BricsCAD

About BricsCAD
BricsCAD the first all-in-one CAD design solution in .dwg that answers all your needs; 2D drafting, 3D modeling, mechanical design, and BIM.
The BricsCAD® family of products brings a cost-effective, multi-platform CAD solution to Windows, macOS, and Linux.
BricsCAD is available as a permanent/perpetual license & subscription license, for networked or stand-alone computers. You can also add Maintenance for ease of keeping up-to-date.
Familiarity for other CAD users and full LISP support can help reduce a new BricsCAD® users’ learning curve to a day or less. With innovative machine learning tools, you increase drawing accuracy while saving time.
Key benefits of BricsCAD
Fairly-priced subscription, perpetual and network licenses. You choose.
Innovative AI tools to speed up your drawing process.
IT-friendly, compact deployment (installer ±375MB) with multi-threaded processing.
BricsCAD® runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
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- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
BricsCAD takes the CAD experience to a whole new level with its stellar performance & features.
Reviewed on 2023/01/12
I'm very satisfied with what BricsCAD has to offer in terms of features & overall user experience....
I'm very satisfied with what BricsCAD has to offer in terms of features & overall user experience. It's an extremely cost-effective CAD utility that's proven to be easy to learn & use for creating 2D (& 3D) drafts. Furthermore, I've noticed how relatively smaller DWG files are when saving a drawing via BricsCAD compared to other CAD programs I've used in the past which ultimately contributes to saving storage on my local disk drives.
Pros
BricsCAD offers one of, if not the best feature set a CAD utility can offer. One of the major strengths with the software is absolute compatibility with various formats supported by other CAD programs, thus making data importing & file exports hassle-free. Another outstanding attribute is the speedy process of applying textures & fully rendering a drafted 3D model such as a steel structure or brick wall. I'm using a dual-core Athlon 200GE processor in my office machine & it runs marvellously well without encountering any stutters or freezes when opening fairly large, multi-layered 2D or 3D drawings.
Cons
Despite BricsCAD's impressive optimisation to run on low-end hardware, it does however lead to high CPU usage & temps during an automatic update running in the background. I've starting noticing this issue on my Athlon machine since version 22's release of the software which still exists in the latest build - v23. I sincerely hope the next iteration of the software resolves this taxing process issue. Other than that, I have no other complaints with the software whatsoever.
Reasons for Choosing BricsCAD
Panning & zooming through high-detail 2D schematics would often yield a stuttery performance when undeniably causes frustration when working with AutoCAD. Making the switch, however, made a night-and-day difference as the drawings would load up near instantly & navigating through them suffered no such aforementioned issues.Switched From
AutoCADReasons for Switching to BricsCAD
While there were certainly more affordable & even free (open-source) alternatives, I chose to go with BricsCAD simply due to its unparalleled CAD file compatibility & ease of use - both of which I suspected might be lacking in other similar programs.- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
BricsCAD is a very good tool for Design Electrica and Plumbing Installation
Reviewed on 2020/01/03
We work with electrical and plumbing design and we discover BricsCAD with a local dealer that help...
We work with electrical and plumbing design and we discover BricsCAD with a local dealer that help us a lot to adapt LISP routines and other own standards from Autodesk AutoCAD to BricsCAD. The generation of PDF interface is cool and easy to use. Other tools from developers (e.g. plumbing) migrated to BricsCAD too, making our daily use easier. The software runs lighter and fast !
Pros
It is fully compatible with .dwg files;
Easy to migrate LISP routines to BricsCAD;
Customer support is good in Brazil;
Lots of applications for electric and plumbing design;
It has suitable kind of license according your necessity (and it´s perpetual !);
Cons
The customer support has a delay to respond;
Some commands are diferent from Autodesk AutoCAD (need to study a little and adapt some routines)
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AutoCADReasons for Switching to BricsCAD
Price, type of license, customer service (technical and commercial) Very easy to manage licensesResponse from Bricsys
Hi,
Nice to hear you have a positive experience using BricsCAD for electrical and plumbing design.
Thanks a lot for sharing this with your peers!
Kind regards,
The Bricsys-team
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 1.0 /10
Horrible customer support
Reviewed on 2021/07/17
Hi I recently purchased Bricscad Pro about $1300. I opened a customer support ticket about four...
Hi I recently purchased Bricscad Pro about $1300. I opened a customer support ticket about four days ago but no one responded. All I needed was the BRX SDK, an application for writing c++ programs for Bricscad. This is easily and freely downloadable for Autocad users, even if you just have a student/trial version. I contacted the Bricsys [SENSITIVE CONTENT] (whatever that is) and I was told I need to register as a developer, which I did, but still I cannot access the BRX SDK. I asked the [SENSITIVE CONTENT] where I can get the SDK but he has not responded. I also emailed [email protected], two corporate headquarters and the US help desk concerning this issue and again no has responded. If I had known that they treat customers this badly I would have never have purchased their product. I could demand a refund, but I think I would have better luck pushing a piano up ten flights of stairs.
Pros
reasonably priced compared to Autocad. Easy to use for Autocad users.
Cons
It is hard to say because customer support is so bad

- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Great all around CAD software.
Reviewed on 2021/02/12
I learned CAD in a more popular and different, but similar application. BricsCAD works in a...
I learned CAD in a more popular and different, but similar application. BricsCAD works in a similar way and has almost all of the same features that I liked about the other software.
Pros
BricsCAD is an efficient and effective CAD application.
Cons
Some of the settings are a little hard to find and manipulate.
Response from Bricsys
Hi Ammon, thank you for your review!
Nice to hear you have a positive experience using BricsCAD.
- Industry: Architecture & Planning
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
You're sooo close.
Reviewed on 2021/07/26
Pros
It is so comparable to AutoCAD the industry's benchmark. I would LOVE for it to work on its 3D abilities. This could be the next Revit contender!!!
Cons
A bit clunky but very well made - each iteration has been better than the last! Keep it up.
Response from Bricsys
Thank you for sharing your review. Nice to hear your having such a positive experience :)
BricsCAD FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for BricsCAD.Q. What type of pricing plans does BricsCAD offer?
BricsCAD offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$590.00/one-time
- Pricing model: Free Version
- Free Trial: Available
BricsCAD is available on a perpetual license and annual or 3-years subscriptions, outlined below. It also offers a 30-days free trial. 1-Year Subscriptions: Lite: $350 Pro: $720 Mechanical: $1290 BIM: $1360 Ultimate: $1,500 Also perpetual and network licenses available. For more information, check our website.
Q. Who are the typical users of BricsCAD?
BricsCAD has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does BricsCAD support?
We do not have any information about what languages BricsCAD supports
Q. Does BricsCAD support mobile devices?
BricsCAD supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does BricsCAD integrate with?
We do not have any information about what integrations BricsCAD has
Q. What level of support does BricsCAD offer?
BricsCAD offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat
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