My name is Paul Schijfsma.
I am a Senior Engineer and Head of R&D department of Stageco, Netherlands.
We build stages for big tours and festivals.
For a company like Stageco, it is very important to own our own software and CAD licences.
There is so much relying on the drawings. There is so much relying on the whole CAD system.
These simple drawings, they are the first key indicator of what the construction will cost.
generating load lists and drawings for the builders of the structure.
BricsCAD is important for our work because of its functionalities,
the speed it works and the speed at which you can see the drawings is definitely a big time saver.
We have had CAD programs in the past, that were also DWG based.
But we work with large constructions, with lots of parts.
And when you want to rotate or zoom in or zoom out, we just had to wait again and again.
The structure of BricsCAD is pretty open, to make your own applications for your specific needs.
Besides its speed, BricsCAD is also a big advantage for the Dutch event industry.
There is a company in Holland that created a shell around BricsCAD
which is specially made for the event industry.
It has a lot of libraries with lights, scaffolding, PA, video's, ...
It makes it very easy to exchange drawings or to see upfront where problems are going to occur.
My name is Paul Schijfsma, but now I'm known as the guy who brought in BricsCAD at Stageco.