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© 2015 Autodesk

Autodesk® Alias®

What’s new in Alias 2016

© 2015 Autodesk, Inc.

Autodesk Alias 2016 family of products

Autodesk® Alias®

Surface

Advanced technical

surfacing for

production and

Class-A modelers

Autodesk® Alias®

AutoStudio

Premier automotive

design, technical

surfacing, and

visualization solution

Autodesk® Alias®

Design

Industrial and product

design solution for

the creative design

process

Autodesk® Alias®

Concept

Complete conceptual

design package

Autodesk® Alias®

SpeedForm

Advanced conceptual

design tool


Alias 2016 product line What are the 2016 Alias product offerings ?

Product Package

Alias Design Alias

SpeedForm Alias Surface

Alias AutoStudio

VRED Professional

VRED Design VRED Sketchbook® Maya®

Alias AutoStudio ○ ○ ○ ○

Alias Surface ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

Alias Concept ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

Alias SpeedForm ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

Alias Design ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○


Alias 2016 themes

Technical surfacing Thought leadership

Customer satisfaction

Interoperability User interaction

Scan data workflows

Multisurface workflows

Stitch and seam Chain select surfaces

Extend trim surfaces

Autodesk common materials Layer

Variants

Switch shaders


Interoperability


Interoperability

New tools Automotive common materials

Alias export from SpeedForm


Interoperability

Key features Autodesk® SketchBook®

software and sketching

tools

SpeedForm

Automotive common

materials Same materials for Alias and

VRED

Alias to VRED™

Alias to clay

Alias from scan

Alias to CAD

Interoperability


User interaction


User interaction

New tools Ability to switch shading assignments

Interface scaling for high-resolution

monitors

New Transform tool

Variant sets replace bookmarks

Text improvements

Tool window improvements

Window transparency

Layer folders

Enhanced tools Pick component to select trimmed

surfaces

Object lister and layer categories

Reference Manager

Confirm window update


Layers

Key features Layer folders

Right-click to group selected

folders

Create folder and drag layers

Layer organization Right-click to create layer with

selected objects

Duplicate layers and folders

Alt + single click

visibility/invisibility/isolate

User Interaction


Variants

Key features Replaces bookmark lister

One click to create

Adds groups for

organization

Add/recreate/delete/

publish

User Interaction


Switch shaders

Key features Ability to switch shading

assignments Create switch shader

Select shader and ADD

Assign switch shaders to

objects

User interaction


Reference Manager

enhancements

Key features Isolate node

(alt-click)

All nodes visible/invisible (shift+click)

Change point of interest

when working with

Reference Manager

New filter menu

Change layer colors inside

Reference Manager

Expand to see components

User interaction


Window transparency

Key features Adds transparent windows

Enables visual access to

your models under windows

Move over window to make

opaque

User interaction


Xform tool with manipulators

Key features Add transform manipulator

Move

Scale

Rotate

User interaction



New tools Surface chain pick

Interface Scaling

Enhanced tools Extend tool enhancements

Shared preferences improvements

Trim divide

History on both sides

Text Improvements

Tool Window Improvements

Tool window same size and position

Window collapse direction and lock

Alt-Click to expand window

Window Transparency


Chain select surfaces

Key features Chain select surfaces with

G0 Continuity (default)

G1 Continuity

Simple select and all

connected surfaces are

selected

Follows Construction tolerances

Tool-selectable tolerances



Extend trimmed surfaces

Key features Extend chains of surfaces

select (not new for 2016)

Extend NATURAL edges of

trimmed surfaces

Trimmed edges stay

trimmed as long as you

meet trimming conditions



Trim divide

Key features Trim divide

History maintained with divide



Thought leadership


Thought leadership in modeling

New tools Stitch and seam tool

Enhanced tools Draft surfaces

Flange surfaces

Surface fillet


Stitch and seam tool

Key features Great for visualization purposes

Create Join – A seam

French – A seam and a straight stitch

Baseball – Seam and x-like stitch pattern

Surface edge or curve on surface

Multiple controls for seam: Length into the surface

Depth

Shape of the seam

Gap between seam edges

Bulge of the seam

Switch to choose what side should

get option

Controls over stitch

Thought leadership in modeling


Technical surfacing


Technical surfacing

New tools MultiBlend tool

Surface from mesh

Enhanced tools Align tool enhancements

Check model identifies T-connections

Mesh subdivide

Updated fit scan

Mesh smooth

Multisurface draft

Trim divide


Scan data workflow:

Mesh subset improvements

Key features Introduces new mesh

selection techniques

NormalAngle selects mesh

with similar normal direction

Brush selects mesh from

user-controlled brushes

Technical surfacing


Scan data workflow:

Fit to scan redone

Key features Simple click four points on

mesh and controlled

surface is fit to the mesh

History-based tool

Technical surfacing


Scan data workflow:

NEW Surface from mesh

Key features New mesh selection

techniques

Adds curvature to mesh

selection

Three creation modes Simple

Boundary

Theoretical

History-based

Technical surfacing


Multisurface workflows:

NEW Multiblend

Key features Replaces n-sided blend

Fills an enclosed gap from

three or more input edges

Control boundary continuity

and internal structure of the

surface

Technical surfacing


Multisurface

workflows:

MultiBlend

Edge split type

Technical surfacing Parameter Places the surface boundaries in

the middle of the curve

Arc length Places the surface boundaries in

the middle of the chord

Flexure Similar to Curvature but adds

additional Math properties

User-defined Manually control the position of

the edges


Multisurface

workflows:

MultiBlend

Star point

Modification

Technical surfacing Automatic Alias automatically places location

of star point

View plane is defined by star point and is

perpendicular to the camera view

Normal along a line in the direction of the

normal

Planar defined by the plane of the current

star point and normal direction


Multisurface workflows: MultiBlend

Other options

Technical surfacing

Edge continuity – G0 to G2

Seam continuity – G1 or G2

Shape factor – Default to 1; similar to flow control in other tools. It controls the influence of

edge normal inside the multi blend.

Cross variation – Default off or to longitudinal variation to create lowest degree surface

Longitudinal variation moves control point parallel to the edge

Cross variation manipulates distance of control point to edge

Inner curvature – This only operates if in G1 Seam Continuity is set.

If working with more than five edges, this should be set.

Star point modification – moves star point

Automatic – Alias chooses best option. No control for user

Planar – user moves start point defined by the plane of the current star point and normal

direction

Normal – user moves start point along a line in the direction of the normal

View – user moves similar to planar but plane is defined by star point and is perpendicular to

the camera view


Multisurface workflows:

Multisurface draft

Key features Build clean flange off lightweight

curve

Create flange from curve on surface

New length mode

Default

Projected

Projected planar

Intersect flange with trim or trim

convert

Orientation vector

Draft to surface

Rotational draft angle calculation

Draft radial

Technical surfacing


Summary

Technical surfacing

Thought leadership


Interoperability User interaction

Scan data workflows

Multisurface workflows

Stitch and seam

Chain select surfaces

Extend trim surfaces

Autodesk common materials Layer

Variants

Switch shaders

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