BricsCAD for AutoCAD Users V20
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BricsCAD for AutoCAD Users V20
By Ralph Grabowski
Quick Contents
- BRICSCAD FOR AUTOCAD USERS 1
- COMPARING USER INTERFACES BETWEEN AUTOCAD & BRICSCAD 35
- COMPATIBILITY OF DRAWING ELEMENTS 75
- CUSTOMIZING AND PROGRAMMING BRICSCAD . 113
- OPERATING DUAL-CAD DESIGN OFFICES .159
- WORKING WITH ADVANCED 3D 187
- BRICSCAD FOR BIM . 221
- BRICSCAD MECHANICAL & COMMUNICATOR .241
APPENDICES
A. AUTOCAD-BRICSCAD COMMAND CROSS-REFERENCE 267
B. SYSTEM VARIABLE CROSS-REFERENCE 297
C. KEYSTROKE & BUTTON CROSS-REFERENCE 335
D. SETTING UP NETWORK LICENSES . 347 Table of Contents
AutoCAD-BricsCAD Dictionary xiv - BricsCAD for AutoCAD Users .1
THE BRICSYS BENEFIT 2
THE AGONY OF AUTOCAD 2
THE BUSINESS OF BRICSYS 3
A Substitute for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT .4
24/7 Project Management . 5
Bricsys Shape: Early-Phase Design Software (Free) 6
BricsCAD is Not IntelliCAD .6
THE BRICSCAD ADVANTAGE 7
MANY FILE FORMATS VS. UNIVERSAL DWG FORMAT . 7
SPEED .8
NEAR-IDENTICAL USER INTERFACE 8
Extra Commands and System Variables .8
3D Direct Modeling and Constraints . 10
Artificial Intelligence . 11
APIS AND CUSTOMIZATION 12
Examples of Add-ons 13
No-charge Developer Network . 14vi BricsCAD V20 for AutoCAD Users
LOWER PURCHASE AND MAINTENANCE PRICES 15
Keep Your BricsCAD 16
It Makes More than Cents . 16
WHAT’S MISSING FROM BRICSCAD? 17
What’s Missing from AutoCAD 17
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 19
RECOMMENDED HARDWARE .19
About BricsCAD Network Licenses 20
SUPPORT FOR MULTIPLE OPERATING SYSTEMS 21
Supported Operating Systems 21
What’s New in BricsCAD V20 . 23 - Comparing User Interfaces Between AutoCAD & BricsCAD. 35
Comparison of User Interfaces 36
Comparison of User Interface Elements 38
AUTOCAD AND BRICSCAD START SCREENS . 39
LAUNCHER DIALOG (BRICSCAD ONLY) 39
Start Page 40
COMPARING USER INTERFACES 41
DIALOG BOXES . 42
COMPARING ‘:’ AND ‘TYPE A COMMAND’ 44
Customizing the Command Prompt (BricsCAD only) 44
PROMPT MENU (BRICSCAD ONLY) . 45
Controlling the Prompt Menu (BricsCAD only) 45
Additional Command Options (BricsCAD only) 46
THE QUAD (BRICSCAD ONLY) 47
Turning On the Quad . 47
Displaying Information With the Quad .48
Editing Properties With the Quad (BricsCAD only) 48
Editing Entities with the Quad .49
Drawing With the Quad .50
COMPARING OPTIONS AND SETTINGS . 51
TOURING THE SETTINGS DIALOG BOX . 52
Using Real-time Search . 53
Opening and Closing Nodes 53
Change Alerts 54
Read-only Variables . 55
Help for Variables 55
Exporting Settings . 55
Accessing and Moving BricsCAD Panels 56 Table of Contents vii
COMPARING AUTOCAD PALETTES AND BRICSCAD PANELS 57
COMPARING PROPERTIES PANELS . 58
COMPARING MECHANICAL BROWSER AND PARAMETRICS MANAGER . 59
Structure Panel (BricsCAD Only) 60
STATUS BAR & OTHER UI DIFFERENCES .61
COMPARING STATUS BARS .61
WORKING SETS (BRICSCAD ONLY) .64
HOTKEY ASSISTANT (BRICSCAD ONLY) . 65
COMPARING VIEW CUBES 66
COMPARING SELECTION SETS . 67
COMPARING DESIGNCENTER & DRAWING EXPLORER 69
Unified Interface 70
COMPARING GIZMO AND MANIPULATOR .71
3D MODELING . 72
COMPARING BRICSYS 24/7 AND AUTODESK 360 72
Using 24/7 . 73 - Compatibility of Drawing Elements . 75
Checklist of DWG2018 Entities 77
DWG 2018 COMPATIBILITY . 78
HOW WE TEST ENTITY COMPATIBILITY . 78
Decoding the Legend 78
Constraints 79
Dimensions 79
Dynamic Blocks 79
Geographic Location 80
Model Documentation .80
Multilines . 81
Proxy Objects . 81
Sub-d Meshes 81
Tables . 81
History of BricsCAD’s DWG Support 82
Underlays .83
Visual Styles .83
MISCELLANEOUS COMPATIBILITY 83
DWG2018 ENTITY SUPPORT IN BRICSCAD V20 84
2D ENTITIES .84
TEXT ENTITIES 87viii BricsCAD V20 for AutoCAD Users
DIMENSION ENTITIES .88
GEOMETRIC AND DIMENSIONAL CONSTRAINTS 91
COMPLEX 2D ENTITIES 92
3D ENTITIES .94
COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN PROPERTIES . 99
LAYER PROPERTY COMPATIBILITY .99
COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN STYLES 101
View Detail and Section Styles . 101
Dimension Styles . 103
Leader and QLeader Styles . 103
MText and Text Styles . 104
Multiline Styles 106
Multileader Styles 106
Plot Styles .107
Section Styles .107
Table Styles 108
Visual Styles . 109 - Customizing and Programming BricsCAD 113
Customization Capabilities . 114
AUTOCAD OPTIONS VS. BRICSCAD SETTINGS 115
SYSTEM VARIABLES AND PREFERENCES 115
FILE PATHS . 116
AUTOCAD CUI VS BRICSCAD CUSTOMIZE .116
UNDERSTANDING BRICSCAD’S CUSTOMIZATION TREE 117
How BricsCAD Customizes Menus . 118
Tutorial: How to Add a Command to a Menu . 118
TIPS FOR WORKING WITH BRICSCAD CUSTOMIZATION 122
Q: Which commands can be add to menus, toolbars, and so on? .122
Q: What’s the difference between “Insert” and “Append”? 123
Q: What do I do when I mangle a customization? .123
CREATING A NEW MENU ITEM IN BRICSCAD .125
Step 1: How to Create Partial Menus in BricsCAD .125
Step 2: Adding Custom Commands to BricsCAD .127
About BricsCAD’s Macro Metacharacters .129
About BricsCAD’s Menu Design Conventions 130
About Diesel and DCL in BricsCAD 130
CUSTOMIZING CONTEXT MENUS .130 Table of Contents ix
CUSTOMIZING TOOLBARS . 131
CUSTOMIZING RIBBON TABS AND PANELS . 132
CUSTOMIZING KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS 133
CUSTOMIZING MOUSE BUTTONS & DOUBLE-CLICKS .134
Double-Click Actions .135
CUSTOMIZING TABLET BUTTONS AND MENUS .136
CUSTOMIZING QUICK PROPERTIES .137
CUSTOMIZING THE QUAD .138
CUSTOMIZING WORKSPACES .139
CUSTOMIZING ALIASES AND SHELL COMMANDS . 140
Shell Commands 140
CUSTOMIZING TOOLS PALETTES . 141
Legalities: About Copying Files 142
OTHER AREAS OF CUSTOMIZATION . 142
FONTS 142
TrueType Fonts .142
SHX Fonts 143
PFB Fonts 143
Font Mapping .143
eTransmit . 144
LINETYPES AND HATCH PATTERNS 145
Tutorial: How to Copy AutoCAD .lin and .pat Files to BricsCAD .145
PLOT STYLES . 146
Plotter Manager .147
SUPPORTED FILES 148
PROGRAMMING CONSIDERATIONS .151
ABOUT BRX 152
ABOUT TX .152
ABOUT .NET (WINDOWS ONLY) .153
PORTING AUTOLISP TO LISP .153
BricsCAD Automation Object Model .154
BricsCAD LISP Advanced Development Environment .155
DOSLib LISP Library . 156
PORTING DCL TO BRICSCAD .156
Porting Diesel to BricsCAD 156
PORTING VBA TO BRICSCAD (WINDOWS ONLY) .156
PORTING ADS TO SDS 156
PORTING COM TO BRICSCAD (WINDOWS ONLY) 157x BricsCAD V20 for AutoCAD Users
LOADING APPLICATIONS INTO BRICSCAD .157
Units 157
THIRD-PARTY DEVELOPER SUPPORT 158 - Operating Dual-CAD Design Offices 159
WHY USE MORE THAN ONE CAD SYSTEM? .160
LOWER TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP 160
Subscription Pros and Cons .162
Country-Biased Pricing .162
Solutions to High License Fees . 163
MAXIMIZING COMPATIBILITY WITH CLIENTS . 164
CAPABILITY THROUGH MORE FUNCTIONS 165
RUNNING BRICSCAD & AUTOCAD IN ONE OFFICE 167
DIVIDING WORKFLOWS BETWEEN AUTOCAD & BRICSCAD 167
STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION 169
COMMON OPERATIONS THROUGH FILE PATHS . 169
Tutorial: How to Add AutoCAD Support Folder Names to BricsCAD . 171
USER PROFILES .173
Launching BricsCAD with a User Profile 174
Tutorial: How to Import AutoCAD Profiles into to BricsCAD 175
ROAMING PROFILES 176
AutoCAD Support Folders 176
BricsCAD Support Folders 176
Tutorial: Importing Menus Files from AutoCAD 177
Tutorial: Making Hidden Folders Visible in Windows 177
Tutorial: Making Hidden Folders Visible in MacOS .178
Tutorial: Loading AutoCAD’s PGP File into BricsCAD 179
Tutorial: How to Export AutoCAD Palettes to BricsCAD 179
THE DUAL OS OFFICE 181
SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF PORTING SOFTWARE TO LINUX . 181
User Interface 182
APIs .182
BENEFITS OF LINUX 183
Linux is Free . 183
Linux is Hardware-Efficient . 183
Linux Is Malware-free 183
Linux is Hardware-compatible 184
Linux Dual-boots 184
DRAWBACKS TO LINUX . 184 Table of Contents xi
Lack of Identical Software 185
Which Linux? . 185
Problematic Installers . 186
Competing GUIs 186 - Working With Advanced 3D 187
3D Function Comparison 188
BRICSCAD’S DIRECT MODELING VS AUTOCAD’S PRESSPULL 189
BricsCAD Command Name Prefixes . 190
WORKING WITH DIRECT MODELING 190
Accessing Direct Modeling Commands . 191
Direct Modeling Tutorial 191
WORKSPACES, 3D VIEWING, QUAD CURSOR,
MANIPULATE, 3D MOUSE . 195
SWITCHING WORKSPACES 195
Accessing the Workspace Commands 195
VIEW ROTATION & UCS FACE COMMANDS . 196
Accessing the 3D Viewing Commands 196
VISUAL STYLES 197
Accessing Visual Styles Commands 198
WORKING WITH THE QUAD CURSOR . 198
Accessing the Quad Command . 199
BRICSCAD’S MANIPULATOR VS AUTOCAD’S GIZMO . 199
HOTKEY ASSISTANT 200
WORKING WITH A 3D MOUSE .201
3D GEOMETRIC & 3D DIMENSIONAL CONSTRAINTS 203
WORKING WITH 3D CONSTRAINTS . 203
Accessing 3D Constraint Commands 203
3D DESIGN INTENT 204
WORKING WITH DESIGN INTENT 205
Accessing Design Intent Commands 207
MECHANICAL BROWSER 208
Accessing the Mechanical Browser 209
TOOL PALETTES .209
Accessing the Tools Palette 209xii BricsCAD V20 for AutoCAD Users
MODELING AND DEFORMING 3D SURFACES . 210
Accessing Surfacing Commands 210
3D SECTIONS 211
WORKING WITH SECTIONS 211
Accessing the Commands 211
DRAWING VIEWS VS MODEL DOCUMENTATION 212
Accessing Generative Drawing Commands 213
BILLS OF MATERIAL VS DATA EXTRACTION 214
HOW BOMs AND BALLOONs WORK IN BRICSCAD 214
EDITING BOMs .215
Exploding Assemblies 216
Adding Balloons 217
3D COMPARE . 218
Accessing the Drawing Compare Command .219 - BricsCAD for BIM . 221
3D BIM DESIGN 222
TUTORIAL: STARTING A BIM DESIGN 222
Step 1. Drawing the Walls 223
Polysolid Turns 2D Lines into 3D Walls 224
STEP 2. CLASSIFY WALLS 229
STEP 3. ADD COMPONENTS 233
Parametric Sizing 234
STEP 4: ADDING STAIRS 236
STEP 5: SHARING THE BUILDING DESIGN 238
Accessing BIM Commands 239 - BricsCAD Mechanical & Communicator 241
3D ASSEMBLY MODELING 242
Accessing Assembly Commands . 242
WORKING WITH ASSEMBLIES . 243
3D KINEMATIC ANALYSIS . 247
MOVEMENT ANALYSIS 247 Table of Contents xiii
3D SHEET METAL DESIGN . 249
TUTORIAL I: HOW SHEET METAL DESIGN WORKS . 249
Step 1. Create Sheet Metal 249
The Color of Sheet Metal . 249
Step 2. Add Flanges . 250
Step 3. Unfold Sheet Metal . 252
ADDING FORM FEATURES 254
Exporting Sheet Metal Parts . 255
TUTORIAL II: FROM 3D SOLID TO SHEET METAL 255
Accessing Sheet Metal Commands 262
COMMUNICATOR TRANSLATION . 262
Import Formats Supported . 263
Export Formats Supported . 263
Importing & Exporting Without Communicator 264
Accessing Import and Export Commands 265
Appendices
A. AutoCAD-BricsCAD Command Cross-reference 267
BIM MODELING COMMANDS 290
BricsCAD Mechanical Commands . 292
3D Constraints Commands 293
Direct Modeling Commands .294
SHEET METAL MODELING COMMANDS . 294
B. System Variable Cross-reference . 297
B. Keystroke & Button Cross-reference . 335
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR THE DRAWING AREA .336
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR COMMAND BAR & TEXT WINDOW 340
MOUSE AND TABLET BUTTONS . 341
MOUSE BUTTONS .341
TABLET BUTTONS 342
NAVIGATE & 3D WALK-FLY CONTROLS .344
3D MOUSE CONTROLS AND BUTTONS . 345
BricsCAD Customization 345xiv BricsCAD V20 for AutoCAD Users
AUTOCAD-BRICSCAD DICTIONARY
BricsCAD’s terms closely follow AutoCAD’s jargon, but there are a few differences.
AutoCAD Term BricsCAD Equivalent
ADS SDS (software development system)
ARX BRX (BricsCAD runtime extension)
TX (Teigha runtime extension)
AutoLISP LISP
. Content Browser
Design Center Drawing Explorer
implied intersection 3dintersection
intersection 2dintersection
macros tools
model documentation generative drafting
Navigation Cube or ViewCube LookFrom widget
object entity
options settings
osnap esnap (short for “entity snap”)
palette panel or bar
shortcut menu context menu
xdata EED (extended entity data)
E. Setting Up Network Licenses . 347
BRICSYS USER ACCOUNT . 348
NLM INSTALLATION 348
UPGRADING & REPLACING EXISTING LICENSES 349
ADDING ADDITIONAL LICENSES 351
NETWORK MANAGEMENT 351
SETTING UP A REPORT LOG . 352
DEPLOYMENT 353
LICENSE ROAMING 353
BRICSCAD USER SUPPORT . 354
KEY TIPS 354
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