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19 March 2024 8 min

What's New in BricsCAD® V24.2

BricsCAD® V24.2 is chock full of new and enhanced features for 2D drafting, 3D modeling, civil, survey, BIM, and mechanical workflows. With this release, the Bricsys team included several new features and improvements to help you accelerate your time to deliverable and provide you with a familiar CAD experience. So, let's dive in and explore what's new in BricsCAD V24.2!

3 March 2024 7 min

Drawing Health Management for 3D in BricsCAD® V24

When you are working on a 3D model, it is crucial to ensure that your models are optimized for better performance and efficiency! This is easily done with BricsCAD's Drawing Health Management tools. Read on to learn how you can optimize large 3D models and reduce their file size in BricsCAD V24.

19 February 2024 3 min

Dealing with the Concrete 'Crisis': Leveraging Point Cloud in CAD for Surface Deviation Analysis

In the wake of a concrete 'crisis' affecting existing buildings, such as many schools in the UK constructed with Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC), the need for precise assessment and remediation strategies has never been more critical. Integrated into CAD software, point cloud technology becomes valuable for addressing surface deviation concerns in RAAC structures.

14 December 2023 5 min

BricsCAD® BIM V24: Quickest path to 3D from 2D

With BricsCAD® BIM V24's new modeling tools, you can transition from a 2D plan to a 3D model and convert your design concepts into 3D representations quickly and easily! Ppull 2D plans into 3D to create solid objects, better identify structures and entities with Top View mode, and convert everything into a complete BIM project.

16 November 2023 5 min

BricsCAD® V24: What's New in BricsCAD® BIM?

With BricsCAD® BIM V24, we wanted to give you the tools you need. Many of our users receive 2D drawings from designers for at least 40% - 50% of their projects, so they need to convert their 2D drawings into 3D and BIM models for visualization, coordination, planning, and quantity takeoff. This conversion is made simpler with BricsCAD BIM V24's tools, which are easy to use, familiar, and intelligent when needed.

26 October 2023 5 min

What's new in BricsCAD® V24?

Welcome to BricsCAD® V24! The professional CAD without compromise. This release is packed with new features and updates – making it easier to learn, use, and adopt BricsCAD. Let's take a look at what's new in BricsCAD V24!

19 October 2023 4 min

Which BricsCAD® is right for you?

If you're considering BricsCAD®, you're probably wondering – which BricsCAD is right for me? There are five BricsCAD editions so you can choose the BricsCAD that suits your needs best. Whether you're working in 2D, 3D or both, there's a BricsCAD for you. Choose from BricsCAD® Lite, BricsCAD® Pro, BricsCAD® BIM, BricsCAD® Mechanical or BricsCAD® Ultimate. Let's take a look at the various BricsCAD product levels!

2 October 2023 5 min

BricsCAD® for 3D: Visual Styles

When you're working with 3D models in BricsCAD®, you can use visual styles to control the display of 3D solids and surfaces to make those final touches on your designs. Let's take a look at how you can use visual styles in BricsCAD.

2 October 2023 6 min

Converting PDF to DWG files with BricsCAD®

You can convert PDF files to DWG files quickly and easily in BricsCAD®. When you convert a PDF to a DWG file, BricsCAD® converts straight lines to polylines, true type fonts to MTEXT, and filled solids to hatches, giving you a working drawing file in place of your PDF! Here's how you can do it!

20 September 2023 5 min

Getting Started with BricsCAD®: Trial and Licensing Options

Are you considering BricsCAD? Then, you're probably wondering what licensing options are available when you choose BricsCAD. You can avail of the free 30-day trial to try BricsCAD and its various versions to decide which edition suits your needs best. When you buy BricsCAD, you can choose from our flexible licensing options. Let's take a look at the different licensing options!

23 November 2022 5 min

How Technology Can Overcome the Top Challenges in Construction

New technology solutions continue to improve productivity and efficiency on construction sites around the world. However, upgraded design software can only push these improvements so far. To truly overcome the construction industry’s top challenges, the sectors’ professionals - architects, engineers, contractors and building owners - must embrace innovative solutions that provide the tools for stronger and better collaboration.

22 November 2022 4 min

Bricsys Digital Summit: BricsCAD V23 Spotlight – Great CAD productivity with amazing user experience

In this blog, we look at the features in Version 23 which are intuitive to use, learn and adopt when our users draft and design in their CAD workflows. This amazing user-experience is driven by the way our development teams harness new technology, so we’ll also highlight our favourite tools and commands to give users extra productivity too.

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