As 2019 draws to a close, we take a look at some of the highlights of the year for us here at Bricsys HQ, Gent, Belgium, and our teams around the world. What are your best memories from 2019?
January
We went behind the scenes. Get to know the men and women that make BricsCAD. Meet the guy who created the Blockify command, the guy who created BricsCAD Shape or the lasses who created BIMify.
February
Robert Green and Anna Maria Romeo join the team as our Director of Implementation and Director of Partner Development respectively. Catch up with Robert's blog posts.
BricsCAD releases the official guidebooks for BricsCAD V19. Catch the exclusive interview with the creator: Ralph Grabowski.
BricsCAD Shape got a major release. The number 1, free, 3D modeling software got some amazing new improvements. Including materials and QuickDraw.
2D 3D BIM launched. The free online tutorials that help you move from 2D drafting to full 3D modeling with practical examples.
Point Clouds, series by Filip Rooms Launched. Learn; What are point clouds, why we need them, how we make them and how to use them in BricsCAD.
The office was taken over by a film crew. As we filmed The Man Who Brought in BricsCAD. Fun fact: almost all the extras are Bricsys employees!
March
BricsCAD V19.2 launched Just when you thought V19 couldn't get any better, we launched BricsCAD V19.2. It came chock full of new features and improvements, all based on your requests and suggestions.
ABC Australasia BricsCAD Conference 2019 in Brisbane, Australia. We headed down under to speak to some of the most inspiring and enthusiastic CAD operators on the other side of the planet.
Image credit: Jonathan Taylor
April
BricsCAD V19 for Mac released. The long wait was over for Mac users with the release of BricsCAD V19 for Mac.
May
Ted Rossdale, the man who brought in BricsCAD. Have you met Ted?
buildingSMART International Standards Summit, Dusseldorf. We headed over to Dusseldorf to talk about all things, Building standards, BIM, open standards, and common data.
Hong Kong's Construction Innovation and Technology Fund approves Bricsys products.
BIM Student Event 2019. Bricsys embraced future designers and engineering with its, completely free one-day student event, here at Bricsys HQ in Gent.
June
Bricsys went to HxGN Live 2019. In 2018 Bricsys made the surprise announcement that Hexagon acquired Bricsys. In 2019, Bricsys was pleased to join in with the rest of the Hexagon family at HxGN Live in Las Vegas.
BricsCAD V19 for Linux released. Finally, users on all platforms can work together with one, dwg, CAD software.
July
We met the real CAD heroes. Learn how BricsCAD is used to make world-class arena stages, design plants, and create gravity-defying structures.
August
Joachim's Journey -- BricsCAD Shape. Joachim started his journey with BricsCAD Shape. Follow along with him as he takes you from absolute CAD beginner to CAD master.
September
INTERGEO 2019, our German partners, took the reigns at the Intergeo trade fair in Stuttgart.
October
Bricsys 2019 Conference. Probably the most important event of the year for Bricsys. The time of year when we meet our teams and 3rd party developers from around the world, exchange tips, and give an exclusive sneak preview of future technologies. This year we packed our bags and headed to the picturesque city of Stockholm in Sweden. If you didn't get the chance to make it, you can watch the keynotes on our YouTube Channel.
"Scan-to-BIM" Initiative -- HOK. Leica Geosystems and Bricsys were proud to announce our multi-year initiative to advance Scan-to-BIM technology.
November
Enscape Real-Time Rendering. You wanted integrated rendering for BricsCAD, you got it!
Render architectural models in real-time with Enscape and BricsCAD.
2020
What will 2020 hold for Bricsys? Without giving too much away, we're working on some cool AI technologies that will streamline your CAD modeling. We've also got a whole host of events planned including; DigitalBau, Cologne, Germany with our partners Mervisoft, Japan Square Festival, Gent, Belgium, Swissbau Basel, Basel, Switzerland, BIM WORLD 2020, Paris, France, plus many, many more! See you all in the next decade.
Enscape for BricsCAD will be discontinued and taken down from the Bricsys App Store on 22/10/2023. All active subscriptions purchased before this date will keep receiving support until the subscription expires. Bricsys will provide a version of “Enscape for BricsCAD” that will be compatible with BricsCAD v24.1 If you have any questions please click the “Contact” button in the App Store and create a Support Request.
