stepalibre's Resources

I completed tasks months ahead of what I expected. Now, I'm focusing on my company and publishing design and developer tools. Please contact me on GitHub or Discord, if you have questions regarding my forum posts and comments.

The Tool Store is an app for accessing and managing packages of various types. The GitHub repos will include downloadable installers and other content. The Tool Store app is the interface for GitHub and other web based package sources.

Check The Tool Store for releases. The projects are intended for research, learning and relatively simple solutions. My vs extensions will include a subset of the repos for accessing them without dealing git and GitHub.

NNODESS is now driving my Alibre development work.

Read my other resources for more information.

stephensmitchell - Overview

CAD designer & developer - working on NNODESS. stephensmitchell has 20 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

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The Tool Store

The Tool Store has 26 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

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NuGet Gallery | stephensmitchell

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Publisher stephensmitchell - Visual Studio Marketplace

Publisher stephensmitchell, stephensmitchell - Visual Studio Marketplace.

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Watch my videos at 2x speed. There’s no sound recording for now, and 2x feels better.

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S.S.M | Notion

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Join the stephensmitchell GitHub Server Discord Server!

Check out the stephensmitchell GitHub Server community on Discord - hang out with 8 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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My website for development is replacing my Resources pages.

If you need help with anything reach out on GitHub or Discord.

Not active here starting January 1st, 2026, will maintain my resources for the community.

IronPython Scripting and shell addons code is available. These are starting points to alternative Python scripting addons.

GitHub - the-tool-store/alibre-scripting-addon: Modern .NET scripting add-on with Alibre Script support.

Modern .NET scripting add-on with Alibre Script support. - the-tool-store/alibre-scripting-addon

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GitHub - the-tool-store/alibre-python-shell-addon-v2: External Python shell for Alibre Design

External Python shell for Alibre Design. Contribute to the-tool-store/alibre-python-shell-addon-v2 development by creating an account on GitHub.

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These will be included in the Visual Studio extension, after some minor updates.

I started a tools and technical content company. December is my deadline for side projects, (the reason for these resources I added this month). NNODESS is my Dynamo or Grasshopper for Alibre Design. IFC will be an import/export format. If you want to work with IFC and NNODESS then my Discord and Forums are the places for it. My utilities and apps will be available to buy or $0. The IFC utility is $0.

IFC video showing the wait time for a basic model.

NNODESS could be a replacement for addons and scripting, as a no code solution. IFC Export node could be part of a larger graph or only to export a part or assembly. Standard node-based, visual programming and scripting.

Starting Jan 1st, these resources will be in maintenance mode. Who cares? I know, it probably doesn't matter. It's more for me as a signoff.

I’m scaling everything up!!! source available + commercial solutions.

If you’re interested in early access testing, send me a message. I need help from users who are willing to give clear and direct feedback.

My company is not exclusive to Alibre Design.

To reiterate, Visual Studio and VS Code extensions, packages, the-tool-store repositories, public repositories under my account will be maintained and expanded.

Desktop programs, addons, web based tools, CAD files and other files will be paywalled and/or accessed from Discord. These are tools and resources that cannot be free or publicly available without authentication or a fee due to IP, security, hosting costs and resource limits.

Example Tools:

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Watch my videos at 2x speed. There’s no sound recording for now, and 2x feels better. The purpose of this channel is to share what’s possible and my projects through videos. I mainly cover computer-aided design and development, as well as DCC, CAM, and BIM—building proof of concepts, demos...

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I'm looking for direct feedback, your thoughts and ideas. Next year I'll be focusing on my platform full time. Read previous update posts for more information. Always refer to my GitHub for the latest information.

Extensions:
Everything is tested and is working. I'll continue updating the projects and from now until January 1st I'll be working to complete the current list of projects.

I will only post to this forum for major updates that's related to anything I've shared previously, or new examples and/or bug fixes related to forum questions or previous work I've done.

My goal with these updates is to communicate with users who are interested. I understand AI and development isn't embraced here so for those interested any resource is helpful. I think this Resource section is a good middle ground. Publishing extensions is much better for me and is nicer. easier for those who just want to edit, debug and build projects without git or GitHub use.

To recap:

- All of my Alibre examples/samples/starter projects and code will be published as visual studio project and item templates in packages and extensions:
- AlibreScript examples/samples/starter projects and code will be published as packages and VS Code extensions.

Other related projects and work are standalone but managed together.

I'll update these resources and monitor the forum for examples/samples/starter projects and code to include in future releases and updates.

I’m open to participating in or collaborating with you on public projects you will lead.

If you’re serious, contact me with any ideas you may have.
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Public or private projects. Anything to help the Alibre developer community grow.

I use GitHub as a data source. This explains some of my decisions made around naming and separate vs combined repos.

Data sources, Home Pages
ssm -> https://github.com/stephensmitchell/alibre-development
ssm -> https://github.com/stephensmitchell/AlibreScript
ssm -> https://github.com/stephensmitchell/AlibreScript-playground
ssm -> https://github.com/stephensmitchell/AlibreScript-documentation
ssm -> https://github.com/stephensmitchell/AlibreScript-vscode
ssm ->https://github.com/stephensmitchell/alibre-script-adk
ssm -> https://github.com/stephensmitchell/alibre-programming
ssm -> https://github.com/stephensmitchell/alibre
ssm -> https://github.com/stephensmitchell/alibrex-documentation
ssm ->https://github.com/stephensmitchell/alibre-script-library-examples
ssm ->https://github.com/stephensmitchell/alibre-script-examples
ssm -> https://github.com/stephensmitchell/system
ssm -> ...

Extensions, Addons, Packages, Apps
tts -> https://github.com/the-tool-store/AlibreScriptExamples-extension
tts -> https://github.com/the-tool-store/AlibreScriptExamples-package
tts -> ...

This is for information only. More work to complete, names may change, readme files will change. Visual Studio and VS Code Extensions will include project and item templates from the repos above.

My focus here has been sharing ideas, sharing actual solutions when I created them and being open to assisting in any form. I will continue maintaining my Alibre projects and creating more resources as needed. Next year I'll be full time working on software projects/products. I'll keep my resources current. You can contact me for any purpose.