Recent content by lesspaul

I was using Fusion 360 for 3D printing, and for such, all I need is something that can export to STL. 3D printing CAM is done with a program called a slicer. I would continue using PrusaSlicer as I did with Fusion.

I am a CNC router and 3D printing hobbyist. I have had an Alibre license of one sort or another since the days of $97 Alibre Design Standard. My current licenced version is 2018.2, although I have to admit to having almost never using it. For CNC router work I moved to Vectric Aspire. For 3D...

Re: Keyboard Shortcuts I've taken all the shortcuts I could find and put them into an Excel spreadsheet (attached.) I haven't verified all of them, and I didn't include things that are feature of Windows rather than Alibre, such as alt-tab to change windows. I'm sure there are errors; it is...

When I saw Alibre go on sale for $97 I jumped at the opportunity to move to 3D parametric design. Only after jumping did I realize that CAM tools capable of taking advantage of these new features was way out of my financial league. Then I found the modestly priced CamBam, which loads STL files...

I want to mention three add-ons http://www.spiked3.com/AlibrePlugins.html The three tools are: Alibre to CamBam: Alibre to POVray: http://www.povray.org Alibre to Blender: http://www.blender.org

There is a fellow on these forums who has written two plugins to allow you to use open source (free) photo quality rendering systems. One plugin works with POVray, the other with Blender. Both are capable of producing professional quality renderings. I've been playing with both of the plugins...