Tag: ALIAS
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A car in 15 minutes
Over the last few years, several technologies which massively speed up concept modeling have been added to Alias. These technologies include subdivision surfaces, Dynamo and Create VR. Inspired by this, some colleagues and I wanted to challenge ourselves: How detailed a car design could we create, when limited to a 15-minute time frame? We went…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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Creation of the ETRAXX – Part 3
This is Part 3 of our podcast with Florian Coenen, Technical Marketing Manager. In Part 1 of our podcast, we introduced you to the ETRAXX. We talked through the process behind the design, what design elements inspired it, initial sketching and moving those sketches into a CAD environment. In Part 2, we went deeper into…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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Behind the scenes with Mike Turner series 01, episode 02: Moving data from Alias to VRED (data import for newbies)
In the second episode of his VRED series, DGDesign’s Senior Designer Mike Turner walks you through the basics of data import and file set-up. Drawing on his own usage of VRED throughout the model development process, Mike highlights when – and why – to apply addition effort in optimizing the scene as the concept data…
Essential SKILLS
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Alias and Create VR 2022.2 releases
The 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 scripts History Visualizer improvements Enhancements to Locators Reference manager updates SubD workflow enhancements and Several other modeling tool updates You can see details…
PRODUCT NEWS
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Creation of the ETRAXX – Part 2
This is Part 2 of our podcast with Florian Coenen, Technical Marketing Manager. In Part 1 of our podcast, we introduced you to the ETRAXX. We talked through the process behind the design, what design elements inspired it, initial sketching, and moving those sketches into a CAD environment. That’s where we’re picking up for Part…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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Taking Alias to the next level – a webinar
On 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 Manager Exploring the Surface Continuity Locator improvements Reviewing enhancements to the Align Tool Check out this replay, complete with demos, below. Stay tuned for…
Essential SKILLS
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Alias 2021 Deep Dive: Camera-based selection
An 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 feature speeds up modeling with…
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AIF 2021: ShotGrid keynote
What’s the future of automotive design? We dove into it at our 2021 Automotive Innovation Forum. ShotGrid PM Brandon Tasker positioned ShotGrid 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 your Design Studio. …
PRODUCT NEWS
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Agile Design Studio: Workflow demo
What’s the future of automotive design? We dove into it at our 2021 Automotive Innovation Forum. Our Tech Sales team explores how as the global context has changed, we’ve seen a higher demand for connected workflows and processes. These enable our customers to deliver more concepts, better quality designs and fewer physical mock-ups, while staying…
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AIF 2021: Alias keynote
What’s the future of automotive design? We dove into it at our 2021 Automotive Innovation Forum. Alias PM Phil Botley highlights some of the game changing features in the latest releases of Alias, including the Feature Library tool. Connecting the various components has meant that Alias is at the center of the Design Studio as…
PRODUCT NEWS
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AIF 2021: Agile Design Studio keynote
What’s the future of automotive design? We dove into it at our 2021 Automotive Innovation Forum. Marek Trawny takes a look at how digitization has been changing the design studio process, offering more flexibility and broader, deeper collaboration for design teams. How can you be as efficient as possible, maximizing your available time and resources…
PRODUCT NEWS
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Alias 2022 release is live!
This exciting release of Alias focuses on improvements to several workflows. These areas include SubD modeling, Dynamo, Class A and design reuse. There is a lot of new functionality in this release, but we also want to remind you of existing functionality that can enhance the whole workflow experience. Check out the videos linked below…
PRODUCT NEWS
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Car Design Dialogues: EMEA virtual event
On the heels of the incredibly successful Car Design News Car Design Dialogues event held for North America in December, CDN is hosting another virtual event for its customers in Europe March 17th and 18. Car Design News has been well known for their Designer Night Events around the major auto shows. Held around the…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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ALIAS Create VR: Setting the scene (video 4)
An integral part of any workflow is rendering, where we can see a refined model painted, in the right environment, with appropriate lighting. It’s hard to fully capture the value this offers: the reality of seeing your rendered, photorealistic model in VR, being able to vary paint colors, and being in this immersive environment to…
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Sketching in Create VR for Alias
Over the last few months, we’ve shared what Autodesk Create VR for Alias offers designers and 3D modelers: an immersive virtual environment that can speed the transformation from 2D concept to 3D model. Colin Smith’s posts and videos demonstrate some of what’s possible with this technology. I’d like to share what this technology means for…
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