A few years ago, a new acronym, ASP, was thrown into our collective computer vocabulary. ASP stands for application service provider and is essentially a company that sells its software-related services over the Internet. Late in 1999 a new ASP called Alibre Inc. began to demonstrate a beta version of its software. It allowed users to perform feature-based, parametric solid modeling during a collaboration session. I had the chance to test a late-stage beta version.
Users get to pick a login name and password, which can be changed.
The recommended system specs are high-a 400MHz Pentium II CPU and 128MB of RAM is recommended. This is a bit of a drawback because the program is ideally suited for laptop users, and most don't have that power. This is sort of the top tier of the program, allowing users to open, view or create a part, assembly or drawing. This My Projects window displays the various project teams as well as an overview of all the active team sessions that can be accessed. Additionally, it indicates which models and drawings are checked out and by whom and posts a message when a design has been created, saved or deleted.