Supported Operating Systems
  • Windows 10 (x86-64), Windows 11 (x86-64).
    Note: Windows 10 Operating System will reach end-of-support by Microsoft on 14 October, 2025.
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and higher Ubuntu versions that are still supported by Canonical (if you want a stable experience, LTS tends to be a good choice).
  • openSUSE builds, later than April 2022, with glibc version >= 2.35.
  • Fedora builds, later than April 2022, with glibc version >= 2.35.
  • macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) or higher (see the Apple compatibility for BricsCAD® article).
Note: The Windows and Linux versions of BricsCAD® are built and supported for the x86-64 (AMD64) architecture.
 
Minimum CPU:
  • Intel® Core™ i5
  • AMD Ryzen™ 5
Recommended CPU:
  • Intel® Core™ i7
  • Intel® Core™ i9
  • AMD Ryzen™ 7
  • AMD Ryzen™ 9

The CPU with the highest single-thread performance rating will always excel with BricsCAD®.

Additional CPU cores will bring in higher performance, as more and more functions get multithreaded computation in BricsCAD®.

Note:
  • Intel® Xeon® and AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ CPUs: These top-tier workstation CPUs support large on-chip memory cache, more PCIe® I/O lanes and multi-channel, high speed memory architectures.
  • Since V21.2.06, BricsCAD® (Mac) works on Rosetta 2 (Intel emulation on Apple silicon chips). A native Apple silicon build is planned in a future version.
Minimum System Memory:

8 GB

Recommended System Memory:
  • 16 GB

For maximum performance, determine the memory configuration of your PC and ensure that each memory channel on the motherboard is populated with at least one memory module.

Minimum Disk Space:

3 GB for BricsCAD® Ultimate, installed

Recommended Disk Space:

(As needed)

We strongly recommend using SSD (Sata 3 / PCI-E NVME) as system drives, for both BricsCAD® and Windows. Drawings and support files can reside on slower mechanical hard disk drives, if necessary.

Note: Solid-state disks can be up to 10x faster reading and 20x faster writing data than a mid-range hard disk drive
Minimum Display System:
  • Full HD (1920 x 1080) True Color display and a graphics card with 4 GB VRAM
  • Apple Mac Displays
Recommended Display System:
  • Multiple UHD (3840 x 2160) or 4k True Color displays, with a PCIe® graphics card w/GPUs and 8 GB VRAM
  • Apple Mac Retina (4K and 5K) Displays

On Microsoft Windows systems, most graphics cards & GPUs from NVIDIA, AMD and Intel® are supported. We recommend mid-range gaming video cards.

Note: If you work with point clouds and big models in the model space, we advise changing Windows' Graphic settings as follows:
  • Go to Graphic settings
  • Add BricsCAD as an app to set the preferences
  • Set the option to High Performance

On Linux systems, most graphics cards and GPUs from NVIDIA and AMD are supported.

On Mac systems, native Apple display hardware is supported.

BricsCAD®’s non-wireframe display modes are generated by RedSDK technology from Redway3D®. The GPU is used to render this modes.

Note: We suggest that you install the latest drivers available for your display hardware, as recommended by the manufacturer.

Note to Linux users: Hardware acceleration of 3D graphics on Linux systems is NOT supported on:

  • Intel® graphics chipsets/cards.
  • Laptops with dual graphics adapters.