20.02
2020

Version 20.2.01

Improvements

• IMPORT Import of CATIA V5 files now is supported on Linux.
  
• IMPORT Supported file versions: CATIA V5-6 R2020, Inventor 2020, JT 10.3, NX 1872, SolidWorks 2020, Solid Edge 2020
  
• EXPORT Added new setting ExportGeometryFlags which controls how geometry is exported to .igs/.iges and .stp/.step formats.
  SR93737

28.10
2019

Version 20.1.04

Improvements

• IMPORTSupported NX 1847 version, Parasolid 31.1.188 version, and Creo 6.0 version.
  
• EXPORTAdded settings ExportAcisFormatVersion, ExportCatiav4FormatVersion, ExportCatiav5FormatVersion, ExportParasolidFormatVersion, and ExportXcgmFormatVersion which allow controlling output file versions.
  

16.04
2019

Version 19.2.07

Improvements

• IMPORTCommunicator now supports the import of SOLIDWORKS 2019 formats.
  SR89209

19.02
2019

Version 19.2.01

Improvements

• COMMUNICATORINFOCOMMUNICATORINFO was extended with statistics information for the last IMPORT/EXPORT run within a given BricsCAD session.
  SR87091

Fixes

• IMPORTFixed polyline transformations when importing from PARASOLID, IGS, IGES, CATProduct, CATPart and XCGM formats.
• INSTALLATIONCorrected a possible error message during installation if no valid BricsCAD V19 installation is found. The error message mentioned BricsCAD V18, while it should have mentioned V19.
  SR88139SR87456SR88536

31.10
2018

Version 19.1.01

New

New

• Communicator for BricsCAD Is now on its own release cycle.
• Communicator for BricsCAD Now gets launched as a separate process, which increases stability of both BricsCAD and Communicator.
• INSUNITSSCALING This option is now supported on both file import and file export.
• Normalize BLOCK names We do this before Communicator import. We do this by changing all the unacceptable symbols to those that can be stored in the dwg file format.
• Normalize BLOCK names We do this before Communicator export. This allows exporting hidden blocks and complex mechanical structures.
• Import Product Structure This option is set to [2] (as mechanical components) by default for BricsCAD Platinum & BricsCAD Mechanical. It is set to [1] (as blocks) when used with a BricsCAD Pro license. The Export Structure option is set to [1] (as mechanical structure) by default and "as blocks" when used with a BricsCAD Pro license.

Supported file formats

Improvements

• Communicator provides only Direct translators for Parasolid-based formats (JT, NX, Parasolid, Solide Edge, and SolidWorks).

• IMPORT

  File format	Direct translator	Parasolid-based translator
  ACIS	R1 − 2019 1.0
  CATIA V4	4.1.9 − 4.2.4
  CATIA V5	V5R8 − V5−6R2019
  IGES	up to 5.3
  Inventor	V11 − V2020
  JT	8.x, 9.x, 10 and 10.2	Not available in this version
  NX	NX 1 − NX 1847	Not available in this version
  Parasolid	9.0.x − 31.1.x	Not available in this version
  Pro/E / Creo	16 − Creo 6.0
  Solid Edge	V18 − ST11	Not available in this version
  SolidWorks	2003 − 2019	Not available in this version
  STEP	AP203, AP214, AP242
  STL	All (Graphical data only)
  VDA−FS	1.0 − 2.0
  XCGM	R2012 − 2019 1.0

• EXPORT

  File format	Direct translator	Parasolid-based translator
  3D PDF	1.7
  ACIS (*)	R18 − 2019 1.0
  CATIA V4 (*)	4.1.9 − 4.2.4
  CATIA V5 (*)	V5R16 − V5−6R2019
  IGES	5.3
  Parasolid (*)	No Direct translator	Not available in this version
  STEP (*)	AP203, AP214, AP242
  VDA−FS	2.0
  XCGM (*)	2013x − 2019 1.0

• (*) Export version is selected in the Communicator section of BricsCAD Settings dialog.