stepalibre
Alibre Super User
What if it was a part checked into a PDM system? That would be a nightmare to deal with.
Alibre should catch conditions that will result in breaking the model.I feel it must be to do with the references in ext 2 not updating or becoming invalid at some point in the development of the part.
This makes the software unusable.The real issue is that an issue/conflict can continue lurking in the background and then rear its ugly head & bite you in the bum when you least need it.
Yes it shouldn't be the problem. This is not a design intent issue. You can design a model 100 ways not your problem this is a software problem.Yes, perhaps it could have been more robustly modelled, but these bits are constantly being altered to the clients whim, so you can never quite second guess what you're going to end up with - its not quite like looking at a finished part & deciding the best way to model it! Besides, that shouldn't be a problem.
The feature should fail It should catch failures and require you to resolve them before continuing. If these are not software bugs then tell me what they are.This kind of problem seems to happen more and more with each revision. I do a lot of part design in assembly mode and boolean operations. I find that after I'm done it's best to delete the assembly relations and redefine the features in part mode. Quiting and re-starting Alibre also helps. This is a huge waste of time.