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I am designing a candy bar mold of which the top of the bar is a long large radius. I want to "sink" in lettering and design to a constant depth into the top surface using the Wrap function. That works great but I would also like to add a little draft to make the mold release easier. I will make...

Does the sketch that I want to sweep along a path object need to have the path inside its perimeter? I have a shape that's away from the path (path is not inside the shape) and AD isn't letting me do it. Also, can you use a circle as a sweep path?

I have a specific (customer supplied) shape I need to revolve into a solid and I was wondering if there was a way to dimension the control points on a spline. The dimension tool is blind to them. I could put in and dimension reference lines and pick the intersection but what a pain! After...

I need to save an AD part as an OBJ file to use in a VR lab. Can this be done? And can you save assemblies as well?

Is there anyway to save a part file into a OBJ file? I know there are on-line converters but would prefer to convert within Alibre.

I came across three xx-xx-xx Alibre Repository Backup.arb files. (xx-xx-xx is the date). I'd like to recover them and get those part and assembly files back but don't know where those files have gone to. Have the repository vaults been decommissioned? It's been a while! I tried using...

I am designing a specific machined hole that I want to use over and over and most likely, randomly. I've tried to save it as a feature but can only save the block in which it was drawn as a feature. I want to save the hole design, not the block in which it was placed. Is there a way to save a...

Hello, I'm having a bit of trouble transfering my vault to a new computer. I was on a WIndows Vista machine which is slowly dying. I made a copy of the Alibre.mfb file to restore on my new computer on Windows 7 and ADE 2011. In the M-Files Server Administrator program I clicked on Restore...