BricsCAD vs. AutoCAD Feature Comparison – Bricsys Support and Help Center

BricsCAD represents the future of design. It is the all-in-one solution for 2D, 3D, Mechanical Design and Building Information Modeling. Based on industry-standard DWG, BricsCAD brings a modern yet familiar approach to design on Windows, macOS and Linux-based PCs. BricsCAD is available as a single installer in six license levels: Classic, Pro, Platinum, BIM, Mechanical and Ultimate, so that you can buy exactly what you need.

	BricsCAD						AutoCAD
	Classic	Pro	Platinum	BIM	Mechanical	Ultimate	LT	Full
Drawings
Native DWG File Format (thru AutoCAD 2021)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Password Protection	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
eTransmit	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sheet Set Manager	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Geographic Location	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Drawing Compare	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Cloud Collaboration	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Interface
Dark and Light Color Themes	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Industry Standard Commands, Aliases, and Variables	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Command Line (Autocomplete, Midstring, Clickable Options)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Start Tab	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
File (Drawing) Tabs	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Model and Layout Tabs	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Menu Bar	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Toolbars	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ribbon	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Tool Palettes	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Contextual Right-click Menus	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Contextual Quad Menu	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Status Bar	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Workspaces	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Searchable Settings (Variables) Dialog Box	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Lockable Interface	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Clean Screen Mode	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Drawing Explorer	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Customizable User Interface (CUI)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Structure Browser	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x

Selection, Snap & Track
Selection Filtering (QSELECT)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Add Selected	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Select Similar	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Selection Cycling	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Entity Snaps (Osnaps)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Polar Tracking	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Zintersection 3D snap	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Nearest Distance	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Adaptive Gridsnap	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Real-time Boundary Detection	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
2D Dynamic UCS	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
3D Dynamic UCS	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓

Drawing Tools
Line, Polyline, 3D Polyline, Spline, Ray, Xline	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multiline and Multiline Styles	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Circle, Arc, Ellipse, Eliptical Arc	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Polygon, Rectangle, Region, Donut, Point	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Helix	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
2D Parameters, Constraints	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓

Annotation Tools
Text, Multi-line Text, Text Styles, Text Editor	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dimensions, Dimension Styles	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multi-leaders, Multi-leader Styles	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Single and Multi-line text, Text Styles, Text Editor	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hatches, Gradients, Hatch&Gradient Editor	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Wipeouts	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Revision Clouds	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Attributes, Attribute Editor	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Tables, Table Styles	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fields	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Data Extraction	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Data Linking	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Annotation Scaling	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Spell Check	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Editing Tools
Move, Copy, Rotate, Scale, Stretch, Mirror, Align	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Trim, Extend, Lengthen, Break, Join	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fillet, Chamfer	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CopyGuided	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Grip Edit	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Properties Panel	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Manipulator (3D Gizmo)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Draworder	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Reference Tools
Blocks, Block Editor	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dynamic Blocks	✓(1)	✓(1)	✓(1)	✓(1)	✓(1)	✓(1)	✓	✓
Block Face Camera	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Blockify	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Associative Arrays	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dwg (Xref) Attach, Clip, Bind, Edit	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
PDF Attach, Clip	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Image Attach, Clip, Adjust, Transparency	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Point Cloud Preprocess, Attach, Crop, Colormap	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x

Visualization Tools
Layers and Layer States	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Transparency	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Visual Styles	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
LookFrom (ViewCube™)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Match Perspective	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Lights	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Sun Properties	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Materials	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Render	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Animation Editor	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Walkthrough Navigation	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
ANIPATH Command	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓

Modeling Tools
ACIS Modeling	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Soild and Surface Modeling	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Solid Primitives	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Mesh Primitives	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Polysolid	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Union, Subtract, Intersect, Interfere	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Extrude, Revolve, Loft, Sweep, Thicken	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Twist	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x
Fillet, Chamfer	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Slice	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Multi-slice	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
T-Connect, L-Connect, Connect with Nearest	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Extract Edges	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Direct Modeling	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Deformable (Freeform) Modeling	x	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Audit, Simplify, Stitch	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
3D Parameters, Constraints	x	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
3D Autoparametrize	x	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
3D Parametric Design Tables	x	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Section Planes	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Drawing Views	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓

Civil Tools
TIN Surface Modeling	x	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
TIN Volume Surface	x	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Grading	x	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Alignments	x	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Civil 3D Object Enabler	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Architectural Desktop Object Enabler	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
CADWorx Object Enabler	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓

Architectural Tools
BIM Features	x	x	x	✓	x	✓	x	✓
Structural Modeling Toolset	x	x	x	✓	x	✓	x	✓
Project Database	x	x	x	✓	x	✓	x	✓
Library Database	x	x	x	✓	x	✓	x	✓
Site, Building and Stories	x	x	x	✓	x	✓	x	✓
Windows and Doors	x	x	x	✓	x	✓	x	✓
Fully Parametric Window Creation	x	x	x	✓	x	✓	x	x
Rooms (Spaces)	x	x	x	✓	x	✓	x	✓
3D Rooms	x	x	x	✓	x	✓	x	✓
Quickdraw	x	x	x	✓	x	✓	x	x
Propagate	x	x	x	✓	x	✓	x	x

Mechanical Tools
Mechanical Browser	x	x	x	x	✓	✓	x	x
Parts Library	x	x	x	x	✓	✓	x	x
Assembly Modeling	x	x	x	x	✓	✓	x	x
Exploded Views	x	x	x	x	✓	✓	x	x
Kinematic Analysis	x	x	x	x	✓	✓	x	x
Bill of Materials	x	x	x	x	✓	✓	x	x
Sheet Metal	x	x	x	x	✓	✓	x	x
SMEXTRUDE Command	x	x	x	x	✓	✓	x	x
SMRIBCREATE Command	x	x	x	x	✓	✓	x	x
3D Solids Conversion to Unfoldable Sheet Metal Parts	x	x	x	x	✓	✓	x	x
Corner Relief for Adjacent Edge Flanges	x	x	x	x	✓	✓	x	x
Lofted Bends	x	x	x	x	✓	✓	x	x
Coloring	x	x	x	x	✓	✓	x	x
Diagnostic for Invalid Sheet Metal Features	x	x	x	x	✓	✓	x	x
Batch Processing	x	x	x	x	✓	✓	x	x

Import, Export, Output
Print/Plot	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Publish/Batch Plot	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CTB & STB Table Files	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
PC3 Printer Configuration Files	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Named Page Setups	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
PDF Import, Export	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
DAE Import, Export	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
IFC Import, Export	x	x	x	✓	x	✓	x	✓
3DM Import, Export	x	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
LandXML Import, Export	x	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
RFA Import	x	x	x	✓	x	✓	x	x
SKP Import	x	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
DGN Import	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
DWF Export	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SVG Export	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
FBX Export	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
STL Export	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Additional formats available with BricsCAD Communicator	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x

Programming
ActiveX	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Entity Data Editor	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Script Recorder	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Full LISP Support (vl, vlr, vla and vlax)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Solutions Development System (SDS/ADS)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
DCL Engine	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
COM API	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
VBA DVB Projects Support	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
.NET	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
BRX (ARX)	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
TX (Teigha eXtensions)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
CUI Menu Files Support, with Diesel Expressions	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Licensing
Multi-platform Licenses	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Perpetual	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Perpetual + Maintenance	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Subscription	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Network Multi-user	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Volume (Perpetual)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Academic	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

(1) You can manipulate dynamic block insertions but you cannot create dynamic block definitions.

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