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Meet BricsCAD®

The most cost-effective CAD software. with a familiar interface, flexible licensing
& superior performance.

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Familiar and compatible CAD

BricsCAD is entirely based on the industry-standard DWG format, with full command, script, macro, and menu compatibility. BricsCAD feels like home!

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3D modeling

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Powerful design platform

BricsCAD is a modern, high-performance DWG-based CAD platform that accelerates your 2D & 3D design and drafting workflows.

  • BricsCAD downloads and installs quickly, offering familiar CAD tools that will have you working comfortably in an hour
  • Innovative AI-powered features in BricsCAD can help you go from design to deliverable in record time

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Trusted by CAD users worldwide

“On the data side, there was no migration work. BricsCAD has full compatibility with drawings made with the programs previously used." 

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Davide Vinci, 3D Model Engineer & Data Management / Senior Piping Specialist, Ponterosso Comart S.p.A, Italy 

“The volume of 3D modeling work is increasing every day and I expect BricsCAD to support our smooth transition from 2D CAD to 3D CAD.”

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Masahiro Abe, Production Engineering Division, Mazda, Japan

“I can say BricsCAD's software is an indisputable replacement for our existing 2D CAD software.”

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Jan Marcinski, Group Manager of Product Conception and Management, Strabag SE, Austria

“BricsCAD offers licenses at a reasonable price and yet has the same functionality and stability as our previous CAD software.”

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Masahiro Abe, Production Engineering Division, Mazda, Japan

“BricsCAD is a good product and a good fit for many of our users working with CAD drawings - especially for our international users.”

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Daniela Matchke, Production Conception and Management, Strabag SE

“On the data side, there was no migration work. BricsCAD has full compatibility with drawings made with the programs previously used." 

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Davide Vinci, 3D Model Engineer & Data Management / Senior Piping Specialist, Ponterosso Comart S.p.A, Italy 

“The volume of 3D modeling work is increasing every day and I expect BricsCAD to support our smooth transition from 2D CAD to 3D CAD.”

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Masahiro Abe, Production Engineering Division, Mazda, Japan

“I can say BricsCAD's software is an indisputable replacement for our existing 2D CAD software.”

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Jan Marcinski, Group Manager of Product Conception and Management, Strabag SE, Austria

“BricsCAD offers licenses at a reasonable price and yet has the same functionality and stability as our previous CAD software.”

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Masahiro Abe, Production Engineering Division, Mazda, Japan

“BricsCAD is a good product and a good fit for many of our users working with CAD drawings - especially for our international users.”

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Daniela Matchke, Production Conception and Management, Strabag SE

“On the data side, there was no migration work. BricsCAD has full compatibility with drawings made with the programs previously used." 

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Davide Vinci, 3D Model Engineer & Data Management / Senior Piping Specialist, Ponterosso Comart S.p.A, Italy 

“The volume of 3D modeling work is increasing every day and I expect BricsCAD to support our smooth transition from 2D CAD to 3D CAD.”

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Masahiro Abe, Production Engineering Division, Mazda, Japan

“I can say BricsCAD's software is an indisputable replacement for our existing 2D CAD software.”

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Jan Marcinski, Group Manager of Product Conception and Management, Strabag SE, Austria

“BricsCAD offers licenses at a reasonable price and yet has the same functionality and stability as our previous CAD software.”

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Masahiro Abe, Production Engineering Division, Mazda, Japan

“BricsCAD is a good product and a good fit for many of our users working with CAD drawings - especially for our international users.”

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Daniela Matchke, Production Conception and Management, Strabag SE

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BricsCAD® Lite
BricsCAD® Pro
BricsCAD®Mechanical
BricsCAD®BIM
BricsCAD® Ultimate
CAD Platform
  • Native DWG
  • LISP routines
  • 3rd Party Applications
2D Drafting
3D Modeling
Civil Survey
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Mechanical Toolsets
BIM Toolsets
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Interoperability without compromise

BricsCAD lets you exchange design data freely across all project stakeholders and all major file formats.

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Default supported file formats
*included in BricsCAD Lite, Pro, BIM, Mechanical and Ultimate

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AutoCAD icon AutoCAD
DXF icon DXF
DWT icon DWT
ACIS SAT icon ACIS SAT
PDF icon PDF
Micro Station icon Micro Station
Colada icon Colada
JPEG icon JPEG
TIFF icon TIFF
Draftsight icon Draftsight
Wavefront icon Wavefront

Extra BIM file formats
*included in BricsCAD BIM and Ultimate

Rhino icon Rhino
Sketchup icon Sketchup
Revit icon Revit
IFC icon IFC

Extra 3D & Mechanical file formats
*requires an extra-cost module Communicator for BricsCAD

Parasolid icon Parasolid
CATIA icon CATIA
Creo icon Creo
3D PDF icon 3D PDF
DXF icon Solidworks
Inventor icon Inventor
STEP icon STEP
IGES icon IGES
Siemens_NX icon Siemens_NX
ACIS icon ACIS
STL icon STL
Solid Edge icon Solid Edge

Out-of-the-box integrations
*Vault and Projectwise require BricsCAD Maintenance

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