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Chris, Alibre is installed on the only windows box i have which is in the office. That's part of the problem. All the other computers are MACs. It's much more enticing to work on a lesson when sitting in the living room or kitchen and run some lesson or practice with a program than go and spend more time sitting in the office. In the end I do want to use Alibre but I feel like Im starting in high school without going through the lower grades first. I started watching the lessons again but watching without doing the lesson work myself it doesn't seem to stick. The general feeling seems to be keep plugging along with Alibre and hope some small lights come on and then combine into the big bulb when I get it. Thank's for the inspiration and support, it really means a lot. Bob

I'm still here but having the grand kids over while my daughter gets eye surgery is not conductive to learning. I have the full version of Alibre and you have talked me into giving it another try. Maybe I can identify specific problems and ask for help. Thanks everyone. Bob.

I’m having a terrible time learning Alibre CAD and I’m thinking I need a very simple CAD program to learn the work flow and thought process of 3D work. I have 2 strikes against me, 20 years of autocad 2D habits to overcome and I’m 64 so learning is quite a bit harder. I’d like to use my MAC to learn on. Anyone have any suggestions? Bob. 

Some of that lettering must be tiny! What size cutter did you use? Looks great. Bob

Thanks for showing the step by step. It's far more complicated than the basic Aluminum casting we did in school back in the dark ages. I kind of miss it but know nothing about making patterns. Bob