Skip to content
EntityQ913505· pop 9· linked from 185 articles

BricsCAD is a software application for computer-aided design (CAD), developed by Bricsys NV. The company was founded in 2002 by Erik de Keyser, a long-time CAD entrepreneur. In 2011 Bricsys acquired the intellectual property rights from Ledas for constraints-based parametric design tools, permitting the development of applications in the areas of direct modeling and assembly design. Bricsys is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium, and has additional development centers in Bucharest, Romania and Singapore. Bricsys is a founding member of the Open Design Alliance, and joined the BuildingSMART Interna

~7 min read

Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • The BricsCAD Editions
  • BricsCAD Shape
  • Communicator for BricsCAD
  • BricsCAD Shape
  • APIs and customization
  • Partners
  • Comparison of speed
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

BricsCAD is a software application for computer-aided design (CAD), developed by Bricsys NV. The company was founded in 2002 by Erik de Keyser, a long-time CAD entrepreneur. In 2011 Bricsys acquired the intellectual property rights from Ledas for constraints-based parametric design tools, permitting the development of applications in the areas of direct modeling and assembly design. Bricsys is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium, and has additional development centers in Bucharest, Romania and Singapore. Bricsys is a founding member of the Open Design Alliance, and joined the BuildingSMART International consortium in December 2016.

In 2018, Bricsys NV was acquired in full by Hexagon AB of Sweden. thumb|Example of the BricsCAD user interface, with a 3D model in the workspace.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bricscad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Available in 9 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0