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Nirav S.

Technical Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/5/2023

"BricsCAD is a Modern Cost effective & Powerful CAD"

5/5

What do you like best about Octave BricsCAD?

BricsCAD is a Modern CAD software that has so many tools & commands based on AI-ML & that is literally the way i am designing till now, it is a smart, fast, easy & cost-effective product with several licensing options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave BricsCAD?

There is nothing that I don't like in the software, still, this software is evolving with every releases so i believe there will be many tools related to GIS also be get added. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Octave BricsCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

BricsCAD is intelligent CAD which eliminates repetitive tasks & makes the entire workflow much easier & faster. Software is based on DWG platform so i can utilise all my DWG & DXF data without worrying about compatibility. Every piece of my existing knowledge I can directly resue here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MJ

Mukesh J.

Assistant Vice President - Service Delivery

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/23/2023

"Brics cad -economical cad software"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Octave BricsCAD?

Cad software with parametric blocks ..very user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave BricsCAD?

There is nothing specific but right clicking of mouse as it is my personal habit Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

WJ

Warren J.

Architect and Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/29/2022

"A Modern Powerhouse if you invest the time"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Octave BricsCAD?

I license BricsCAD Ultimate along with Twinmotion, 3Dconnexion and Google Drive. The combination provides a state-of-the-art toolset that works both off-line and online and allows me to design with full BIM detail, create photorealistic 3D renderings, fly-thru digital twins, and share detailed BIM data, renderings, and drawings with contractors. Bricsys customer support is excellent. The ability to own a toolset that works completely offline makes it indispensable when traveling around the world with my laptop. Finally, I loved that BricsCAD, Twinmotion and 3Dconnexion offered a perpetual license option and it was affordable even as I am still 'tapering off' one of my Autodesk subscriptions. As I approach the lighter work schedules of "retirement", I love the idea that my software will not stop working if I am unable to pay a thousand dollars each quarter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave BricsCAD?

BricsCAD is extremely customizable and it can take some time and experimentation to develop optimal workflows and configurations. It is AutoCAD with a really nice. 3D BIM capability, but don't expect the out-of-the-box features to enable integration between 2D drawings and 3D BIM workflows. I suggest you plan to spend time with the tool to build workflows, schedules, templates and components (because there are few/no 3rd party component libraries integrated out-of-the-box). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Octave BricsCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

The big change is the ability to use a single toolset for everything. And not just start to finish BIM, but the ability to generate state-of-the art digital twins, and share data with contractors. I edit in BricsCAD and use a space mouse with 3dconnexion to do a quick 3D fly-around inspection. Then I use a programmed button on the space mouse that exports BIM data to Google Drive (which any number of contractors can securely access). Finally, I have a button that performs the DataDirect sync with Twinmotion which I use for 3D fly-thru inspections to spot issues before finally sharing a remote fly-thru view with contractors (using Cloud features included with the Twinmotion licensed and hosted by Epic Games). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SK

Sanjeev K.

Manager - Design (Electrical)

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/9/2023

"BricsCAD is very much similar to AutoCAD. People who use AutoCAD can use BricsCAD very easily."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Octave BricsCAD?

It is very much similar to AutoCAD. People already using AutoCAD don't need any special training for working on BricsCAD. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave BricsCAD?

I don't find anything negative for BricsCAD Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Paras R.

Technical Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/21/2023

"One of the best all-round CAD software with advanced 2D Drafting"

5/5

What do you like best about Octave BricsCAD?

Familiar interface with intelligent commands & dedicated environments for BIM, Mechanical, & Solid modeling makes it best choice for all-round CAD applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave BricsCAD?

Few of the commonly available tools could be more streamlined when comparing with other 2D CAD applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BF

Bruce F.

Owner

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/1/2022

"Best CAD Option available."

5/5

What do you like best about Octave BricsCAD?

Bricscad is affordable and has progressed into the best option for many CAD uses. They host 100's of useful utilities by 3rd party developers on their website saving users countless hours tracking down such utilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave BricsCAD?

I dislike that it took so long for someone to develop such a useful CAD option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FF

Floyd F.

Design Checker and Solidworks Operator/Coach

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/26/2022

"A Great Reasonably Priced CAD Soultion (especially for Linux users)"

5/5

What do you like best about Octave BricsCAD?

My main reason for trying BricsCAD was the software I previously used to work from home discontinued support for Linux. I was pleasantly surprised to find that BricsCAD Pro is a full-featured 2d & 3d design tool that still offers perpetual licensing as well as subscription-based options. For my needs of working from home & designing items to be 3d printed it's superior to my previous CAD software which was 2d only. Of course, BricsCAD is much more expensive than Draftsight but still far less than Autocad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave BricsCAD?

Not so much a dislike as a feature wish, I'd love to have easily selected native support for Libre Office products to handle OLE objects such as bills of materials in spreadsheet form. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Octave BricsCAD:

If you are a current user of Autocad or a similar product using .dwg files you'll be able to jump right in and work with BricsCAD easily for 2d drafting & design. In a Windows environment with Office installed it handles all OLE files with ease. The Communicator add-in allows you to import and export a huge variety of different cad formats for viewing and editing. The pricing is reasonable and the time I had to use the customer support system was great. Well worth the money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Octave BricsCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Other than the OLE object compatibility issue due to not having MS Office on my computer, I have no complaints. I may be upgrading soon to include the mechanical design package for the more powerful 3d modeling engine. My job at work is a detail & drawing checker and sometimes I have to take work home. My employer uses Autodesk and Solidworks software. BricsCAD has full .dwg file compatibility so that I can open, mark up & correct drawings at home. Using the BricsCAD Communicator add-in also allows me to import Solidworks files and work with them too.

In addition, I do a fair amount of 3d printing at home and find this software to be very useful for that. If you are planning to do a lot of serious 3D modeling I would recommend upgrading to the mechanical design package. Although I have personally purchased this software for my use, I would have no problem recommending it to any organization that needs a full-featured CAD design suite at a good price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Nathan T.

Civil Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/24/2022

"Great AutoCAD substitute"

5/5

What do you like best about Octave BricsCAD?

The program functions exactly like AutoCAD, but the layout of many of the settings dialogs is much more logical (organized outline format in Brics vs random "stream of consciousness" in AutoCAD). BricsCAD also seems to be more stable (far fewer crashes) than AutoCAD. In my experience, the drawings have been entirely compatible when going back and forth between AutoCAD and BricsCAD. Best of all, a perpetual license is about a quarter the cost of a yearly subscription to AutoCAD. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave BricsCAD?

The only real problem I had was with the program crashing when I tried to open a block when editing a drawing through a viewport; this has since been fixed. The only frustration I have now is having to go back to AutoCAD to design land development projects, and that's only a problem with BricsCAD being too user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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charlie b.

director

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/29/2022

"BricsCAD may be the cost effective alternative to that other one we've spent so long hoping for"

5/5

What do you like best about Octave BricsCAD?

I can use all the text commands I've been using for the last 25 years

I can afford to upgrade to full BIM, previously nowhere near affordable

It looks like there's much greater appetite for further development, not just UI tinkering

It handles point clouds better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave BricsCAD?

Only minor, it's not fully there on the Mac OS - yet:

Dragging grips is buggy, and there's no mouse-over menu on them.

You can't print, you have to print to pdf then print, so the drawing also loses the print settings if you do go back to other software without this limitation.

You can't stack things like the layer and properties pane so waste screen space

Don't try and enlarge the cross-hair Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CL

Christopher L.

Senior Architect

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/28/2022

"Bricscad review"

4/5

What do you like best about Octave BricsCAD?

It works well as an inexpensive AutoCAD substitue. I like the fact that AutoLisp works with it, so most of my custom tools work. I like to write my own algorithms for various tasks, so the programming interface is nice. I would like to try Python in Bricscad, being that its a better language than Lisp. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octave BricsCAD?

It crashes a lot on Mac, way more than AutoCAD. But the most annoying and debilitating bug is the one where the cursor flickers and moves when picking grips, in a way that mimics some kind of neurological-driven physical shaking condition. Imagine that whenever you go to grab something with your fingers, your hand begins to shake uncontrollably. That's what picking grips with Bricscad on a Mac is like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.