bocad 2025

The most comprehensive software enhancement to date

Efficiency, interoperability, point cloud, data exchange, user-friendliness

With bocad 2025, we present our latest and best software version, packed with many practical and innovative new features designed to make your daily work more efficient.

Over the last 2.5 years under SCHULLER&Company, bocad has developed significantly. Approximately 330 enhancements have been implemented into each of the new bocad versions, and our team has been strengthened by 15 new colleagues.

At the bocad user meeting in Germany in November 2024, bocad 2025 was presented to 160 participants for the first time. The response from users to the new and expanded features was overwhelming.

To help you make the most of bocad 2025, we offer helpful tutorials on our YouTube channel. Visit us there to discover how you can fully leverage the potential of bocad 2025. We will be adding more content in the future to support you in the best possible way.

HIGHLIGHTS / KEY FEATURES

IFC-Interface

Import Features:

Screws, holes, and welds are converted into bocad connections.
Nested structures are resolved during import.
Transfer of the assembly structure to bocad.

Export Features:

Format IFC 2x3 is certified by buildingSMART.
Welds included for applications like welding robots.

SmartPointCloud

Conversion of point clouds from 9 data formats (e.g., .e57) with visualization in SmartView.
Ability to move and rotate the point cloud with saved settings.
New add-on for bocad, automatically activated for testing purposes until 31/12/2024.

Export to IDEA StatiCa

Transfer profiles and sheet metal contours with machining, screws, and welds for structural analysis.

SmartView

Collision control between reference and bocad models.
Referencing point clouds and boc3db files.
Use SmartSelect and other bocad functions within SmartView.
Open SmartView as any desired view of the bocad model.

SmartNavigator

Visual representation of the building's structure (subsystem, assembly, and members).
Display status of members (marked, changed) and access to properties.
Open drawings directly for each member.
Flexibility to dock the SmartNavigator window within the main view or place it externally.

Miscellaneous Improvements

STEP-Export capability for pipes.
Redesign and extension of the online help accessible via the F1 key.
Improved display of designations in drawings.
Output of drawings in PDF/A format.
Enhancements for roof and wall modules, including management of fasteners and openings.
Management of cloud licenses.

IMPRESSIONS

Experience the highlights of our bocad User Meeting, where bocad 2025 was officially unveiled. Let yourself be inspired by the enthusiastic feedback and impressions, and dive into the future of bocad! (German only)