BricsCAD
by: Craig Swearingen
BricsCAD Tips and Tricks A
nyone can install a BricsCAD® trial, but getting real value out of the trial takes intention. The free 30-day trial gives you complete access through a single installer, whether you’re evaluating Lite for 2D drafting or Pro/Mechanical/BIM for 2D and 3D workflows. How you organize those days is what separates a quick look from a meaningful, confidence-building evaluation. And while the BricsCAD trial is 30 days, typically the decision to move forward with BricsCAD happens quicker than that. These 5 steps will help you make the most of your BricsCAD trial, from customizing the interface to testing unique features to accelerate your workflows so you can measure time saved against what you do today and make a confident decision moving forward.
STEP 1: LAUNCH WITH INTENT AND LOCK IN YOUR EDITION (DAY 0) When BricsCAD opens in trial mode, the Launcher displays your days remaining and lets you choose 18
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a workspace for the session. (See Fig. 1) Choose 2D Drafting to evaluate Lite or Modeling to evaluate Pro. By default, trials run with all features (Ultimate), so immediately set the license level from the command line: type SETLICENSELEVEL, select BricsCAD, pick from Lite, Pro, Mechanical, or BIM, then restart BricsCAD. This aligns the UI and command set to the edition you are testing, so that your evaluation mirrors the product you would actually buy. Why this matters: When you test “everything,” you risk dabbling without measuring results. Locking to the Lite or Pro license focuses you on the tasks you perform every day, then lets you escalate to other modeling and constraints once you’ve proven the 2D fundamentals. In case you were wondering, see the full feature comparisons here. Don’t forget, if your world includes STEP/IGES, SOLIDWORKS®, Inventor®, CATIA®, NX®, Creo®, JT, Parasolid, etc., install Communicator for BricsCAD, also a free 30-day trial. Import/export major native and neutral formats, bring in PMI, repair/stitch/simplify geometry, and preserve product structure as blocks or augi.com/augiworld