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Many thanks. Seems like a lot of trouble to have to reinstall the older version of Alibre along with getting your licence rolled back, so I decided to try Keyshot, seeing as though Photorender is being phased out. I have only tried Keyshot in Demo mode and on two models. The one it imported...

Photorender: I tried extracting the suggested ZIP into the /Alibre 2011/programs/add on, and that worked for my desktop (XP), but when I tried it on a 2nd PC (running Win7), it gives an error about requiring a valid licence? Please advise PS That 2nd PC is running ALibre 2011 successfully so...

Does PhotoRender 11 work with Alibre 2011, and if so how do you get an icon to appear in the Add On Menu? Thanks

Yes in the past I found that SAT would export mm to cm, but it appears STEP is doing it too, except Algor is [icking up that the units are mm, whereas they should be cm. At least with SAT, although there is a unit conversion Algor picks it up automatically.

I have picked up a scale problem....probably a unit problem when exporting STEPS from AD 2010 which was not in 12,1 My models come into Algor 1/10th of the size. One could say it leaves Alibre in mm and imports into Algor in cm, however Algor confirms that the units of the imported file are...

MilesH, many thanks I see it is still possible to manually animate motion by dragging parts....phew :lol:

Im using Alibre Pro, and have not been too active on it lately (have other non modelling functions), and today noticed that the icon that allows one to move parts in an assembly, such that they move or rotate subject to their respective contraints, (ie a simple manual animation of motion) seems...

Is there anyway to set Alibre to operate in a Z Up default rather than Y Up, to make it more compatible with many other programs. For instance when exporting to Algor, one has to model the part or assembly on its side in Alibre so as to result in a Z Up model in Algor (or rotate all the...

I have not yet looked much further on this as I have been tied up with other projects.....but at the end of the day it is just Maths (or Math, depending on where you come from), and yes there would be some assumptions like linear coefficient of friction, but those are parameters you can play...

Thanks H But circular grooves will not result in tension come analysis time. I want to run a non linear surface to surface contact (with friction) such that a prescribed rotation on the nut, will produce the resultant tension and torsional shear in the bolt. It needs to be helical for that to...

I am trying to mate the surfaces of an extruded thread on a bolt and nut, such that the helix surfaces are mated. I need this as as ti import in into a FEA program, and perform an analysis on tightening the nut, using surface to surface contact, such that I can measure the tension, shear vs...

I know I am not supposed to mention other products, but with reference to Rhino, has anyone used VX and if so, do they know if it can be used to import an Alibre Solid and make a plat pattern of a surface?

yes, in my case the fabricators are expecting the flat pattern from us.

Lofting in Sheet Metal? Is it possible to do a "loft" in the sheet metal module. I would like to develop the pattern for a curved plate that goes from a large radius to a small radius. I can loft it to a solid in the PART module, but then don't have...

Can you explain the influence of the "k factor"

Sheetmetal Bend Can someone shed some light on the methodology of a bend in sheetmetal. If one had to calculate the unbent length manually, so as to agree with Alibre's result, would you a. Assume the plate bends with zero strain on its neutral...

Thanks they have just replied. All sorted.

I requested mine two days ago via the "Incident Reporting" system. Not a peep out of them yet, which is a bummer as it means two evening wasted, and I thought it would be a wuick thing to respond to. Anyway, here's hoping.

How to Insert a Custom Symbol in Sketch? Following on from a thread by the same name in "Using Alibre" I see " Insert" on the Sketch menu, but there is not "Custom Symbol, under Insert. I also see "Create Custom Symbol", but not "Insert Custom Symbol" Just to show...

I see " Insert" on the Sketch menu, but there is not "Custom Symbol, under Insert. I also see "Create Custom Symbol", but not "Insert Custom Symbol" Just to show that I am not imagining things I have included a screen capture of my Sketch Menu in the binaries (how I wish one could attach...