BricsCAD Upgrade

The latest release of BricsCAD brings new levels of performance and innovation to the heart of the BricsCAD product family, improving the design, construction, and manufacturing workflows.

What’s New In BricsCAD v26

Lite & Pro

• Look From Widget – Navigation tool to easily select the desired position on the cube and dynamically reposition a preset view.
• Notification message dialogue box – Consistent notifications, offering a simple, clear pop-up for in-product warnings and updates.
• Log in process for analytics authentication – Uniformed log in for simplified browser authentication and consistency across tools.
• Display scaling and accuracy – Text, panels, and dialogs now scale more accurately, with increased support for fractional scaling and diverse monitor setups.
• Customisations for Settings dialogue box – Intuitive, easy process to configure and personalize BricsCAD through the Settings dialog box.
• Adjusted colour contrast in UI – Interface text and graphics in BricsCAD now offer better visibility.
• Streamlined workspace selection – A new launcher to easily find the workspace you need and get started quickly.
• Dynamic Block Creation – Create Dynamic Blocks within BricsCAD (available only for users outside the United States).
  3D solid manipulation control grips – Adjust the size and form of primitive solids and polysolids with 3D manipulation grips for fast freeform editing.
• Fillet and chamfer for all component edges – Fillet or chamfer can be applied to all edges of a selected 3D solid in single click when solid option is selected.
• Drawing units through command line – Change the drawing units and related settings, like insertion scale and precision, through the command line (-DWGUNITS).
• Flatshot through command line – Create 2D block representation of 3D solid geometry based on current view, through the command line or in unattended script (-FLATSHOT).
• Block creation from section plane – Generate a 2D section block from a section plane of a 3D model, either through the command line or in unattended script (-SECTIONPLANETOBLOCK).
• Centralised point cloud management – Import, edit, and manage point clouds with thumbnails and search for quick dataset access.
• Reverse vertices of selected geometry – Reverse the direction of lines, polylines, splines, and helixes, making it easier to read text where directionality matters.
• Patches to fix open model faces – Repair open boundaries of surfaces with continuity control to create solids from mesh data (SURFPATCH).
• Preview for rotation and scaling of solids – Added user feedback when scaling or rotating solid bodies, making the commands predictable in the graphics window.
• Advanced settings for geographic location – Geographic Location dialog box offers now offers a simplified user experience.
• Geographic Location through command line – Sets or updates the geographic location of the drawing when running through the command line or in unattended script (-GEO/-GEOGRAPHICLOCATION).
• Dynamic input using x-axis – Consistency within commands for simplified keyboard input, making design work easy.
• Geometric properties of 3D solids – Quickly edit geometric properties of 3D solids through the properties panel with dynamic feedback.
• Methods for font mapping – New criteria for font substitution introduced for default.fmp and fontalt.fmp files.
• Insert menu standardised for block types – Unified user interface for insertion of all block types in BricsCAD, simplifying the user experience.
• Drawing Explorer block search – Quickly find and manage blocks in large drawings, making it easy to identify which blocks are being used and reused.
• Dynamic Block editing – Edit parameters and actions of Dynamic Blocks to ensure seamless workflow compatibility in a mixed block environment (available only for users outside the United States).
• Faster geometry selection with Quick Select – Added functionality to QSELECT command. Select multiple entities when defining the filter.
• Command preview visibility – Determines whether a preview for TRIM and EXTEND commands is shown and can be enabled or disabled by the user.
• Interference detection – Intuitive UI to apply filters, query data, and manage results. Inspect and delete interferences by isolating them in model space.
• Section plane accuracy and control – Increased precision when sectioning models with adjustable grips. Change the section type and depth from the properties panel.
• Modifications to Attributes – Attribute positions, orientations, and property changes are automatically synchronized when related parameters are modified.
• Blockify in Create Block Definition dialog box – Run Blockify within the Create Block Definition dialog box. Create new block definitions and check for exisiting blocks available for reuse.
• 2D Geometric constraint symbol grouping – Group symbols to boost performance and clarity in complex drawings.
• Outline for Render mode – Highlight the outer shape of point clouds with the new Outline filter for clearer visualisation.
• Slice section view – View a sliced section of a 3D model within a specified boundary with editable thickness and offset position.
• Section view plane visibility – Ability to toggle on and off the display section planes within 3D model view based on section type.
• Geometry measure for 2D and 3D – Measure 2D and 3D distances, radii, angles, areas, and volumes (MEASUREGEOM). Results appear in command prompt and dynamic tooltip.
• 3D section grips for advanced visual controls – Easier to dynamically manipulate section cuts through 3D solids.
• View Base model generation – Continue working while generating additional drawing views.
• 2D polyline tracing on point clouds – Easily trace polylines over point clouds with one click per segment for fast, accurate linework (POINTCLOUDTRACE).
• Temporary ortho mode for MLeader – New functionality added to MLEADER command. Add temporary ortho alignment (press and hold Shift key) for easier leader placement.

BricsCAD Survey Toolset (BricsCAD Pro and above)

• Everything in Lite & Pro, plus…
• GIS import and export for GML files – Import and export geospatial data with support for industry standard Geographic Markup Language (.GML) enabling consistent collaboration.
• Civil Points creation – Generate Civil Points on objects, grids, or by converting CAD points and blocks for accurate, efficient site modeling, easily and simply.
• TIN cut and fill volume reports – Easily generate and incorporate accurate volume reports for cut and fill analysis.
• Auto Mapping Sets for point style assignment and management – Automatically assign point styles and layers based on point codes for faster drafting.
• Civil Label Support for GIS data – Add and customise civil labels, now including automated GIS data attributes, for smarter, easier, faster annotation.
• User-defined ranges for elevation and slope analysis – Slope and elevation analysis with custom ranges, colours, and legends for clear surface visualisation.
• Civil Section creation – Easily create Civil Sections and Section Views along any Alignment or String for detailed design insights, in bulk and at scale.

BricsCAD BIM

• Everything in Lite, Pro and BricsCAD Survey Toolset, plus…
• Location control during model federation – Match georeferenced locations across assets for absolute precision during model federation.
• Reference geometry using IFC – Import IFC models as reference geometry, separated from the model’s native geometry.
  IFC4x3 support for classification and export – Classify entities according to the IFC4x3 classification structure (BIMCLASSIFY). Export models to IFC4x3, for better alignment with plant and infrastructure projects.
• Project collaboration with shared data – Work efficiently across users and teams with better access to shared project data, like spatial locations and compositions.
• Industry-based project classification and alignment – Classify project data to be more closely aligned with industry standard classification schemas.
• BIM blocks for building components – Create detailed geometry and embed needed component information with BIM blocks, or easily convert existing blocks.
• Auto-line detection and ortho image generation – Generate orthographic images and auto-detect lines from point clouds using a section plane for precise results.
  

BricsCAD Mechanical

• Everything in Lite, Pro and BricsCAD Survey Toolset, plus…
• Optimised sheet metal recognition – Advanced classification of edge features in sheet metal, with adjustable extrusion depth for better recognition.
• Faster and reusable 2D FEA – Edit 2D FEA objects with fewer clicks. View reaction forces, reuse setups, and zoom-highlight for faster analysis.
• Streamlined dimensioning control – Smarter commands and advanced UI make power dimensioning faster and more accurate.
• Smart auto-chamfer dimensioning – Save time with automated chamfer dimensions. Select the chamfer and edges to instantly create two clear linear measurements.
• Comprehensive Weld Symbol dialogue box – Quickly apply advanced weld symbols with full property control from a unified panel.
• Effortless parts navigation – Quickly cycle and locate through parts in drawings, combining zoom and highlight into one efficient command.

BricsCAD Ultimate

• Everything above