Alibre Design 11.0 Doubles Performance

By DE Editors

Alibre, Inc. (Richardson, TX) announced Alibre Design 11.0 (V11), the latest release of its flagship 3D CAD software,  following successful beta testing. New features offer assembly performance and productivity, data management, 2D drawing productivity, and improved user experience.

In addition to migrating the entire code base to the .NET platform, V11 doubles the size of assemblies that can be handled, with often-used assembly operations being as much as ten times faster. It also includes 2D drawing speed enhancements and feature improvements.

V11 offers the tightly integrated Alibre Vault by M-Files, a comprehensive, easy-to-use product data management (PDM) system. Plus, a new drag-n-drop constraint mode with instant visual feedback and real-time editing makes constraining parts in assemblies much faster, and eliminates guesswork.

The new Alibre Vault by M-Files offers integrated data and process management for all files and workflows. The Alibre Vault integrates within Alibre Design and Windows Explorer, and document management is simplified by an easy-to-learn “index card” interface that supports all file types. Search options are customizable.

V11 adds to the already strong 2D drawing creation capabilities of Alibre Design. With new user-requested features like auto-fill title blocks, industry-standard 2D external thread representations, selective sectioning of parts in assembly section views, and advanced automated dimension alignment, 2D productivity is greatly enhanced.

Dragging constrained parts in an assembly behaves more naturally in V11, with parts now moving and rotating simultaneously while obeying all applied constraints. The user interface in V11 is now much more customizable.

Alibre Design is available worldwide in 15 languages. To learn more, download a free trial, from Alibre, Inc.

Sources:  Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.