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Digital Prototyping for the Manufacturing Market

Autodesk is a world-leading supplier of engineering software, 

providing companies with tools to experience their ideas before 

they are real. By putting powerful Digital Prototyping technology 

within the reach of mainstream manufacturers, Autodesk is 

changing the way manufacturers think about their design 

processes and is helping them create more productive workflows. 

The Autodesk approach to Digital Prototyping is unique in 

that it is scalable, attainable, and cost-effective, which allows 

a broader group of manufacturers to realize the benefits with 

minimal disruption to existing workflows, and provides the most 

straightforward path to creating and maintaining a single digital 

model in a multidisciplinary engineering environment. 

Summary of Contents for ALIAS DESIGN

Page 1: ...Autodesk Alias Design Inspire with your designs ...

Page 2: ...rocess It provides tools for efficiently refining model details and creating production quality data for downstream use You own designs and incorporate changes later in the process increasing the flexibility of design decisions and preventing loss or alteration of design intent during the engineering phase Alias Design helps designers and engineers collaborate effectively ensuring that designs add...

Page 3: ...uick sketching illustration and image editing Concept Exploration The concept development phase demands close collaboration between designers and engineers to produce concepts that are new yet technically feasible Image courtesy of H O T Project Aaron Hughes and Kevin Richards Pursue innovative improved solutions to the challenges in your design brief Autodesk Alias Design software helps you explo...

Page 4: ...n a drawing s proportions The interactive symmetric drawing feature lets you duplicate symmetric brush strokes bilaterally or radially Capture perfect lines circles and ellipses with predictive strokes Concept Exploration Integrated 2d 3d Environment Create sketches at real world scale and draw over imported 3D CAD data to ensure design feasibility Take advantage of the flexibility of Alias Design...

Page 5: ...eated around an object 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 Design Modeling Duplicate Place Create repetitive geometry that follows surface contours Edit geometry duplicate it based on history and place it onto other geometry Rapid Prototyping Build physical prototypes more e...

Page 6: ...uce the time required to add finishing details to a design model For example create a fillet and an accompanying flange in a single operation Design Modeling 3D Sculpting Sculpt surfaces by adjusting surface control vertices You can use curve based tools to define a shape at its edges and direct modeling to adjust the shape at any point With Alias Design you maintain complete control achieving the...

Page 7: ...g IBL Use high dynamic range imaging HDRI as the light source for interactive visualization and rendering The result is more realistic images for evaluating presenting and marketing designs Compelling Output Get high resolution images without a full software rendering With Alias Design you can instantly save high resolution images of any modeling window Compose images that display wireframes canva...

Page 8: ...dvantage of your entire screen space working with only necessary interface aspects Alias Design provides a full set of annotation tools including bookmarks full screen capabilities and pencils and markers Reference Data Workflow Generate and compare an unlimited number of design variations for engineering and design reviews The Reference Manager lets teams review massive amounts of 3D geometry and...

Page 9: ...ser interface including hotkeys tool displays and marking menus to suit any workflow Data Organization Improve workflow and performance by organizing work and speeding navigation through complex models Alias Design helps you categorize and organize model components into layers for more efficient navigation Mac OSX Operating System Use Alias Design 64 bit on your Apple Mac Windows Vista Support Use...

Page 10: ...nventor data DirectConnect Data Translators Integrate Alias Design 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 Design to predict and diagnose problems when transferring to CAD systems such as Autodesk Inventor Solidworks and Pro ENGINEER...

Page 11: ...and styling and 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 The Autodesk Alias product line part of the Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping helps optimize the creative design process with industry leadi...

Page 12: ... 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 software I...

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