Alibre Atom 3D Article and Training Course (Updated)

[rf3designParticipant @rf3design]

Hi Everyone,

 

I am the author of the Alibre Atom 3D article in the February 2026 issue of MEW and I also created the online Alibre Atom 3D 101 training course. A few things I wanted to highlight for anyone who is wanting to try out the software and follow along with the article, or for anyone planning on purchasing the training course:

 

The written guide in the article gives a summary of the process however it isn’t very detailed due to the limit on length. I have created a set of videos which are available free on You Tube that go through everything step by step:

https://www.youtube.com/@RF3DESIGN

Discount codes – there are two offers running for this one, firstly Alibre have provided an extended 6 month trial for Atom 3D. To access this please use the partner code MEW on first launch of the software (the trial version can be downloaded directly from Alibre). Please note that to continue using Alibre Atom 3D after the 6 month trial you would need to purchase a license (licenses for Alibre are permanent so this would be a one time purchase).

We are also offering a 50% discount on the Alibre Atom 3D 101 training course, the code for this is MEW2026 that is applied at the checkout – please make sure the balance is shown as £12.50 before completing the purchase otherwise you might get charged full price (if this happens let me know and I can issue a 50% refund).

 

Accessing the Alibre Atom 3D 101 training course: If you have purchased the course and don’t receive an access email, please check your spam / junk folder (I have had a couple of reports that the email has been wrongly flagged as junk). The access email has the subject “Important: Your access to training” and is sent as soon as the payment goes through.

Update: The issue with the access email not being delivered to Yahoo and AOL email address should now be resolved.

 

Notes on compatibility for Alibre Atom 3D:

System requirements can be found here:

https://www.alibre.com/alibre-design-software-requirements/

OS: Alibre runs on Windows 10 or 11 (64 bit only).

Apple users can run Alibre Atom 3D via parallels (this is confirmed to work on Intel and Apple Silicone macs), although this setup isn’t officially supported by Alibre.

 

If anyone has any questions about the article or online training please reply to this thread,

 

Thanks! Robert

[John Manning 5Participant @johnmanning5]

OK, I’ downloaded the trial version of Parellels and then it wanted windows 11 downloaded. Now windows wants me to buy a licencese at some astronomic price. so back to parellels but cant get it to pick up the downloaded Alibre atom file.

Next move is to try opening the file from the finder and dowmload screen.

[John Manning 5Participant @johnmanning5]

Hi Robert, I had not noticed that this is anew thread.

John

[David JuppParticipant @davidjupp51506]

Meant as a response to John Manning.

Genuine Windows licences can be purchased for sensible prices, but you do have to hunt around.  Amazon can be a good starting point to get an idea of possible prices ( with a reasonable degree of protection).

[rf3designParticipant @rf3design]

Hi John,

 

No problem – I started the new thread as I needed to update some of the info in the original post. I will be interested to know how you get on with Alibre on parallels – I’ve never gone through the setup process myself and I don’t have a mac available to test it on so this is useful to know.

[John Manning 5Participant @johnmanning5]

The big problem is that parallels wants to download windows11. that in itself is fine if I knew that Atom3 is for me. The nest route I can see is to buy a second hand windows laptop and load Alibre direct omto it. Thus saving the expense of windows and parallels.

Currently I am trying to get a cAD package working. At the moment TurboCAD 16 has started but I knwthat this version does not run well on my machine. Fusion 360 takes so long to load that I forget what I wanted to do with it!

Now I cannot delete windows 11 or Parrelles or alibre Atom3 from the hard disk, Oh for file management system like we used to have.

Best wishes and good luck to everyone trying this offer, it looks good and a very pwerful Package.

John M

[Paul LParticipant @paull58212]

Hi RF3D,

Im trying to purchase the 101 training course, but it says the discount code has expired. was the discount just for Feb?

Paul

[rf3designParticipant @rf3design]

Hi Paul,

 

Thanks for your enquiry – I hadn’t realised it had expired, I have now extended the discount code offer until the end of September.

 

Many thanks,

 

Robert

[Paul LParticipant @paull58212]

Many thanks Robert.

I shall complete the purchase tomorrow.

Regards

Paul

 

 

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