Item: BricsCAD
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with BricsCAD

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 and Cons

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

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.

Alternatives Considered

AutoCAD LT and AutoCAD

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.

Key Insights

Do you think BricsCAD delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with BricsCAD's feature set?

Yes

Did BricsCAD live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of BricsCAD go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy BricsCAD again?

Yes

Other Software Used

ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Avast Business Hub, Sophos SG Firewall Appliances

Likelihood to Recommend

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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Excellent alternative to the big beast on the CAD industry

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