What is BricsCAD?
The true CAD alternative

Combining familiarity, flexibility, and performance to help the design industry break free from current platforms.

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BricsCAD Layers panel showing a list of layers with visibility, freeze, lock icons, color swatches, and linetype settings.

BricsCAD 2D Drafting toolbar showing drawing tools: Point, Line, Polyline, Spline, Rectangle, Polygon, and Circle.

BricsCAD Properties panel showing 3D Solid settings with General and 3D Visualization sections, alongside a vertical toolbar.

BricsCAD Sheet Set Manager panel displaying a hierarchical tree structure of drawing sheets and subsets.

Three BricsCAD screens: a 2D sketch, structural joist and top plate connection drawings, and a 3D industrial pipe model.

BRICSCAD WORKFLOW

The fastest path from design concept to complete and accurate production drawings

Initial Design
concept/model

Design Development
refine

Detailed Design
documentation

Production
make/build

Initial Design
concept/model

Design Development
refine

Detailed Design
documentation

Production
make/build

Native .dwg or import any design format

A CAD platform based on industry standards so users can work with existing designs and those of their suppliers.

Advanced editing and optimization

A unified 2D and 3D design platform built for people who need to turn concepts into fully working designs, with precision and rigor.

Accurate detailing and annotations

Unique tools that intelligently automate your design processes to streamline, simplify, and enhance complex detailing and annotation tasks.

Automated drawing generation

Transform any design into production-ready deliverables with smart automations supercharging productivity.

CAD Capabilities

A DWG-based CAD platform with flexible product options

Choose from a set of professional CAD and modeling tools made for engineers, builders, designers, architects, and manufacturers.

BricsCAD

Design Platform

2D drafting

3D modeling

Surveying

BIM

Mechanical

BricsCAD interface showing a retail store floor plan alongside a 3D isometric model of store shelving and fixtures.

Available in BricsCAD

Lite

Pro

Mechanical

BIM

Ultimate

Powerful design platform

Quickly transform any design concept into production-ready deliverables.

CAD software that feels familiar, enabling proficient CAD users to become skilled in BricsCAD with minimal training while bringing their current menus, command scripts, customizations, and templates directly into the platform.

Optimized performance even when working with large files, using advanced algorithms and Al-driven technologies to reduce compute times and ensure real-time responsiveness.

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