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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Substance 3D Collection

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Substance 3D is a suite of apps that support 3D design, including texture assets and rendering tools. Workflows can connect to Adobe Creative Cloud apps.N/A

    BricsCAD

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ABricsCAD is a computer-aided design (CAD) toolkit, supporting 2D drawing, 3D modeling and visualizations, and is customizable as well as compatible with many 3rd party applications, developed by Belgian company Bricsys, a Hexagon company since late 2018.

    $314

    per year

    Pricing
    Adobe Substance 3D CollectionBricsCAD
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    BricsCAD Lite
    $590
    one-time fee
    BricsCAD Pro
    $1,265
    one-time fee
    BricsCAD Mechanical
    $1,780
    one-time fee
    BricsCAD BIM
    $1,890
    one-time fee
    BricsCAD Ultimate
    $2,100
    one-time fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Substance 3D CollectionBricsCAD
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Adobe Substance 3D CollectionBricsCAD
    Computer-Aided Design Software
    Comparison of Computer-Aided Design Software features of Adobe Substance 3D Collection and BricsCAD
    Feature
    Adobe Substance 3D Collection
    -
    Ratings
    BricsCAD
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    3D Modeling00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    2D Drafting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Rendering and Visualization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Parametric Design00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Compatibility with other software and formats00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Documentation and Annotation00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Customization and Extensions00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Substance 3D CollectionBricsCAD
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Adobe Substance 3D CollectionBricsCAD
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    Big and mid-sized firms can really leverage the flexibility and value using the different tools all available at one place in the collection and also the integration with Adobe apps like photoshop, really makes it a seamless experience especially in fast paced production environments like advertising. For many film and game studios the whole collection might not be that much helpful as only painter will be of much use. For the small and indie studio it might be a costlier option and they can consider similar free or cheaper alternatives.
    Incentivized
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    Hexagon AB
    SMBs who do want to minimse their involvement with expensinve, inconvenient and bloated Autodesk products will find lots to love. The only hinderence is the market share of Autodesk means some 3rd party developers will not support it unfortunately, but it has it's own solutions to many things users of the AutoCAD ecosystem currenrtly rely on.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • Great performance
    • Excellent Adobe support
    • Fast and easy
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    Hexagon AB
    • 3D Modeling
    • Machine learning / A.I.-assisted feature named PROPAGATE.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • The substance painter is easy to use but its interface could be improved to be a bit more user friendly.
    • More assets can be added to stager, so visualize products better. Also AI workflow can be added for backplates.
    • Substance designer learning curve is very tough. Many people not able to grab it. It could be simplified.
    Incentivized
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    Hexagon AB
    • there is not full compatibility with dynamic blocks but it isn't so bad -we can create them in AutoCAD and use them to some extent anyway
    • it doesn't look as "sexy" and the interface looks kinda orimitive in some screens but the functionality is all there and the some
    • there is the hurdle of users thinking they are getting a lesser product so more marketing pozazz is needed to get the message over it is a very capable product
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    Usability
    Adobe
    The overall usability of substance stager and painter is quite easy. Many people will be able to use it without much prior experience. But designer is very complicated to learn and not many resources available for that. I think if they integrate the AI and provide better resources in the general interface, it could be a 10 on 10 in usability.
    Incentivized
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    Hexagon AB
    it's exteremly useable. AutoCAD users will carry over many eisting skills and learn some new ones on the cross over. It's fast adn lightweight meaning ot can be run on just about any PC. The help and support are realy good and problems are usually responded to within a day by experts.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    For texturing, Adobe Substance 3D is much better than the other options. In other fields, it's another story. I find it excellent for game engines and realistic renders, but it only solves textures. We, then, move to Blender because it has more compatibility with exports, and we can import them into our preferred render engine. We mostly use Unreal Engine, but also Blender3D to do the final rendering.
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    Hexagon AB
    Very cost-effective solution, it even supports pointclouds natively and is something we will investigate further as time goes on and may in fact utilise it to replace AutoCAD with 3rd party add-ins at some point in the future, and we hope it can further reduce costs in the long-run as it continues to develop and mature.
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • We saved time when texturing models
    • With better looking assets, it's more money in the bank
    • Less time testing, more time doing
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    Hexagon AB
    • Evaluation and budget management
    • Better monitoring of projects
    • Respect of execution deadlines
    Incentivized
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