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I have a sub-assembly that I made flexible. I moved it around to get some offsets correct, then applied them to the actual assembly. If I deactivate the "make flexible" option, the sub assembly is now just frozen in a strange state that doesn't look anything like it when open the sub-assembly...

I just tried to swap licenses from my laptop to my PC, but I entered the wrong activation code (I think it was a pre-release version). Now I get a message... Welcome! This version of the software was released after your yearly maintenance subscription expired. You do not currently have access...

If I insert a node into sketch in the latest version, the nodes are inserted, but they are not visible - Advanced Selector shows they are there. I don't know if this is a bug in the latest version, or have I just turned node/point visibility off? Is there a setting somewhere?

In the alibre Connector sample, (https://support.alibre.com/support/solutions/articles/27000047177-connector), in the second point in "Things to look at:", they say "bottom of the sketch was projected from the top edge of Extrude <1>". I rarely do this. I usually just draw a line, then make...

I can see the method on IADRoot, CreateEmptyGlobalParameters, which creates an IADGlobalParameterSession, but I can't see how I can tell a part or assembly to use these global parameters. Any ideas? Thanks, Frank

There is an OnSelectionChange event on the IAlibreAddOnCommand interface (and others like OnKeyDown, OnClick, etc). What does this refer to, and how do I make it fire? I'm looking for an event to be notified when the current selection changes in an assembly session. Thank, Frank

I was looking at the MecSoft AlibreCAM videos with their tight integration. Is that possible with the COM API that's exposed by AD? Or do they have a different level of access. I've only used it so far to generate some parts and assemblies via an external application.

I want to update my version 2015.1.1 to 2017. Do I need to transfer my license back to Alibre via my reseller, or do I just install the new version. This page, https://www.alibre.com/alibre-design-re ... july-2017/, seems to imply that I just use my existing license key. I just want to...

I'm trying to implement the equation to approximate the perimeter of an ellipse. I'm basing it on "Approximation 3" here... https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/ell ... meter.html h = (a-b)^2 / (a+b)^2 p = pi(a+b)(1 + 3h/( 10 + sqrt(4-3h))) But I can't seem to make any progress because of the...

Since I've owned AD, I've had a copy running on my fast desktop pc and a copy on my laptop (to use in front of the TV). A couple of months ago, I upgraded my laptop and had to request a new license. All fine. A few weeks ago, I installed Windows 7 on my desktop pc and again had to request a...

When I get this dialog box, how do I select the file to recover?

When alibre crashes back to windows and pops up the "Alibre Design has encountered a problem..." and there is the option to "Send Error Report", is there any point sending the error report? I know this goes to Microsoft but doesn't it get back to Alibre?

I'm not talking about a helical cut or sweep. I want something similar to a hole with a thread - something that displays as a cylinder, then will report the thread details when I create a drawing of it. Is there any way to do this?

If you create an equation called M, alibre will always insert the value of 1000 whenever you use it. I'm not a CAD designer. Is this a CAD standard? None of the other roman numerals work. I'm using v10.

Has anyone successfully built an assembly using an API? I've written a program that creates boxes. It creates a new assembly, then creates new parts within the assembly. It does the sketches and extrusions to create the features of the parts. Then, to arrange the parts in the assembly, I use...

Updating spreadsheet-driven parameters I am trying to use an Excel spreadsheet to define that parameters for an assembly. I have about 5 parts, using the same spreadsheet. Is there an easy way to update all parts when I change a parameter? At the moment, I have to...

V10 - How do you use direct editing? My direct-editing icons are always disabled. Is this an Expert only feature, or is there something special I need to do to enable it?

I've writtten a small routine to iterate through the constraints of an assembly. I print out some of the details - name, type, and participants.count, which will always be 2. However, sometime the participants propoerty is null. If I stop in the debugger after I detect the null, it is no...