Zap_Designer
Member
Version 10 and general rant
I am getting sick of bug and problems in Alibre that have not been fixed for years now, simply ignored and I can't keep it in any longer.
First let me explain how I use Alibre so you can understand how important it is to my work.
I have been using Alibre on a daily basis now for two years. Since version 8 I think. I am the sole user of Alibre in a small company.
Most all of my work involves electronic PCB assemblies with models of connectors. Those are placed inside enclosures with faceplates designed in Alibre. The final assembly includes screws and brackets.
I split my repositories between: current projects, Nuts and bolts, existing products, connectors, electronic parts, reference parts, and completed projects.
Most all of the repositories share parts from one or more repositories.
I use Alibre for nearly 100% of the files I need for production of parts.
The only exception being silkscreen images. There is pretty much no feature in Alibre that I don't use daily. I rely on the repositories to keep revisions in order and associated with the correct part numbers. I use the assemblies, exploded views, and BOM files to make documents for manufacturing and production of parts.
Now onto the things that have been annoying me for years, have been mentioned to tech-support and on these forums with no resolution as of yet.
Memory leak:
Alibre has claimed before that they have a clean-up feature that constantly lowers the memory usage as you work. I don't believe this, because as I am typing this Alibre is consuming 204MB of memory, with nothing but the repository window open. In the same state at start-up it consumes 40mb.
Any time I am working in Alibre, it slowly consumes more and more memory until it reaches 300+ MB. At which point is slows to a crawl.
My only solution is to save, kill the process, restart Alibre, and re-open my file. I find myself doing this about every 20 minutes when I work in Alibre non-stop. (Even on a single relatively simple file)
2D Drawing bugs:
Sometimes when you dimension a drawing, Alibre generates a point that is associated with that dimension. But the point is dis-associated with the actual model. The location of this point is NOT updated when the model is edited. This causes errors to be made by the manufacture reading the drawing because they cannot tell where the dimensions is referring.
Hole centers become dimensional nightmares:
Alibre adds center marks to hole locations automatically, great feature.
However if you try to add a dimension to a hole but accidentally click on the "Hole center callout" then the dimension tool just makes five new disassociated points, and dimensions erroneously from the neared point, NOT the center of the hole. The only way to get the center of the hole is to zoom in and select the circle very carefully.
A new bug is that if I move a dimension, a ghost image is left behind, requiring me to refresh the image constantly. Again loosing more and more time due to trying to work around the program, not with the program.
I am getting sick of bug and problems in Alibre that have not been fixed for years now, simply ignored and I can't keep it in any longer.
First let me explain how I use Alibre so you can understand how important it is to my work.
I have been using Alibre on a daily basis now for two years. Since version 8 I think. I am the sole user of Alibre in a small company.
Most all of my work involves electronic PCB assemblies with models of connectors. Those are placed inside enclosures with faceplates designed in Alibre. The final assembly includes screws and brackets.
I split my repositories between: current projects, Nuts and bolts, existing products, connectors, electronic parts, reference parts, and completed projects.
Most all of the repositories share parts from one or more repositories.
I use Alibre for nearly 100% of the files I need for production of parts.
The only exception being silkscreen images. There is pretty much no feature in Alibre that I don't use daily. I rely on the repositories to keep revisions in order and associated with the correct part numbers. I use the assemblies, exploded views, and BOM files to make documents for manufacturing and production of parts.
Now onto the things that have been annoying me for years, have been mentioned to tech-support and on these forums with no resolution as of yet.
Memory leak:
Alibre has claimed before that they have a clean-up feature that constantly lowers the memory usage as you work. I don't believe this, because as I am typing this Alibre is consuming 204MB of memory, with nothing but the repository window open. In the same state at start-up it consumes 40mb.
Any time I am working in Alibre, it slowly consumes more and more memory until it reaches 300+ MB. At which point is slows to a crawl.
My only solution is to save, kill the process, restart Alibre, and re-open my file. I find myself doing this about every 20 minutes when I work in Alibre non-stop. (Even on a single relatively simple file)
2D Drawing bugs:
Sometimes when you dimension a drawing, Alibre generates a point that is associated with that dimension. But the point is dis-associated with the actual model. The location of this point is NOT updated when the model is edited. This causes errors to be made by the manufacture reading the drawing because they cannot tell where the dimensions is referring.
Hole centers become dimensional nightmares:
Alibre adds center marks to hole locations automatically, great feature.
However if you try to add a dimension to a hole but accidentally click on the "Hole center callout" then the dimension tool just makes five new disassociated points, and dimensions erroneously from the neared point, NOT the center of the hole. The only way to get the center of the hole is to zoom in and select the circle very carefully.
A new bug is that if I move a dimension, a ghost image is left behind, requiring me to refresh the image constantly. Again loosing more and more time due to trying to work around the program, not with the program.
