New in BricsCAD^® V24

The BricsCAD V24 command RIBBON is based on our new UI framework, and includes a general ribbon tool size setting to make the Ribbon easier to use on 4K screens.

The LookFrom widget is updated in V24, and it offers a more dynamic way to change the view when working in Model space.

BricsCAD's new Start Page offers direct template selection and the option to pin recently used documents so they remain at the top of the list.

BricsCAD now includes a new series of in-product tutorials to help users learn about the unique and powerful features of our newest V24 Release.

The ExpressTools now link directly to the BricsCAD on-line Help System in V24.

TIN Surface and GIS workflows are easier to use and faster to learn with the help of new dialog boxes and an improved user interface.

BricsCAD V24 includes new SmartCell Copy functionality to simplify the creation and editing of data tables in your drawings.

COPYGUIDED3D now works with defined constraints to better manage the placement and manipulation of detail entities.

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We have improved the next command suggestion algorithm in the AI Assist ribbon to make smarter choices, based on all of your inputs to BricsCAD.

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In V24, we've improved BricsCAD's native Parametric Blocks and the dynamic-to-parametric BLOCKCONVERT workflow, and added Move and Rotate to the list of supported parametric operations.

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BricsCAD's unique Drawing Health Management workflow now includes functionality for creating re-usable clean-up routines, and incorporates the OVERKILL command workflow in V24.

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Also in V24, a new Model View tab is available in the Sheet Set Manager. New drag-and-drop functionality has been added to the Sheet Set tree view, in addition to drag preview.

The new QUICKCALC panel makes it simple to perform math calculations directly inside of BricsCAD V24, with support for parameters and formulas.

The TRIM command now highlights the selected segments that can be trimmed or extended.

We've introduced QDIM to BricsCAD in V24. It helps you create linear dimensions by simply selecting the objects that you want to annotate.

The ANNOMONITOR system setting allows you to flag disassociated annotative dimensions, regardless of the style of the dimension entities.

Use Slab tool to easily create slab floor with or without pre-defined materials

Use Column tool to add vertical load-bearing elements to building models using generic or standard library shapes.

Use Roof tool makes it easer than ever to create a roof. You can make it either by selecting 2 points or building outline for more complex shape.

Automatic Scan to BIM capabilities got even better with the new room detection command POINTCLOUDDETECTROOMS and the POINTCLOUDFITROOM command fit planes to the detected room resulting in a closed solid.

This is a brand new feature to allow inspecting the process of assembling a product step by step. For each step the feature can evaluate 3 criteria which are the ability to use certain workshop tools, visibility, and the physical restrictions to freely move out parts.

New AMPARTREF and AMPARTLIST commands. Edit and view AMPARTREF fields via the properties panel for sync with AMPARTLIST. AMPARTREF creates Part References, while AMPARTLIST generates Parts Lists in drawings.

POWERDIM was enhanced by fixing bugs related to tolerance values.

With the BMWELDSYMRETRIEVE command, users can add weld content and symbols in Model space and then retrieve these symbols in paper space for generated drawing views.

Discover new capabilities, including "Clear" for resetting settings to default, "Flip Sides" for swapping symbols on the arrow side with the symbols on the other side, and icons were added in the Weld Symbol dialog for Weld types and Contours.

BricsCAD's Sheet Set Manager has been improved with a notification system to assist multiple users in accessing a single sheet set (.dst) file.

We've optimized the drawing view engine in BricsCAD V24 to generate 2D associative drawing views from your 3D models up to 40% faster than in previous releases.

We've improved BricsCAD's constraint management system to better control 2D profile geometry when constraint values are changed dramatically.

BricsCAD V24 includes the Hexagon intelligent Point Cloud Classifier (PCC). This technology helps detect found objects inside of point cloud data.

Sharp or Angled corners are now an option when creating a Grading Object in addition to the previous radial corner method.

Enter data using more traditional civil/survey formats in standard BricsCAD commands such as entering Bearings and Distances into the polyline command.

New weeding and supplementing options have been added to the Breakline and Contour Data TIN Surface definitions. Skip unneeded vertices where objects are over-digitized and sample additional data where it is needed to generate a more accurate and efficient surface.

Creating a TIN Surface from contours will often create flat areas in the surface. BricsCAD's new option to create a Surface from Contour Data automatically minimizes those flat areas where ever possible.

Scan to BIM modeling is more efficient with the enhanced BIMCOLUMN tool that can detect rectangular or circular column profile in a point cloud section.

Quickwall is now part of the Wall tool. You have the option to either create a single wall or poly-wall all-in-one panel.

Additional settings are now available in the Type Plans Editor for better graphical representation of the 2D plans.

BMExplode now documents product disassembly, saving custom camera views for each step. Customize and associate Mtext and trailing lines in individual steps, manually reorder and reverse the sequence for assembly, and enable quick animations with adjustable intervals.

We have implemented AMBOM Settings dialog to configure part references properties and set up defaults for parts lists, and data capture for the BOM similar AutoCAD^® Mechanical.

Added the AMSYMSCALE setting to control the scaling of Mechanical symbols and text, for drawings created in Model Space. Added AMSYMSCALE system variable to the Settings. Added AMRESCALE command to rescale dimensions, symbols, tables and text in both model space and layout.

BricsCAD can print/publish directly to multiple raster formats, and offers upgraded Publishing support for PDF bookmarks. We've also improved WMF output configuration options and file output quality.

BricsCAD can now import Object Data from AutoCAD^® Map 3D and Civil 3D to create BricsCAD GIS Data Layers.

BricsCAD can now import, export, create, edit, delete and filter GIS data. This enables the management and creation of GIS data in a familiar CAD environment and round-trip it back to your GIS system.

You can now export a 3D BIM model from BricsCAD as an RVT file, so it can be imported into Revit^® as its native file format. This model is intended to be used as a contextual model in Revit®.

For an IFC4 export, now choose between a full Design Transfer export, or a limited Reference View export.
The Reference View is a simplified export that will allow better exchange with other tools, such as Revit, that don't support the full IFC toolkit.

From now on, you don't have to bother choosing the IFC version for the properties. Instead of 2 different Namespaces for IFC2x3 and IFC4 properties, there is now 1 unified namespace, based on IFC4
When exporting to IFC2x3, the mapping needed to have the correct Property and Attribute names, is dealt with in the background.

Check an IFC file for its quality before importing with IFCVALIDATE.
On the command line and in the log file, a report will be given when errors against IFC specification rules are found in the file.

Exploded view steps can be exported directly into SVG format, so the user can attach them into a technical publications. The command has several settings such as the color and line weight.

Exploded view steps can be exported to 3DPDF including the animation of the movement of parts. The command has a dialog box too.

BricsCAD Mechanical includes BMBOM, an industry-leading implementation of BOM creation functions. This enhancement integrates existing AMPARTREF content into a BMBOM giving users access to the full suite of BOM layout and customization features including filters, sorts, and styles.

DXFOUT is supported for Mechanical objects for CAD 2D.