Frame Builder V2.4 Release by NateLiquidGravity

Insert profiles into Alibre Design from the user’s library of profiles. Build frames, miter, trim, and extend profiles! Now with the ability to update frames to base geometry changes!

Updates/Fixes:

• Runs on Alibre Design v28 Build 28126.
• Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred with rebuilding corners after updating frame members.
• Changed options in frame rebuilding to allow “Rebuild Broken Corners” or “Rebuild All Corners”. “Rebuild Broken Corners” can be much faster, but note that it will not always recognize broken corners, so please review frames after rebuilding.
• The “Edit Existing Frame Corners” TreeView now remembers where you were in the tree until closed. This only works when in Contract mode as the TreeView is always expanded in Expand mode.
• The Update/Rebuild Working… spinner indicator now includes more information about what Frame Member or Corner it is on. Note that it will always show the total Frame Members or Corners even if some are skipped based on Update/Rebuild settings.
• Increased the deviation to 0.0001 for detecting collinear points as 0.0000015 was occasionally allowing through “collinear” points resulting in incorrect Trim/Extend to Faces.
• Planes automatically created in frame members for building corners are now hidden to reduce visual clutter.

A few notes:

Frame Builder is not tested or integrated with Alibre PDM and will not be until such time that a public API is released for safely working with the PDM.

Because Frames made in V1.X do not store any of their creation information they are not directly compatible with many of the V2.X features.
V1.X Serial Keys are not valid for V2.X and can’t be installed side-by-side.
If you purchased V1.X Serial Keys there is a reduced price V2.X Upgrade Serial Key available.

Requirements:

Frame Builder Version 2.4 Release now only works on Alibre Design V27 (Builds 27030, 27038, 27039) and on Alibre Design V28 (Builds 28094, 28098, 28126).
It also requires Alibre Script Build 346613 or newer.

Copyright/License:

Alibre Design and Alibre Script are © 2024 Alibre, LLC
Frame Builder V2.4 © 2024 Liquid Gravity Productions and NateLiquidGravity
All rights reserved except as noted:
You may use Frame Builder V2.4 for personal use or commercial use.
I claim no ownership of the part files created by using the tool.

Instructions:

This software now requires purchase of a Serial Number or Trial Serial Number to use. For English language version sales please see The Shop. For international sales it is suggested to contact your local Alibre Design reseller as they can help you get a translated version. See below for Trial Serial Number.

Download and run the “Frame Builder V2_4 Installer.exe” and progress through the setup to install into the Alibre Script Library folder.
Next (optionally) download and extract everything from the “Example Profile Library.zip” file where you want to keep the Profiles.
Then Launch Alibre Script in an Alibre Design Assembly and click on “Frame Builder V2_4 Release [Protected]” in the Alibre Script explorer folder “Frame Builder” to run it.
Check out the rest of the setup instructions by reading the help file by clicking the button “Help Info”.
Please read all the help file included before asking any questions – but don’t hesitate to ask if something isn’t working as expected.

Trial Serial Number:

A Trial Version can be activated which will only allow creation of 5 parts at a time. After those 5 parts are created you will need to close and restart Frame Builder. Additionally during Update / Rebuild Members the Trial version will always “Confirm Each Change Prior”. I may at any time disable the Trial Serial Number from working. The Serial Number for the Trial Version is: TRIAL-TRIAL-TRIAL-TRIAL