Mechanical workspace Start a mechanical design project You can start a mechanical design project: Launch BricsCAD. The BricsCAD Launcher window appears. Click Start in the Mechanical design section. BricsCAD mechanical application window Figure 1. Navigation in BricsCAD Mechanical Ribbon tabs: click to switch to a particular tab. Ribbon panel: every tab contains several panels, which combine similar tools. Mechanical browser: browse through a tree-like representation of your model, with the possibility to highlight a particular node in the model area and edit its mechanical properties. Mechanical properties of a particular node: some are read-only. Check the properties of the root node in the tree. Dockable tool panels: mechanical Browser and Library. Quad cursor menu: apply a particular tool when you hover over an affected entity. Command line: type in the command. Status bar: status and switch hot options. Properties panel: Adjust non-mechanical properties of selected entities, such as color and layer. Parent topic: BricsCAD MechanicalParent topic: Erste Schritte