The Alibre Engine
The Alibre Engine
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To gain more information about this product, I'm trying to figure out what makes it tick.
Alibre Design uses STEP 203 as its native file type, but what modelling kernel does it use? Solid Edge and SolidWorks use parasolid. Others use proprietary kernels. I vaguely remember Alibre using the ACIS kernel. Is my memory correct?
Since STEP is the native file format, how are the features stored? If I import an Alibre STEP file into another CAD package, will the history tree come with it? Likewise, if I export a file from another CAD package into STEP 203 and open it in Alibre, is the feature tree present? Or do you get dumb solids?
Alibre Design uses STEP 203 as its native file type, but what modelling kernel does it use? Solid Edge and SolidWorks use parasolid. Others use proprietary kernels. I vaguely remember Alibre using the ACIS kernel. Is my memory correct?
Since STEP is the native file format, how are the features stored? If I import an Alibre STEP file into another CAD package, will the history tree come with it? Likewise, if I export a file from another CAD package into STEP 203 and open it in Alibre, is the feature tree present? Or do you get dumb solids?
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If that's the case - then all the intelligence should go with the parts.
Right?
It's when you IMPORT a STEP file into other packages that use a proprietary format that you go blond.
RE: The Alibre Engine
The standardized STEP format DOES NOT include feature based parametric data. It is a boundary representation similar to IGES.
I heard a rumor that Alibre actually submitted their proprietary STEP extensions to the STEP standards committee. If it does happen to get incorporated into the standard STEP format, it would probably be quite a while.
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