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Thanks again... this forum is very useful It appears that the desktop-eda.com program "Alibre IDF Modeler" will take an IDF (Intermediate File Format) file from my PCB designer and create an Alibre Assembly from it. That would be useful but it seems limited for two-way communication. The Mentor...

Hi All I need to communicate with my PCB board designer. I understand (from old forum posts) that the IDF format is a standard for that purpose and that a translator by ECAD worked with previous Alibre releases. Will this translator work with Alibre 2018? Is there currently a better way for the...

AHA! That was the concept I needed to see what was happening here. In a number of other packages like Photoshop I could play my game... fill an area until you get to a boundary. I consider myself answered. Thanks All

I need 2D dimensioned drawings with hatched areas to designate different vertical levels in the view. In a 3D isometric view the lines are distinct but the standard dimensioning doesn't work. If I could pull the dimension out with the Measurement Tool and get it into the 3D drawing directly that...

thanks again... I'll get the protocol down eventually

The line segment that I need to select is collinear with the line segment above it in the top view. This must be an "advanced selection" issue. As to the hole issue: It worked once but I haven't been able to recreate the magic. The question is selecting an area than has an inner loop that I...

The hatch in 2018 works fine with lines intersecting at angles to form a shape. It fails when I try to hatch an area that has a fillet blending into a line. The full line is selected instead of the line up to the point of intersection. Sometimes I can hatch an area that has an internal hole...