The Tube Flange Tool allows you to quickly finish off the edge of a surface by creating fillet and flange surfaces.
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This week we will discuss the Duplicate Place tool. This tool is a hugh time saver. Model up a detail/part/button/etc. one time only. Then use the Duplicate Place tool to do all the repetitive work.
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There a many ways that you can customize Alias. This weeks post will cover a few changes to make working with your models easier.
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In this post I will show you how to import graphics from Adobe Illustrator to Alias. This a very simple procedure and only requires you to save you Illustrator files as v8 or earlier.
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This weeks tip covers sharing Alias files with Adobe Illustrator. This is something I came up with years ago when I did a lot of Graphic Design and needed a way to get CAD data into Illustrator. Illustrator can read postscript information and Alias's print function has the ability to save a file in postscript. Problem solved!
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Being able to copy all the parameters from one shader to another is a huge time saver. A lot of users will write down all the settings of a shader and then fill in the blanks on the shader they want to modify. This method will save you from that process.
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The Place tool is an awesome tool when you need to locate or move geometry to a specific location. Have you ever imported some geometry and it's not located in the correct location? This can be a little frustrating to say the least. The Place tool makes moving that geometry into position a piece of cake!
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Springs, Coils, Threads... There are many products out there that require us to model these kind of shapes. Until the day comes when Alias has a "Build me a spring" tool we need to build these things manually. In reality it is pretty easy to do and you have a lot of freedom to adjust the way they look...
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The Iso Angle tool in AliasStudio is a great tool for the evaluation of highlights on a surface. Some people just don't like the default color scheme of black, white, and red. This quick video will show you how to customize the color of this tool.
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In this tutorial I will demonstrate CV Tracing. The concept of CV Tracing allows the user to duplicate changes to surfaces across a center line without losing construction history.
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The Alias Conform Rig is a very useful for placing geometry on a surface. Not only is the geometry moved to the target surface, it takes on the contour of that surface! This makes the task of placing badges, buttons, surface details, etc quickly and easily. Click the link below to see a brief video of this tool in action.
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Manually creating a ball corner surface can be a time consuming task. Alias offers users an automated tool to create these type of surfaces. To see a quick video on the use of this tool click on the link below.
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The Canvas Symmetry Tool in AliasStudio is a very useful tool for quickly getting you ideas and designs down on "paper". The Canvas Symmetry Tool has two modes, Radial and Bilateral both of which can be modified to suit your particular needs. Click the link below to see a video of the Canvas Symmetry Tool in action.
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The Transformer rig is a great way to explore different shapes very quickly during the concept design process. The Transformer Rig allows you to set up Modifier tools to manipulate you surfaces by Translating, Scaling, and Rotating the Rig. All of your surfaces maintain positional continuity throughout the process. Click on the link below to watch a short tutorial.
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This useful little tool hides in the Viewing Panel. It allows you to manipulate the active modeling window to view you data in some very useful ways.
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1. Choose Surfaces > Draft surfaces > Draft/flange
in Flange mode.2. Click the isoparametric curves, edges, and/or curves-on-surface, then click Go.
3. Do any of the following:
-click a point on one of the original curves to add another angle/depth manipulator.
-click an angle/depth manipulator to delete it.
I have been asked over the years how to get data from Industrial design departments to engineering, and it has continually been a struggle. It typically required trying to import IGES data, or many times required remodeling the design in Inventor only to lose much of the artistic design intent. Since the difference between an average product and a great product lies in the details, Autodesk Labs has introduced an Alias Studio direct reader add-in for Autodesk Inventor. If your company struggles with bridging the gap between industrial design (product design) and engineering, then this workflow should be seriously considered.
The included image is an example of some data imported from Alias Studio into Inventor.
Here is the download at Labs:
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/alias_iv_trans/
Contributed by Ben of the INCAT CAD Geeks
