Good stuff! Would curved text for internal or external extrusion be in V27? I definitely have use for it.
I get the curved text but explain the scale tool for sketches.And a scale tool for sketches. I've been whining for curved text and a scale tool for sketches since the day I got Alibre.
A standard exchange format for editable models (not mesh or parasolid) would be huge. Even with limited feature support, a truly portable model would be a game changer.
Obviously, this doesn't already exist because larger CAD vendors don't want it, preferring to hold their customers hostage. Support for an open model would require pressure from BIG customers (i.e. DoD, automotive, etc.). Ideally vendors like Alibre (perhaps partnered with other smaller vendors) could work with such customers and a standards body (ANSI, ISO, MIL, etc.) to define an open exchange format. The benefit to customers is obvious and once a standard exists, and DoD mandates its use, it's adoption by the larger vendors would be inevitable.
Is this something Alibre would consider pursuing?
I get the curved text but explain the scale tool for sketches.
I agree, none of the big vendors would jump on that train unless required to; that's why I suggested that such an approach must be driven by big customers like DoD, automotive, etc. Any initiative towards an open format could be proposed by vendors, and vendors would likely be very active in developing such a standard (to minimize potential difficulties/maximize benefits to them), but customers would have to be the driving force behind standardization as they are in almost every such case.Until a few years into the 2000s this was actually a part of the Alibre strategy. The current file format is based on STEP and I believe it was called "Open STEP" at the time.
No one of the big vendors did jump on the train, because of the reasons you mention, and I hardly believe they ever will. Imagine a format that let a majority of users switch from, let's say Solidworks, to Alibre Design without losing any design data at all. A dream for someone and a nightmare for someone else
I was referring to this tool:I believe he is referring to when you sketch out the basic form of your object and then place a dimension and it throws it out of whack. The sketch should scale with the first dimension placed.
IronCAD had both kernels but I'm not sure if it still does.I recall a few years ago a couple of CAD companies, SolidWorks included, did release a version that had both ACIS and Parasolid modeling kernels. It could open parts created with either kernel and retain its history. Not sure if that was developed any further but it sounded like it had promise.
Here's one example;
"Two CAD Kernels" are Always Better than One!
Having both the Parasolid and ACIS solid modeling kernels as options when importing data will make a difference with Pro/E, Solidworks, Catia, NX, Solid Edge, ZW3D, Inventor, STEP, Parasolid, ACIS and IGES files. Both kernels handle the import and repair differently.www.linkedin.com
flexible constraints