Alibre Design 6.0 User Guide

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Alibre Design User Guide Contents1 Installation ..........................................................................................11.1 System Requirements .................................................................21.2 On the CD..................................................................................31.3 Installing and Uninstalling............................................................31.4 Upgrading..................................................................................51.5 Installing Alibre Design Help ........................................................52 Getting Started With Alibre Design ......................................................72.1 Initial Launch of Alibre Design ......................................................82.2 Integrated Tutorials .................................................................. 102.3 An Initial Design Session ........................................................... 112.4 The Home Window.................................................................... 122.4.1 The Contacts List and Alibre Assistant.............................. 122.4.2 The Welcome Tab.......................................................... 132.4.3 The Sessions Tab .......................................................... 132.4.4 The Tutorials Tab .......................................................... 132.4.5 The Community Tab ...................................................... 142.4.6 System Options ............................................................ 142.5 More on Working Online and Offline ............................................ 162.6 The Repository ......................................................................... 172.7 Message Center........................................................................ 182.8 Team Manager ......................................................................... 212.9 Workspaces ............................................................................. 223 Introduction to the Design Interface..................................................273.1 Workspaces ............................................................................. 283.1.1 Opening a New Workspace ............................................. 283.1.2 Workspace Terms.......................................................... 293.1.3 Model Terms................................................................. 303.1.4 Work Area Background Color .......................................... 303.1.5 Multiple Views............................................................... 313.1.6 Named Views................................................................ 313.1.7 Design Explorer ............................................................ 32i
3.1.8 Document Browser........................................................ 333.2 Selection Methods .................................................................... 343.3 Toolbars.................................................................................. 363.4 View Manipulation .................................................................... 373.5 Getting Help ............................................................................ 384 Sketching...........................................................................................414.1 The Sketching Interface ............................................................ 424.2 Entering and Exiting Sketch Mode............................................... 444.2.1 Entering Sketch Mode.................................................... 444.2.2 Exiting Sketch Mode...................................................... 444.3 Sketch Figures ......................................................................... 454.3.1 Line............................................................................. 454.3.2 Circle........................................................................... 474.3.3 Circular Arcs................................................................. 484.3.4 Rectangles ................................................................... 504.3.5 Spline Curves ............................................................... 514.3.6 Ellipses ........................................................................ 554.3.7 Elliptical Arcs................................................................ 564.4 Reference Figures and Sketch Nodes........................................... 574.5 Working with Existing Sketch Figures.......................................... 584.5.1 Extending Figures ......................................................... 584.5.2 Trimming Figures.......................................................... 594.5.3 Adding Fillets to Sketch Figures ...................................... 594.5.4 Adding Chamfers to Sketch Figures ................................. 604.5.5 Offsetting Figures ......................................................... 614.5.6 Mirroring Figures........................................................... 624.5.7 Creating Sketch Figure Patterns...................................... 634.5.8 Moving and Rotating Sketch Figures................................ 654.6 Sketch Constraints ................................................................... 674.6.1 Constraint Types........................................................... 684.6.2 Manually Applying Sketch Constraints.............................. 704.6.3 Deleting Constraints...................................................... 714.6.4 Controlling the Display of Sketch Constraint Symbols ....... 724.6.5 Checking the Status of a Sketch .................................... 724.7 Dimensioning Sketch Figures ..................................................... 744.7.1 Dimensioning Sketch Figures.......................................... 744.7.2 Auto Dimensioning a Sketch........................................... 764.7.3 Using Spinner Controls .................................................. 784.7.4 Using Equations in Dimensions ....................................... 79ii
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Chapter 4 - Sketching4.1 The Sketch
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