Bricsys thinks that those who have not yet made the move to Revit, may have more 2D processes and be happier doing their BIM modelling in a familiar environment, with the added advantage of it being cheaper. This was all happening on top of BricsCAD, which is a DWG drawing and modelling tool which offers LISP, ARX and all the familiar AutoCAD functions you would expect.

The benefit of this approach was that the conceptual phase didnвЂ™t require the architects to worry about object definitions, just define the forms. This turns products like Revit on their heads, as instead of using a palette of predefined and customisable objects to model with, like Lego, BricsCAD BIM was model first, then define. The demonstration showed rectilinear ACIS solids being used to model a building and then the user applying IFC definitions post modelling. The company also develops tools for the manufacturing market with powerful parametric solid modelling (based on ACIS) and sheet metal applications.ДЄEC Magazine saw the companyвЂ™s formative new BIM tools 18 months ago. The firm recently developed a SketchUp work-alike BricsCAD Shape. It developed TriForma which Bentley Systems sold as its core BIM application in the 1990s and then its own tool called Architecturals in the 2000s. Although the company is dedicated to maintaining compatibility with DWG and AutoCAD, it wants to be perceived as a CAD developer in its own right and from what we saw at the firmвЂ™s recent London event, there is good reason.Д«ricsys is not new to AEC or BIM. Since then it has gone beyond AutoCAD and developed all sorts of original functionality to its base platform application. The company started out developing an AutoCAD clone called BricsCAD and did a great job at creating a low-cost alternative to AutoCAD. ItвЂ™s been 18 months since we last saw BricsCAD, from Ghent-based developer, Bricsys.

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