In some scenarios in BricsCAD V26 and later versions, neither the Spatial Manager commands nor its user interface may appear available in BricsCAD.

Starting with BricsCAD V26, .NET 8 (formerly known as .NET Core) is used as the managed hosting framework. This is a breaking change for .NET plugins, which must be built with the .NET SDK in order to load and run in these versions. In addition, managed plugins must ensure that their runtime dependencies are available on the host system.

Spatial Manager for BricsCAD includes the .NET 8 runtime in its installer. However, on some computers the runtime installation may not complete successfully because of other missing requirements, system restrictions, or installation conflicts. In these cases, the runtime must be installed manually.

Solution

Manual steps from the official download page:

1. Open the .NET 8 downloads page.
2. Download the .NET Desktop Runtime 8.0 installer that matches your system, typically the Windows x64 version.
3. Run the installer and complete the installation.

As an alternative, you can use this direct download link for a specific Windows x64 runtime version:

• Direct download for Windows x64 (.NET Desktop Runtime 8.0.25): windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.25-win-x64.exe

Please note that this link points to a specific version. More recent versions may already be available, so using the official download page above is recommended whenever possible.

After the installation is complete, restart BricsCAD and check whether Spatial Manager loads correctly.