Part Design Methods
BricsCAD Mechanical allows you to create and modify 3D models.
Ways to create a 3D model:
- Create a 3D solid primitive, such as a box and a cylinder.
- Sketch a 2D profile and extrude or revolve it to make a 3D solid.
- Model a 3D surface and thicken it to make a 3D solid, or stitch several surfaces together to create a watertight 3D solid.
- Import existing 3D solid and surface geometry from other CAD programs.
Ways to edit and add more details to your 3D models:
- By pushing/pulling, moving and rotating faces.
- By creating Fillets or Chamfers on the model edges.
- By applying Holes.
- By adding protrusion and depressions, and by using Boolean operations, Direct Editing and Deformable Modeling tools.
No parent-child dependencies = history-free approach
BricsCAD Mechanical does not create parent-child dependencies between geometric primitives and features. All changes made to your part are local; they do not force geometry regeneration. This history-free approach allows you to focus on your design instead of thinking about how it can be changed in the future.
3D Constraints = Parametric
BricsCAD Mechanical provides a powerful toolset to make your part parametric by adding 3D constraints to its faces and edges and link them with global parameters using expressions and design tables.