Bricscad is a CAD

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided design , also known as computer-aided design and drafting , is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes the process of drafting with a computer...

 package developed by Bricsys. Until release 10 it was built using the IntelliCAD

IntelliCAD

IntelliCAD is a CAD-software programming toolkit and API published by the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium . IntelliCAD aims to emulate the basic interface and functions of AutoCAD. Unlike typical CAD programs, ITC IntelliCAD is not sold directly to end users...

 engine. It is designed for Windows and is among the few commercially supported CAD packages which runs on Linux

Linux

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

.

Bricscad uses the Open Design Alliance

Open Design Alliance

The Open Design Alliance is a nonprofit organization of over 1,200 members in 50 countries which develops Teigha©, a software development platform used to create engineering applications including CAD...

 DWG

.dwg

DWG is a binary file format used for storing two and three dimensional design data and metadata. It is the native format for several CAD packages including AutoCAD, IntelliCAD and Caddie. In addition, DWG is supported non-natively by many other CAD applications...

 libraries to read and write the DWG

.dwg

DWG is a binary file format used for storing two and three dimensional design data and metadata. It is the native format for several CAD packages including AutoCAD, IntelliCAD and Caddie. In addition, DWG is supported non-natively by many other CAD applications...

 file format made popular by the AutoCAD

AutoCAD

AutoCAD is a software application for computer-aided design and drafting in both 2D and 3D. It is developed and sold by Autodesk, Inc. First released in December 1982, AutoCAD was one of the first CAD programs to run on personal computers, notably the IBM PC...

 CAD package.

Bricscad implements the AutoLISP

AutoLISP

AutoLISP is a dialect of Lisp programming language built specifically for use with the full version of AutoCAD and its derivatives, which include AutoCAD Map 3D, AutoCAD Architecture and AutoCAD Mechanical...

 scripting language, VBA

VBA

VBA can mean:* Virtual backup appliance, a virtual machine used to back up other virtual machines* Visual Basic for Applications, the application edition of Microsoft's Visual Basic programming language...

 and BRX.

The software is capable of most contemporary AutoCAD release functions. Formerly there was only Windows native version (one time there was an official Wine

Wine (software)

Wine is a free software application that aims to allow computer programs written for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems. Wine also provides a software library, known as Winelib, against which developers can compile Windows applications to help port them to Unix-like...

 support), but on 7 September 2010 first native Linux version of Bricscad was released http://www.bricsys.com/common/news.jsp?item=298.

See also

• Comparison of CAD editors for AEC
• Computer-aided design
  Computer-aided design
  Computer-aided design , also known as computer-aided design and drafting , is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes the process of drafting with a computer...
  
  
• List of CAx companies

External links

• Bricscad Release notes