Mibe,
This is a worthy effort to gather information, but I personally have trouble responding to polls like this because they don't seem specific enough. For example, these are some functions that I would like to see added to Alibre that I consider very important:
- A function that would allow a user to replace one instance of a part in an assembly with another part. (This other part would probably be a part that was derived from the part being replaced.)
- A 'feature-driven' component pattern in assembly modeling that would enable users to insert a pattern of parts based on a patterned feature in another part. (For example, if a part has a pattern of holes that was created with the 'Hole Wizard', this ' feature driven pattern' function would allow a user to select that hole pattern in an assembly to insert a set of bolts into the holes.)
- The ability to have multiple breaks in a broken view of a long part in a drawing. (Presently, as another user recently pointed out, the 'broken view' function only allows for one break in a view.)
- In drawings, create the tangent lines in the drawing on a dedicated 'tangent lines' layer. This would allow a user to show tangent lines in a different font than visible lines.
I didn't readily see how these enhancement suggestions fit into your poll. (BTW, I did log these enhancement requests using the IR function in the 'Support' page of the Alibre web site.) I still congratulate you for making the effort, however! (It's one more poll that I've ever started here!)
wfpelletier
P.S.: If Alibre did have these enhancements, I would consider using Alibre in place of SolidWorks at my workplace!
When the votes are drying out I will present the poll and compare that to the poll two years ago...