Grabowski R. BricsCAD for AutoCAD Users

10th edition. — Canada: upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd., 2017. — 348 pg.This book helps you make the transition from AutoCAD to BricsCAD. Here you learn about the benefits of using BricsCAD while saving your firm a lot of money on software licenses. You’ll read about the advantages to switching to BricsCAD, how it is similar to AutoCAD, and about some of the transition issues on which to keep an eye.
We provide you with detailed information on issues like the differences and similarities in user interfaces between the two CAD programs, compatibility of DWG files, and even how to operate two CAD systems in your design office.
At the end of this book, we provide you with useful appendices that exhaustively cross-reference command and variable names between the two CAD systems — along with alias names, shortcut keystrokes, and mouse button actions.
BricsCAD V18 for AutoCAD Users is meant for you if you are:
An AutoCAD user considering switching to BricsCAD;
A CAD manager adding licenses of BricsCAD to complement your AutoCAD shop;
A design firm working with clients using a different CAD package.
Or perhaps you are simply wondering about the differences between market leader AutoCAD and aggressive up-and-comer BricsCAD. Whichever the case, this book is for you. Now in its 11th edition, the book is updated to include functions added to BricsCAD V18.