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Master Complex Shapes

Perfect Your Designs

Define inspiring and ergonomic shapes that meet 
functional requirements, with the powerful tools in 
Autodesk Alias Surface software. Alias Surface helps 
you sculpt 3D models to achieve the perfect union 
of aesthetics and engineering. Power your creative 
process with industry-leading curve-based and di-
rect modeling tools that help you fine-tune designs 
in a single software environment, in less time. 

Communicate Your Vision

Alias Surface makes it easy to create highly realistic 
models. You can shade and light models to com-
municate your design vision more clearly, and 
confirm that your surfaces meet exacting standards. 
Reviewers can evaluate high-quality imagery that 
reflects a range of materials and colors. The result 
is quick and confident design-review decisions—
without time-consuming renderings.

Speed Up Processes

When engineering teams need to redo surfaces, 
it delays projects and can result in unintended 
changes to your models. Alias Surface supports a 
highly streamlined workflow that lets you control 
design intent further in the product development 
process. You can exchange design data with 
engineering CAD software, such as Autodesk

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Inventor

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, to preserve design integrity. And you 

create such high-quality, Class-A surfaces in Alias 
Surface that engineering teams don’t need to 
recreate them. 

Specialized Design Tools

Alias Surface offers a full set of dynamic modeling 
capabilities for shape development, refinement, and 
control. The software’s functionality helps meet 
your requirements for: 
•  Design modeling
•  Precision surfacing modeling
•  Reverse engineering
•  Visualization and communication
•  Process integration
•  Productive environment

Image courtesy of Daniel Simon, Cosmic Motors

Contents  

 

Design Modeling ......................................... 3
Precision Surface Modeling ...................... 4
Reverse Engineering ................................... 5
Visualization and Communication .......... 6
Productive Environment ........................... 7
Process Integration .................................... 8
Autodesk Alias Product Line .................... 9
Learn More or Purchase .......................... 10

Model high-quality production surfaces with speed and control. 

Autodesk

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 Alias

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 Surface gives you all the advanced surface 

creation tools you need to create high-quality surfaces ready for 

manufacturing. 

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Summary of Contents for ALIAS SURFACE

Page 1: ...Autodesk Alias Surface Perfect your designs ...

Page 2: ...urface supports a highly streamlined workflow that lets you control design intent further in the product development process You can exchange design data with engineering CAD software such as Autodesk Inventor to preserve design integrity And you create such high quality Class A surfaces in Alias Surface that engineering teams don t need to recreate them Specialized Design Tools Alias Surface offe...

Page 3: ... surfaces as controls to modify or constrain portions of existing geometry Bend Bend geometry using a curve to control deformation Twist Twist geometry around a single axis curve Conform Conform geometry to the shape of another surface Rapid Prototyping Build physical prototypes more efficiently from digital models With rapid prototyping you can develop and refine designs before committing to prod...

Page 4: ...recision Direct Surface Modeling Sculpt surfaces directly by adjusting surface control vertices Alias Surface s curve based tools let you define a shape at its edges or you can use direct modeling to adjust the shape at any point Maintain complete control of Bezier surfaces to achieve the exact form and surface quality you need Precision Surface Modeling Surface Evaluation Verify the quality of cr...

Page 5: ...can data quickly Reverse Engineering Analysis Tools Get help fine tuning your models with Alias Surface analysis tools They provide instant numerical or graphical feedback on surface quality Hybrid Modeling Integrate NURBS data into scan data With Alias Surface you can evaluate and refine the resulting hybrid model without resurfacing an entire model saving time and effort Surface Reconstruction A...

Page 6: ... software rendering With Alias Surface you can instantly save high resolution images of any modeling window Compose images that display wireframes canvas planes or fully shaded models to create turntables or 360 degree interactive QuickTime VR files Software Rendering Photorealistic rendering capabilities in Alias Surface let you create images for print video or interactive presentations Alias Sur...

Page 7: ...hrough complex models Alias Surface helps you categorize and organize model components into layers for more efficient navigation Unified Shading Environment Click through tasks faster with task centric marking menus that reduce the use of dialog boxes You can choose materials and assign shaders directly on surfaces with only a few clicks Mac OSX Operating System Use Alias Surface 64 bit on your Ap...

Page 8: ...slators Integrate Alias Surface into your development pipeline by exchanging data bidirectionally with CAD software packages such as CATIA UGS NX Pro ENGINEER PTC Granite JT and SolidWorks Model Verification Test geometry created in Alias Surface to predict and diagnose problems when transferring to CAD systems such as CATIA Unigraphics and Pro ENGINEER DWF File Format Create DWF files from Alias ...

Page 9: ... the choice of leading automotive styling studios throughout the world The software provides a comprehensive set of visualization and analysis tools for the entire shape definition process from concept sketches through Class A surfacing Task Deliverables Product Creation and Communication of Design Sketches Illustrations 3d concept models Production models Rapid prototypes Visualization Animation ...

Page 10: ...ers A range of community resources including web support direct from Autodesk technical experts self paced training and e Learning help extend your skills and make Autodesk Subscription the best way to optimize your investment Learn more at www autodesk com subscription Free products are subject to the terms and conditions of the end user license agreement that accompanies download of this softwar...

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