Tag: automotive design

  • AIF 2026: Design Deep Dive — Accelerating the path from form to refinement

    Inside Alias 2027 Automotive design depends on a constant exchange between creative intent and technical precision. A surface may begin as a gesture, a proportion, or a design theme — but at every stage, it has to be evaluated, refined, communicated, and carried forward without losing the original idea. In our Design Deep Dive at…

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  • AIF 2026 – Visualization Deep Dive: Richer Context, More Responsive Reviews

    VRED 2027 workflows for automotive design Automotive design reviews increasingly need to move beyond static presentation moments. Teams need to evaluate products in context, interact with scenes more naturally, and share visual experiences across different environments — from desktop workstations to Powerwalls, CAVEs, XR, and streamed sessions. In our Visualization Deep Dive at AIF 2026,…

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  • Speed, with confidence: Inside the AIF26 Design Studio Keynote

    Every keynote has a drumbeat, and this year’s Design Studio Keynote session in Darmstadt had only one: speed. Not speed as a slogan or speed for its own sake, but speed with confidence. Director of Product Management Marek Trawny framed it at the top: while the pressure to compress vehicle development is relentless, the goal…

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  • Autodesk Assistant is coming to Alias and VRED

    A new way to support design work Autodesk Assistant is coming to Alias and VRED to help expert users work faster, more efficiently, and with less time spent on repetitive, non-creative tasks. It will also help new and beginner users better understand the tools and accomplish everyday tasks with more confidence. Less time on setup,…

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  • Now in tech preview: A Python API for Alias

    We’re opening up Alias with a new Python API, available in tech preview today! Accessible APIs are foundational to how Alias and VRED will evolve into the future. They let you automate the work that surrounds great design and build workflows meant for your studio.  From organizing scenes, validating data and preparing handoffs. Our goal…

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  • Where physical meets digital: Granstudio’s DIGIPHY and Autodesk VRED

    Automotive design decisions are made under constant pressure: packaging evolves, engineering constraints tighten, and teams must align quickly — without losing the original design intent. The process involves high costs and long lead times. That’s why Granstudio designed DIGIPHY, an ecosystem of next generation mixed-reality design solutions to make those decisions faster, with confidence, and…

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  • Automotive Innovation Forum 2026 – meet the speakers

    The 2026 edition of our Autodesk Automotive Innovation Forum is shaping up to be one of our best ones yet. While we feature fantastic exhibitions and displays, the high point will certainly be the amazing presentations. Here is a taste of some of the speakers you will be hearing from at our event this year.…

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  • Immersive for Autodesk VRED is now available on Apple Vision Pro

    Immersive automotive design review just became more accessible. Following its announcement at NVIDIA GTC in March, Immersive for Autodesk VRED is now available on the App Store for Apple Vision Pro, bringing VRED’s high-fidelity visualization to spatial computing through a collaboration by Autodesk, Apple, NVIDIA and Innoactive. Automotive teams can now step inside VRED scenes…

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  • Why Darmstadt? Because some cities are built to think

    For the third year running, Autodesk is bringing the Automotive Innovation Forum (AIF) to Darmstadt, Germany. If you’ve attended before, you already know the city rewards attention. If you’re joining us for the first time in June, here’s why this isn’t just a convenient European venue – and why we keep coming back. A building…

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  • What’s New in Alias and VRED 2027

    The 2027 releases of Alias and VRED are built around a single idea: the best design decisions happen when the tools get out of the way. That means less time preparing data, less friction between surfacing and review, and less distance between a design intent and the moment it can be evaluated, challenged, and refined.…

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  • Canvas to mesh: Accelerating automotive concept development 

    Multi-view reference images converted into a proportionally scaled 3D mesh inside Alias.  From sketch to model, faster Before a surface is ever finalized, designers need to answer a fundamental question: Does this proportion work?  Traditionally, that meant building early NURBS or SubD geometry — not to resolve Class-A surfacing, but simply to evaluate stance, overhangs, and overall volume. It’s necessary work,…

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  • Reimagining Automotive Icons: Meet the Top 3 Finalists of the 2026 AIF Student Design Competition

    Three student design teams reinterpret historic vehicles through iconic art movements, combining Alias surface modeling and VRED visualization to bring their concepts to life. For two years running, the Automotive Innovation Forum (AIF) Student Design Competition has invited emerging designers to explore new ideas using professional automotive design workflows. The 2026 brief, “The Original &…

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  • Sketch, surface, iterate: teaching transport design for real-world practice at University of Staffordshire

    Transport design education is evolving under competing pressures: rapidly advancing digital tools, the rise of AI-assisted workflows, and industry demand for graduates who can think across disciplines while still mastering fundamentals. At the University of Staffordshire, the relaunched Transport Design program is addressing these pressures by combining craft-based making, digital fluency, and strong industry engagement…

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  • Design smarter cars faster: Real-Time Aerodynamics with Autodesk Alias & NavPack 

    How Alias, VRED, and NavPack connect design, visualization, and engineering through real-time physics insight. We’ve got a new NavPack webinar for you on the Autodesk Design Studio YouTube channel. It explores how automotive teams can bring real-time engineering insight directly into creative workflows, without disrupting your established design and visualization processes. This session, with host…

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  • From clay to AI: Autodesk’s Student Design Competition winners — Team Coventry — embody the best of automotive design education

    When Coventry University’s Automotive and Transport Design students won Autodesk’s Power of Brand competition, the result stood out for reasons that went beyond a polished final image. Judged on narrative clarity, modeling quality, and brand interpretation, the Coventry team’s concept drawings and renderings demonstrated something deeper: a disciplined design process grounded in intent, craft, and…

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