Welcome to Learning BricsCAD. A fundamentals level course for the practical use and application of BricsCAD in a design environment. This course is intended for the learner who is new to computer-aided design (CAD). No experience with BricsCAD or any other CAD product is necessary.

Course chapters

After completing this course you will be able to:

1/ Identify key elements of the User Interface.

2/ Work with drawing files.

• Describe the methods available to open drawing files in BricsCAD.
• Explain how to create a new drawing file using a template file.
• Save a drawing file with a new name.
• Add shortcuts to the Places list.
• Explain how to use tabs to work with multiple files.
• Describe the importance of and how to set up autosave and backup settings.

3/ Use different tools to view your drawings.

• Identify what zooming tools are used for.
• Illustrate the various ways for accessing the Zoom tools including the Navigation bar, the right-click menu, and the command line.
• Describe how to use Real-Time Zoom and other Zoom options such as Window, Extents, and Previous.
• Change the view without changing the magnification of the view using the Pan command.
• View the contents of the drawing window from any direction using the LookFrom control.