Is CAD for Me?

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

Thank you.

I remember the Viewer-only limit being stated, possibly in MEW. I did follow the first instalment in the magazine, but I have deleted the resulting file.

Though I had found by experiment how to enlarge and recess that scribing-block's base similarly to a real one I own, to make it more stable!

I lost heart after missing two editions of MEW despite being sure I'd specified my first subscription issue correctly, at the same time as meeting big, insoluble difficulties with TurboCAD. I had bought the first edition in WH Smiths, on the strength of the Alibre ads in ME magazine; thinking with the serial as well I'd find Alibre Atom simpler to learn.

[Colin HeseltineParticipant @colinheseltine48622]

Nigel,

I know you have lost heart but are you aware that there is a full copy of the MEW course available to load as pdf file from the Alibre site. I believe you should have had a link to it when you had the trial version. This is significantly easier to follow as all the Alibre screen prints are a size where they can be easily read, rather than the magnifying glass I had to use for the screen prints in MEW.

Colin

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

Thank you Colin.

I remember seeing that edition of the course mentioned, yes.

Not only a readable size as-is, but can also be enlarged a bit further by the normal screen controls (as I have often done with pdf documents.)

I doubt I still have the link as I no longer have the original trial version, but although the Alibre short-cut's there on the screen, trying to open it fails immediately with a Licence Expired message.

I re-loaded it yesterday to avoid operating-system problems SillyOldDuffer warned me may occur by my having merely deleted the programme, rather than removing it properly. (I'd forgotten where to find the control.)

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BTW I had an amusing moment when I followed that CAD/CAM link JasonB posted a few message back. I have set my PC's protection fairly high, but I'd not bargained for making a model water-pump to arouse the "BT Parental Controls" into asking if I wished to authorise my reading it!

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