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NickG:
Just ordered / downloaded it also! By the looks of my bank balance it's worked out at £62.78 ... what a bargain! Can't wait until tonight when wife and kids are in bed, I'll install the thing and try to create something!
kvom:
--- Quote ---3d model for my D1-4 chuck receiver is coming along nicely
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Any chance you could make a D1-3 version of the design? I'd like to make one from my lathe chucks. I assume it's just a matter of dimensions.
NickG:
Hi guys, just had a mess around with my $99 Alibre standard and have to say, what a bargain. If you produce drawings of your own and currently don't have CAD software, look no further ... it's superb. I modelled an oscillating engine a while back on the free version. I was able to produce the parts before but not mate them together in 1 assembly. I was also limited with functionality when doing the 2D drawing. Tonight I quickly assembled all the parts and published the 3D model as a PDF (see attachment) which is really useful. When I click on the engine in Adobe Reader I can manipulate it, spin it around, select different views, backgrounds, zoom in and out, change to wire frame etc. I'm not sure if anybody can now do that to the PDF or it's just because I have some sort of alibre plug in? If you're considering CAD, it's well worth a look.
Nick
Darren:
Nick that is amaising..... :clap:
I was supprised just how much you can manipulate stuff in PDF...
I have used AutoCad quite a bit, but only ever in 2D and never progressed into 3D. It just went way over my head.
Can I ask, would Alibre be easier for a novice,I'm totally self taught and still quite limited but my drawings were good enough for the CNC guys to work with. Some machines just read the CAD drawing and got on with it. No doubt with a little help from the programmer I assume. But all the real info was on the drawings.
Would someone like me find Alibre easier to continue learning with?
Brass_Machine:
--- Quote from: Darren on August 17, 2009, 06:35:27 PM ---...
Would someone like me find Alibre easier to continue learning with?
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The answer is yes!
Eric
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