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BricsCAD
Knowledge base
Lessons
Command reference
Getting Started
Welcome to BricsCAD
Differences between platforms and levels
License Options
Download and install BricsCAD trial
Exploring Trial Levels
Get Started dialog
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Installation & Licensing
Installation
Silent Installation (Windows only)
Increase the Memory Limit
Licensing
Proxy Settings
Activation
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Interface
Keyboard Shortcuts
The BricsCAD Application Window
Toolbars
Properties Panel
The Quad cursor menu
Prompt Menus
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Customization
BricsCAD Startup Options
BricsCAD user files
Understanding the Customize Dialog
Loading and unloading CUI files
Creating custom tools
Ribbon
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Managing Drawings
Creating a drawing
Drawing Explorer
Exploring the Drawing Explorer
Drawing Properties
Drawing Security Options
Opening and saving drawings
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Drawing Accurately
Drawing Accurately Overview
Orthogonal Mode
Direct Distance Entry
Unit Settings
Coordinate Reference System
2D Constraints Overview
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Viewing your Drawing
View Commands Overview
Layer Utilities
Hide and Show Entities
Redrawing and Regenerating a Drawing
Panning
Zooming
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2D Drafting
Working with external references
Drawing Entities Overview
Fill Mode
Entity Color
Lineweight
Entity Linetype
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3D Modeling
Direct Modeling Overview
Direct Modeling Operations
Design intent recognition
Working with sections
Navigate in 3D
Dynamic blocks vs. 2D Parametric Blocks
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Parametric Modeling
Parametric Modeling Overview
Parameters Manager
Parameters and their Properties in Mechanical Browser
3D Constraints
3D Constraints Properties
Annotate
Link data from Excel sheets
Dimensioning tools overview
Associative Dimensions
Dimension Styles explorer
Dimension Settings
Working with dimension styles
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Blocks, Attributes, External References and Components
Working with attributes
Blockify
Block editor
Working with Blocks
Creating Blocks
Inserting Blocks
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Modifying Entities
Modifying Commands Overview
Entity Modification Settings
Match Properties
Grips editing
Selection and grip settings
Selection Methods
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Managing Images
Exploring Images
Image Utilities
Printing and Plotting
General procedure for printing
Plotter Configuration
The Plot Style Table editor
Assigning plot style tables
The Plot Styles Manager
Batch Plot
Rendering
Rendering Overview
Rendering
Rendering Materials
Lights
Setting the Render Preferences
The Rendering Tools
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Programming
BricsCAD Lisp – Migrating from AutoCAD
Drawing Setup Lisp Routines for BricsCAD
Tutorials
Customizing the Ribbon
User profiles
Maximizing the Drawing Area with Clean Screen
Customizing settings
Customizing display settings
Controlling BricsCAD Through Settings
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FAQ
BricsCAD vs. AutoCAD features comparison
Failure to add license key on Windows Vista or higher
How to activate a Network license on a license server?
How to activate a Single license or Volume license?
How to download an old BricsCAD release?
How to migrate my license to another computer?
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Moving from AutoCAD
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