BricsCAD Forum

The BricsCAD community: an enthusiastic group of CAD users; MCAD, BIM and all other walks of life, ready to help and share their tips and tricks.

BricsCAD Core

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Categories	Discussions	Comments	Latest Post
Expand for more options. 2D Drafting Share your tips and tricks on 2D drafting, drawing, technical illustrations, engineering diagrams, electrical diagrams, exploded drawings and more.	1.6K	6.3K	Stretch Command ChristopherH • February 6 in 2D Drafting
Expand for more options. 3D Modeling Share your tips and tricks on 3D modeling	694	3.3K	Radius or angle value ? NicoCadSceno • February 5 in 3D Modeling
Expand for more options. Printing and Plotting	162	1.4K	Fixed - Printer cannot be used - Unable to get paper sizes MtnArch • January 20 in Printing and Plotting
Expand for more options. Licensing and installation	167	952	Have a spare/unused old Bricscad BIM (or PRO) licence? I'm interested! Zsolt Jármai • February 3 in Licensing and installation
Expand for more options. Moving from A-CAD Moving from Another CAD? Ask your Questions here.	167	558	Adding a scale bar and north arrow linked to a viewport to paperspace Its_Alive • January 30 in Moving from A-CAD
Expand for more options. Point Clouds	69	328	making a dtm area smaller rick_ellis • February 6 in Point Clouds
Expand for more options. Importing and exporting files Importing and exporting file and converting them to .dwg. Includes PDF, STP, STL, IFC and more.	90	315	ped lights ALANH • January 23 in Importing and exporting files

BricsCAD Verticals

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Categories	Discussions	Comments	Latest Post
Expand for more options. BricsCAD BIM Share your tips and tricks for BricsCAD BIM here.	515	3K	How to automatically place storage racks inside a room boundary and calculate the quantity in BricsC ALANH • February 7 in BricsCAD BIM
Expand for more options. BricsCAD Mechanical Got a question about BricsCAD Mechanical? Ask our community here.	152	759	Exposing internal flexibility of component externally Sebastian • January 17 in BricsCAD Mechanical
Expand for more options. Shape Hints, tips & tricks, comments and suggestions, share you ideas here.	101	491	Since Shape is Discontinued, How about a free version targeting 3D Printer/Printing? Lyubov Osina • July 2025 in Shape
Expand for more options. Sheet Metal	56	198	Export IGES / IGS RSW • August 2025 in Sheet Metal

Programming

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Expand for more options. Programming and customization	777	2.6K	acedSSGet not working with *some* filters with logical operator and wildcard spac_dev • February 5 in Programming and customization
Expand for more options. LISP Share any LISP codes that you may have, be sure to explain what they do and how to use them. Happy coding!	232	960	impossible find intersections Jason Bourhill • February 7 in LISP

Miscellaneous

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Expand for more options. Other	382	10.5K	GUI Problems RyanNH87 • January 30 in Other

BricsCAD for MACOS and LINUX

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Categories	Discussions	Comments	Latest Post
Expand for more options. Linux	153	3.9K	Moving from windows 11 to Linux Mint 22.2 razzle69 • January 22 in Linux
Expand for more options. Mac	70	942	Permission denied ALANH • February 7 in Mac