Bricscad V10 for Linux Released

By DE Editors

Bricsys NV, the developer of Bricscad, has released Bricscad V10, a .dwg-based CAD program, for Linux.

“We consider Bricscad V10 for Linux as a milestone for our company,” says Erik De Keyser, CEO of Bricsys. “Despite doubts of many about the viability of a native Linux based professional CAD product, we are convinced that there is a strong demand for it and a huge potential for applications. Bricsys is the right company to play a leading role in this evolution. For now we want to thank the thousands of Beta testers that helped us to finalize this version.”

This first release of Bricscad V10 for Linux comes with LISP, DCL and Diesel APIs. Encryption is available for commercial LISP-based applications and users can run their LISP routines without any modification. Depending on the demand of application developers, Bricsys will extend the set of APIs for the Linux platform.

Initially Bricscad will support three Linux flavors: Fedora 12 or higher, OpenSuse 11.1 or higher and Ubuntu 9.10 or higher. The English version of Bricscad V10 for Linux is available in the Bricsys e-store. The other 15 language versions will be available soon, according to the company.

For more information, visit Bricsys.

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