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Features
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Subdivision modelling improvements
ALIAS 2021.2
SubD modelling improvements include diagnostic shade, specific menus and a shelf for the SubD workflow.
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Alias Create VR with SubD
ALIAS 2021.2
Another step forward in Alias Create VR, the implementation of SubD modelling in your VR workflow.
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Dynamo Player
ALIAS 2021.2
Get an interactive UI to work with and modify Dynamo Scripts. Improve speed of design automation.
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Enhancement
Improved design efficiency
ALIAS 2021.2
This update includes enhancements to the tool finder, variant lister and freeform blend tool.
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History visualiser
Provides a new way of visualising the flow of construction history in your Alias files. (video: 1.02 min.)
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Alias assemblies
Additional enhancements to reference workflows including a true assemblies workflow. (video: 1.07 mins)
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SUBD ReTopo tool
Generate subdivision topology by placing CVs and building SUBDs on a reference mesh or NURBS geometry. (video: 1.04 min.)
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Selection sets
Create, modify and select objects and components using selection sets. (video: 53 sec.)
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SUBD user profile
Subdivision modelling workflow includes a customised SUBD Marking menu and dedicated SUBD shelf set. (video: 2.18 min.)
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Dynamo drop and drag
Save Import Dynamo sample file locations so that you can drag and drop scripts to a shelf. (video: 1.13 min.)
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Enhancement
Surface fillet
G2 curvature/Arc creates a fillet that has curvature lead-in and maintains a more arc-shaped section. (video: 59 sec.)
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Enhancement
Proportional Crown
This capability has been added to Skin, Surface Fillet, Multi-Surface Draft and Free Form Blend. (video: 57 sec.)
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Dynamo Wheel Arch script
Quickly create wheel arches using a Dynamo sample file, saving you time when building a new vehicle concept model.
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Enhanced |Transform tool
Modify components such as CVs, hulls and edges. Transform entities without moving off the selected plane.
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Enhanced |SUBD Align to Curve
New options allow for better control over how subdivision CVs align to curves and surface boundaries.
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Enhanced |Visual Clip
A visual clipping plane tool now exists in Alias Concept for quick visual sectioning and clip of geometry.
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Enhanced |Anti-aliasing
A supersampling option increases the anti-alias quality by a factor of 4, resulting in a quality of up to 64x.
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Enhanced |Replace shader by name
The ability to replace shaders by name when you import Alias supported geometry with shader assignments.
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Enhanced |Create VR
An immersive conceptual design tool that lets designers explore form in 3D using simple curve and surface tools.
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SUBD and Dynamo tutorials
SUBD and Dynamo tutorials and exercises for Alias, including example files and three special Alias 2021 scripts.
Previous releases
Alias 2020
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Subdivision modelling tools
Subdivision surfaces in Alias integrate the strengths of adaptive subdivision with native NURBS surface technology.
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Layer operations
Copy/paste a layer within a folder to be outside or inside of the original folder structure.
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File > Share view
Disable the share view option using an environment variable.
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Enhanced |Save file author options
DESIGN, CONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACE
Save the file author information under the save information section when saving or exporting a file.
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Enhanced |Pick behaviour improvements
Pick a curve by selecting on a hull or CV; selecting directly on the curve is no longer required for certain tools.
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Draw style options
Draw style options for the subdivision surface geometry and control cage manipulator support new SUBD features.
Alias 2019
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Virtual reality with Alias
CONCEPT, AUTOSTUDIO, SURFACE
Enhance design reviews with virtual reality. Explore your design to scale using a HMD in VR.
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Photoshop live link
Sketches from Photoshop can be linked to Alias. Changes to sketches are dynamically updated in Alias.
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Computational design in Alias
Quickly generate complex repeatable patterns and enable rapid design iterations and exploration.
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Marking Menu editor
More easily customise Marking menus with a new selection of styles.
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Design model share
Design on a single Alias model in the cloud. Review, mark up and collaborate via the web and on portable devices.
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Offset tool
Offset command ensures that offset CV layout quality is maintained, enabling a semi-automated, time-saving workflow.
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Look around feature
Fly to a point of interest immediately. Enable immediate navigation to a point in the design.
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Canvas pivot function
Manipulate Canvas layers like any other geometry type – scale, snap and pivot images in real time.
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Performance improvements
Multithreading implemented for File I/O for Alias reduces File Open and Save times by an order of three.
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