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Hi Lew. I will send you an e-mail on date and time. I have not used GoToMeeting, but will ask you about that in my e-mail. I very much appreciate your offer! In the meantime, I am spending time with Alibre and the tutorial. Thank you. Phil

I will be building a new PC in the next few months, and have two questions regarding CPU and GPU for Alibre Pro 2019 and potentially Keyshot or other rendering program. My models would be small, expecting under 100 parts. As an aside, same computer may be used for 4k video editing. 1) Best...

Lew, thank you. Your first two questions are over my head, I am sorry to say. I welcome any help you can offer, including the GoToMeeting. I only hope my questions are not TOO naive. My projects are quite simple, so thought I would share one here in case that helps with replies. One is...

I am in the San Francisco bay area, on the east side of the bay.

Fair questions. My experience with CAD is zero. My only other experience is drafting classes in high school (50 years ago). The answer on "what gives" is a multitude of life challenges (not going to say more than that) and illness, interrupting any consistent continued efforts with Alibre. I...

I have had Alibre Professional for a few years after receiving a “too-good-to-pass-up”upgrade path from Alibre PE Design. I have played with Alibre Pro (now 2019) off and on, but have decided to get serious about learning it. I have never used a 3D CAD program before, and am about as new as...

Thanks for your response. My projects are mostly small parts, tools. probably some larger tubular steel things, but no plans for sheet metal. I think Atom may be fine, but hard to just let go the much higher end version, even if I am not making use of all it can do. Maybe that will change...

I have Geomagic (Alibre) Professional which I obtained through a special promotion years ago when I purchased Alibre Personal Edition (PE). I am a home hobbyist, so "Professional" is likely overkill (but promotion too good to turn down), so my question is this. Spend $199 for Atom or refresh...

Whether 3D CAD is needed for my needs could be debated, but in several instances, I would like to use a software to design and draw about a dozen parts that will fit together to form an assembly (end product). And besides, 3D CAD is something I always wanted to learn. I am confident Alibre or...

Hi, I have GeoMagic Design Elements v16.0.1, but never really used it (long story) and am still quite the newbie on 3D CAD anything. I am just a home hobbyist, no CNC, doing simple stuff with my small mill and lathe, so wondering if I should upgrade to the latest version of Alibre or use...

I have the opportunity to get SolidWorks 2007 for basically free, but I will never be able to afford to pay maintenance on it, or upgrade, so am looking at GeoMagic as something that I can afford to keep current. I just have a hard time believing that SW2007 is something I will still want to...

Hello, I am a budding machinist, with lathe, mill, etc. in the garage but need an appropriate 3D CAD software program to design parts that will form an assembly (w/motion in some instances). Not complicated stuff, perhaps a handful of parts to start with. I have a friend with SolidWorks 2013...

If Alibre is "resource light" when it comes to hardware, I am wondering if I even need a discrete video card. I will probably use an Intel i5-2500K processor, which has the Core 3000 integrated graphics (non "K" processors have Core 2000 inegrated graphics). If that is good enough for Alibre...

I recently obtained Alibre Personal Edition. I am also upgrading my desktop PC with new hardware. I may also eventually move to Alibre Professional, but may need another hardware upgrade by then. I am looking to understand what hardware needs I will need. Mainly in processor power. Intel...

After reading posts on this forum, I quite possibly may be the greenest novice ever to post here. I am just getting into hobby metalworking and also do some woodworking. I am looking for a good CAD program to help me design various projects (very simple to a model internal combustion engine)...