Alibre Design Suggestions
Welcome to the official Alibre feedback forum. Here you can suggest ideas and vote on existing ones. This helps us to hear what you want so we can implement the features that our users most care about.
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Support for multi core processors
Self explanatory
589 votes -
Easy way to change the plane of a sketch in part mode
Easy moving of a sketch (and associated feature if applicable) to another plane (in part mode). The need to erase and redraw wrong positionned sketches could be avoided allowing some timesaving along the design process.
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More types of Assembly Constraints
Distance limits; Angle limits; Gears; Cams etc.
447 votesThere are a lot of different enhancements discussed on this ticket. Many of them (rotational mechanisms for gears, cams, 2d contact detection – to name a few) will be included in the Motion 2.0 update.
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363 votes
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Cut Feature at Top Level Assembly
Apply extruded cut in assembly that could cut through any or all parts by selection.
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Automatic Weld Generator
Incude an automatic weld feature to generate welds. Solidworks has this feature. A lot of equipment is produced from weldments. This would especially be beneficial for accurate FEA stress analysis. Now, I have to physically draw every weld now and assemble it into the model while leaving one to 3 thousandths space between welded parts to accurately model a structure.
264 votes -
Project to Sketch enhancements
Project to Sketch enhancements:
Project silhouettes. Project Sketches to Sketch. Project 3D Sections with option to maintain associativity. Parametrically Project/Offset Figure to Sketch.240 votes -
232 votes
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Global Equation / Dimension / Parameter Editor
Global parameters support built inside Alibre.
To give possibility to change many parts and assemblies parameters from one editor. Update button to execute changes and refresh the model.
I know there is many ways to achieve this, but spreadsheet connections get messed up with updates.
In my opinion Alibre needs it's own simple editor for global dimensioning / parameters.
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Part organisation utility in Design Explorer
Move Parts to/from top level Assembly to Sub-Assembly. Break up Sub-Assembly. Group top level Parts into Sub-Assembly. etc.
211 votes -
Automatic gear generator
It would be extremely useful to have a utility whereby simple solid models of spur gears, helical gears or bevel gears can be generated given basic geometric parameters.
188 votes -
Collision detection in Alibre Motion
Alibre motion needs to have a collision detectection feature where a part in motion is arrested wehn it contacts another part. This feature should also be able to take into account a part in motion being acted upon by a return spring and being acted upon or acting upon a camming feature.
165 votesPlanned for Motion 2.0:
*Motor Limits
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Bi-Directional "To Geometry"&"To Next" option
The ability to Extrude, Sweep, Fillet, or Chamfer from one geometry (Solid or Reference Plane etc.) to another - the position of the defining Sketch (in the case of Extrude & Sweep) being at any point .
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autosnaps
would like to see center, midpont etc.. snaps in sketch mode (including hole creating.)
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Text on curved surface
The ability to apply text to a curved surface, such as a tube. Many times the only place to engrave a part number is on a curved surface.
125 votes -
Render Standard Threads
Create a feature where threads are actually rendered as threads. We have many simple parts with standard ANSI/UNC/UNS screw threads. We need to see the part with the thread actually drawn around the circular diameter for both cosmetic reasons and functional checks. It gets cumbersome to have to create a "V" shaped sketch and then have to revolve-cut the sketch in order to display the real look of the part. Can't we just click a round surface, enter the thread specifications and then click OK? Our computers are fast machines with high end ATI and NVidia video cards; we have…
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isometric dimensions
add capability to pull accurate dimensions off isometric views, add alignment options for resulting dimensions, i.e. with axis, plane, face, etc.
115 votes -
Usability enhancements before feature enhancements
The usabilty of Alibre in some dialogs is ugly uncomfortable, i.e. context menue or equation editor.
a.) equation editor
- a double click into a line should open the editor to alter a value of the parameter
- a change of the parameter's name should automatically alter all the references of this parameter- after changing a parameters value, the focus should be on the OK-Button in order to close the dialog with another <Return>b.) context menue
the Hotkeys in the context-menue should be made unique, until now (V11.2) they are not.
look at http://www.alibre.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8886&p=50154#p50154106 votes -
DXF to Sketch & Sketch to DXF
Import 2D DXF file into a sketch rather than into a drawing then copy/paste into a sketch. Also after drawing a sketch, the ability to export that sketch to DXF rather than creating a drawing and exporting the drawing. Yes, it is possible now get this functionality, No it is not easy and efficient. These features would allow me to be done with AutoCAD all together...
106 votes -
rolled sheet metal part
Allow an extruded flat pattern to be rolled into a cylindrical or eliptical part.
94 votes
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