Administration: Good and Bad Needed

Clint2U
Clint2U
in Moving from A-CAD

AutoCAD and BricsCAD: Which CAD App has tools that make managing customization easier as an administrator? Why?

I want to be aware of any "gotchas" as I plan BricsCAD customization for company users.

Thanks, Clint

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  • ALANH
    ALANH

    Should not matter to much which is used include Gstar, Intellicad etc.

    There can be some options that are specific to brand Autocad has Trusted Paths Bricscad does not as example.

    Managing multiple users the best option is store everything on a server then you have 1 version only and its always the latest. I use a "setup" lisp so its all automated and consistent inside it has checks Acad or Brics, so correct install carried out.

    This will reveal CAD name (vlax-product-key)

    I use custom mnu's etc and all work ok in both. Use appload start up suite to preload programs I avoid the default pre load versions.

    Some commands don't exist in Bricscad but with new versions these are becoming less. In lisps its easy to check and work around it. Example "Reverse" in Acad but can use pedit R in Bricscad.

  • Clint2U
    Clint2U

    Pardon the delayed response! I will consider your suggestion.

    Ours is a 100% cloud-based setup - good or bad.

    Do you have any CAD-based management suggestions related to this type of technology?

  • ALANH
    ALANH

    Cloud based have heard good and bad. Don't use so can not comment.

    Can help with a setup lisp, I have one that can UNZIP so can have stuff that needs to be saved on local pc in 1 zip file, adds custom menu's etc. User just runs the setup lisp, select the ZIP file checks is it Acad or Bricscad.

  • Clint2U
    Clint2U

    Hi ALANH !

    I am passionate about standardization and efficiency. Without a deep understanding of programming at this point and having little administrative experience, I would prefer to have some mechanism for users to access and apply company CAD update "packets".

    Would you be willing to share your setup lisp in part or as a whole?

    FYI

    While my position is not directly related to CAD management (we have no typical CAD manager position), I was hired from outside of the manufactured metal building industry to bring "fresh eyes" to leverage my mastery of several CAD apps and related 3D and light customization skills from a variety of industry settings.

    Here for a little a year now, I now work with and under a superior who develops and manages our main design application, MBS, and also applies his industry experience to generate a standard repository of typical CAD details for a design production CAD users.