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Alibre Design Comparison

This page details the differences between the Alibre Design product levels. Different levels of Alibre Design include various pieces of functionality shown under the Product Info section of the website.

Alibre is very flexible - if you have specific or special needs, please don't hesitate to ask us about your options.

Prices in US dollars and valid in the United States and Canada.

Alibre Design Standard
$999

Alibre Design Professional
$1499

Alibre Design
Expert
$1999

Learning

Integrated Tutorials

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Online Tutorials

Instant-on live support (first and only in the industry)
*requires active maintenance account

Easy, streamlined user interface

3D Modeling

Accurate Physical Properties

Parametric part modeling

Parametric assembly modeling

Drag-and-drop Constraint Management

Excel Driven Designs

Accurate Assembly Motion

Interference Detection

Re-use 2D Files (DWG/DXF) as the basis for 3D parts

Sheet metal modeling

Direct Editing for push/pull modeling

Standard Part Libraries

Intelligent part class and assembly class design

Design Communication

Basic 3D PDF Publishing

Advanced 3D PDF Publishing

Photorealistic Rendering

2D Drawings

2D Drawing creation wizard

Full 2D detailing toolset

Automatic updating of 2D when design changes

Automatic and manual BOM creation

Automatic title blocks

Import/Export

3D Import
IGES - SAT - STEP - SolidWorks - Inventor1 - ProE1 - Catia1 - Parasolid1 - SolidEdge1

3D Export
IGES - STEP - SAT - STL - SolidWorks1 - Parasolid1

2D Import/Export
DXF - DWG - Image formats

1 - Requires Alibre Translate Add-On

Integrated Data and Process Management

Windows integration

Single-source data management

Check-in / Check-out

Secure access

Lightning fast and robust search

Scalable to large deployments

Highly customizable to fit your organization's processes and requirements

Remotely accessible

Automatic notifications

Process definition and enforcement

Easily connect to existing databases

Further integration with Office 2007

Design Verification

First Pass Linear Static FEA

Integrated Motion Analysis

Automatic Constraint Mapping(ACM) for automatically set-up motion elements

Real time graphical output for forces, positions, velocities, etc.

Excel output for motion analysis

Engineering Time Savers

EngineersToolbox

Machinist Toolbox

Integrated CAM

Alibre CAM, basic 2.5 and 3 axis operations

Output to over 140 machines

Automatically updating CAM operations on design changes