Feature control frame
While the drafting suite, in general, is horribly underserviced by Alibre as a company, one feature that is incredibly frustrating is the feature control frame.
1) Make it possible for me to anchor the FCF to an extension line without having to first show the leader, place the FCF and then hide the leader. This is incredibly infuriating for someone who has to design parts where geometric tolerancing is critical.
2) Turn off the automatic positional symbols. The only workaround I've found is to input a "dummy" constraint under the "Pattern Locating" tab, which ungreys the "Feature Relative" tab so I can then put my defining constraints under that heading. Then, I have to go back and delete everything under the "Pattern Locating" tab. If I need to change something, I have to rinse and repeat this entire process. I cannot tell you how cumbersome this process gets when there are multiple FCFs on a drawing that must be changed.
2 comments
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matthewjzimmerman
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Still no improvements here?
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matthewjzimmerman
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And add some support for Basic Dimensions (i.e. the box around the number). Come on, how good is a design package if you can't make appropriate drawings for the shop.