CAL command

Opens the BricsCAD Calculator.

BricsCAD Lite; BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

Description

Opens the BricsCAD® Calculator to perform common calculation and conversion operations. It opens in an external application window, allowing it to remain open while you work on your drawings in BricsCAD®. You can move and resize it with standard application window controls.

The Calculator dialog box displays the operating system’s software calculator.

When you are using the Standard view, it includes 4 areas.

  1. View
  2. View’s name
  3. Keep on top
  4. History

View

Displays the possible views you can choose from.

It has 2 categories to choose from: Calculator (Standard, Scientific, Graphic, Programmer, Date Calculation) and Converter (Currency, Volume, Length, Weight and Mass, Temperature, Energy, Area, Speed, Time, Power, Data, Pressure, Angle).

View’s name

Displays the current view name.

Keep on top

You can also use the keyboard shortcut ALT + Up to access this function.

Note that this function is available only for the Standard view.

History

Displays the history of your calculations done in the current session.

Note: This function is available only for the Standard and Scientific calculator.