CAD software for 2D Drafting

Familiar CAD

Leverage what you already know with full command, script, macro and menu compatibility with the industry-standard CAD program. BricsCAD feels like home!

BricsCAD Lite is highly compatible with AutoCAD^® LT 2021

There’s no need to change your printers, templates, blocks or sheet set layouts to move to BricsCAD – they are 100% compatible. Command names, aliases, and system variables are the same in BricsCAD and AutoCAD^®. BricsCAD is based on native DWG for the highest compatibility with other CAD users across all industries.

• Command compatible
• Menu (.CUI, .CUIX) compatible
• Macro/script compatible
• Support file (.PC3, .LIN, .PAT, .DWT, .SSM) compatible
• Based on 2018 DWG technology

LISP Routines

You can run LISP routines developed in AutoCAD® and other CAD applications, and develop your own in the BricsCAD LISP Advanced Development Environment (BLADE). BricsCAD is based on OpenLISP, with modern memory management and great performance.

Use your AutoCAD^® Dynamic Blocks in BricsCAD

You can use the Dynamic Blocks that you created in AutoCAD^® directly inside of BricsCAD. Control visibility states and stretch, flip, and rotate just as you would in AutoCAD^®. 

Efficient CAD

BricsCAD offers unique tools to help you get more work done faster. Many of them are powered by advanced machine learning technologies to accelerate tasks that can take hours or more via manual methods.

Drawing Explorer gives greater control over all drawing elements

The Drawing Explorer centralizes in BricsCAD what in other CAD platforms amounts to as many separate dialog boxes. Easy to navigate, easy to search.

Convert repeated geometry to Block Definitions

Blockify automatically creates a block definition and replaces all matching sets of entities with block references throughout your entire drawing. You can reduce DWG file size up to 90% by using Blockify to find repetitive geometry and convert it into block references.

The Quad: drawing, editing, and information near the cursor

BricsCAD’s unique Quad is a “head-up” command palette that predicts your command usage and offers one-click access to the command you’ll most likely need next. It’s powered by an A.I. agent that makes those command predictions, based on how you use BricsCAD.

Automatically align copied entities

CopyGuided automatically aligns copied entities to relevant geometry using automatically generated guide curves. You can explicitly select entities to use as guide curves or let BricsCAD determine them based on the drawing elements in your selection.