NateLiquidGravity
Alibre Super User
That's what it says it does but as I mentioned I haven't tested yet.It would be awesome if it could figure out what's happening and generate a script.
That's what it says it does but as I mentioned I haven't tested yet.It would be awesome if it could figure out what's happening and generate a script.
@NateLiquidGravity I'm testing revid.ai add-comments-to-video and it's hilariously bad at least the videos I tried so far. It appear to not know anything about the apps in the video so it makes up crazy words and explanations. The default style has an early Youtube or 2000's infomercial vibe that's so funny to hear on top of my videos.
Thanks for sharing this. Are you saying the current assembly workbench C++ core was Alibre Motion or Ondsel's version was based on Alibre Motion which has been incorporated into v1? I still use Ondsel repos to understand FreeCAD assembly and simulation code.Interesting: https://cde.nus.edu.sg/arch/news_and_events/events_ay2425_guest_lecture_koh_aik_siong-_191124/
It is confusing because Aik-Siong Koh has his own CAD system 'freeCAD' not 'FreeCAD' but this talk did refer to FreeCAD!
Anyway, his 3D solvers were the basis for the late Alibre Motion and seem to be incorporated into the Assembly Workbench of FreeCAD
Ondsel added integrated assembly to the FreeCAD core finally solving the largest missing feature | Ondsel
The basics of an integrated assembly workbench in FreeCAD are now functional and will soon be ready for wider testing.ondsel.com
I understand, a few AI searches later. This is great news, an important move for FreeCAD as a whole having Aik-Siong Koh leading a workbench. I'm surprised this was not publicized more.Are you saying the current assembly workbench C++ core was Alibre Motion or Ondsel's version was based on Alibre Motion which has been incorporated into v1?
Well, I bought the book FreeCAD Beginner's Handbook, which was tagged with "Version 1.1" on the cover, and the first couple of chapters covered general concepts and were quite good, then I got to the unnumbered third chapter, "Quickstarting FreeCAD with your first 3D CAD Model" on pg. 54 and under Technical Requirements it stated, "...need to have FreeCAD 1.0 or higher..." and the screengrabs were all dark indiscernible things from v1.0, and for the most part the instructions and the terminology did not match 1.1 and I banged against it until pg. 71 where I found it necessary to markedly alter a dimension to arrive at:Freecad 1.1 comes with very powerful improvements. Especially in sketcher. I'm impressed.
I hope that Alibre can follow some of the improvements made in sketch environment, such as multi-contour sketches, and parametric offset.


I agree. The Alibre method of creating parts and assemblies and even sheet metal is done in a way that works with my brain. The other CAD systems just don't click for me. I've recommended (and they've purchased) Alibre to others who also feel they just can't figure out CAD. Some have bought and love it.I found Alibre to be FAR more user friendly than Freecad.
Jim
I believe the future will be FreeCAD. It may just take a few years.
Free as FreeCAD is I'm staying with Alibre25 except where I may have to read an Alibre28 file from a friend who bought on my suggestion.I believe that too. I haven't done anything serious with Freecad, other than testing some new features very quickly using v1.1
I'm truly impressed with the performance of the sketcher. I think that even the sketcher alone is a great piece of software, free to use for anyone. I particularly liked how snappy it is, and the fact that it is listing all constraints and dimensions as a list, available for quick select/filtering etc. As said, I haven't really used it long enough to make any kind of statement, but I'm just genuinely impressed with it.
I always had the portable version available in my local, but had not used it for anything particular. But this new version seems quite nice to me.