duaneohall
New Member
I'm not sure this is where this should go, but if not, hopefully the moderator will put it where is should be.
There are 2 things I would like to see added to Alibre:
1. Add the ability to do gears. Frankly, I'm really surprised that this capability isn't there, but it's not. We should be able in a sketch to select a circle (for a round gear) or line (for a rack), then the type of gear (Involute, ACME, Square, Buttresss,...), then the pitch. Some are relatively straightforward to create, but Involute definitely doesn't fit into that category. I was demonstrating Alibre for my boss and ran across this limitation, which pretty much ended the demo.
2. this is minor, but put a link to the help somewhere in the Alibre panel or ribbon. Currently you have to know it's there or just press F1 and hope that it works like other windows apps. Again, not a major item but definitely makes Alibre different that most windows applications.
There are 2 things I would like to see added to Alibre:
1. Add the ability to do gears. Frankly, I'm really surprised that this capability isn't there, but it's not. We should be able in a sketch to select a circle (for a round gear) or line (for a rack), then the type of gear (Involute, ACME, Square, Buttresss,...), then the pitch. Some are relatively straightforward to create, but Involute definitely doesn't fit into that category. I was demonstrating Alibre for my boss and ran across this limitation, which pretty much ended the demo.
2. this is minor, but put a link to the help somewhere in the Alibre panel or ribbon. Currently you have to know it's there or just press F1 and hope that it works like other windows apps. Again, not a major item but definitely makes Alibre different that most windows applications.