Still running BricsCAD V24? You could be skipping over more than 20 valuable enhancements that arrived with V25. The newest release introduces features like spreadsheet-like tables, seamless survey data exchange, IFC georeferencing, visual assembly capabilities, and intelligent automation. These are the kinds of tools you’ll find yourself relying on right from the start.
V25 does not just look different; it delivers over twenty powerful tools and enhancements designed to transform the way you work compared to V24. Below, you will find a straightforward tour of these V25 exclusive upgrades so you can decide if it is time to bring your production work into the latest BricsCAD environment.
BricsCAD V25 delivers a host of quality of life boosts for daily drafting. With SELECTIONCYCLING, you can quickly manage stacked entities from a convenient in cursor menu. The refreshed Open File and XRef dialogues add search filters, sorting, and thumbnail previews, making lost XRefs far easier to track down. For tables, you can now click on a row or column header to select it, then drag fill data like in a spreadsheet. For those oversized site plans, the Large Drawing Cleanup tool inside DWGHEALTH automatically diagnoses and removes clutter in a single sweep.
Experimental Feature Mode adds a toggle in the Settings panel that launches a sandbox profile. Switch it on to try out upcoming tools, then turn it off to return to your production workspace without any changes. Usage analytics have also been improved with an Insights tab, which highlights your most frequently used commands so you can pin them to the ribbon and reduce unnecessary clicks.
Mechanical users now benefit from three new command helpers. AMRESCALE creates alternate scale sections while keeping dimensions properly aligned.
BMSEQUENCE provides a visual timeline where you can drag parts to define assembly or disassembly steps, then export an animation with custom time intervals. Finally, CAEANALYZE2D brings entry level Finite Element Analysis directly into BricsCAD, allowing you to stress test plates or brackets before committing to extrusion.
Bonus tweaks worth noting:
For building design, BIMPROPERTIES allows you to import IDSXML property sets from consultants and apply them to multiple objects at once, eliminating the need for manual mapping. BIMINVERTSPACES converts floor plates into fully bounded room solids with consistent results for take offs.
Georeferenced coordination is also improved in V25, which now stores IFC global, project, and site origins during import (IFC Import WCS) and retains them on export, ensuring your files align exactly where the surveyor intends.
Wall editing is more efficient with the updated BIMWALL, while BIMATTACHCOMPOSITION keeps junctions neat when wall types are changed.
Field to finish is now faster throughout the workflow. A direct Leica Survey Exchange imports Infinity data natively, removing the need for CSV conversions.
Strings Control tools provide powerful editing for break lines and grading strings, while Line and Curve Labels automatically comply with local standards. Design support is further enhanced with the new Curve Calculator, Geometry Creator, and TIN Surface Smoothing. The standout feature, however, is TIN Surface Sharing, which allows you to reference a surface in multiple drawings, make changes once, and have every linked model update instantly.
If you are still using V24, you are missing out on a range of essential improvements, such as spreadsheet style tables and georeferenced BIM exports, that remove small but constant inefficiencies every time you draft, model, or annotate. Install the V25 trial, open one of your existing projects, and you will start to notice fewer clicks and cleaner files before your coffee has even cooled.
If you are still working with BricsCAD V24, now is the time to get up to speed with BricsCAD V25. Upgrade today and you could save up to 60 per cent on your new BricsCAD licence.
