BricsCAD V26 brings a set of focused improvements for designers working across industries. The updates target the everyday work of design and documentation: block management, grip editing, section views, interference checking, annotations, and performance. If you're drafting floor plans, designing equipment, documenting assemblies, or modeling products, these changes will make your workflow faster and less frustrating.
The headline feature is Dynamic Block support, long requested by designers working with AutoCAD content. V26 also includes performance improvements that make a real difference when you're working with large, reference-heavy files.
What's New in BricsCAD V26 for General Design
BricsCAD V26 introduces enhancements that make everyday design work faster and more predictable.
New Block Definition Tools
Block creation and management are more intuitive than before. Easier to standardize components, faster to make changes, and there’s less rework when you need to update libraries or swap elements across drawings.
Advanced Grip Editing
More direct control over geometry. Predictable manipulation with fewer clicks and less guesswork. Especially useful when you're drafting fast and can't afford to undo three times to get the result you want.
Improved Section Plane Tools
Better control when creating and editing section views in both 2D and 3D workflows. Cleaner cuts, faster adjustments, less manual cleanup afterward.
Interference Checking
Collision detection for 3D models that catches clashes before they become expensive problems. Run the check, see what overlaps, fix it while it's still digital.
Annotation Improvements
Enhanced leader tools and attribute-syncing keep drawings consistent and information accurate. Changes propagate correctly without manual intervention.
Performance Boosts
BricsCAD V26 handles very large drawings with better stability and responsiveness. If you work with reference-heavy files or complex models, you'll notice the difference immediately.
Dynamic Block Creation and Editing
BricsCAD V26 now supports:
- Editing 2D Dynamic Blocks created in AutoCAD
- Creating and editing Dynamic Blocks directly inside BricsCAD
This improvement stands to change your workflow significantly. It is now much easier to exchange, customize, and standardize design components across teams.
(Note: Dynamic Block creation/editing is available everywhere except the United States at this time.)
What Makes BricsCAD Different
Many of you have already chosen BricsCAD because we provide familiar, industry-standard drafting tools that work with native DWG without conversion or compatibility headaches. But there are capabilities built into BricsCAD that you won't find in other CAD platforms, and they make everyday work noticeably faster.
Drawing Health automatically cleans up messy files, which is especially useful when DWGs come from other teams or disciplines. The Quad is a context-aware interface that surfaces your most-used commands right at your cursor, adapting to what you're working on so you spend less time hunting through menus. AI-powered automation handles repetitive annotation and detailing work, reducing grunt work without taking control away from you. These aren't optional add-ons or premium features. In BricsCAD, they’re standard.
See How It Works
We recorded live demonstrations of every major feature in BricsCAD V26 that show how the tools function in actual workflows—block creation, dynamic block editing, grip manipulation, section plane control, interference checking, and performance improvements. You can watch all the V26 demo sessions at bricsys.com/new-in-v26.
Beyond General Design
BricsCAD V26 also includes updates specifically for sheet metal and equipment manufacturers, building subcontractors, and land surveyors. This blog focuses on what's new for general design work, the improvements that apply whether you're drafting floor plans, designing enclosures, documenting equipment layouts, modeling products, or working on any other design and documentation task. You can check out the full list of new and improved tools on our V26 feature page.
Design Moves Fast. Your CAD Should Keep Up.
The tools you rely on every day should feel fast and easy to work with. The General Design updates in BricsCAD V26 target the real bottlenecks designers face when drawings get big, deadlines get tight, and teams need files that just work. V26 gives you more control with fewer interruptions. If you want to learn more about the release, the full V26 demo library on bricsys.com shows exactly how these tools behave in real workflows.
Download BricsCAD V26 to explore the new tools and performance improvements in your own workflows.
