Softdesk type stuff for Bricscad ? (AutoCAD alternates..)

[beej67]

I've dumped AutoDesk because the cost is simply not worth what you get. I would rather pay myself to do things by hand than pay AutoDesk $10,000 or whatever to do them for me. That said, I wouldn't mind finding a piece of simple, cheap software that can build surfaces, do cut/fill, and possibly run road templates, in the style of Ye Olde Softdesk 8. I don't really need any other functionality than that.

I'm currently using Bricscad, which is fantastic, light, stable, and runs wonderfully. I'd like to stick to this cad software if possible.

Ideas?

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[beej67]

updage: FlashMNT seems to work well.

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[MiketheEngineer]

Stick with it - then. What is your question??

I like TurboCad (love it) - could teach you in ten minutes how to use it. You can download a "free" copy from them or buy an old copy on E-bay - not sure that is legal - but some are still in cellophane - so I would assume this is OK??

But I still LOVE version 11 - and they are on V18 now. Does what I need.

 

[dik]

I think Bricscad has some 'add-ons' that may be able to help... I've not used them and cannot offer a suggestion. They have a portion of their site dedicated to these programs with a brief description.

I keep plugging Bricscad because it is one of the half dozen programs I use that I really like... I have no connection to the company.

Dik

 

[dik]

Received a reply from Bricsys you can look into...

...we have Geo-Plus, a nice Civil Engineering and Surveyor applications that works well with Bricscad V12. Other applications are available from Geo-Tools at very reasonnable price. All these applications are listed in our application catalog.

Dik

 

[beej67]

Yeah, I stumbled into their add-ons section and browsed them. Many are foreign language only, and some are very expensive ($2k+) which defeats the purpose of using Bricscad for me, but if you sort through them there's a few that met my needs. I got FlashMNT for somewhere around $300, and it does DTMs, 3d polylines, cut/fill, and some other stuff. The routines are simple, clean, and don't crash. Everything's stored in the drawing instead of a secondary database, and the layers/etc are easy to set up. Totally worth the cost.

And yes, Bricscad is a fantastic program. It's identical to AutoCAD in every way that season ACAD users need it to be, but cleaner, faster, doesn't crash, not a memory hog, etc. Big fan.

Hydrology, Drainage Analysis, Flood Studies, and Complex Stormwater Litigation for Atlanta and the South East -

http://www.campbellcivil.com