alibrex package
alibrex is a Python wrapper for the Alibre Design V29+ AlibreX automation API. The native AlibreX is a COM interface exposed to .NET
alibrex turns it into a typed, idiomatic Python module.
Features
- Full IDE support. Every interface, enum, and method is declared in PEP 561 type stubs — autocomplete, hover docs, and type-checking work out of the box in VS Code, PyCharm, or any pyright/Pylance-aware editor.
- Single namespace. Everything is at the top level:
CurrentPart(),CurrentAssembly(),connect(), plus ~280 typed AlibreX interfaces and enums. - Example and demo driven. The repository includes Jupyter notebooks, plus dozens of test scripts, demos and reference utilities.
Installation
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What's in this repository
| Folder | Description |
|---|---|
notebooks/ |
Jupyter tutorial sequence (00–11) plus topic references (connecting, cleanup, 2D/3D sketches, parameters, configurations, property reading, PDM) |
demo/ |
Self-verifying scripts — feature CRUD, sketch / assembly constraints, parameters, configurations, events, profile library |
demo/muffler/ |
Bundled multi-part industrial assembly used by the asm_* and crud_13..18* demos |
demo/profiles/ |
Profile library (steel, wood, threads, pipe) consumed by the prof_* demos |
demo/cad-files/ |
Reference CAD artifacts referenced by the demos |
examples/ |
Demonstration scripts — numbered intro 00..27, plus the subfolders below |
examples/advanced/ |
Reference geometry, 2D/3D sketch showcases, import/export utilities |
examples/advanced/py/ |
Python implementations |
examples/advanced/md/ |
Companion markdown originals for each script |
examples/ported/ |
Ports of the official AlibreScript samples |
examples/ported/library/ |
Standalone utilities (gear generator, STL exporter, equation sketcher, etc.) |
examples/probes/ |
Property-probe reports for the major object types |
examples/pdm/ |
PDM (Product Data Management) walk-through — 13 progressive scripts: connect → safes → property defs / classes / templates → projects / libraries / folder tree → file properties + version history → locked-file scan, session ↔ PDM cross-ref, full Program.cs port |
examples/_sample_files/ |
Sample .AD_PRT / .AD_ASM materialized on first use by file-loading examples |
Requirements
- Windows + a licensed installation of Alibre Design (V29 or newer)
- Old versions of Alibre Design may work, but are not tested
- Python 3.9–3.13
pythonnet>=3.0,<4(installed automatically)
AlibreX.dll is not redistributed at import time alibrex locates it by checking, in order, the $ALIBREX_DLL env var, the Windows registry (AlibreX.AutomationHook COM ProgID, then HKLM\SOFTWARE\Alibre, Inc.\Alibre Design\…\HomeDirectory), and finally a %ProgramFiles%\Alibre Design*\Program\AlibreX.dll
see notebooks/diagnose_setup.ipynb to inspect what each source returns on your machine.
Quick start
Open Alibre Design and any part document, then:
from alibrex import CurrentPart
part = CurrentPart()
print(part.Name, part.FeatureCount, part.Bodies.Count)
See notebooks/00_hello.ipynb and notebooks/connect_methods.ipynb to get oriented.
License
MIT.
1 maintainer
Metadata
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