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Overview Alias is design software that lets you create products and improve processes with a single design pipeline. Seamlessly collaborate across different workflows and personas. Increase productivity and eliminate the need to toggle between siloed systems. Use a single source for design from sketch through production surfacing. Virtually collaborate in Alias with Create VR for Alias. Which version of Alias is right for you Alias Concept Alias Surface Alias AutoStudio Get sketching, fast concept modeling, and visualization tools. Refine concept models into Class-A surfaces for consumer and automotive designs. Perform concept modeling, analysis, technical surfacing, and visualization. Why Alias? Make faster design decisions with automated workflows Create and reuse templates across design and surfacing teams—sharing surfacing language. Curve and Surface replace workflows with the History Visualizer tool, enabling automatic rebuild of geometry. Faster design iterations with computational design inside Alias software. Enhance collaboration with Alias Assemblies and Shotgun Collaborate across teams and manage projects with a single suite of tools for faster decision-making. Allow Alias and non-Alias modelers to collaborate with Alias Assemblies and Master Alias Assembly Concept. Review design projects with Shotgun to keep creative teams focused. What's New New user experienceAlias 2024 includes a modernized user interface, while maintaining the familiar Alias tools and DNA Markup and animation editorsImprove collaboration and review with intuitive markup and animation editors. Surface modifier toolsEasily control objects on curves with the feature modifier. Smooth curved surfaces quickly and easily with the accelerated surface function. Features Concept Design and Fast Content Modeling Sketching and illustration toolsCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIODraw and edit with integrated tools. Capture lines, circles, and ellipses with predictive strokes. Flexible product modelingCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEFast, repeatable, curve-based modeling tools let you directly edit and sculpt 3D models. Fast concept modelingCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIOGet a complete concept model workflow, from sketch to final concept model. Photoshop live linkCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACESketches from Photoshop can be linked to Alias. Changes to sketches are dynamically updated in Alias. Dynamic shape modelingCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEQuickly manipulate your product model and explore shape variations on 3D forms without rebuilding geometry. 3D sculptingCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACE3D sculpt surfaces by directly adjusting surface control vertices. Use curve-based tools, direct modeling, and more. Detailed Design and Surface Analysis Deck seamCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEDeck seam (similar to a flat fell seam) has been added to the Stitch and Seam tool. Precise surface creationCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEUse tools that help you create mathematical shapes. Control pitch with the Revolve tool, and more. Multiblend toolMake smooth transitions between surfaces. Light ray effects and reflectionsCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEStudy your surfaces in a virtual lighting studio with the Light Tunnel tool. Computational designCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEQuickly generate complex repeatable patterns, and enable rapid design iterations and exploration. Automatic arrays of shapesCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACESimplify uniform and nonuniform objects using arrays. Create arrays of lines and surfaces in 2D and 3D. Surface Modeling and Class-A Surfacing New subdivision modeling toolsCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEAlias has integrated the strengths of adaptive subdivision with native NURBS surface technology. Global refitAUTOSTUDIO, SURFACERefit your digital model to the changed physical model. Improved surface from mesh toolAUTOSTUDIO, SURFACECreate a surface on mesh with 1 of 3 surface types. Update original data with scanned clay data. Precision surface modelingAUTOSTUDIO, SURFACECreate Class-A surfaces with speed and control. Surface creation and editingAUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEPerform multiple operations with a single, automated tool. Predictive controlAUTOSTUDIOGet more predictable results with new tools such as Freeform Curve Blend and View Flip. Multicurve profile inputAUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEProfile tools provide an advanced way to work with surfaces, such as rotating a profile to a target surface. Intelligent form factor capabilityAUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEDefine ratios with Form Factor tools. Mesh selection techniquesAUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEUse an expanded mesh selection toolset. Offset toolCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEOffset command ensues that offset CV layout quality is maintained, enabling a semiautomated, time-saving workflow. Design Communication and Product Visualization Save file author optionsCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACESave the file author information under the save information section when saving or exporting a file. File > Share viewCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEDisable the share view option using an environment variable. Virtual reality with AliasCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEEnhance design reviews with virtual reality. Explore your design to scale using an HMD in VR. Interactive product visualizationCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEEvaluate design options with real-time visualizations. Use shading models, apply color, add texture, and more. Convenient data exchangeCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEShare industrial design data with mechanical design and CAD software, including Inventor, CATIA, and SOLIDWORKS. Switch between shading assignmentsCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEEasily switch between color combinations. Variant configuration setsCONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACECapture your current view to return to it easily. VRED compatibilityAUTOSTUDIO, SURFACEQuickly convert Alias files to VRED software for 3D visualization. Compare Which version of Alias is right for you? Alias AutoStudio Alias Surface Alias Concept At a glance Integrated SUBD Modelling tools Full automotive workflow from sketch to Class-A surfacing. New modeling techniques with generative modeling using Dynamo. View Alias content in Virtual Reality through an HMD. Includes Alias SpeedForm, VRED Design, and Maya. Integrated SUBD Modelling tools Refine concept models into Class-A surfaces. View Alias content in Virtual Reality through an HMD. Create production-ready technical surfaces. New modeling techniques with generative modeling using Dynamo. Integrated SUBD Modelling tools Supports design process from sketch to concept models. Explore, communicate, and visualize design proposals. View Alias content in Virtual Reality through an HMD. New modeling techniques with generative modeling using Dynamo. Fast concept modeling Mesh-like modeling for 3D sculpting ✔ ✔ Concept exploration ✔ ✔ Controlled lines for concept design ✔ ✔ Non-destructive detailing ✔ ✔ Rendering and material management ✔ ✔ Detailed design Computational design with Dynamo ✔ ✔ ✔ Stitches and seams ✔ ✔ ✔ Surface chain select tool ✔ ✔ ✔ Automatic arrays of shapes ✔ ✔ ✔ Mathematically precise surface creation ✔ ✔ ✔ Flip view across x-axis ✔ Freeform curve blend tool ✔ ✔ Surface modeling and Class-A surfacing Precision surface modeling ✔ ✔ Scan data workflows ✔ ✔ ✔ Multiblend tool ✔ ✔ ✔ Multicurve profile input ✔ ✔ Surface analysis Light ray effects and reflections ✔ ✔ ✔ Shading in clay ✔ ✔ ✔ Isophotes for surface flow ✔ ✔ ✔ Surface evaluation ✔ ✔ ✔
