Bricsys is fond of telling us what they plan in future releases. Here at the Bricsys 2018 London conference, we learned what to expect in BricsCAD V19 or V20:
Future Plans for Part Design
- Copy and paste parametric features
- Additions to the deformable modeling tool set
Future Plans for Assembly Design
- Levels of details
- Assembly features
- Trailing lines in exploded views
- Custom properties in BOMs
Future plans for Sheet Metal
- Tabs
- Gussets
- Tessellated lofted bends
- Unfolded views in paper space
Future Plans for Drawing Generation
- Threads in drawing views
- Broken-out views
Future Plans for Communicator Translation
- Import and export drawing in the background
- Rewritten Communicator code allows more and new file formats to be added easily
- Communicator can be released independently of BricsCAD
I am amazed that their revenue was so low (13 million euros) having been in the AutoCAD clone business for so long. It makes you wonder if the clone business model is sustainable and whether it was just as well that they were bought.... just in time... to jump on Hexagon's, which seems to be based on merging 3d models, primavera and estimation software, targeting fellow swede big contractor's Skanska's needs https://youtu.be/WlE7cJvEn1c?t=164
Seems like there will be a three way race between Hexagon-Intergraph/BricsCAD, Trimble-Sketchup/Tekla and Topcon/Bentley in the megaproject petrochem, building and infrastructure sectors. I wonder if Aveva/PDMS, Intergraph's big rival in the petrochem sector will now feel left out being unattached to either big sensor / metrology or wider civils/bldg ecosystem?
Posted by: dseah | Oct 28, 2018 at 03:41 AM