In Conversation with Thomas Heermann and Marek Trawny The Automotive Innovation Forum is the opportunity for the Automotive Design team to share updates, tease new releases, and connect customers as a community. Our first live AIF in two years took place in Munich, Germany. Ananda Arasu and I caught up…
PodcastOur first full AIF in two years took place in Munich, Germany. Hotel restrictions meant a reduction in our usual capacity, but we were pleased to host 250+ attendees from 20 countries.One of the Day 1 Highlights was our Design Studio Keynote presentation, featuring Autodesk’s Marek Trawny, Brandon Tasker, Phil…
INDUSTRY NEWSFor those of you who follow Autodesk Alias on social media, you will probably be aware of the many YouTube videos we have on the Alias channel. There are several Deep Dive as well as What’s New videos available. Autodesk Alias YouTube Channel What you may not be…
PRODUCT NEWSAlias 2023 Welcome to another release of Alias. In this release, a lot of work was done in the area of conceptual design with SubD modeling. A huge enhancement was in the area of automation, where the Reform tool takes any scanned mesh data and converts it to a SubD…
PRODUCT NEWSby Amy Gile – Co-Founder and CEO, Silverdraft Real-Time rendering is not a valid pain point! It has been solved for years, it has just become a workaround, and once that workaround has been removed, it is amazing what can be created, saving time and money. When I…
INDUSTRY NEWSOver the course of two weeks, more than 100,000 attendees representing 175 countries attended sessions in seven languages. If you joined us, we hope you had a fantastic experience. And if you didn’t, we hope you’ll consider it for next year. We know the value of time these days, so…
Essential SKILLSWith so much disruption in industries across the world, businesses are being challenged to Think Beyond. The 2022 Automotive Innovation Forum (AIF) aims to do just that. This limited, in-person event in Munich features industry leaders and in-demand guest speakers, including: Silverdraft…
INDUSTRY NEWSThe 2022.3 release of VRED is now available for download to all subscribers. This point release focused on: Data handling with improvements to DecoreImprovements in the touch sensors for VR handsRendering directly from a VR scene, as well as improvements in isolation modeControl over viewable content in the streaming app…
PRODUCT NEWSThe 2022.2 release of Alias is now available for download to all subscribers. In this point release, we introduced several new enhancements to Alias. These improvements include: A new Dynamo Toolbox and scriptsHistory Visualizer improvementsEnhancements to LocatorsReference manager updatesSubD workflow enhancements andSeveral other modeling tool updates You can see details…
PRODUCT NEWSVRED 2022.2 is now available for all VRED subscribers. We have added several new features in the areas of Rendering, Data Handling, and Streaming that help you improve the efficiency of your visualization process. Rendering: Together with AI-Based supersampling from Nvidia, we have also introduced the ability to use…
PRODUCT NEWSOn July 21st, the Alias team hosted a webinar to share some tips on using a few Alias tools: Working in a team environment and working with Engineering information via Reference ManagerExploring the Surface Continuity Locator improvements Reviewing enhancements to the Align Tool Check out this replay, complete with demos,…
Essential SKILLSAn exciting new feature of Alias 2022 is the Camera-Based Selection feature. We know that camera-based selection gives Alias users confidence that they will only select the entities that they can see and not accidentally select entities that are hidden by shading. This video will explore how this Camera-Based Selection…
Essential SKILLSWhat’s the future of automotive design? We dove into it at our 2021 Automotive Innovation Forum. Shotgun PM Brandon Tasker positioned Shotgun as the “operating system” your studio needs—that can help support a creative studio’s core functions. Its Production/Project Management, Creative Collaboration and Integrated Workflows make it an advantage for…
PRODUCT NEWSWhat’s the future of automotive design? We dove into it at our 2021 Automotive Innovation Forum. VRED PM Lukas Fäth discussed the three key focuses for VRED over the last year, shared what’s new and explored how to make the most of VRED’s core offerings: Realizing efficiencies in the Design…
PRODUCT NEWSWith VRED 2022, we are excited to release many new features that continuously provide value to you, our VRED users. We have been hard at work these last few weeks, creating technical deep-dive videos to explain the new main features in detail. We hope you enjoy. Our first two videos go deep on how to…
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