albie0803
Alibre Super User
Hello all,
I have put my meager programming skills to work and created a thread file editor in visual basic.
The Thread File Editor for Alibre Design is a simple front end to simplify adding, removing and editing of thread data.
It installs an add-on which makes it accessible from the Add-On tab in Alibre Design.
Why I created this.
The thread file is named alibre_unicode_custom.thd and allows additional threads to be used in conjunction with the ones that are hard coded into Alibre Design.
My original idea was to provide not only an easy editor but also a way to swap what is the custom file when a different name format was needed as alibre_unicode_custom.thd is the only accepted file.
eg Have a file of military designated threads called alibre_unicode_military.thd that could be copied over the custom file when needed.
To this end, when the program is first run, alibre_unicode_custom.thd is backed up as alibre_unicode_custom.bak and then copied as alibre_unicode_standard.thd
If more than one thread file is desired, these files can be copied over the custom file when needed without data being lost, as edits should be done to the standard and other files which are then selected to become the custom file, causing the custom file to be overwritten. Note that Alibre will have to be restarted after edits are made as the alibre_unicode_custom.thd file is only read on startup.
Maybe most importantly, it allows for easy opening of the folder where the THD file lives. Something that a lot of people often forget where to find it when they need it.
André from CadTec Switzerland (a user here) asked about possibly localizing it and so after a lot of back and forth, both the program, addon and installer are available in both English and SWISS-German.
The program comes with a standard windows uninstaller package.
I hope this proves to be useful from time to time. Any comments, issues, suggestions etc are welcome.
Once again, when the program is first run, alibre_unicode_custom.thd is backed up as alibre_unicode_custom.bak so if something goes horribly wrong, (not that I expect it to) you haven't lost everything. Just change the BAK to THD and all is restored.
A simple doc explaining the basics can be found under the Options/Folder menu
NOTE: File has been updated to latest version V1.5
Changes: Cosmetic label fix and multi-language option temporarily removed
I have put my meager programming skills to work and created a thread file editor in visual basic.
The Thread File Editor for Alibre Design is a simple front end to simplify adding, removing and editing of thread data.
It installs an add-on which makes it accessible from the Add-On tab in Alibre Design.
Why I created this.
The thread file is named alibre_unicode_custom.thd and allows additional threads to be used in conjunction with the ones that are hard coded into Alibre Design.
My original idea was to provide not only an easy editor but also a way to swap what is the custom file when a different name format was needed as alibre_unicode_custom.thd is the only accepted file.
eg Have a file of military designated threads called alibre_unicode_military.thd that could be copied over the custom file when needed.
To this end, when the program is first run, alibre_unicode_custom.thd is backed up as alibre_unicode_custom.bak and then copied as alibre_unicode_standard.thd
If more than one thread file is desired, these files can be copied over the custom file when needed without data being lost, as edits should be done to the standard and other files which are then selected to become the custom file, causing the custom file to be overwritten. Note that Alibre will have to be restarted after edits are made as the alibre_unicode_custom.thd file is only read on startup.
Maybe most importantly, it allows for easy opening of the folder where the THD file lives. Something that a lot of people often forget where to find it when they need it.
André from CadTec Switzerland (a user here) asked about possibly localizing it and so after a lot of back and forth, both the program, addon and installer are available in both English and SWISS-German.
The program comes with a standard windows uninstaller package.
I hope this proves to be useful from time to time. Any comments, issues, suggestions etc are welcome.
Once again, when the program is first run, alibre_unicode_custom.thd is backed up as alibre_unicode_custom.bak so if something goes horribly wrong, (not that I expect it to) you haven't lost everything. Just change the BAK to THD and all is restored.
A simple doc explaining the basics can be found under the Options/Folder menu
NOTE: File has been updated to latest version V1.5
Changes: Cosmetic label fix and multi-language option temporarily removed
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