Mechanical workspace

Start a mechanical design project

You can start a mechanical design project:

1. Launch BricsCAD.The BricsCAD Launcher window appears.
2. Click Start in the Mechanical Design section.

BricsCAD mechanical application window

1. Ribbon tabs: click to switch to a particular tab.
2. Ribbon panel: every tab contains several panels, which combine similar tools.
3. Mechanical Browser: browse through a tree-like representation of your model, with the possibility to highlight a particular node in the model area and edit its mechanical properties.
4. Mechanical Properties of a particular node: some are read-only. Check the properties of the root node in the tree.
5. Dockable tool panels: Mechanical Browser and Library.
6. Quad cursor menu: apply a particular tool when you hover over an affected entity.
7. Command line: type in the command.
8. Status bar: status and switch hot options.
9. Properties panel: adjust non-mechanical properties of selected entities, such as color and layer.