The acquisition of Bricsys by Intergraph-acquirer Hexagon AB was just announced at the Bricsys 2018 conference in London. That means that BricsCAD is part of an organisation with 2017 sales of €3,470 million – significantly larger than Autodesk.

This follows on from Hexagon’s previous close relationship with Bricsys that led to its CADWorx series of AutoCAD-based products also being available on the BricsCAD platform.

Hexagon Executive VP Rick Allen took the stage to explain his enthusiasm for the BricsCAD product, noting many of the strong points that will be no news to regular readers of this blog. Interestingly, he was not shy of pointing out the various technical and policy areas where Bricsys is strong and Autodesk is weak. That included the ongoing availability of perpetual licenses.

Erik De Keyser announced that he’s not going anywhere following the Hexagon acquisition, which was greeted with applause.

Interesting days lie ahead for Bricsys now it has a parent that’s more powerful than Autodesk.