Excellent alternative to the big beast on the CAD industry
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use BricsCAD as our go to CAD aplication for most drawing work relating to surveys and geophysics that does not requre 3rd party applications for more advanced use-cases.
The expense and inconvenience of Autodesk's subscription model made this product an ideal substitute for where we were previously running AutoCAD LT. The advanatage being not having to constantly change user licenses around as licenses can be applied per machine; the overall cost is a huge negenfit; and the range of features and speed/size of the software have also brought us further advantages.
Pros
- regular updates
- fast
- lisp routines and scripting
- 3d orbit
- cost
- great support
Cons
- 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
Return on Investment
- yearly subscription/update costs vastly reduced
- abiity to keep it up to date without bloated updates - the installer is smaller than many typical Autodesk service packs
- speed
- scripting/lisp routine suppport by default
Usability
Alternatives Considered
AutoCAD LT and AutoCAD
Other Software Used
ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Avast Business Hub, Sophos SG Firewall Appliances
