Tag: Autodesk
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Mike Turner’s Alias 2024 series 01, episode 02: Refining the form
We asked Mike to do some production testing on Alias 2024 during the development beta cycles to prove the software in production use. As a result, you may notice small variations in User Interface style and layout in the released version of Alias 2024 – tools and icons may look a little different. Alias 2024…
Advanced SKILLS
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Mike Turner’s Alias 2024 series 01, episode 01: Race car sketch modeling
If you’ve been following our blog (and/or our VRED YouTube channel), you know that Senior Designer Mike Turner has been creating several video series about his work with VRED. About Mike Turner Self-described as an “Alias pilot for the last 23 years,” Mike was relatively new to VRED when he started these series and wanted…
Advanced SKILLS
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AIF 2024 … Save the date
If you attended AIF 2023, you know the energy that comes from being in the room with the top OEMs and designers in the world. Hearing about the latest in design studio solutions, taking in the technology and expertise of Autodesk and its partners, AIF is the chance for automotive designers to come together to…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Welcome to the new user experience: Alias and VRED 2024
New Alias & VRED UX (user experience) Autodesk is excited to announce its new user experience for Alias and VRED, launching in our 2024 release. This is a solution-wide update to the ways users experience our products, how they learn to use our products, and a major update to the technical foundation of our User…
PRODUCT NEWS
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PAUSE: VRED tips from senior designer Mike Turner
Our PAUSE series aims to share Design Studio Blog posts you may have missed. It’s a chance for you to pause on a particular subject or series and take it in. PAUSE: Exploring VRED with Mike Turner Mike Turner, Senior Designer with DG Design, is an industrial designer with 24 years’ experience working primarily in…
PAUSE
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Alias and VRED 2024 releases
The new 2024 releases of Autodesk Alias and Autodesk VRED are now available for subscribers to download. The first thing you will notice with the Alias release is the new look and feel. There has been a major overhaul of the Alias user experience. This new user experience aids in learnability for new users of Alias,…
PRODUCT NEWS
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Performance partner: Genesis Design on its philosophy, process and preferred tools
Who is Genesis Design? Genesis Design is an owner-managed and independent full-service design agency. Founded by Rainer Mueller and Dirk Juergens in 2002, Genesis Design helps brands express their value through evocative and emotional design. Genesis works in the automotive and industrial design fields, bringing life and soul into the conceptual and creative process. With…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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“Time is of the essence”: How Rivian EVs are changing the way we think about utility vehicles
What happens when world-class design and visualization software are used by a start-up driven to revolutionize SUVs and pick-up trucks? Rivian. A newer OEM with a keen focus on sustainability, Rivian wanted to create something that was entirely new in the EV space. Their R1T pick-up truck and R1S SUV have been designed to offer…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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People, technology, future: AIF 2023 design studio keynote
The perfect workflow What does the perfect design studio workflow look like? This provocative question by ShotGrid PM Brandon Tasker opened the 2023 AIF Design Studio Keynote. Some prospective answers: agile, freeform, flexible, works effectively, enables collaboration, shares information, captures and organizes data and decisions automatically, ensures access to the best tools, supports the work…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Hands-on, person-to-person: AIF 2023 exhibition
The 2024 Automotive Innovation Forum in Frankfurt, Germany gave us more chances to explore Autodesk solutions, customer innovations, and partner insights. Thanks to the incredibly hard work of the technical sales, marketing and product teams who contributed to the amazing expo. We had: Exhibition overview Discover Alias & Meet the Experts Alias User Experience, future…
Industrial Design
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AIF 2023 at a glance — and on demand
The 2023 AIF in Frankfurt, Germany was an opportunity for the automotive design and manufacturing community to come together over two full days. Attendees from around the world heard from leading OEMs, suppliers, start-ups and technology partners, and had the opportunity to network with experts in design, manufacturing and engineering. We’d like to thank everyone…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Making it simple: Flow Production Tracking 101
One of the things we’ve learned from our customers about Flow Production Tracking integration is that terminology matters. Flow Production Tracking was originally founded over 17 years ago as a project management tool for visual effects and animation in television shows, movie production and video game development. Seeing how it shifted the digital management of…
DESIGN STUDIO
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AIF 2023: Registration is live!
The Automotive Innovation Forum is a premier automotive industry event focused on advancing design, automation and manufacturing technology. We invite you to join us and the international community of industry leaders and share your vision on the future of design, automation, and manufacturing. Registration is now live! Visit autodesk.com/aif to secure your spot at AIF…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Behind the scenes with Mike Turner series 03, episode 04: Exterior imaging — adding motion
In episode 03 of his third VRED series, Mike Turner goes deeper into raytraced rendering and covers the basics as well as an overview of VRED options and how hardware/software is evolving. In episode 04, Mike shows you how to add basic motion within an environment to convey a sense of dynamism and speed –…
Essential SKILLS
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Save the date: AIF 2023 announced
We are excited to announce our 2023 Automotive Innovation Forum (AIF), taking place May 10-11 in Frankfurt, Germany. This is your opportunity to join industry leaders as they discuss the trends and forces shaping the automotive industry of tomorrow. What does that look like? AIF 2023 is also our chance to share how Autodesk and…
INDUSTRY NEWS