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Thread: Learning CAD with Alibre Atom3D
03/11/2019 17:59:49

Jason,

Excellent, I now understand what I was doing wrong and what you meant about individual entities being under constrained. A definite misunderstanding on my part on how thoroughly parts need to be constrained.

03/11/2019 17:42:22

Jason, your video explains a lot. I did not seem to be able to apply a constraint to multiple entities so I will need to play with that. That is exactly what I perceived as missing. That is much better practice than moving the group as you state, but I wasn't having luck just applying a constraint to multiple selections. Back to it. Thanks again.

03/11/2019 17:31:06

Thanks Emgee, that is just what I was looking for... I figured there had to be a way.

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Jason,

Thanks also but you are missing my point. I use constraints always (Fusion 360 pretty much dictates that you do). My issue was after having created an array of whatever and later having to move that array to a different location. Constraints in Alibre also do not seem to work with multiple selections so I cannot select the array and then apply a constraint... or can I? I realize I will need to spend more time RTFM or at least the help text but some of these things should be a bit more obvious. Again referring to Fusion 360, things are complete and located in a logical fashion.

Don't get me wrong. I enjoy Alibre Atom3d and trying to see how much I can do to squeeze everything out of the $99 (US) version. I have been working with my grandkids and trying to find an inexpensive yet complete 3D package for creating 3D printed widgets. Atom 3D is almost that perfect package (say over TinkerCad and Moment Of Inspiration) which the kids are working with now. I am trying to learn all the work-arounds to conquer what I perceive, either correctly or not, as short comings. That is why I am looking here.

Thanks again.

ADDENDUM. Jason, just saw your last post. It sounds to me like I can do what I need. As far as not having items on my sample constrained, I did not do so as I was just trying to explain the inability of moving multiple entities at a time

 

Edited By Robert Stout on 03/11/2019 17:31:43

Edited By Robert Stout on 03/11/2019 17:36:35

02/11/2019 23:53:23

"Maybe they took it out due to lack of use, can't say I have ever used the Move option in 6-7 years of having Alibre."

Well, then, how do you move things? Or do you just have a knack for putting everything exactly where it needs to be? Good skill to have.

02/11/2019 16:37:44

If you have a sketch of an array of say 7 polyline entities and you find that you later need to shift them over in the sketch by a small amount. As far as I can tell, I cannot move or constrain more than 1 entity at a time. Second, Moving the surrounding entity is not an option. So is there any alternative to recreating and duplicating and/or moving these entities one by one. Most Cad programs simply let you select the group you want to move and move it. Any other way is more work. Jason, you must have a simple alternative?! dropbox

Edited By Robert Stout on 02/11/2019 16:59:30

Edited By Robert Stout on 02/11/2019 17:01:04

02/11/2019 00:01:17

Hi,

I am new here but have been a cnc router hobbyist for many years, using mostly Vectric Aspire. I have been also designing many things with Alibre Atom3D but afraid I am drifting more towards using my subscription to Fusion 360 because for the money, the features are far greater and using Atom3d has become tedious.

Why oh-why-can't you copy and move an array of items and place them where you like. It looks like Atom3d has just removed the move command out of Alibre so that you have to buy the Pro. Why can't I move any 2 or more items at the same time? That's a stupid limitation. Atom3d has made Alibre 3d CAD just painful enough to make Pro slightly more attractive, but for the money, Fusion 3d does more, is easier to use and is always being improved.

For being around as many years as it has (I first used Alibre quite a few years ago) before it went through all the goofy transitions it did only to settle out at either Atom3d for $100 US or Pro for $400. I thought the reappearance of Alibre was a good thing but it's not really usable or much more usable than TinkerCad. Just my opinion.

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