Bricscad, extended data and VBA

[ncsn]

Hi, I'm planning a switch from AutoCAD, and Bricscad v6 seems to be the way to go.
My problem is, the sales people I've talked to (I'm in Israel, and there's only one
seller) couldn't give me any information beyond what they had in their brochour. I
need to know about the data options built into the software (not attributes -
something like ACAD's Xdata), and also to find resources for working with Visual
Basic. I would be very grateful if anyone could direct me to such information.

Also, a general question: I've worked with AutoCAD for 15 years, but have had no
experience in programming; does it make sense for me to try and set up a new,
bricscad-based system, complete with MS Office interface (lists, bill of quantities
etc.) and several hundreds 2D/3D blocks - all in under 2 months?

[jg]

Post by ncsn
Hi, I'm planning a switch from AutoCAD, and Bricscad v6 seems to be the way to go.
My problem is, the sales people I've talked to (I'm in Israel, and there's only one
seller) couldn't give me any information beyond what they had in their brochour. I
need to know about the data options built into the software (not attributes -
something like ACAD's Xdata), and also to find resources for working with Visual
Basic. I would be very grateful if anyone could direct me to such information.
Also, a general question: I've worked with AutoCAD for 15 years, but have had no
experience in programming; does it make sense for me to try and set up a new,
bricscad-based system, complete with MS Office interface (lists, bill of quantities
etc.) and several hundreds 2D/3D blocks - all in under 2 months?

Can't really comment about how well VBA or XDATA work except VBA is one of
the differences from "lite" to "professional" (or whatever they are called).
I use Lisp a lot and it has generally worked very well since the beginning
in Icad. I migrated from Acad-13 to Icad-98 and couldn't afford much upset
to my (single operator) business. Some minor issues and later versions which
were less than improvements, offset by a nicer interface (for me) and a
feeling of integration with windows rather than Acad's "tacked on" behaviour
at that time (1998). Your blocks and legacy files should come across
seamlessly, but ultimately you have to confirm things for yourself. I find
many drafters don't seem to use much customisation or integration with other
software or when they do it's above my head.

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VB support in Briscad is much like in AutoCAD, almost same methods and
properties. I didn't found any resources about working with BricsCAD
object from VB, exept BricsCAD help