Unlocking UK Productivity: The Strategic Case for BricsCAD in a Multi-CAD Landscape Subtitle: A cost-effective, familiar, and future-ready alternative to legacy CAD platforms. 1. Executive Summary The UK engineering and design sector faces mounting pressure: rising subscription costs for legacy software (AutoCAD), the need for Building Information Modelling (BIM) compliance (UK BIM Framework), and the demand for efficient 2D/3D workflows.