Alibre 3d Cad Software Inspires Entrepreneurs & Start-ups To Create New Inventions & Gadgets At Home

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ALIBRE 3D CAD SOFTWARE INSPIRES ENTREPRENEURS & START-UPS TO CREATE NEW INVENTIONS &
GADGETS AT HOME

Alibre Designs Home Theater Speakers, Search & Rescue Robots, & Yo-Yos
Creates New Jobs & Spurs the Economy

Richardson, TX, June 15, 2010 - Alibre Inc. www.alibre.com, the developer of the
world's most affordable professional 3D CAD solutions, today announced new
inventions created by Alibre Design users. Because of today's economy, people are
becoming more creative than ever before, going into business for themselves and
inventing new products. From high-end custom home theater audio speakers, to search
and rescue robots, and aerospace grade yo-yos, Alibre is inspiring today's
entrepreneurs to create new inventions, driving the economy and creating jobs. With
the new Alibre Design Personal Edition (launched May 2010 at the Maker Faire), the
first low-cost, easy-to-use 3D design tool, it's even easier for anyone to become an
entrepreneur and set-up their own business by creating gadgets, products, and
inventions to sell from their homes and garages!

Custom Home Theater Audio Speakers

Linn Audio's www.linnaudionh.com custom home theater speakers tower at 7 feet tall
and have the most beautiful crystal clear sound you have ever heard. In founder
David Linn's search for perfection, he researched many different ways to make
superior speaker cabinets, visiting dozens of cabinet makers. Linn concluded that
the only way to achieve the standard he was searching for was to make the cabinets
himself. He decided to use Alibre Design to create his own custom speakers to his
exacting specifications.

Linn used Alibre Design and Alibre CAM software with a CNC machine, making what he
calls the "asymmetric hexagon" design of the cabinet. He designed the panels of the
cabinet in Alibre Design and then used Alibre CAM to machine out the parts. All
parts of every speaker: cabinet materials, drivers, crossover components, wiring,
damping materials, were chosen for sonic quality. The result is a completely
handmade, beautiful piece of furniture, with sounds to satisfy the most demanding
music lover.

"I like how in Alibre Design you can draw a rough sketch of the part you need to
make and then go back and dimension it to exact specifications," said David Linn,
Founder of Linn Audio.

Software Used: Alibre Design Standard & Alibre CAM Standard
Full Case Study: https://www.alibre.com/success/cs/speakers.asp

Search & Rescue Robots

Francisco Rodriguez, a Mechanical Engineering Masters student at the University of
New Mexico, used Alibre Design in the MARHES Lab to create a robot based on the
TXT-1 monster truck from Tamiya. The robot was used to make simulations in a
virtual world, with the ultimate goal to create a search & rescue robot. Each robot
was outfitted with a control board, various sensors, and an onboard embedded
computer.

Using Alibre Design's powerful 3D tools, Rodriguez added an odometer and extra shock
absorber on each of the front wheels and an aluminum plate to support the sensors
and computer. "Learning how to use the basic functions of the software was really
easy, plus the tutorials were helpful when I didn't know how to do something," said
Francisco Rodriguez, MARHES Lab, University of New Mexico.

He then developed algorithms to efficiently fulfill specific search & rescue tasks
by communicating through network systems, cameras, and ultrasonic ranger sensors.
These robots later would give aid to humanitarian rescue missions, for example, the
recent earthquake in Italy. "This technology could be implemented to search for
victims in mine fields, collapsed buildings, or for structural inspection,"
Rodriguez concluded.

Software used: Alibre Design supplied by Alibre Value Added Resellers
Full Case Study: https://www.alibre.com/success/cs/Brainchild.asp

High-Tech Precision Yo-Yo for Serious Players

String Theory Yoyos' www.stringtheoryyoyos.com Remnant yo-yo is the first product
from owner and designer Mark Mankiewicz. Using Alibre Design software, Mankiewicz
engineered a new professional grade yo-yo that's precision machined for maximum
stability and balanced-rim weighted for maximum spin time.

String Theory Yoyos began with the idea of designing a top-of-the-line precision
yo-yo made from aerospace grade aluminum and premium steel bearings. Mankiewicz
devised the two butterfly-bell halves to form an exact weight. "Alibre allowed me
to calculate the physical properties after each design change so I could ensure I
was within regulation. After I sent them to get machined, the virtual prototype and
reality matched to within .5 grams," said Mark Mankiewicz, owner String Theory
Yoyos. "Yo-yos may seem like toys, but there is a lot of physics going on in terms
of getting an optimal one. I performed a cross-sectional weight distribution
analysis to get the weight perfect for maximum spin time."

Working in Alibre Design Expert to make a sketch of the body and revolving it around
the axis, Mankiewicz then cut away the bearing seat to allow for a special high-end
stainless steel yo-yo bearing. He also designed special grooves for silicon pads
that cause friction on the side walls allowing the yoyo to come back up quickly.
The end result is a yo-yo meant for serious players with a bright and vibrant
anodized aluminum coat that comes in jet black, blood red or midnight blue.

Software Used: Alibre Design Expert
Full Case Study: https://www.alibre.com/success/cs/yoyo.asp

About Alibre Design Software
Alibre Design delivers the entrepreneur and hobbyist an industrial-strength,
parametric solid modeling system with integrated 3D solid modeling, part and
assembly design, associative 2D drafting, and STL export all at a hobby-friendly
price. Design it, document it, change it around, perfect it, and then make it!

Alibre recently announced its entry-level product, Alibre Design Personal Edition
(PE), which includes a broad set of built-in and online tutorials and downloadable
video training. Alibre Design PE is the design and engineering platform for
entrepreneurs that gets the job done fast, for a fraction of the cost of other
products. Available immediately from www.alibre.com, Alibre Design PE is priced at
$99. It supports Windows XP and later operating systems. For info on Alibre Design
PE or other Alibre products, see the website: www.alibre.com or contact
sales@alibre.com.

About Alibre, Inc.
Alibre Inc. www.alibre.com is the world's leading provider of cost effective
professional grade mechanical CAD, CAM, and PDM solutions. Founded in 1997,
Richardson, Texas-based Alibre is led by Chairman and CEO J. Paul Grayson
(previously CEO of Micrografx) and other graphics visionaries who are changing the
landscape of 3D mechanical CAD/CAM software by providing full parametric CAD
technology to everyone that needs it, versus only to those in the relatively unique
financial position to afford traditionally expensive CAD systems.

Alibre DesignT and Alibre CAMT are the fastest growing parametric CAD/CAM solutions
on the market. Alibre CAM extends Alibre Design to provide integrated 2 1/2 to 5
axis CNC machining. Used by a diverse user base, Alibre Design and Alibre CAM
provide design and manufacturing solutions to Fortune 500 companies, small
businesses, consulting firms, machine shops, start-ups, hobbyists, inventors,
teachers and students, available in 50 countries and in 15 languages. For more
information on Alibre or for a free trial of Alibre Design and Alibre CAM, please
visit www.alibre.com.