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Features
Industrial surface and automotive design tools
Alias® industrial design software supports concept communication, design modeling, technical surfacing, reverse engineering, real-time design visualization, and engineering development collaboration.
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Sketching and illustration tools
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Draw and edit with integrated tools. Capture lines, circles, and ellipses with predictive strokes, and more. (video: 2:43 min.)
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Flexible product modeling
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Fast, repeatable, curve-based modeling tools let you directly edit and sculpt 3D models. (video: 2:32 min.)
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Fast concept modeling overview
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Walk through a fast concept model workflow, from sketch to final concept model. (video: 3:03 min.)
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Downstream use of model
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Move your data easily between Alias and VRED software. (video: 5:25 min.)
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New | Improved color assignment for layers
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Random custom color assignments for layers and layer folders.
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New | Customized clutch keys
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Define clutch key assignments.
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New | View options in Curve Planarize
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Add view options in the Curve Planarize.
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New | Surface fillet improvements
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Add the option of Inter Continuity and Inter Tangent Angle checking in surface fillets.
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New | New options in Skin tool
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Add the Shape option in the Skin 2012 tool to control the CV layout of the Skin surface section.
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New | Variable degree surface fillets
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You have the ability to have a variable degree in fillet surfaces.
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Enhanced | Interface enhancements
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Improvements for the 2018 release include customizable keyboard controls, snapping, marking menus, and more.
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Dynamic shape modeling
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Quickly manipulate your product model and explore shape variations on 3D forms without rebuilding geometry.
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3D sculpting
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3D sculpt surfaces by directly adjusting surface control vertices. Use curve-based tools, direct modeling, and more.
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Mesh-like modeling for 3D sculpting
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Use push-and-pull techniques to conceptualize models—without needing to develop spline surfaces.
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Concept exploration
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Explore concepts to create revisions quickly.
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Better theoretical and feature lines
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Control the shape of your product to follow a curve.
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Nondestructive detailing
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Cut, separate, and add detail to your design without affecting the sculpted form.
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Rendering and material management
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Use real-time raytracing and assign materials directly within Alias.
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Deck seam
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Deck seam (similar to a flat fell seam) has been added to the Stitch and Seam tool. (video: 3:31 min.)
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Mathematically precise surface creation
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Access tools that help you create mathematical shapes. For example, control pitch with the Revolve tool, and more. (video: 1:26 min.)
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Multiblend tool
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Make smooth transitions between surfaces. (video: 4:28 min.)
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Light ray effects and reflections
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Study your surfaces in a virtual lighting studio with the Light Tunnel tool. (video: 47 sec.)
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Automatic arrays of shapes
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Simplify uniform and non-uniform objects, using arrays. Create arrays of lines and surfaces in 2D and 3D.
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Stitches and seams
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Automatically create stitches and seams.
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Surface chain select tool
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Select a chain of surfaces with one pick.
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Shading in clay
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Temporarily change your shaders to a clay material. When you're finished, your model goes back to its original form.
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Isophotes for surface flow
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Reveal design motion and underlying shape—for example, the movement of sand or the shape of snow on a mountain.
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Surface evaluation
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Get more accurate feedback on surface model quality.
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VRED NURBS surface analysis
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Achieve more accurate, native spline definition analysis.
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Predictive control
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Get more predictable results with new tools such as Freeform Curve Blend and View Filp. (video: 5:14 min.)
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Global refit
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Refit your digital model to the changed physical model. (video: 1:24 min.)
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Enhanced
Modeling enhancements
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The 2018 release includes enhancements to Surface Fillets and Curve Planarize. Data Transfer now offers STEP AP242 standard and DWG import and export. (video: 4:00 min.)
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Scan data workflows: surface from mesh
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Create a surface on mesh with 1 of 3 surface types. (video: 2:00 min.)
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Improved Surface from Mesh tool
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Update original data with scanned clay data.
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Precision surface modeling
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Create Class-A surfaces with speed and control.
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Automated surface creation and editing
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Perform multiple operations with a single tool.
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Multicurve profile input
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Profile tools provide an advanced way to work with surfaces, such as rotating a profile to a target surface.
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Efficient Multisurface Fillet tool
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Speed up the process from factor to surface fillet.
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Intelligent form factor capability
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Define ratios with Form Factor tools.
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Scan data workflows: mesh selection techniques
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Use an expanded mesh selection toolset.
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Interactive product visualization
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Evaluate design options with real-time visualizations. Use shading models, apply color, add texture, and more.
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Compelling photorealistic renderings
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Visualize your product with high-resolution imagery.
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Convenient data exchange
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Share industrial design data with mechanical design and CAD software, including Inventor, CATIA, SOLIDWORKS, and many others.
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VRED compatibility
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Quickly convert Alias files to VRED software for 3D visualization.
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Interoperability with other tools
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Interoperability helps streamline operations with other products used in the design process, such as cutters, meshers, and more.
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Switch between shading assignments
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Easily switch between color combinations.
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Variant configuration sets
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Capture your current view to return to it easily.
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