Bangalore, India
Bricsys today announced BIM software for BricsCAD V 13.2+ (read Press Release here), available as a free add-on module to Pro and Platinum users. Released as a public beta, this move is in line with the Bricsys 'Unified CAD' philosophy of offering everything from 2d/3d drafting & design, Direct modeling, Constraints based-design, Mechanical parts libraries and BIM, all under the .dwg CAD platform.
A 'BIM-enabled' tag for BricsCAD may be new, but this development comes with a long history and rich lineage behind it. Long before BIM became a buzzword in CAD circles, Bricsys had a powerful but under-marketed software called Architecturals, which offered everything that architectural design practice demanded. The Architecturals software itself was metamorphosed from erstwhile Microstation TriForma, another popular software from Bentley Systems during its times.
BIM on BricsCAD V 13.2+ is a completed product for the end-user, but it is still labeled as beta, which means it is an offering which may still have some rough edges that need to be ironed out. Like with all Bricsys modules and products, I foresee this being an evolutionary rather than revolutionary product, one that will improve and grow during its life-cycle, often incrementally, and certainly stabilize at one point to become a formidable BIM platform to run and compete alongside with its peers.
The BricsCAD BIM module is complete software for the CAD user, extensible by third-party developers using the COM API and offers immense opportunities to create an additional ecosystem of extended BIM solutions. In other words, the hard work of creating a BIM infrastructure and framework is already done by Bricsys.
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