However, Bricsys has long since surpassed the core AutoCAD functionality and added a raft of new powerful drafting utilities – and continues to do so each year. AutoCAD users will find it familiar, from the keyboard shortcuts to LISP and DWG compatibility. The company was primarily known for developing an AutoCAD clone, or as it prefers to call it a ‘cyclone’ and, as CAD modellers go, it’s actually very good. To be honest, the Bricsys CAD offering is a bit of mind warp. Also, there was an obvious opportunity to have an AutoCAD-compatible CAD system in the market, when Autodesk was forcing subscription on its customers. The decision to acquire came from Hexagon’s plant division, as Bricsys provides an in-house alternative platform to AutoCAD, on which its CADWorx Plant design product was built to run.
The ambitious small CAD developer from Ghent in Belgium had found a seriously big backer to secure its future. In 2018 Bricsys was acquired by the Hexagon group, a seriously big player in the laser scanning and process plant sector, owning brands such as Leica, MSC and Intergraph. One of the most exciting additions is new support for McNeel’s Rhino and Grasshopper
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