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    <description>Tutorials and tools for Alibre Design from O-Punkt CAD GmbH.</description>
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      <title>IMPLICIT: lightweight lattices for 3D-printed parts from Alibre</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Develop your own tools for Alibre Design: API reference V29, examples in C# and C++, AI templates for Claude Code and Codex. Overview and getting started.</description>
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      <title>DXF Layer Fix: move DXF geometry to the layer your software expects</title>
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      <description>DXF drawing empty in your CAM or nesting software? DXF Layer Fix moves the geometry of multiple DXF files to a target layer. Runs offline in your browser.</description>
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      <title>STEP Web Viewer: share Alibre assemblies as a 3D viewer</title>
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      <description>Turn a STEP file into an HTML viewer with assembly tree, colours, part selection and exploded view. Runs offline in the browser, also for large assemblies.</description>
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      <title>Converting STL to STEP: meshes as solids in Alibre Design</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Use STL files in Alibre Design as solids: a free STL to STEP converter that runs in the browser and checks the mesh before the STEP file is saved.</description>
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      <title>Converting STEP and OBJ to GLB: 3D models for web pages</title>
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      <description>Publish assemblies from STEP or OBJ on the web as GLB, with structure, names and colours intact. Includes a free converter that runs offline in the browser.</description>
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      <title>Box generator for the laser cutter, part 1: the 2D cutting layout</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Finger-jointed boxes for the laser cutter: finger spacing, material thickness and kerf as a 2D cutting layout in SVG or DXF, with a free browser tool.</description>
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      <title>Pipe dimensions table: DN, PN and wall thickness to DIN and EN</title>
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      <description>Pipe dimensions table with DN, inch size, outside diameter, wall thickness and kg/m to EN 10255, plus how to classify nominal size, nominal pressure and wall thickness correctly.</description>
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      <title>ISO 286 fits explained: how to read tolerances such as H7/g6</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How tolerance designations to ISO 286 are structured: fundamental deviation, tolerance grade, types of fit and common standard fits, with a worked example Ø 25 H7/g6.</description>
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      <title>Material editor for Alibre Design: creating and maintaining materials</title>
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      <description>Creating and maintaining materials for Alibre Design: density, properties and your own material libraries, built up cleanly and explained step by step.</description>
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      <title>U-channels UPN and UPE: dimension table to EN 10365</title>
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      <description>Dimension table for U-channels UPN and UPE to EN 10365:2017 with h, b, tw, tf, r1, r2 and flange taper, plus the script for creating them in Alibre Design.</description>
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      <title>Metric screws (ISO): head types, standards, property classes</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Metric screws (ISO): head types, standards and property classes at a glance</description>
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      <title>Steel angle table: L-sections with dimensions, weights and standards</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Table for steel angles to EN 10056-1: equal and unequal leg L-sections with dimensions, radii and weight in kg/m, plus standards and materials.</description>
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