Current issues - considering a change to SolidWorks.
We currently use Alibre for all of our design work, however, we're concerned that it may not be able to keep up with our rapid growth.
The licences are due for renewal in january 2008 and we're looking towards SolidWorks to solve a number of issues that we have.
In order to use the Alibre repository you must be online, even if the date is stored locally. Not much use if you lose your internet connection for a day.
There is little to be gained by upgrading machines because Alibre cant support dual/quad core machines. It is un-tested on Vista too so we're unable to use more than 3gb RAM. You cant buy a fast enough single core machine - so the lack of multi-processor support is holding us back.
We need more speed when regenerating drawings etc.
Many things are promised in V10 - everytime we ask for something we're told it'll be better in V10.
The sheet metal features are dumb. It lets people create things that are physically impossible.
There is no IGES assembly export option.
When will V10 be released?
We currently use Alibre for all of our design work, however, we're concerned that it may not be able to keep up with our rapid growth.
The licences are due for renewal in january 2008 and we're looking towards SolidWorks to solve a number of issues that we have.
In order to use the Alibre repository you must be online, even if the date is stored locally. Not much use if you lose your internet connection for a day.
There is little to be gained by upgrading machines because Alibre cant support dual/quad core machines. It is un-tested on Vista too so we're unable to use more than 3gb RAM. You cant buy a fast enough single core machine - so the lack of multi-processor support is holding us back.
We need more speed when regenerating drawings etc.
Many things are promised in V10 - everytime we ask for something we're told it'll be better in V10.
The sheet metal features are dumb. It lets people create things that are physically impossible.
There is no IGES assembly export option.
When will V10 be released?