Bangalore, India We are going to rebadge the GeoTools add-on software for Bricscad and AutoCAD to better reflect what it offers to the end-user. We are going to split GeoTools into two products - GeoTools and CADPower, both for the... Read more →
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October 2011
October 31, 2011
October 29, 2011
GeoTools runs in Bricscad Trial but not in Classic
Bangalore, India In my last post, I explained the lack of compatibility between Bricscad V12 Classic and GeoTools V12. There is an interesting observation I made regarding Bricscad trial version and Bricscad Classic. If you download a 30-day trial version... Read more →
October 27, 2011
October 15, 2011
October 14, 2011
October 13, 2011
Bricscad Grows & Evolves Everyday - A look at V12 & V11 life-cycles
Bangalore, India In one of my last posts titled What's new in Bricscad v12 , I wrote about the new features in Bricscad V12. In the same post, you also read about the disclosures made by Bricsys about the additional... Read more →
October 12, 2011
Chapoo and Bricscad
Brusssels, Belgium In one of my last posts, I spoke about a new Bricsys product - Chapoo. Here is a little more info about it with some slides. Chapoo is nothing but the new name for Vondle project management software.... Read more →
October 11, 2011
October 09, 2011
With Sven Soltmann in Gent
Gent, Belgium I am in Gent today for some one-on-one meetings with Bricsys staff. Gent is where Bricsys is headquartered. After a short day in the Bricsys office, it was time to party again. One of my very good friends... Read more →
October 08, 2011
The Bricsys Party on Day 2
Brussels, Belgium On the second day of the Bricsys Developer Conference also, we had some post-conference evening fun activities again. The party was at the top floor of the Square Brussels Meeting Centre accessible via the Coudenberg entrance. The top... Read more →
Direct Modeling Explained
Brussels, Belgium The single, biggest announcement in Bricscad V12 that has got everyone talking is direct modeling. Bricscad V12 now offers Variational Direct Modeling (VDM), which is something that was pioneered by LEDAS Corporation back in 2008. On Day 2... Read more →
October 06, 2011
October 05, 2011
Metso Automation - The First BRX User
Belgium, Brussels Metso is a multi-disciplinary engineering company with interests spanning power, pulp and paper, mining, construction and mineral industries. They have been one one of the bold guys to experiment and invest on BRX many, many years back and... Read more →
LightWorks Artisan - A Presentation by Clive Davies
Brussels, Belgium Lightworks Artisan is a specialized product that offers rendering solution for photo-realistic rendering and real-time ray tracing. It is evident from the presentation that the the company focusses on pure rendering technology and are experts at it. Clive... Read more →
ODA and Bricsys - A presentation by Arnold Van der Weide
Brussels, Belgium ODA stands for Open Design Alliance - the creators of Teigha .DWG libraries. Arnold Van der Weide, of ODA spoke about ODA and its activities. He touched upon the relationship ODA shares with Bricsys, important milestones achieved, testing... Read more →
What's New in Bricscad V12
Brussels, Belgium Hans de Backer, Head of Product Development at Bricsys started off his presentation giving a brief run-down of what was added in Bricscad V11. He then moved on to new features in V12 and the first slide showed... Read more →
Constraints based & Direct Modelling in Bricscad V12
Brussels, Belgium CTO, Luc de Batselier, demonstrated the 2d and 3d direct modeling capabilities in Bricscad V12. The direct modeling capabilities in Bricscad uses the new QUAD cursor menu, which offers a very intuitive, idiot-proof and user-friendly interface that seems... Read more →
Day 2 of Bricsys Conference Starts
Brussels, Belgium The second day of the Bricsys conference started off at 0930 am today with Shivdeep Garud of www.3dbrains.com demonstrating the 2d parametrics option in Bricscad V12. He shows us a bunch of linear and dimensional constraints that could... Read more →
Bricscad - Applications and Corporate World
Brussels, Belgium The first presentation after lunch was by Mr. Erik de Keyser. He gave us a brief run-down on some of the volume Bricscad clients and the relationship Bricscad has had with them. Here is a slide that shows... Read more →
The Bricsys Party - Day 1
Brussels, Begium After a packed day of sessions at the Square Brussels Convention Centre, it was time for the evening party. The Bricsys evening parties have always been popular and talked about a lot. This year, it was no different... Read more →
October 04, 2011
Trends in Software and Hardware - Ralph Grabowski
Brussels, Belgium Ralph Grabowski needs no introduction to the CAD community. He is an invited speaker today at the Bricsys conference and is speaking on the topic: Trends in software and hardware. He spoke about the existing as well as... Read more →
Civil-GIS Application - WSCAD
Brussels, Belgium The presentation of Bricscad add-on products from third party developers continues in the afternoon session of the Bricsys Developer conference. After the coffee break, we are now watching a presentation by WSCAD from Germany. WSCAD is a complete... Read more →
Bricsys and Cloud Strategy
Brussels, Belgium One thing that is becoming evidently clear is the increasing importance that Bricsys is laying on its web-based, cloud-based collaboration and project management software called Vondle. Being a 100% SAAS product, I will not be surprised if Bricsys... Read more →
Connecting Vondle and BricsCAD
Brussels, Belgium Vondle is a complete project management software from Bricsys that can be used to store a central database that can be accessed, managed and manipulated by multiple-users using multiple channels. In the presentation titled BricsCAD and database applications,... Read more →
Bricscad End User Support for Applications
Brussels, Belgium Bricsys recently upgraded the internal support system that they use for partners as well as for the end-user. Sander Scheiris of Bricsys demonstrated the capabilities of the new support system along with the presenter from CADProfi. With the... Read more →
CADProfi - Parametric CAD
Brussels, Belgium In the fourth presentation of the day, Poland-based CADPRofi showed off its CADProfi suite of products that offer various parametric CAD design possibilities in disciplines like HVAC & Piping, Electrical, Architectural, Symbols and more. Their products are translated... Read more →
BricsCAD - Overview of API's, Compatibility and History
Brussels, Belgium The second presentation in the morning session of the Bricsys conference is an overview of all new features in the API's. The CTO of Bricsys, Luc de Batselier, along with Torsten Moses, the brain behind the Lisp engine... Read more →
Conference agenda....And Also the Bricsys Party Agenda
Brussels, Belgium Here is the complete agenda for the Bricsys developers conference. The first picture shows you all the stuff that we are going to see at the conference. The second picture lists out the evening activities - the famed... Read more →
BricsCAD - 10 Years of Operations history
Brussels, Belgium The Bricsys developers conference has gotten off to a start with the CEO Erik de Keyser giving a brief overview of Bricsys' 10 year journey since 2002. The milestones include moving away of BricsCAD from IntelliCAD to the... Read more →