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Thanks ralf3. Yes I saw that post on the Thumbnail Viewer but it doesn't clarify my questions of if it works for Win Explorer file storage. It does seem to explain it works in Vault. Did you create that add-on?

I think I remember Alibre having a free viewer a couple years ago for non-Alibre users to be able to view Alibre work as we do. Does anyone know if that still exists as I've looked around and don't see it? Also, I saw the post about the free Thumbnail Viewer. Seems like a handy add-on. Will...

Thanks Matt. I have heard of that feature before but had trouble with it as it has some limitations. I'll give it another try.

Thanks for the SW/Translate advice. Probably the best thing for me to do then is to send this assembly file as a .stp and tell them I have an other option to try if it doesn't open right. I would think it would be much easier to corroborate on changes if the history was present so they could...

Great explanation Nate. Thanks very much! I set up a few subfolders to for each to hold a Save As version of the original 20 file assembly. Each of them now has the one assembly file and the one or two part files that were changed. I understand that's how it's supposed to work but don't get...

Excellent graphic help Nate. Thanks! Oddly, in my preferred workspace set up I have those Orientation buttons displayed in my toolbar but for some reason when I opened a couple of the files, they didn't show in the toolbar. So with those files open, I selected them into the toolbar and Saved...

Thanks Nate, those suggestions seem to be working. I'm using the Windows system Explorer file saving method. I created a few sample version saves just trying it out and used Save As to save the assembly which resulted in what seems a saved file set of the assembly file and the part file that...

Re: Need Help for Closing Holes, Views That's it exactly. Thanks VERY much! I see now that an assembly file itself is made up of other linked part files. I assume they all need to be kept together in the same folder when saving. Would locating one of the part files in another folder keep the...

Thanks David. I would but I really shouldn't post it for a lot of people to see since it's private work for a client. I'd rather send it to your PM if that's OK. The "How to" or solution can be posted here for all to benefit from afterwards. ok?

I've been trying out your suggestions and it's still as I said. There's no "Hole" or the like listed in the Design Explorer. No "Extrusion" or "Sketch" either for the holes either. The lines and faces of the holes only show up in the Design Explorer under Front Housing>Constraints>Align>Edges...

Thanks for the suggestions. Harold it's a native Alibre (created in Alibre) file. David, In the Design Explorer I saw the buttons listed. I highlighting them then R-Clicked to Delete and they disappeared. For the remaining holes, which are oblong - top and bottom straight & parallel lines with...

Hello, I'm new to Alibre and using v11.2. I checked the manual and forum and didn't find the answer to what's probably a simple process here. I have a native part file of the housing for a kitchen appliance. The housing has a few button switches on the surface shown on it. I need to remove the...

Thanks Nate.

Got it. Thank you. I didn't know about that feature. I assume that's to send private messages to forum users? Just to know - How would I go about sending a message out to a forum member?

I don't understand what you meant by "Please have a look, I have send a PM with the e-mail adress." Look where? PM in email address?

Ralf, I've been checking on what's available for feature detection and the only one I could find is FeatureWorks, but unfortunately so far their sales says it's a plugin for SolidWorks - but it does appear to do what I'm looking for. Even firms that specialize in CAD file conversions don't...

Thanks guys. First, yes I tried out the download you provided and I honestly don't get it. It seems to be a way to edit a dumb solid. That's not what I'm looking to do unless an imported dumb solid can be Saved As a native Alibre and then dimensioned from there - but I don't think it works that...

Jordan - Unless there are limitations, I'd like to do 3D tracings of whatever dumb solid parts I may need that aren't native Alibre. The purpose would be to import a dumb solid and trace it if making it from scratch would take much longer. During the trace, I'd want to add a dimension reference...

Ok. I see. I thought it was a link to a screenshot file with instructions to download so I could learn to do this. I appreciate it but as it is and with my still limited knowledge of Alibre, finding those buttons only brings me to ask the next question - How do I use them to do tracing?

Hello wathavy4, Thanks for the PushPullTool.png looks to be very helpful but the link isn't working for some reason. Would you please post it again. Thank you!