Bricsys Releases Bricscad V12 for Linux

By DE Editors

Bricsys, the developer of Bricscad for design professionals, released Bricscad V12 for the Linux operating system. All three editions” Classic, Pro, and Platinum” provide 3D modeling and CAD API programming for Linux users.

The company will not increase the price for Bricscad V12 Linux, and announced it plans to release the entire Bricscad V12 suite on Mac OSX in the second half of 2012.

All editions of the new Bricscad V12 for Linux software feature a 2D constraint solver. Users are able to attach many kinds of constraints to 2D elements, including perpendicular, parallel, and concentric. Other improvements common to all editions include the ability to trim hatches, add custom hatch patterns, define page setups, generate live section planes, and model in 2D and 3D with visual styles. An improved raster engine allows GIS applications to smoothly zoom and pan very large bitmaps.

The Pro edition of Bricscad V12 for Linux offers 3D direct modeling,  together with dynamic dimensions to allow fast and accurate modeling operations. Users are able to toggle smoothly between 2D and 3D design modes.

The new Quad Cursor allows users to create and edit 3D models with a minimum of clicks. Hovering the cursor over edges, faces, and solids highlights them instantly, and makes available at-cursor buttons for direct operations, such as push-pull, rotate, and chamfer.

The Platinum edition of Bricscad V12 for Linux contains everything found in the Pro edition, and adds a 3D constraint solver for .dwg-based modeling. Users are able to add 3D constraints to edges,  faces, and many kinds of solid primitives. A constraint control panel lists the constraints, and users are able to view constraints in the model simply by selecting them in the panel.

For more information, visit Bricsys.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.