Alibre Design

Chapter 9 - Working with Parts9.1 Saving and Opening PartsYou save and open parts using the file system or the Repository.9.1.1 Saving a New Part‣ To save the part to the file system:1. Select the Save tool from the Standard toolbar; or from the File menu selectSave. The Save dialog box appears and a blue part icon isdisplayed next to the new part (that has not been previously saved).2. Click the File System tab.3. Navigate to the file system folder in which you want to save the part.4. To create a new folder at the currently selected location, click New Folder.5. If desired, click Advanced to enter detailed comments about the part.6. In the Name field, type the part name.7. Click Save to save the part.Note: When saving part files to the Windows file system, it is important to not movethem around if that can be avoided. Alibre Design files look at the full path name forparametric capability, so if a file is moved, the link to a parent object (such as anassembly) could be broken. If this occurs, you will be prompted when opening theparent object that a file is missing, and you can browse to point to the new location ifnecessary.‣ To save the part to the repository:1. Select the Save tool from the Standard toolbar; or from the File menu selectSave. The Save dialog box appears and a blue part icon isdisplayed next to the new part (that has not been previously saved).224