BricsCAD BIM + Maintenance

CAD software with BIM capabilities

BricsCAD BIM allows you to access 3D building-modeling and BIM workflows in the same, familiar BricsCAD® environment without the disruption of learning a new system. AI-driven - In BricsCAD BIM, design decisions come first, and machine learning algorithms automate the laborious tasks of manipulating BIM data, documentation, and levels of detail. 2D & 3D - You can find a flexible, direct building-modeling tool and a professional CAD product in the same DWG platform. Design geometry can directly be converted to BIM elements. CAD software - A safe path to BIM for CAD users without the disruption of learning a traditional BIM system. Spending less on software and training while avoiding performance dips during transition lowers the barriers to entry. For BIM - BricsCAD BIM leverages the power of solid CAD modeling that supports flexible design, BIM, and the accuracy needed by engineers and manufacturers, opening the possibility of linking BIM with fabrication workflows in the BricsCAD Ultimate package.

A flexible platform for 2D, 3D designs, and BIM

BricsCAD BIM is built on the familiar BricsCAD system, so you can leverage the 2D drafting tools as you ease into 3D workflows at your own pace. Enjoy the flexibility to create simple 3D designs, import or produce BIM for collaborations, or model with accuracy for construction and fabrication.

AI-driven - In BricsCAD BIM, design decisions come first, and machine learning algorithms automate the laborious tasks of manipulating BIM data, documentation, and levels of detail. 2D & 3D - You can find a flexible, direct building-modeling tool and a professional CAD product in the same DWG platform. Design geometry can directly be converted to BIM elements. CAD software - A safe path to BIM for CAD users without the disruption of learning a traditional BIM system. Spending less on software and training while avoiding performance dips during transition lowers the barriers to entry. For BIM - BricsCAD BIM leverages the power of solid CAD modeling that supports flexible design, BIM, and the accuracy needed by engineers and manufacturers, opening the possibility of linking BIM with fabrication workflows in the BricsCAD Ultimate package.

The BricsCAD BIM Workflow

Discover how BricsCAD BIM enables a streamlined workflow for design, construction, and fabrication in a single DWG environment.

Modeling freedom

Experience the freedom to model with a 3D workflow unrestricted by pre-defined parts or library components. Use intuitive push-pull direct modeling to sculpt your mass-model concept. Your model remains light and responsive because it’s not overloaded or over-constrained.

Quick floor plans BIMQUICKDRAW takes sketching into the 3D realm. You can create and modify 3D room layouts as easily as sketching out a 2D floor plan. Creating and editing rectangular and L-shaped rooms and buildings has never been so fast.	Create a BIM from a solid massing model BIMQUICKBUILDING supports iterative and generative design workflows, quickly transforming a solid massing model into a conceptual BIM model with slabs, walls, and spaces -- helping the designer to explore many design options in an early design phase.	Create Spaces and Zones You have unlimited freedom to create Spaces and Zones, using a free-form direct modeling approach. Spaces can be simple or complex 3D volumes, or 2D abstractions. These methods deliver the freedom to specify building areas with full freedom.
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Bi-directional link with Grasshopper BricsCAD BIM modeler and McNeel’s Rhinoceros®/Grasshopper have a live, two-way link to bridge the gap between early-stage generative design and BIM by translating geometric entities into BIM elements.	Top View Mode BricsCAD BIM gives you the ultimate flexibility of modeling your designs with direct modeling or the Top View Mode, which gives you the familiar experience of modeling in a plan view. Creating simple wall layouts with doors and windows has just become a lot more efficient in BricsCAD BIM.

Visualization Visualize your projects at every phase of the workflow with BricsCAD BIM. With a single click, you can start real-time rendering using Enscape, Twinmotion or Lumion and walk through your fully rendered model project.

BIM - Classify,  replicate, automate

Leverage the power of AI tools to automatically convert your concept study models to fully classified BIM models (LOD 200). Then, increase the LOD of your BIM continuously using the power of BricsCAD BIM’s AI-powered
workflows.

Auto-classify building elements BIMIFY examines the geometry of each solid in the model and detects and assigns IFC entity classifications automatically. This automated classifier can save hours of work in the creation of a BIM.	Auto-complete BIM data BIMAUTOMATCH will automatically match and complete BIM information across multiple entities, such as missing compositions, properties, and more. Add compositions to a wall and BIMAUTOMATCH will suggest adding that composition to every matching wall in the entire BIM.	Propagate 3D details Drive a consistent level of detail (LOD) across your entire BIM automatically. Adjust a composition ply at a ceiling/wall juncture and replicate the change across the BIM, wherever you need it. You always have full control over the suggestions BIMPROPAGATE makes.

Generate spectacular documentation

Create clear and accurate construction documentation in record time using the automatic generation of sections, elevations, drawing views, and sheet layouts. You can always customize them using the world’s best drafting and annotation tools. Change your BIM and all associated drawing views will be regenerated automatically to stay in total synch with the model.

Fast drawing generation In BricsCAD BIM, drawing view generation is threaded across multi-core CPUs, to keep you working smoothly while drawings and sheet sets are being generated.	BIM Typed Plans templates With user configurable BIM Typed Plans templates, you can generate and customize any plan layout (architectural, structural, fire and life safety, etc.) using 2D graphical overrides for BIM elements and custom annotations and tags.

BIM Project Browser Create and manage 2D drawings, sections, and schedules from the integrated BIM Project Browser. Everything is organized and well-structured in one place.	Auto annotations Place and update tags and dimensions automatically with BricsCAD BIM’s automatic annotation tools.	Stair styles and representation  Stairs in BricsCAD BIM, whether they were created with the BIMSTAIR tool or with direct modeling, now get an automatic and adapted 2D representation on sheets.

Detailing and quantification

Increase your model’s LOD by adding information and duplicating it at any or all matching instances across your BIM automatically. With high accuracy and consistent Level of Detail across the entire BIM, exact quantity take-offs and bills of materials can be extracted, displayed, and exported.

Propagate 2D detail The Propagate workflow in BricsCAD BIM can be used to replicate architectural and structural details across an entire BIM. Details can be automatically parameterized, then stored, managed, and used from the detail library. These custom components can be re-used across different stages of the design process and across multiple projects.	BOM Manager The BOM Manager, previously only available in Mechanical, has been integrated in BricsCAD BIM to significantly increase quantity take-off capabilities. Creating lists, schedules, and bill of materials has become much easier and users have gained more control over their data.	Propagate 3D details Drive a consistent level of detail (LOD) across your entire BIM automatically. Adjust a composition ply at a ceiling/wall juncture and replicate the change across the BIM, wherever you need it. You always have full control over the suggestions BIMPROPAGATE makes.

 

Deliver custom designs for fabrication and manufacturing

The accuracy of BricsCAD BIM offers new horizons for engineers and manufacturers of building products. Custom components can be designed and shared as assemblies for use within the BIM or on the shop floor for fabrication.

Manufacturers of building components can create production-ready assemblies in BricsCAD® Mechanical, then share their designs as libraries of components for use with BricsCAD BIM.

Parametrize The Parametrize workflow in BricsCAD BIM lets you create intelligent, fully-parametric building components in seconds, without the hassle of manual parameter and constraint assignment	Parts and assemblies Manufacturers of building components can work in BricsCAD Mechanical or other mechanical design systems, then share their designs as libraries of components for BricsCAD BIM.	MEP tools BricsCAD BIM supports building mechanical services in full 3D. The intuitive modeling tools let you create HVAC ducts and pipes as flow segments. These segments can be automatically connected via bends, T-connections, and automatic branching.	Propagate 3D details Drive a consistent level of detail (LOD) across your entire BIM automatically. Adjust a composition ply at a ceiling/wall juncture and replicate the change across the BIM, wherever you need it. You always have full control over the suggestions BIMPROPAGATE makes.

Reality Capture

Scan existing conditions to verify the accuracy of old survey drawings and start your renovation projects from an accurate, as-build model. Point clouds can help you check progress and quality during construction and make a permanent record of the completed building for future renovations.

Scan to plan Enjoy the efficiency of automation with BricsCAD BIM to detect floors and auto-generate 2D linework as a basis for a 2D building-plan layout. A 2D plan can easily be converted to 3D geometry without advanced modeling skills.	Scan to BIM BricsCAD BIM is the best tool for modeling the existing conditions quickly and accurately. Industry-first performance, flexible modeling tools, and various automations support the efficient generation of smart BIM from scans.

 

Open BIM & interoperability

BricsCAD BIM supports global, open standards to ensure interoperability and enable smooth collaboration with everyone on the extended design or build team.

IFC 4.0 and BCF BricsCAD BIM’s underlying database is a direct, 1:1 mapping with the OpenBIM Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) 4.0 schema. We support open standards across the product, such as the BIM Collaboration Format (BCF) for display and resolution of design issues.	Import directly from Trimble® SketchUp When you import SKP files into BricsCAD Shape, they are automatically stitched into solids. BricsCAD Shape supports the latest versions of SKP files for import.	RVT import Import geometry from RVT files as a reference or as native, editable solids directly into BricsCAD BIM, enabling easy collaboration with teams using Revit®.	RFA import Super-charge your productivity by importing from the vast selection of families supplied by manufacturers, and import vital information along with accurate geometry natively in BricsCAD BIM.

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Which version of BricsCAD is right for you?

BricsCAD® Lite	BricsCAD® Pro	BricsCAD® Mechanical	BricsCAD® BIM	BricsCAD® Ultimate
High-performing, compatible, and concise 2D drafting and detailing.	Powerful, intuitive and interoperable 2D/3D CAD and modeling.	Mechanical 2D design and drafting combined with intelligent 3D assembly modeling.	AI-driven BIM, built on our single 2D and 3D DWG design platform.	Powerful and seamless workflows, from BIM to mechanical design on a single platform.
Features: P2D drafting toolsets LISP routines	All BricsCAD Lite features, plus: 3D modeling toolsets 3rd party applications Civil & Surveying toolsets Point Cloud toolsets	All BricsCAD Pro features, plus: Drag-and-drop Drawing Layout Mechanical symbols and annotations Bill of Material (BOM) generation Sheet metal fabrication Piping system design Assembly instruction and inspection toolkit Parametric 3D assembly modeling	All BricsCAD Pro features, plus: Native IFC classification and properties IFC import and export RVT/RFA import Project database Schedules and full BOM Manager BIM auto-classification	Features: All BricsCAD Mechanical features BricsCAD BIM features