature Mode: Preview tools under development in a sandbox.
  5. Large-Drawing Cleanup (DWGHEALTH): New routine tackles bloated, messy files in a single pass.
  6. AMRESCALE: Instantly generate scaled views while keeping dimensions and notes associative.
  7. BMSEQUENCE Panel: Drag-and-drop assembly sequencing with step previews and animations is possible in this experimental feature.
  8. CAEANALYZE2D: Run basic FEA on sketches without exporting to another solver.
  9. BIMPROPERTIES: Import IDSXML sets to apply rigorous property requirements in seconds.
  10. BIMINVERTSPACES: One command converts shell geometry into clean, editable 3D room solids.
  11. Leica Survey Exchange: Pull raw Infinity data straight into BricsCAD's Civil/Survey toolset without spreadsheets.
  12. TIN Surface Sharing: Livelink surfaces between drawings so teams can work in parallel.

Core Drafting and Navigation

BricsCAD V25 brings everyday drafting quality of life (and work) boosts. With SELECTIONCYCLING, you can now resolve stacked geometry via a small in-cursor menu. The Open-File and XRef dialog adds modern search, filters, and thumbnail previews. And finding missing XRefs is easier than ever. For tabular data, Table Tools now lets you click a row or column header to highlight, then drag fill like a spreadsheet. And if you keep monster site plans around, the new Large-Drawing Cleanup routine inside DWGHEALTH analyzes, fixes, and purges cruft in a single step.

SELECTIONCYCLING

Smart Automation and AI

Experimental Feature Mode drops a toggle in the Settings panel that spins up a sandbox profile: turn it on, test tomorrow’s tools; turn it off, and your production workspace stays untouched. Usage analytics also get a boost with an Insights tab that surfaces your most-used commands so you can pin them to the ribbon and minimize clicks.

Experimental Feature Mode

Mechanical and Manufacturing Gains

Mechanical users get a trio of new command helpers. AMRESCALE builds alternate-scale sections while keeping dimensions aligned. BMSEQUENCE introduces a visual timeline where you drag parts to author assembly or disassembly steps, then export an animation with adjustable intervals. Finally, CAEANALYZE2D embeds entry-level Finite-Element Analysis so you can stress-test plates or brackets before extruding them.

CAEANALYZE2D

Bonus tweaks worth noting:

  • BMARROW places assembly arrows without block gymnastics.
  • PDIM gains a smarter placement snap for fast baseline dimensions.

BIM Enhancements

On the building side, BIMPROPERTIES lets you pull in IDSXML property sets from consultants and attach them to objects in bulk—no manual mapping. BIMINVERTSPACES flips floor plates into fully bounded room solids with predictable results for takeoffs. Georeferenced coordination improves too: V25 stores IFC global, project, and site origins on import (IFC Import WCS) and preserves them on export, so your files end up exactly where the surveyor expects. Wall editing gets smoother with the updated BIMWALL, and BIMATTACHCOMPOSITION keeps junctions tidy when you swap wall types.

BIMPROPERTIES

Civil and Survey Upgrades

Field-to-finish is faster across the board. A direct Leica Survey Exchange brings Infinity data in natively, eliminating CSV detours. Strings Control tools add robust editing for break lines and grading strings, while Line and Curve Labels meet local standards automatically. Design support deepens with the new Curve Calculator and Geometry Creator and TIN Surface Smoothing. The headline, though, is TIN Surface Sharing: reference a surface in multiple drawings, edit it once, and everyone’s model updates.

TIN Surface Data Sharing

Bottom Line

If you’re still on V24, you’re missing a set of foundational conveniences, including spreadsheet-style tables and georeferenced BIM exports that trim micro-friction every hour you draft, model, or annotate. Install the V25 trial, open yesterday’s project, and you’ll begin to notice fewer clicks and cleaner files before your coffee’s cold.

So, if you're still working with BricsCAD V24, now is the time to Get Up To Speed with BricsCAD V25. Upgrade today, and you can save up to 60% on your new BricsCAD license.