Alibre Design

Adonis Pimienta-Peñalver and Mark Wilson

MAE377 Group Presentation

Fall 2009
 Introduction to Alibre Design
 Company: Alibre, Inc.

 Price: $99 for the standard edition

 Market Share: > 1%

 User Growth: Increasing  (4.4 million dollars in 2008)

 Product History/ Overview
 Founded in 1997 in Richardson, Texas

 Released their first version of Alibre Design in 1999

 For mechanical engineers and manufacturing

professionals
 Important software Add-ons

 Hypershot™ -an add-on feature that enables the user

to turn CAD models into photorealistic images. This
rendering application constantly updates the rendering
as you rotate and alter the viewing plane.

 Motion Simulation and Analysis – a built-in feature

that translates assembly constraints into motion
constraints and also has the option to simulate motion
by either applying forces or by a prescribed motion.
 Special Features
 Sheet Metal Design – create sheet metal parts with specific tools
for sheet components

 Interference Detection – ensures all components fit properly for

assemblies
 Applications In Industries
 Industrial Equipment • Consumer Products

 Sheet Metal  Defense and Military

 Aerospace  NASA

 Automotive and  IBM

Transportation
 Exxon-Mobile
 Electronics
 Survey of Employment Market

Microstation 196
182
Solidworks 466
320
669
Pro/ Engineer
606
1291 Monster.com
AutoCAD 1270 Careerbuilder.com

CAD 1611
1313
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Alibre 1

0 500 1000 1500 2000

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 CAD Software Comparison
50
Vs Pro-Engineer

40

30

Alibre
20 Pro Engineer

10

0
Learning Versatility User Tutorials 3rd Party Final Score
Curve Interface Addons
Live Demo
Modeled Parts
Modeled Parts (cont.)
Modeled Parts (cont.)
 Questions?
 http://sites.google.com/site/apimientapenalvercaddesign/

 http://sites.google.com/site/markwilsoncaddesign/
 References
 www.monster.com

 www.careerbuilder.com

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibre

 http://www.alibre.com/