Developer(s) | Autodesk |
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Stable release | 2019 |
Operating system | Windows, Mac OS X |
Type | CAID software |
License | Proprietary software |
Website | http://usa.autodesk.com/alias/ |
AutodeskAlias (formerly known as AliasStudioTools) is a family of Computer-aided industrial design (CAID) software predominantly used in Automotive Design and Industrial Design for generating Class A surfaces using Bézier surface and NURBS modeling method.
The product is sold specifically as CAID rather than CAD, and its tools and abilities are oriented more towards the 'styling' aspect of design - that is to say, the product's housing and outer appearance. It does not go into mechanical detail like other CAD programs such as Siemens NX, Inventor, CATIA,Pro/ENGINEER and SolidWorks, but has a much more powerful set of tools for the creation of precisely sculpted curves and surfaces and all 'touch and feel' surfaces of any part that demands aesthetic finish.[promotional language]
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Alias software[1] was developed by four computer scientists:[2] Stephen Bingham, Nigel McGrath, Susan McKenna[3] and David Springer to create an easy-to-use software package to produce realistic 3D models.[4][5]
In 1983, Alias Research was founded at Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Alias unveiled its first product Alias/1 in 1985 at SIGGRAPH '85 in San Francisco.
Initial versions ran only on Silicon Graphics computers and the Irix operating system, until late in the 1990s when the software was ported to Microsoft Windows. In 2011 Mac versions were launched. The company was a leader in high-end 3D graphics software.
In 1995, Alias Research was purchased by Silicon Graphics and merged Wavefront Technologies, another 3D software graphics company founded in 1984 at Santa Barbara, California, to form Alias/Wavefront which was later renamed as Alias Systems Corporation.
On October 4, 2005 Alias was acquired by Autodesk, StudioTools changed its name to Autodesk AliasStudio. It became part of Autodesk in 2006.
The product suite starts with Alias Design as the entry-level conceptual design system, progressing to Alias Surface, and then to Alias Automotive as the top-of-the-line product with all of the options.
Tools for sketching, modeling and visualization are combined in one software package. It meets the specialized needs of designers:[according to whom?] sketching, freedom to experiment with shape and form, creating organic shapes, visualization for design review, and data exchange with CAD packages.
As of version 2019, Autodesk Alias was split into separate standalone products:
Autodesk Alias is often used for design and styling in the automotive, marine, aircraft, sporting equipment, packaging electronic enclosure, children's toy, and fashion accessory markets.
Alias .wire data reads directly into Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Showcase, Autodesk ImageStudio, Autodesk Maya and Autodesk VRED and It exports into several other 3D engineering packages via IGES or STEP such as Unigraphics, SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER, Siemens and CATIA for further downstream detailing and operations.
The program has two types of modelers within it: NURBS and polygons.
July 16, 2018
Release Notes - Autodesk Alias 2019.1
Autodesk, Inc.
In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, this 2019.1 update for Autodesk® Alias™ includes new features and fixes or addresses a variety of issues.
History Metadata
We now capture history metadata for objects created with the following tools:
Metadata is not deleted when construction history is deleted.
If you select an object with metadata and construction history deleted, and start the tool that created it, you are prompted to load the tool options from the metadata.
Note: If construction history is not deleted, the regular Query Edit workflow is performed.
To display metadata
Cross Sections Editor improvements
Inter Continuity Check option added to tools
We added an Inter Continuity Check option to the following tools:
Select the option to check for continuity when running the tools on multiple edges, surfaces, or curves-on-surface. Continuity locators indicate whether they are continuous. Yellow locators indicate they are not.
Improved trim and history interaction
We improved the trim and history interaction so that history updates correctly when trimmed surfaces are involved.
Construction plane improvements
We made the following improvements to groups and construction planes:
This also fixes an issue where moving an object with history into a group with a transformation causes the object to be placed incorrectly when updated.
Note: To make operations that create groups of objects create their group node at the construction plane origin, zero transform the object while in a construction plane.
Improved Curve to Curve Deviation locators
The projection plane is saved in the wire file.
New option to control location of the current tool icon
We added a new Current Tool Location option to General Preferences to control the location of the current tool. The icon can be on the Left or Right side of the window and can also be turned Off.
Check Model tool improvements
Now, selecting the tool opens the Check Model Options window and only executes when you click the Check button.
New command line math calculations
We added the ability to perform simple math calculations while entering values during modeling operations. For example you could select the Sphere tool and enter coordinates for a new sphere as *1+4 10/2 1+2*2* to create a sphere at x=5, y=5, z=5.
Shelves remain visible when toggling the display of editor windows
Like the Palette, Shelves now remain visible when you toggle the display of editor windows.
Ability to pick curves by picking a CV or Hulls
You can now select a curve by picking one of the curve's CVs or hulls.
However, if you are picking the curve during the workflow of the following tools, you must pick the curve itself.
Curve Edit
Surfaces
Locators
Point Clouds
Smaller marking menu icons
We added a new option to the Marking Menu Options window to make the marking menu icons smaller. Select Menu Mode > Show Small Icons.
Object Lister enhancements
New flag icon lets you mark certain layers. The flagging is a variable in the Variant Lister.
Unify Normals enhancements
You can now adjust all Visual Normals to align with the Geometric Normals using the new When Geometric Normal Flips option in General Preferences > Modeling.
Offset improvement
We now display feedback when Offset creates surfaces with self-intersection.
Pokemon red slots. Improved display of locators in Trim and Trim Convert tools
New Region Selector Length option displays trim locators based on pixel size rather than based on the size of the surfaces to be trimmed. This option replaces the Region Selector U Size and V Size options.
Improvements to msave crash recovery
We improved the crash recovery options. The message that appears when you crash now lists 5 stages maximum, or four stages plus the total number of stages, and includes the following options:
We also added the Save Wire on Stageset Save option to Preferences > General Preferences > System. The option sets the default value of the Wire Store column for new stages in the Stage Editor. When selected, the default value is to save the stage when the stage set is saved.
Alias VR enhancements
Performance improvements
We improved performance in Alias models containing animations with at least one expression. Improvements are seen with the Multi-Surface Fillet, Trim, Align, and Rebuild Surface tools.
Align tool enhancement
We added the ability to use manipulators to adjust CVs for G3 continuity.
General
Modeling
UI
Data Transfer
Rendering
Data Management
Dynamo
Alias VR
Multi-Surface Draft
There was a change in the Multi-Surface Draft tool that affects how the output surfaces are grouped. This causes the downstream history to be removed if the draft was originally created in an older version.(ALS-4847)
Dynamo Integration
If the 3D preview in Dynamo does not work (the scene has a 2D grid and the Background 3D preview option is not available), try the following:(ALS-4186, ALS-4783, ALS-4198) Wirecast pro 9 0 – stream live from the desktop.
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