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Noraqua's Transition to BricsCAD for Enhanced Speed and Stability

Technology Category

Sensors - Utility Meters

Use Cases

Intelligent Urban Water Supply Management
Virtual Prototyping & Product Testing

About The Customer

Noraqua is an engineering company based in Oporto, Portugal, specializing in hydraulic engineering. With over 35 years of experience in the field, Noraqua has established itself as a trusted and highly skilled partner for numerous companies worldwide involved in carrying, transporting, containing, or treating water. The company works on large-scale projects, including creating DWG drawing files for airports and highways. Despite not needing to create 3D solids, their work involves dealing with elevations and polylines that have Z elevations, making everything 3D for them. They require all the values to create sections.

The Challenge

Noraqua, a Portugal-based engineering company specializing in hydraulic engineering, was facing significant challenges with their existing CAD software. The company, which works on large DWG drawing files for airports and highways, some exceeding 100MB in size, was struggling with software that was slow and prone to frequent crashes. This was hampering their productivity and efficiency, as they needed a faster, more stable software solution to handle their extensive and complex work. The team needed a solution that could handle 3D values to create sections, even though they did not need to create 3D solids. The challenge was to find a software that could meet these specific needs and also be easy to adapt to for the team.

The Solution

Noraqua found their solution in BricsCAD and BricsCAD Pro permanent licenses. BricsCAD offered the speed and stability that Noraqua was looking for, enabling a much more efficient workflow for the team. The software was able to handle the large DWG files that Noraqua worked with, without the issues of slowness or crashes that they had experienced with their previous software. Furthermore, BricsCAD was easy to adapt to. According to Duarte, a member of the Noraqua team, colleagues were able to work just as well with BricsCAD as they had with their previous software after just one or two days. Over time, they became even faster, as BricsCAD is a faster software. Additionally, BricsCAD allowed the team to smoothly shift back and forth between their pipe-sizing programs and the drawings they create, further enhancing their productivity.

Operational Impact

The transition to BricsCAD brought about significant operational improvements for Noraqua. The software's speed and stability allowed the team to work more efficiently, without the hindrance of slow processing times or frequent crashes. The ease of adaptation to BricsCAD also meant that the team could quickly get up to speed with the new software, minimizing disruption to their workflow. Furthermore, the ability to smoothly shift between pipe-sizing programs and drawings enhanced the team's productivity, allowing them to work more seamlessly. Overall, the switch to BricsCAD has resulted in a more efficient, productive, and smooth-running operation for Noraqua.

Quantitative Benefit

BricsCAD enabled Noraqua to handle large DWG files over 100MB in size without slowing down or crashing.
The team was able to adapt to BricsCAD in just one or two days, reducing the time and resources spent on training.
The speed of BricsCAD allowed the team to work faster, increasing their overall productivity.