I have a book published by Alibre in 2009 titled Alibre Design 12.1 User Guide, it's a soft covered book 551 pages with a very comprehensive index and many screen shots for each section.
Could this be upgraded and re-published ?
I remember an ex colleague giving me a copy many years ago when he retired
. It's a great reference point when your starting out. The one thing I feel it lacks though, and is often the biggest thing that new users don't seem to get a handle on very quickly, is the general terms and use cases of parametric CAD, what it's strengths are, what it isn't so good at (i.e. free form push pull that artistic and organic sculpting types of CAD give you) and how all those terms are related and interact with each other.
A big improvement, if an update was feasible direction to go in, would be an additional chapter at the start explaining parametric CAD and it's workflow (i.e. "An Introduction to Parametric CAD") ... in a more high level generic, non-Alibre specific way, then progress to show how Alibre allows you to realise that using Alibre Design/Atom 3D. i.e. So many users start in the 2D Drawing workspace then can't figure out how to make it 3D, because they are used to traditional 2D CAD and 3D is new, so they treat it as the next step rather than the first. Also, the desire to create big sketches that try and do everything, rather than breaking things down into simpler manageable features (things like this aren't covered in the current book).
The sections on common issues are perfect for beginners, and after 12 years there are plenty more examples that can be added to that from the forum. With tips on how to approach general design, i.e. Mirror and pattern features then apply all your fillets at the end.
Even though it's outdated in terms of the version, UI look, new features and features departed, it's still a great reference to have on the shelf to broaden users knowledge and understanding of how things within Alibre work and something to finger through over a coffee. I guess the only gap is for users to associate/relate the solution in the book (or help) to their specific problem. A problem that is always difficult to solve without specific use case tutorials and based on the many products, hobby creations and industries that use Alibre, that is not a small undertaking.
Maybe to bring it up to date too would be a section on designing for 3D printing, covering basic things like overhang angles, wall thicknesses, general printability, etc.
On a side, glancing through it, it's really sad to see things like "Motion" no longer with us. Hopefully it, or something similar, will return one day.
EDIT : I originally voted No, but on reflection, if the online help was slowly expanded with examples of each feature, especially Alibre Script functions, then a pdf generated from it would be very useful to others. As mentioned above. Maybe the addition of a section explaining Parametric CAD would make it a more complete resource for the complete beginner. I now vote Yes, Why not!