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   forestgirl | Nov 16, 2005 09:03pm | #1

   See the attachment below -- you should have gotten that when you clicked on Help.  It explains how to get it.....

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
   Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

   
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   stevo1952 | Nov 16, 2005 10:06pm | #2

   Thanks Forest Girl. That should do it. Hope the learning curve isnt too bad.Nice to get a personal message, I have always enjoyed your posts.We should post our experiences with the software as we learn it.Stevo

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   forestgirl | Nov 17, 2005 04:35am | #3

   "We should post our experiences with the software as we learn it."  Yep, I was filled with good intentions when I bought DesignCAD 14, but still haven't sat down to learn it.  I have a gut feeling it'll be easier than Alibre, but who knows.

   Take care, have fun!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   DennisS | Nov 17, 2005 07:17am | #4

   Stevo -

   I, too, downloaded the one year free copy of Alibre but I find that it, the program expects you to be on line when you launch it. Every time I open Alibre when I'm not connected, DUN window pops up to tell me a program is requesting connection to the Internet. Don't fancy that stuff.

   One of the moves in software these days is a concept where the software companies try to get you linked to their web site while you're running the program. In fact Autodesk has or is or perhaps may already be 'renting' the software over the Internet. Essentially you pay a fee and launch the program from their server in essence. There's nothing but say a kernel that resides on your local machine. Don't know if this is where Alibre is going or what.

   With respect to the program itself -

   I find it a good deal more intuitive than Autodesk's Inventor which I own (although it's a pretty ancient copy at this point). Going through the tutorials in Alibre really impressed me with its speed and power. And this is running on a Toshiba laptop onto which I downloaded it.

   I'll be eager to hear your impressions as well.