{"id":2470,"date":"2024-04-23T08:38:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T12:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.designmaster.biz\/blog\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2024-05-14T10:03:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T14:03:41","slug":"review-bricscad-for-electrical-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designmaster.biz\/blog\/2024\/04\/review-bricscad-for-electrical-engineers\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: BricsCAD for Electrical Engineers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BricsCAD has positioned itself as a competitor to AutoCAD. Developed by Bricsys, BricsCAD offers a versatile platform that caters to various industries, including the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction sectors with its BricsCAD BIM software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will assess its suitability for electrical engineering design by using the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t6hDU7TDmic\">Electrical Engineering BIM Scorecard<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on how the 10-point scorecard works, see this&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JU5COY5tM7Q\">video<\/a>&nbsp;that discusses it in more detail. You can also download a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/48WOtZE\">scorecard graphic<\/a>&nbsp;to help personally score BIM software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Scoring BricsCAD BIM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the BIM Scorecard, we can measure how well BricsCAD BIM performs on electrical engineering tasks. The scorecard consists of ten \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cno\u201d questions designed to evaluate the software\u2019s suitability for electrical engineering needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Does engineering exist?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the BricsCAD website, the answer to this first question is \u201cno\u201d. While the software does emphasize 3D modeling and BIM support, the focus seems to be primarily on architectural functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>What This Means<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With a \u201cno\u201d on the first question, BricsCAD BIM earns a score of zero. That said, BricsCAD does still present itself as an AutoCAD alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BriscsCAD was built to take advantage of AutoCAD customization to add features the main software didn\u2019t contain, and allow it to compete directly in the CAD market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure align=\"center\" class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Review: BricsCAD for Electrical Engineers #BIM #BricsCAD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t6hDU7TDmic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Join Our Free Webinar<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- \/wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">May 19, 2026\u00a0 \u2022\u00a0 1:00 ET \/ 10:00 PT<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>\u201cCreate Single-Line Diagrams in Revit Without Late Nights or Change Orders\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designmaster.biz\/webinar\/register-blog.html\">Register Now<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using the Electrical BIM Scorecard, this week we take a look at BricsCAD BIM, and review it to see if it\u2019s a good fit for electrical engineers as a replacement for AutoCAD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designmaster.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designmaster.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designmaster.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designmaster.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designmaster.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2470"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.designmaster.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2513,"href":"https:\/\/www.designmaster.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions\/2513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designmaster.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designmaster.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designmaster.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}