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BricsCAD is entirely based on the industry-standard DWG format, with full command, script, macro, and menu compatibility. BricsCAD feels like home!
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BIM
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BricsCAD is a modern, high-performance DWG-based CAD platform that accelerates your 2D & 3D design and drafting workflows.
"It is a credo that drives us towards producing strong products... BricsCAD is a part of that, as we use the program for the 2D design of our factories’ assembly lines and equipment."
Shinya, Assistant Manager. Mazda, Japan
"I started searching for DWG-supporting systems... BricsCAD had the best support on handling the LISP files that we had. We had a big bunch of LISP applications to create our tools and so the decision went to BricsCAD."
Marcus, CAD/CAM Development. MAPAL, Germany
"With BricsCAD's powerful features and affordability, we estimate we've cut our construction design costs by 50%."
Juan, Director. Tecinci, Paraguay
"First of all, I can say that BricsCAD's software is an indisputable replacement for our existing 2D CAD software. We have not experienced any major problems with usability since its introduction."
Makoto, ICM Division. EBARA Corporation, Japan
"BricsCAD helps us maintain high-quality service and productivity while optimizing costs. It provides the stable, reliable platform we need for our in-house AlsiCAD plugin."
José, Technical Office Engineer. Alsina, Spain
"It is a credo that drives us towards producing strong products... BricsCAD is a part of that, as we use the program for the 2D design of our factories’ assembly lines and equipment."
Shinya, Assistant Manager. Mazda, Japan
"I started searching for DWG-supporting systems... BricsCAD had the best support on handling the LISP files that we had. We had a big bunch of LISP applications to create our tools and so the decision went to BricsCAD."
Marcus, CAD/CAM Development. MAPAL, Germany
"With BricsCAD's powerful features and affordability, we estimate we've cut our construction design costs by 50%."
Juan, Director. Tecinci, Paraguay
"First of all, I can say that BricsCAD's software is an indisputable replacement for our existing 2D CAD software. We have not experienced any major problems with usability since its introduction."
Makoto, ICM Division. EBARA Corporation, Japan
"BricsCAD helps us maintain high-quality service and productivity while optimizing costs. It provides the stable, reliable platform we need for our in-house AlsiCAD plugin."
José, Technical Office Engineer. Alsina, Spain
"It is a credo that drives us towards producing strong products... BricsCAD is a part of that, as we use the program for the 2D design of our factories’ assembly lines and equipment."
Shinya, Assistant Manager. Mazda, Japan
"I started searching for DWG-supporting systems... BricsCAD had the best support on handling the LISP files that we had. We had a big bunch of LISP applications to create our tools and so the decision went to BricsCAD."
Marcus, CAD/CAM Development. MAPAL, Germany
"With BricsCAD's powerful features and affordability, we estimate we've cut our construction design costs by 50%."
Juan, Director. Tecinci, Paraguay
"First of all, I can say that BricsCAD's software is an indisputable replacement for our existing 2D CAD software. We have not experienced any major problems with usability since its introduction."
Makoto, ICM Division. EBARA Corporation, Japan
"BricsCAD helps us maintain high-quality service and productivity while optimizing costs. It provides the stable, reliable platform we need for our in-house AlsiCAD plugin."
José, Technical Office Engineer. Alsina, Spain
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Default supported file formats
*included in BricsCAD Lite, Pro, BIM, Mechanical and Ultimate
DWG
DWG
DXF
DWT
ACIS SAT
Micro Station
Colada
JPEG
TIFF
Draftsight
Wavefront
Extra BIM file formats
*included in BricsCAD BIM and Ultimate
Rhino
Sketchup
Revit
IFC
Extra 3D & Mechanical file formats
*requires an extra-cost module Communicator for BricsCAD
Parasolid
CATIA
Creo
3D PDF
Solidworks
Inventor
STEP
IGES
Siemens NX
ACIS
STL
Solid Edge