 Alibre hopes to benefit designers and engineers world-wide that may not be able to afford a license of professional 3D CAD due to unemployment or other circumstances. |
Richardson, TX — February 10, 2009 – Alibre announces a “Buy One – Give One” program that enables customers to give a second seat of Alibre Design to a designated recipient for every license they purchase for their own use.
Alibre hopes to benefit designers and engineers world-wide that may not be able to afford a license of professional 3D CAD due to unemployment or other circumstances.
To help launch the initiative Alibre will contribute 101 seats of Alibre Design (normal retails price of $999) to qualified and deserving candidates. Alibre’s “Buy One – Give One” program has the following components:
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- All purchasers of a license of Alibre Design, regardless of the version level, can give a second copy of the same license level to a recipient of their choice.
- The recipient can be an associate, a subcontractor or supplier, a co-worker, or a deserving engineer of Alibre’s choice. The recipient must be in the same country as the purchaser.
- Alibre is also creating a pool of 101 licenses of Alibre Design Standard, normally available for $999, to be granted to deserving engineers. Alibre will accept nominations for the free licenses from current Alibre Design customers.
“Alibre is enabling customers to make a contribution to others in need so that they can develop and use their 3D design skills to positively impact their careers, employment and the economies in which they live,” says J. Paul Grayson, Alibre’s CEO.
“Manufacturing and design engineers, with 3D CAD design skills, contribute to the health and wealth of our economy through their unique ability to conceive, design, and manufacture innovative new products, product improvements, and manufacturing processes that are an essential driving element of entrepreneurial capitalism. Many of those expected to benefit are engineers that have either been “orphaned” from a professional CAD program by a lay-off or never had access to these types of tools to begin with.”
Alibre is borrowing a page from other successful “Buy One – Give One” programs including:
Each of these programs has proven the value of “Buy One – Give One” initiatives. Alibre is extending the concept to professional design software, which can amplify the creative capability and capacity of talented individuals. Contributions, in the form of new products and new processes, by these people will be especially valuable in today’s challenging global economy.
Modern 3D CAD software, like Alibre Design, enables engineers to create three-dimensional virtual prototypes of physical products that they want to make.
They can assemble them into complete virtual working models of various product configurations and then run detailed analyses to validate their designs before spending a single dollar to actually make them.
This means that ideas can be turned into reality much faster and less expensively than otherwise possible.
To help launch the “Buy One – Give One” initiative, Alibre will contribute 101 licenses of Alibre Design Standard and ask current customers to nominate deserving individuals, business partners, or affiliates to receive a free license.
Alibre will evaluate these nominations and chose the recipients based on their qualifications and needs. Alibre will also provide periodic updates of this program and its impact on our web site.